Artist Biography

Rebecca Smallridge is a visual artist working from her garden studio in Ōtautahi, Aotearoa New Zealand.

In 2021, Rebecca received a Master of Arts with distinction under the supervision of ARA Creative Industries. This qualification is an extension of the Bachelor of Design in Visual Arts which she achieved in 2009. Rebecca has an active exhibition practice both nationally and internationally and has been included in group and solo shows since 2007. First prize recipient of the Mortlock McCormack Law Art Award in 2009 and a finalist in the Zonta Female Art Awards in 2020 and 2023, her paintings, original woodblock prints and ceramics are held in public and private collections in Aotearoa.

'I reflect on humanity's vital role of stewardship towards nature, acknowledging a delicate balance and mutual dependency. Pattern, rhythm, life cycles, interdependence, hope and survival are all themes resonating throughout my work.'

Artist biography: Bio

Awards

2023 Finalist in Zonta Female Art Awards

2021 Master of Arts with distinction - Art Creative Industries

2020 Finalist in Zonta Female Art Awards

2019 Masters Scholarship - Ara Creative Industries

2010 Emerging Artists - Solo show at CoCA

2009 Bachelor of Design in Visual Arts - ARA / CPIT

2009 1st prize Mortlock McCormack Law Art Awards

2009 1st prize Will Cummings Memorial Award

2009 Selected for the Ara Art Collection

Selected exhibitions

2024 Reverence, group show, Chambers Art Gallery, Christchurch
2024 To Gaza with love, group show, Eastside Gallery, Christchurch

2024     Grow, group show, The Coolstore Gallery, Mapua
2023 Wish List, group show, Little River Gallery, Little River
2023 Fling, group show, Eastside Gallery, Christchurch
2023 WORKING PROGRESS - Ara Post Grad Alumni, group show, CoCA Gallery, Christchurch
2023 Zonta Female Art Award, Finalists group show, Ashburton Art Gallery, Ashburton
2022 Symbiosis, group show, Chambers Gallery, Christchurch
2022 Resonance, group show, Little River Gallery, Little River
2021 Curate Me, group show, PG Gallery, Christchurch
2020 Regeneration, Masters show, Chambers Gallery, Christchurch
2020 Zonta Female Art Award, Finalists group show, Ashburton Art Gallery, Ashburton
2020   Shared Lines:S group show, Birdo Flugas Gallery, Sendai, Japan
2019   Reverie, group show, BNZ Centre, Christchurch
2019 Shared Lines: Kaikoura/ChCh, group show, Kaikoura Museum & The Arts Centre, Christchurch
2018 RSM Law Art Show, group show, Aigantighe Art Gallery, Timaru
2018 Art Auction Fundraiser, group show, Fixate Gallery, Christchurch
2017 Shared Lines:W, group show, Thistle Hall, Wellington
2017 AM Art Pop Up Show, group show, Chambers Gallery, Christchurch
2017 SB surf Club Art Auction, group show, Christchurch
2015 Homeland, two person show, The Chambers Gallery, Rangiora
2015-17 Rapaura School Art Auction, group show, Blenheim
2014   Birdsong, group show, Kereru Gallery, Mapua
2014 GASP! group show, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington
2013   Present, group show, Tin Palace, Lyttelton
2013   With Child, group show, Little River Gallery, Little River
2013 Shared Lines, group show, Toi O Tahuna Gallery, Queenstown
2013 Shared Lines, group show, Canterbury Museum
2013 Shake it up, group show, SOFA Gallery, Christchurch
2013 Natural Selection, three person show, Selwyn Gallery, Darfield
2012 Shared Lines: Sendai/ChCh Art Exchange, group show, Sendai Mediateque & Birdo Flugas Gallery, Japan
2011 ChCh Earthquake Exhibition & Art Auction, group show, The Suter Gallery, Nelson
2010 Fragile, solo show, CoCA Gallery, Christchurch
2010 MortlockMcCormack Law Retrospective, group show, CoCA Gallery, Christchurch
2010 Works on paper, group show, ARA Campus, Christchurch
2009 Modus Operandi, group show, NG Gallery, Christchurch
2009 Ripe, graduate exhibition, Convention Centre, Christchurch
2009 In The Making, group show, NG Gallery, Christchurch
2007-13 WAI Annual Art Exhibition, group show, Waikuku

Gallery Representation

Little River Gallery. Little River, Banks Peninsula

Chambers Art Gallery, Christchurch

Artist biography: CV