Steve Woodward
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Steve Woodward
A Big Foot 2007-08
marble, 197×136×96cm. Element from the ‘Giant’ series, James Wallace Arts Trust, Auckland NZ
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Steve Woodward
Step Touch Stone. 2008-09
Shangxi black granite, 410×150×50cm, Auckland City Commission for St. Patrick’s Cathedral Square
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Steve Woodward
One Stone Three Skins, One Skin Three Stones 2005
Statuary marble 54×38×23cm (one part of three part sculpture) -
Steve Woodward
One Stone Three Skins, One Skin Three Stones 2005
Basalt 54cm x 38cm x 23cm (one part of three part sculpture) -
Steve Woodward
One Stone Three Skins, One Skin Three Stones 2005
Portoro marble 54×38cmx23cm (one part of three part sculpture) -
Exhibitions
- 2009
- Small is the New Big
Biography
- 1957
- Born Montreal, Quebec Canada.
- 1979 – 81
- Concordia University, Montreal (Fine Arts)
- 1981 – 84
- Worked in ceramics for Salvatore Azzolina (Sicily) in bronze with Mario Negri, (Milan) and stone for Sem Ghelardini (Pietrasanta, Italy)
- 1984 – 87
- Worked stone for Nicholas Bertoux (Paris)
- 1984 – 87
- Worked in wood & bronze, Gisborne, New Zealand
- 1988
- Artist in Residence – Resident artist at Waiariki Polytechnic in Rotorua working in cast bronze
- 2005
- Lead artist (Boffa Miskell) renewal of St Patrick’s Cathedral Square, Auckland
- 2009
- Lives in New Zealand
Solo Exhibitions
- 1988
- Painless Waves, The Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt
- 1989
- People, Horses and Ships, Waikato Art & History Museum, Hamilton
- 1991
- Big Boy Little Boy Bridge, Rotorua Art and History Museum, Rotorua
- Birds and Figures, Claybrook Gallery, Auckland
- Recent Works, The Ferner Gallery, Auckland
- 1992
- Fragments of Myth, Ferner Gallery, Auckland
- 1994
- Fragments of Myth, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, Australia.
- 2005
- See Toy, Whitespace Gallery, Auckland
- 2009
- Theives’ Garden, Whitespace Gallery, Auckland
Commissions
- 1992 – 94
- The Dilworth Cross, an adaptation of a 9th-10th century Irish High Cross, Commissioned by the Dilworth Trust, Auckland
- 1998
- Lucken’s Reserve, park sculpture/seat, Hobsonville, Commissioned by Waitakere City.
- 1999
- Growth, 5 sculptures for City Hall Station, Taipei, Taiwan, Commissioned by Taipei City
- 2001
- 3 piece sculptural suite “Spindle Eel Knot” for private collectors in Phuket, Thailand.
- 2003
- River Sticks, 3 twelve metre bronzes, Commissioned by Yuzi Sculpture Park, China
- 2004
- Further Riverstick produced for Sculpture Park, Shanghai, China Stand Turn Spin, sculpture for Waitakere Stadium, Commissioned by Waitakere City Council
- 2004
- Granite piece for the ‘Ningen Hiroba’ (Square of Humanity) at Sekigahara Sekiza
- Collaborated with landscape designer Ted Smyth on a ‘southern cross’ basalt fountain sculpture for Basque park, Auckland.
- 2005
- Birth Rise Fall, sequence of sculptures for Shin Pao San (Rose Garden Cemetary) Taipei, Taiwan
- 2006
- Design of Wai Tahurangi Bridge – a suspension footbridge bridge at Olympic Park, Commissioned by Waitakere City Council commissioned to design cycle/pedestrian bridge over Waikumete Stream
- 2007
- Interpretative sculptures, Olympic Park, Waitakere City, Commissioned by Olympic Park Trust
- 2009
- step touch stone, St. Patrick’s Cathedral Square, Auckland, Commissioned by Auckland City Council
- 1995 – 2009
- Giant series, on-going commission for James Wallace Arts Trust (toe, nose, breast, pinkie, backbone, thigh and genitals, leg, foot…)
Group Exhibitions
- 1984
- Antipodes Gallery , Wellington
- Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington
- 1986
- Gallery Pacific, Auckland
- 1989 – 94
- Annual Sculpture Surveys, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
- 1990
- Afterwoods, Seargent Gallery, Wanganui
- 1992
- Fragments of Myth, Ferner Gallery, Auckland
- A Dogs Show, Rotorua Art and History Museum, Rotorua
- Birds of a Feather, Rotorua Art and History Museum, Rotorua
- 1999
- Nothing Comes from Nowhere, Aotea Centre, Auckland
- 2001
- Te Tuhi, The Mark Gallery, Manukau City
- Between Mountain and Sea, Contemporary Museum, Hualien, Taiwan
- New Stone, Fubon Art Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan
- 2006
- Minéralités exhibition, Centre Culturel Jean Marie Tjibaou, Nouméa, Nouvelle Calédonie
- 2007
- Spinning Tiers Here, Sculpture on the Gulf, Waiheke Is.
- Kuri Topiary, Sculpture in the Gardens, Botanic Gardens, Auckland
- 2008
- A Political World, Whitespace Gallery, Auckland
- E-scape, Waitakaruru Sculpture park, Waikato Sculpture Trust, Hamilton
Symposia
- 1990
- Out of the Woods Symposium, Saergeant Gallery, Wanganui, NZ
- 2001
- Hualien International Stone Symposium, Hualien, Taiwan
- 2003
- 9th Yuzi Paradise Sculpture Symposium, Guilin, China
- 2006
- Pacific Islands, Shou University International Stone Symposium, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Awards
- 1989
- Awarded a NZ Queen Elizabeth Art Council grant
- 1991
- Queen Elizabeth Arts Council, major development grant for Fragments of Myth exhibitions, Auckland, Sydney
- 1999
- Winner competition for public Art Taipei City Hall Station, Taipei, Taiwan
- 2000
- 1st= prize winner – Panchaio Station Public Art Competition, Taiwan.
Collaborations
- 1995
- Mangere Mountain Project – landmarker sculpture series
- Wai-o-hua, Dept of Conservation, & Manukau City Council
- 1996
- Collaborated with Athfield architects on base and plinth for the William Trethewey ‘Kupe’ sculpture on the Wellington waterfront.
- 2004
- Southern Cross,a basalt fountain sculpture for Basque Park, Auckland.
- Collaboration with landscape designer Ted Smyth on
Public Collections
- Museum of Art and History, Rotorua
- Waitakere City Council
- Manukau City Council
- Auckland City Council (Basque Park and St Patrick’s Cathedral Square)
- Taipei City Government, Taipei, Taiwan. (City Hall subway station)
- Hualien County Cultural Centre; Museum of Contemporary Stone Sculpture. Hualien Taiwan
- Shanghai Sculpture Park, Shanghai, China
- Yuzi Paradise Sculpture Park, Guilin, Guangxi, China
- Fondazione ARKAD, Seravezza, Lucca, Italy
- Centre Culturel Jean-Marie Tjibaou, Noumea, Nouvelle Caledonie
Private Collections
- Australia, Canada, China, France, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Taiwan, Thailand
