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Hope Gibbons

b 1966
Contemporary painter
Matakana, New Zealand
Hope Gibbons is a contemporary New Zealand painter with works held in private collections here and throughout the world

She paints full-time in her Matakana studio overlooking native bush and lush green paddocks plus the ever-changing views of Sandspit harbour.
The current body of works explores the materiality of paint - it pushes the boundaries of traditional painting practice and techniques. It exploits the use of stains, inks, leaf and varnish.

Layers of paint are revealing yet concealing the imagery and the process of reducing and paring back is integral in the making.Ethereal dream-scapes suggests the passing into another space and place. Some of the mark of man/the painter is present


Qualifications
2007 Winner Provincial Pride Art Awards: "Exploration in Contemporary Techniques Award"
2005 Mastery Programme 2005 Advanced Mixed Media Painting
2001 Rutherford College (Certificate of Visual Arts)
1998-2005 Various Arts Programmes incl ASA & Artstation

Exhibitions
2008 Matakana Gallery and Design Group Show - May 2008
2007 Kings College Art Exhibition, Aukland - Nov 2007
2007 Art at the Estuary, Orewa - July 2007
2007 Kohia Terrace Art Exhibition, Mt Eden - June 2007
2007 Southland Art Society Group Show - April 2007
2007 Art in the Vineyard, Kumeu - March 2007
2006 Element Gallery, Nelson "Group Show" - July 2006
2006 Carmel College Art Exhibition - July 2006
2005 Kings College Sale of Fine Art - Nov 2005
2005 Letham Gallery, Ponsonby " Ascend" Solo Show -  Oct 2005
2005 Kristin School "Beyond the Bridge" - Oct 2005
2005 Ppg Gallery, Grey Lynn “Mastery Group Show”- Aug 2005
2005 Kings School Foundation Auction - Aug 2005
2005 Baradene College Art Exhibition - Aug 2005
2005 Auckland Grammar School Art Exhibtion - Aug 2005
2005 Arts Desire Gallery, Warkworth “Recent Works” - April 2005
2005 Vsa Gala Art Auction, Wellington - June 2005
2004 Arts Desire Gallery, Warkworth, “Collection” - April 2004
2004 Aigantighe Art Gallery, Timaru “Group show” - May 2004
2003 Letham Gallery, Ponsonby “Crusade” - June 2003
2002 Letham Gallery, Ponsonby “Full Circle” - June 2002
2001 Letham Gallery, Ponsonby “Generation” - Oct 2001
1999 Artemis Gallery, Morningside “Inaugurate” - Oct 1999
1998 NZIM, Greenlane “Vision” Solo Show - Oct 1998

Publications
"New Zealand's Favourite Artists 2 " by Denis Robinson, published by Saint Publishing - June 2008
NZ Life and Leisure Magazine - Jan/Feb 2007
NZ Herald “Viva“ - February 2005
Rodney Times Newspaper “Paintings by Hope Gibbons” - Mar 2005
Ponsonby Flat White “Over the Fence” - May 2003
Nz House & Garden “Ex Libris” February 2001
Next Magazine “Enterprise” Nov 2001