MODIFIFED for display Victoria McIntosh & Kelly McDonald 17 October – 14 November 2020
Victoria McIntosh 1. Empty Vessel, 2019 $2800 (480 x 360 x 100mm; Sugar bowl, vintage underwear, fresh water cultured pearls, lace, Quilting, applique, embroidery)
Victoria McIntosh 2. Fat Pants, 2020 (500 x 370 x 100mm; Vintage underwear, found clasp, ribbon roses, elastic)
$2600
Victoria McIntosh 3. with Tassel, 2020 $2600 (520 x 310 x 60mm; Vintage underwear, found clasp, pearls, knicker elastic, Quilting, applique, embroidery)
Victoria McIntosh 4. Mirror 1 – fat, 2020 (270 x 115 x 15mm; Vintage hand mirror, paint, Sandblasted)
$420
Victoria McIntosh 5. Mirror 2 – stupid, 2020 (320 x 125 x 35mm; Vintage hand mirror, sandblasted, petticoat fabric, lace, ribbon, pearls)
$480
Victoria McIntosh 6. Mirror 3 – Fat, 2020 (325 x 125 x 30mm; Vintage hand mirror, sand blasting, petticoat fabric, pearls)
$480
Victoria McIntosh 7. Mirror 4 – fat, 2020 (300 x 110 x 45mm; Vintage mirror, sandblasted, underwear fabric, ribbon, pearls)
$480
Mirrors – Stupid, Fat 1, Fat 4
Mirrors – Stupid, Fat 3, Fat 4
Victoria McIntosh 8. Full Bloom - pair of vases, 2020 (300 x 160 x 160mm each; Found brass vases, upholstery vinyl, ribbon roses, paint)
$880 pair
Victoria McIntosh 9. Ample – vase, 2020 (180 x 180 x 180mm; Found brass vase, upholstery vinyl, ribbon roses, paint)
$380
Victoria McIntosh 10. My Mother’s Chair, 2017 $4200 (1010 x 470 x 500mm; Victorian balloon back chair – altered, vintage satin, pearls, paint, knicker elastic)
Kelly McDonald 1. Blowing Bubbles in the wind (Winners never change the rules) – Pendant, 2020
$770
(Steel, cord, small clear blown glass dish, bottle of bubble mixture, on individual panel; 210mm x 100mm x 0.5mm) Wall panel included.
Kelly McDonald 2. Badge of Honour / Shame – brooch, 2020
$460
(steel, brass, paint, anodised aluminium, Perspex bathroom scale viewer; Dia105 x 15mm)
Kelly McDonald Exhausted – pendant, 2020 (Steel motor bike exhaust pipe; 350 x 90 x 90mm) Wall panel included when works bought as a pair
$380
Kelly McDonald 3. Blowing Bubbles in the wind II (Winners? Never) – Pendant, 2020 (Steel, cord, clear blown glass dish, bottle of bubble mix on individual panel; 203mm x 76mm x 0.5mm) Wall panel included.
$670
Kelly McDonald 4. Tip me over - Pendant/Neckpiece, 2020
$680
(Steel, silver plated brass teapot spout and handle; 85mm x 117mm x 105mm)
Kelly McDonald A spoonful – Object, 2019 (Steel, brass spoon handle; 80mm x 215mm x 10mm) Wall panel included when pair of works bought.
$420
Kelly McDonald 5. Honeymoon – bangle, 2020 (House weather board paling Steel wrapping from Bunnings, solder; 2 at 90 x 80 x 5mm, 83 x 76 x 5mm) Wall panel included when trio of works bought.
$350 each
Kelly McDonald 6. Turn me on (and off) – Brooch, 2020
$580
(Steel, chrome plated brass light switch, paint, brass; 95mm x 95mm x 35mm)
Kelly McDonald Pearls of Wisdom – neckpiece, 2020 (Steel, silver plated brass teapot spout, freshwater pearls; 140mm x 500mm x 70mm) Wall panel included when pair of works bought.
