Artist Biography

Rebecca Smallridge is a visual artist working from her home 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, 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 dependancy. Pattern, rhythm, life cycles, inter dependence, hope and survival are all themes resonating throughout my work.'

Artist biography: Bio

Selected exhibitions

2022 Upcoming 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

Currently represented by Little River Gallery in Banks Peninsula and Chambers Gallery in Christchurch New Zealand.

Artist biography: CV