Yvonne Todd

Yvonne Todd (born 1973) is a contemporary New Zealand photographer known for her manipulation of conventional photographic techniques and genres. ^[1]

Early life and education

Todd was born in Takapuna, Auckland. In the mid 1990s, she studied professional photography at Unitec Institute of Technology. She completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts at Elam School of Fine Arts in 2001. ^[2]

Career

Todd won the inaugural Walters Prize (New Zealand's largest contemporary art prize) in 2002 at age 28 for her collection of work Asthma & Eczema, which had been her final-year submission at art school. ^{[3] [4]}

In 2014 and 2015 City Gallery Wellington mounted a major survey of her works Yvonne Todd: Creamy Psychology, including over 150 pieces, curated by Robert Leonard. ^[2]

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

• Dead Starlets Assoc, IMA, Brisbane (2007)^{[ citation needed ]}
• Wall of Seahorsel, Dunedin Public Art Gallery (2012–2013) ^[5]
• Yvonne Todd: Creamy Psychology, City Gallery Wellington (2014–2015) ^[2]
• Barnacles – Yvonne Todd, Tauranga Art Gallery (2016) ^[6]

Group exhibitions

• Telecom Prospect 2004: New Art New Zealand, City Gallery Wellington (2004) ^[7]
• Mixed-up Childhood, Auckland Art Gallery (2005) ^[8]
• Busan Biennale, Republic of Korea (2006)^{[ citation needed ]}
• Blood, in its Various Forms at the Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane (2007) ^[9]
• Fotofestival, Mannheim, Germany (2009)^{[ citation needed ]}
• 17th Biennale of Sydney (2010)^{[ citation needed ]}
• Unnerved: The New Zealand Project, National Gallery of Victoria and Queensland Art Gallery (2010) ^[10]
• Edinburgh Art Festival (2014) ^[11]

Publications

• Robert Leonard (ed.), Dead Starlets Assoc, Brisbane: Institute of Modern Art, 2007. ISBN   9781875792580.
• Robert Leonard (ed.), Creamy Psychology, Wellington: City Gallery Wellington and Victoria University Press, 2014. ISBN   9780864739773.

References

1. "Yvonne Todd". Circuit. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
2. "Yvonne Todd: Creamy Psychology". City Gallery Wellington. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
3. Herrick, Linda (17 July 2002). "Yvonne Todd wins $50,000 Walters art prize". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
4. "Walters Prize 2002". Auckland Art Gallery. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
5. "Yvonne Todd: Wall of Seahorsel". Dunedin Public Art Gallery. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
6. "Barnacles – Yvonne Todd". Tauranga Art Gallery. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
7. "Telecom Prospect 2004". City Gallery Wellington. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
8. "Mixed-up Childhood". Auckland Art Gallery. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
9. "Yvonne Todd: Blood, in its Various Forms…". Institute of Modern Art. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
10. "Unnerved". National Gallery of Victoria. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
11. "Kiwis take flight at Edinburgh Festivals". creativenz.govt.nz. Retrieved 29 May 2016.

Further reading

• Robert Leonard and Janita Craw, Mixed-up Childhood, Auckland: Auckland Art Gallery, 2005. ISBN   0864632622
• Lara Strongman (ed), Contemporary New Zealand photographers, Auckland: Mountain View Pub, 2005. ISBN   0473102803
• David Eggleton, Into the light : a history of New Zealand photography, Nelson: Craig Potton, 2006. ISBN   9781877333545
• Maud Page, Wystan Curnow, et al., Unnerved : the New Zealand project, Brisbane: Queensland Art Gallery, 2010. ISBN   9781921503115

External links

• Artist's website
• Seagulls Kipling: Megan Dunn interviews Yvonne Todd, Circuit, 2014
• Interview with Yvonne Todd, Saturday Morning with Kim Hill, Radio New Zealand National, 6 December 2014
• An index of sale results and essays about Yvonne Todd's work