$720
Kelly McDonald 7. Thar she blows – Brooch, 2020 (Steel, chrome plated brass tap indices, paint, brass; 120mm x 90mm x 10mm) Wall panel included.
$580
Kelly McDonald 8. Honeymoon – bangle, 2020
$350
(House weather board paling Steel wrapping from Bunnings, solder; 95 x 78 x 5mm)
Kelly McDonald Slit – brooch, 2020
$320
(Steel, brass; 20 x 110 x 4mm)
Kelly McDonald Pincher – object, 2020 (Brass spoon handle, Steel engineer external calipers; 140 x 220 x 7mm) Wall panel included when trio of works bought.
$420
Kelly McDonald 9. Blowing Bubbles in the wind III (Change the rules) – Pendant, 2020
$670
(Pink cord will be attached for exhibition, also small clear blown glass dish – awaiting glass blower to complete & 1 bottle of bubble mix on individual panel; Steel, cord; 230mm x 90mm x 0.5mm)
MODIFIED for display, takes us inside the world of contemporary jewellers Kelly McDonald and Victoria McIntosh, where the BODY is seen as both site and subject.
“The work of both artists refers to the personal space and uses mundane objects. All materials are deliberately chosen, not neutral, and cannot be separated from their initial meaning, functionality, and symbolic charge. These objects are sawn or cut into pieces, and put together in a different way, telling stories already partly imbedded in them, but augmented or ridiculised, hence I would like to call them fictionalized objects.� Liesbeth den Besten, September 2020
Kelly McDonald excavates meaning from discarded domestic and industrial objects, melding the narratives of home, workshop, and motherhood to explore both power and gender constructs. Victoria McIntosh stitches together contemporary jewellery, sculpture, and assemblage. A collector by nature, she is drawn to found objects that carry a sense of history, whether real or imagined.
VICTORIA McINTOSH
EDUCATION 1989-91 DFA – Printmaking - Dunedin School of Art, Otago Polytechnic 2001-05 BFA – Jewellery and Metalsmithing - Dunedin School of Art, Otago Polytechnic
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, PRESENTATIONS & WORKSHOPS 2020
Present Unmentionables stitching workshop, The Dowse Museum
2020
Present online workshop. Fat Pants, stitching circle, The Dowse Museum
2020
Co-present online workshop. Crafting Through the Chaos, The Dowse Museum
2019
Presenter at Radiant Pavilion Lightening Talks, RMIT, Melbourne
2017
Caselberg Trust, Creative Connections Artist in Residence
2015
Presenter at Costume and Textiles Association NZ conference, Dunedin
2012
Presenter at Art and Mental Health conference, Dunedin School of Art, Dunedin
SOLO/TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS 2019
The Mother Lode, with Victoria McIntosh, Radiant Pavilion, Melbourne, Australia
2017
Diseases Peculiar to Women, Masterworks, Auckland
2017
Fancy Pants, Avid Gallery, Wellington
2016
Burnt, Masterworks, Auckland
2014
Blemish, Masterworks, Auckland.
