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Smear, 1991

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Stock, 1991

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Stock, 1991

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Adeva 629, 1998

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Cupel, 1995

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Chromascope, 1994

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Chromascope, 1994

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Oleagine, 1993

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Education

MA. Goldsmiths College, The University of London. Fine Arts
Founding member of Teststrip. Artist run gallery, Auckland New Zealand
BFA. The Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland. Sculpture Department
BA. The University of Auckland. Art History, Chinese Philosophy, Film & TV Studies

Public & Corporate Collections

The University of Auckland, New Zealand
FT . com The Financial Times, London
The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington
The Chartwell Collection of New Zealand
Price Waterhouse Coopers Collection, Auckland
The Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin
Saatchi & Saatchi Collection, Wellington
Southern Regional Arts Council, Christchurch

Awards

2003
Awarded Creative New Zealand New Work Grant, The Arts Council of New Zealand
2000
Finalist for the Saatchi Prize, Goldsmiths College & Charles Saatchi, London
1999
Awarded Creative New Zealand Project Grant, The Arts Council of New Zealand
UK / NZ Link Foundation Fellowship
NZCA Grant
1995 - 1996
Awarded Creative New Zealand Fellowship, The Arts Council of New Zealand
1994
Australia / New Zealand Foundation Grant

Residency

2004
‘Breathe’ Residency at the CAC, Manchester
2002
‘EAF’ Residency at the Experimental Art Foundation & School of Art University of South Australia, Adelaide

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2006
“Grosser Forms Of Superstition”, Sue Crockford Gallery, Auckland
2004
“Long Life”, The Chinese Art Centre, Manchester
“Fondant”, The Economist, London
“Denise Kum“, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington
2002
“Denise Kum”, Sue Crockford Gallery, Auckland
“Denise Kum at EAF”, Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide
2000
“Cascade”, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington
1999
“Set”, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington
“Spacer“, Sue Crockford Gallery, Auckland
1998
“Pasticcio“, Sue Crockford Gallery, Auckland
1997
“Denise Kum“, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington
1996
“New Wave”, Sue Crockford Gallery, Auckland
“Faberge“, Teststrip, Auckland
“Stucco“, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington
1995
“Thermophile“, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington
1994
“Denise Kum“, CBD Gallery, Sydney
“Oriental Warehouse: Tales Untold“, South Island Arts Project, Christchurch
1993
“Ingesta: Under My Skin“, High Street Project, Christchurch
“White Light Wet Heat“, Window Work, Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland
“Denise Kum”, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington
“Illume”, Teststrip, Auckland

