Esther Leigh | Bio
ESTHER LEIGH
CURRICULUM VITAE
esthermleigh@gmail.com
Education
1989 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland University
1992 Master of Fine Arts, Elam School of Fine Arts
Selected Exhibitions
2000 September, Esther Leigh and Katherine McCool, Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland
2001 The Contingency of Vision, curated by Peter Shand, The Suter, Nelson
2001 Interior Horizons, curated by Elizabeth Leydon, Te Tuhi The Mark, Auckland
2002 January, The Contingency of Vision, Te Tuhi The Mark, Auckland
2003 April, Women Abstractionists, Te-Wa Gallery, Wanganui
2003 October, Solo Show, Gallery Romerapotheke, Zurich
2005 November, Te Tuhi Gallery, Iris Fischer Award, Winner
2005 July, Drawings Out of Exile, Te Tuhi Gallery, Auckland
2006 October, Solo Show, RogerWilliams Contemporary, Auckland
2007 February, Waikato Society of Arts, Merit Award, Hamilton
2008 June, CoCA, Anthony Harper Art award
2008 December, 64Zero3, Group Show, Christchurch
2009 June, Antoinette Godkin Gallery, 4 Artists, Auckland
2009 August, Snowwhite Gallery, Into the Wilderness, Unitec, Auckland
2010 February, Hamilton Gardens, WSA Painting and Printmaking Award- Supreme Award Winner
2010 August, Antoinette Godkin Gallery, Idle Fleet, Solo Show, Auckland
2012 February, Running on Pebbles, curated by Allan Smith, Snakepit Gallery, Auckland
2012 May, Group Show, Antoinette Godkin Gallery, Auckland
2013 February, Open Edition, Hastings City Art Gallery, Hastings
2017 August, Esther Leigh, Britt Alpe, Antoinette Godkin Gallery, Auckland
Selected Publications
Slide Show, essay John Hurrell, Govett Brewster Art Gallery, May 1999
Monique Jansen and Esther Leigh, essay Natassha Conland, June 2000
The Contingency of Vision, Peter Shand, 2001
Out of the Dark, essay J Clarke, ASA Gallery publication, 2002
Interior Horizons: Art on the Verge of Architecture and Design, E Leydon, 2003
Esther Leigh, Gallery Romerapotheke, Zurich, 2003
Selected Reviews
Blurry Abstractions Confound and Seduce the Eye, William McAloon
Sunday Star Times, 2 July 2000
Seeing is not Always Believing, Graeme Stradling
The Nelson Mail, 5 September 2001
Boxed Light Outside the Frame, John Hurrell, Artbash, October 2006
4 Artists, John Hurrell, eyeCONTACT, John Hurrell, July 2009
Gorman and Leigh, eyeCONTACT, John Hurrell, August 2009
Idle Fleet, eyeCONTACT, John Hurrell, August 2010
Running on Pebbles, eyeContact, John Hurrell, February 2013
Selected Articles
Visualising with Mr Bean, Wendy Grace Dawson, Art New Zealand, Autumn 2002
Sea Through Wall, John Hurrell, Art New Zealand, Autumn 2007