2013
My Mothers' Pearls, The See Here, Wellington
2013
Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire..., Masterworks, Auckland; Dunedin Public Art Gallery
2010
Smother, Lure, Dunedin (Otago Festival of the Arts), Quoil, Wellington; Gallery 33, Wanaka;
Masterworks, Auckland
2010
My Invented History, Otago Settlers Museum, Dunedin, North Otago Museum, Oamaru
2006
Warning: Swallowing Expectations May Cause Indigestion, Dunedin Public Art Gallery
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2020
Ā Mua: New Lineages of Making, The Dowse Museum, Lower Hutt Molly Morpeth Canady Award, Arts Whakatāne, Whakatāne
2018
Empowering Women – Celebrating 125 Years of Women’s Suffrage , Masterworks
2017
Anything Could Happen, Shanghai, China
2016
Schmuck, Munich, Germany
2016
Auckland Art Fair, Masterworks, Auckland
2015
Pearl, Masterworks, Auckland
2014
Solid Gold Hits, Lure, Dunedin
2013
Peek, Anderson Park Gallery, Invercargill
2012
Common Thread, Expressions Arts Center, Upper Hutt
2012
Retrospect, Pah Homestead, Auckland. Dowse Museum, Lower Hutt, 2013
2011
Crowning Glory, Suter Gallery, Nelson
2010
Museum of Obsessions, Blue Oyster Gallery, Dunedin
2010
Magpie - new adventures in jewellery, Taupo Museum, Taupo
2009
In From the Garden, Objectspace, Auckland
2008
Amazing Lace, Pataka Museum, Porirua
2007
JOC junior, Objectspace, Auckland
2006
Jewellery Out of Context, JMGA Biennale, Sydney
COLLECTIONS Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington PUBLICATIONS Art New Zealand, Spring issue 2014 REVIEWS 2017
Pantograph Punch review for Diseases Peculiar to Women: https://pantograph-punch.com/post/unmissables-november
2010 Smother reviewed by Joie Dalgleish http://www.eyecontactsite.com/2010/10/fabric-jewellry
KELLY MCDONALD
EDUCATION 2018 – 2019 1995 - 1997 1992 - 1994 2019 - 2007
Masters Fine Arts, Massey University, New Zealand Bachelor of Visual Arts: Jewellery & Object Design, Sydney College of the Arts, Australia Bachelor of Nursing, Monash University, Victoria, Australia Tutor at Whitireia New Zealand – Bachelor of Applied Arts - Jewellery, Wellington, NZ
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, PRESENTATIONS & WORKSHOPS 2019
Presenter at Radiant Pavilion Lightening Talks, RMIT, Melbourne Member of panel for All The Jewellery, RMIT Design Hub, Melbourne 2018 HandShake 5, 1 Year Professional Development Program Invited to teach Brooch Making Basics workshop, The Dowse Museum 2017 MC and Co-ordinator for JEWELtalk ’17 Speaker at Making Out, Relay Panel, Curated by Julie Ewington, Radiant Pavilion, Australia 2016 HandShake 3, 2 Year Professional Development Program David Clarke (UK) Workshop Hilda de Decker (Belgium) Masterclass 2015 Benjamin Lignel (France) Masterclass Peter Bauhuis (Germany) Workshop 2014 HandShake 2, 2 Year Professional Development Program 2013 - Current Member of Occupation: Artist http://www.occupationartist.wordpress.com 2010 - 2019 Member of The See Here, Window gallery www.theseehere.com
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS/EVENTS 2020 2021
2022
Modified for display, with Victoria McIntosh, Masterworks, Auckland, 17 October – 14 November Island Welcome, Curated by Belinda Newick, ANU SOAD Gallery, Canberra, July Presenter, Jewellers & Metalsmith’s Group Australia (JMGA) Conference 2-4 July Three person show, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, 30 June - 18 July Three person show with V McIntosh & Rowan Panther, The National, Christchurch 3 – 21 August The Mother Lode, with V McIntosh, Australian Design Centre, Sydney, Australia, June
SELECTED SOLO/TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS 2020 2019 2018
Piss, Pooh & Spew, online exhibition, Galleryfaux.com The Mother Lode: A Tragicomedy, Te Auaha, Wellington, NZ The Mother Lode, with Victoria McIntosh, Radiant Pavilion, Melbourne, Australia Portrait of Jewellery, Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery, Auckland TOOL LOOT & The Mother Lode, The National, Christchurch, NZ Series 2: Various meditations on a woman’s lot, The See Here, Wellington, NZ