Selected Group Exhibitions

2014
“A World Undone”, The Auckland City Art Gallery
2010
“Beloved”, The Dunedin Public Art Gallery, New Zealand
2009
“Taste: Food and Feasting in Art”, The Auckland City Art Gallery
“For Keeps – Recent Acquisitions”, The Auckland City Art Gallery
“City”, The Academy of Arts, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
2007
“The Secret Life of Paint”, The Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand
2006
“Nekromantic - Zoo Art Fair”, Temporary Contemporary, Regents Park Zoo, London
“Metropolis Rise – New Art from London”, CQL Centre Moganshan, Shanghai & DIAF 06, Space 798 Beijing, China
2005
“Prussian Blue, Synthetic Seduction”, Carter Presents, London
“The Drawing Show”, Shangri-La Tattoo Parlour, London
“Parralell Practices”, Hawkes Bay Cultural Trust, New Zealand
“Coalesce The Remix”, Redux, London
2004
“Shapeshifters”, M-Project, Paris, France
“Tonight”, Studio Voltaire, London. Collaboration with DJ Simpson
2003
“Bloom”, Govett Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth
“Gallery Artists”, Sue Crockford Gallery, Auckl
“Cuckoo at Malmo”, Rooseum, Malmo Sweden. Cuckoo Egg Project
“Put Out More Flags”, Moving Image Centre, Auckland, New Zealand
“Creek”, Cell Project Space, Dalston, London
“Works for Giovanni”, China Art Objects, Los Angeles
“Slow Light”, Gus Fisher Gallery, Auckland
“SuperNova”, A tribute show for Giovanni Intra. Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington
2002
“Arcadia in the City”, Marble Hill House, Twickenham, London
“Video Works”, Sue Crockford Gallery, Auckland
2001
“Cologne Art Fair”, Marlborough Fine Arts, Cologne, Germany
“Good Work: The Jim Barr and Mary Barr Collection”, City Gallery, Wellington & Dunedin Public Art Gallery
“Bloom”, Sue Crockford Gallery, Auckland
“Trick Peaser”, Mandarina Duck, London
“CD: 1”, Six artists, Marlborough Fine Arts, London
“Basel 32 Art Fair”, Marlborough Fine Arts, Basel, Switzerland
“Alive!: Still life into the 21st Century”, Adam Art Gallery, Victoria University, Wellington
“Arseaboutface”, Five Artists. Cell Projects Space, Dalston, London
2000
“Assembly”, Royal College & Goldsmiths collaboration. Jubilee Buildings, Stepney City, London
“Plastika”, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth
“MA 2000”, Goldsmiths College, The University of London
“Black and White”, Sue Crockford Gallery, Auckland
“Branded: Levis customised products by invited artists”, Cinch, London
“Eloquent Polarities: The Chartwell Collection – Recent Acquisitions”, Auckland City Art Gallery
“What’s New: The latest art acquisitions at Te Papa”, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington
1999
“Brainstorm MA Curating and Fine Art Collaboration”, Goldsmiths College, London
“Who Do I Think I Am”, Artspace, Auckland
“The City: Recent Acquisitions”, Three Artists. Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin
1998
“Every Day: The 11th Biennale of Sydney”, Australia
“Leap of Faith: Contemporary New Zealand art 1998”, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth
“Stayin’ Alive”, Fiat Lux, Auckland
1997
“Kum of Sum Young Gai”, Denise Kum & Daniel Malone, Teststrip, Auckland
“Gold Watch”, Teststrip, Auckland
“Currents”, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth
“Signs of the Times: Sampling new directions”, New Zealand Art City Gallery, Wellington
“Volume”, Sue Crockford Gallery, Auckland
“Thinking About Contemporary Art”, CoCA, Christchurch
“Redial - Striking Distance”, Website project, Los Angeles
1996
“Teststrip Fundraiser”, Teststrip, Auckland
“Sport: Teststrip at Basement”, Basement Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
“TransFusion: Hong Kong / Auckland Artist Exchange”, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong; Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland
“Container 96: Art Across Oceans - 96 artists from 96 cities”, Cultural Festival of Europe Langelinie Quay, Copenhagen & The Adelaide Arts Festival, Australia
“Life Education Trust: Art for NZ children”, Park Royal Hotel, Wellington
“New Work”, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington
1995
“Pre Fab”, Susan Hillery & Denise Kum, Teststrip, Auckland
“Gallery Artists”, Sue Crockford Gallery, Auckland
“Please Give Generously”, Teststrip, Auckland
“The Nervous System: Twelve artists explore images and identities in crisis”, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery New Plymouth; City Gallery, Wellington
“Northern Exposure: Five Auckland artists”, McDougall Art Annex, Christchurch
“Everyday Pathomimesis”, School of Fine Arts Gallery, University of Canterbury, Christchurch
“Artists of Colour”, Teststrip, Auckland
“Recent Sculpitecture: horribly desirable”, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington
1994
“Critique: The International artists’ museum fax project”, First Draft, Sydney, Australia
“Tales Untold”, South Island Art Projects, Christchurch
“Teststriptease “, Teststrip, Auckland
“Localities of Desire: Contemporary Art in an International World”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
“n + 1 cultures”, Artspace, Auckland
“Art Now: The First Biennial Review of Contemporary Art”, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington
“Small Works”, ASA Gallery, Auckland
“Ten Years On”, Fisher Gallery, Auckland
“New Work”, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington
1993
“Work”, Julian Dashper & Denise Kum, Fisher Gallery, Auckland
“Gift of the Artist”, Artspace, Auckland
“X7 Multiples”, ASA Gallery, Auckland
“Mediatrix: New work by seven women artists”, Artspace, Auckland; Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth
“Suffer”, Teststrip Auckland; Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington
“Teststrip On Tour: Tripping with the Cubists”, Cubewell House, Wellington
“Under My Skin”, High Street Project, Christchurch
1992
“Suite”, Denise Kum & Kathy Waghorn, George Fraser Gallery, Auckland
“Teststrip Stock Show”, Teststrip, Auckland
“The Carnivalesque Body”, George Fraser Gallery, Auckland
“Stranded”, Elam sculpture department exhibition, The Strand Building, Parnell, Auckland
“Site: Architecture and Perspective”, Lopdell House, Titirangi, Auckland
“The End of the Beginning”, Fine Art & Architecture Graduates, Peter Webb Gallery, Auckland
“Shape of Things to Come”, Southern Regional Arts Council of NZ touring exhibition
1991
“Getting into Form”, Blue Angel Gallery, Auckland
1990
“Light Arted”, Elam sculpture department exhibition, Artspace, Auckland
“Recent Works”, Fine Art students, Fisher Gallery, Pakuranga, Auckland
“Small Change”, CSA Gallery, Christchurch
“Small Works”, ASA Gallery, Auckland