JK Russ

As I've obtained a green card, I will also be working in the States from July 2010.

Key skills: 

Visual art practitioner, curator, art museum front-of-house.

Education history: 

1980: Bursary, Queen Elizabeth College, Palmerston North.

Year of Graduation: 
2001
Formal qualifications: 

Bachelor of Visual Arts, Manukau School of Visual Arts, Auckland

Work history: 

2007-present: Front-of-house officer at The Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui, part-time. Role includes assisting with exhibition installation, updating website, conducting gallery tours. Also working as self-employed artist and curator.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008                 Roses are Blue, Thermostat Art Gallery, Palmerston North.

2008                 Flirtation Device, Edith Gallery, Whanganui

2007                 Games for Grown-ups, Thermostat Art Gallery.

2005                 Seasonal Salon, Dunn Fashion, Wellington.

2004                 Portraits from the Urban Jungle. Thermostat Art Gallery.

2001                 Welcome to the Pleasure Dome, Thermostat Art Gallery.

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 

2010         I go where the party takes me, Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui

2009         This is not a rock shop, Ladyfest, DAF106, Wellington.

                 I go where the party takes me, Wallace Trust Gallery, Auckland.

                 I go where the party takes me, Thermostat Art Gallery.

                 Blue, Thermostat Art Gallery.

2008       Skullduggery, Rayner Brothers Gallery, Whanganui.

                 First Friday, The Arts Factory, Las Vegas.

                 2 Degrees, The Pencil Gallery, Gisborne.

2007       Collecting Photographers, New Zealand Centre for Photography, Wellington.

                 Sexhibition: a visual conversation about sex, Whanganui.

2006        Prologue: The Matthew Couper and Jo Russ Collection, Sarjeant Galleryi.

 

Creative achievements: 

2009     Bronze award, Podravski Salon Collection of Art Photography, Durdevac

2007     Carey Smith & Co. Open Award Winner, Whanganui Art Review

1999    Robert Willyams Scholarship, Manukau School of Visual Art, Auckland

References: 

‘Fun times caught on camera make quirky show’ Wanganui Chronicle, 16 Sept 2009

<Games for Grown-Ups> <Flirtation Device> (catalogue) 2008

Sexhibition: a visual conversation about sex (catalogue) 2007

 ‘Winning Sculpture’, Wanganui Chronicle, 8 August 2007

New Zealand Centre for Photography: Collecting Photographers (catalogue) 2007

 ‘Visual Arts: How we reveal ourselves’, Dominion Post, 1 August 2007

 ‘We’re doing it here too’ Wanganui Chronicle, 21 March 2007

‘Art at Ground Level’, Manawatu Evening Standard, May 25 2002

‘R&R Recommended Exhibit’, The Evening Post, 31 January 2002

Contact details: 

Mobile: +6421 665897

email: info@jkruss.com

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