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2020
Molly Morpeth Canady Award, Arts Whakatāne, Whakatāne
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
Anniversary Show, The See Here, Wellington The National not at Munich Jewellery Week,The National, Christchurch In Site, Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery, Auckland HANDSHAKE in dialogue with CODA Collection, CODA Museum, The Netherlands Master Makers, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne The Neck, Projectspace, Sydney, Australia Red, with Occupation: Artist, Radiant Pavilion, Melbourne The National at Munich Jewellery Week, Frame Galleries, Munich, Germany Te Ao Hurihuri, Handshake collaboration with Dialogue Collective, The Crypt, London, England Superpositions, Stanley Street Gallery, Sydney, Australia All that Glitters, Occupation: Artist occupies The Dowse, The Dowse Museum, Wellington, NZ Chain Reactions, Atta Gallery, Thailand Reflect, HandShake 3, The Dowse Museum, Wellington, NZ HandShake 3, Frame Galleries, Handwerksmesse, Munich, Germany Schmuck, Munich, Germany Occupy Crossley Street, Radiant Pavilion, Melbourne, Australia It will all come out in the wash, HS3 & DC Collaboration, Munich, Germany Specials - HandShake Alumni, Einsäulensaal, Residence Palace, Munich, Germany Golden Section, Park(ing) Day, Wellington, NZ HandShake 3, Objectspace, Auckland, NZ Playthings, The Refinery Artspace, Nelson, NZ HandShake 3, Platina Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden HandShake 2, Pah Homestead, Auckland, NZ Contemporary Wearables ’15, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Australia HandShake 2 Mentors & Mentees, Avid, Wellington, NZ Occupy Crossley Street, Radiant Pavilion, Melbourne, Australia Wunderruma, Auckland Art Gallery, Curated by Warwick Freeman & Karl Fritsch, Auckland, NZ Occupy Anna – Occupation: Artist @ Wunderweek, Anna Miles Gallery, Auckland, NZ HandShake 2, Stanley Street Gallery, Sydney, Australia Wear the Wares, Adorned Spaces Exhibition SNAG Conference, Boston, USA Ornament/artefact with Vivien Atkinson & Petra Stueben, Toi Poneke, Wellington, NZ Penumbra/Antumbra, with Becky Bliss, Avid, Wellington, NZ HandShake 2, Toi Poneke, Wellington, NZ Wunderruma, Galerie Handwerk, Munich, Germany Wunderruma, The Dowse Art Museum, NZ Penumbra/Antumbra, with Becky Bliss, The National, Christchurch, NZ
SELECTED MEDIA & PUBLICATIONS 2020 2017 2016
2015
2014
Contemporary Hum, ‘Handshake 5: In Dialogue; Emerging Contemporary New Zealand Jewellery at CODA Museum, Holland’, Roseanne Bartley Link here Art News, Winter 2017, ‘Our contemporary jewellery artist’s shine at Schmuck’ image & text p.96-97 Schmuck 2017, Exhibition Catalogue, Munich, Bayerischer Handwerkstag, p.62 Tool as Jewel, Publication ed. Mary-Jane Duffy, 32 page Artist’s Catalogue Specials – HandShake Alumni, Exhibition Catalogue, Jembooks, p.17 SPANpoints, HS3, Exhibition Catalogue, Jembooks Jewels of Whitireia, Connection Devices – co written with Peter Deckers, p.7 Link here What do people do all day? No.6, Interview by Kirsten McDougall, The Invisible Writer, Link here Jewellery Across the Miles, Interview, Stuff, Link here Avid, Interview, Art Jewellery Forum, Link here Arts Commentator Courtney Johnston, 9 to Noon, Radio New Zealand, Podcast, Link here Shows and Tales: On Jewelery Exhibition-Making, Edited by Benjamin Lignel, p.252-3 Fishhead, Issue 47 April, p.82 Wunderruma, Book - Warwick Freeman & Karl Fritsch, p. 58
GRANTS 2020 2019 2018 2017
Creative New Zealand Funding – Arts Grant Round Graduate Women Manawatu Post Graduate Scholarship Creative New Zealand Funding – Arts Grant Round 2 Creative New Zealand Funding – Contemporary Jewellers to Schmuck 2017