20 Questions
assemblage - test-tubes, wax, gold foil, mirror, cast resin kewpie doll, wooden ball ....
by Dale Copeland, 2001
| Animal, vegetable, mineral ?? If only the big questions could be solved so easily. |
Dale's studio can be found at Puniho, Surf Highway, Taranaki, New Zealand
See her work in the Five from the Outer Edge exhibition.
More of her work can be seen on the Virtual TART site at virtual.tart.co.nz
and on her own site at dalecopeland.co.nz
email Dale
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| Dale Copeland Born in Taranaki, 1943. B.Sc., Dip.Soc.Sc. and M.A., 1st class Hons in Mathematics. Offered Massey Doctoral Scholarship in Chaos Theory '97. Changed direction to art. Has been awarded M.N.Z.M. for services to art. Lives at Puniho with painter Paul Hutchinson. Has a 6th Dan Black Belt in Taekwon-Do She has worked in collage, jewellery, book-making, photography, fabric art and sculpture, but her favoured medium is assemblage, or box art : careful constructions of treasured objects. | |
| Selected Exhibitions | |
2022 | |
| ...still thinking... | Lysaght Watt Gallery, Hawera |
| Art of Resilience | Percy Thomson Gallery, Stratford |
2021 | |
| HIVE Mind | The Village Gallery, Eltham |
| THINKS | Percy Thomson Gallery, Stratford |
| MINIARTE INTERNATIONAL PROJECT - EDITION 40 | MINIAERTE VIDA (invited guest artist) Gramado and Porto Alegre, Brazil |
| Art > 70 | Virtual Tart website |
2020 | |
| The Lockdown Exhibition | Percy Thomson Gallery, Stratford |
| Coasties | Koru on Devon, then (lockdown) Virtual Tart |
| Lost Heads and Hobgoblins | Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt, New Zealand |
| Philosophy of the Found | Virtual Tart website |
| The Province of Art | Virtual Tart website |
| 'COASTIES' | Koru on Devon, New Plymouth, New Zealand |
2019 | |
| The scene in which I find myself | Govett Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth |
| Hidden Realms | Percy Thomson Gallery, Stratford, New Zealand |
| Featured in issue #23 KOLAJ Magazine About Contemporary Collage, Canada | |
| Playing On Words, with Peggy Earle, USA | Virtual Tart website |
| Invitation | Koru on Devon Gallery, New Plymouth |
| Taranaki Artocracy | Percy Thomson Gallery, Stratford, New Zealand |
| Taranaki to Terre Verte | Terre Verte Gallery, Altarnun, Cornwall, UK |
| Huakina (guest artist) | Expressions Wirinaki, Upper Hutt, New Zealand |
| A Book About Death ( 10th Anniversary - The Last Waltz ) | Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY, USA |
| I AM WOMAN | Percy Thomson Gallery, Stratford, New Zealand |
2018 | |
| Synergy | JD Reid Gallery, New Plymouth |
| Philosophy of the Found | Koru on Devon Gallery, New Plymouth |
| Vital Transformations | Koru on Devon Gallery, New Plymouth |
| Little Big Museum Project | Resonance Gallery, Plovdiv, Bulgaria |
| A year's worth | Solo, Virtual Tart website |
| Diverse Locals | Lysaght Watt Gallery, Hawera |
| Molly Morpeth Canaday Award, 3D | Whakatane |
| (sculptures accepted into finals, but damaged in transit) | |
2017 | |
| See Nothing, Truth/Lie Dichotomy | Percy Thomson Gallery, Stratford, New Zealand |
| Tart Art | Molloy Gallery, Tataraimaka, New Zealand |
| The Aginbite of Inwit | Wallace Gallery, Morrinsville, New Zealand |
| Home Work | Puke Ariki, New Plymouth |
| Philadelphia Postcard Project | daVinci Gallery, Philadelphia, USA |
| Back from Paris | The Art Room, New Plymouth |
| Art Taranaki - de retour à Paris | Galerie 59 Rivoli, Paris, France |
| dog ate my homework | The Art Room, New Plymouth |
| FRACK OFF | JD Reid Gallery, New Plymouth |
| All Lines Converge | Govett Brewster Art Gallery, New Zealand |
2016 | |
| All Lines Converge (in preparation) | Govett Brewster Art Gallery, New Zealand |
| Philosophy of the found | Mokau Museum, New Zealand |
| Taranaki @ Waiheke | Upcycle Gallery, Waiheke Island |
| Quadratfu� | Juried exhibition, Berlin |
| Finalist, Small Sculpture prize | Waiheke Island |
2015 | |
| New Plymouth's Mine | Commissioned sculpture, Coastal Walkway |
| in spite of everything | Solo show, Virtual Tart |
| Whanganui Electorate Exhibition | Bowen House, Wellington |
| Philosophy of the found | Downtown Cafe, Okato |
| Curious Trophies | Percy Thomson Gallery, Stratford, New Zealand |
| International Assemblage | Virtual Tart website & book of the same name |
2014 | |
| Taranaki à Paris | Galerie 59 Rivoli, Paris |
| Kinetika | Puke Ariki, New Plymouth, New Zealand |
| Alternatives | UCOL, Whanganui, New Zealand |
| The Third Dimension | Eltham, New Zealand |
| Home Work - Taranaki Art Now | Puke Ariki, New Plymouth, New Zealand |
| Featured in Spring edition of inscape Society for Art of Imagination, UK. | |
| Small Sculpture Prize | Waiheke Island, New Zealand |
2013 | |
| Painting & Mixed Media, small works | Lessedra Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria |
| RDNZ | Percy Thompson Gallery, Stratford |
| OFF THE WALL | New Plymouth, New Zealand |
| MiniArt 10 Years IMAGINE! | Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil |
| Small Sculpture Prize, finalist | Waiheke Community Art Gallery, New Zealand |
| Dale Copeland: recent assemblages | UPCYCLE, Waiheke Island, New Zealand |
| Out of Our Comfort Zone | Lysaght Watt, Hawera, New Zealand |
| REMAKE | NZAFA, Wellington, New Zealand |
| Blown Away with Glass | Percy Thompson Gallery, Stratford |
| Painting & Mixed Media, small works | Lessedra Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria |
2012 | |
| Painting & Mixed Media, small works | Lessedra Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria |
| * Awarded one of the five 'Special' Prizes * | |
| B.G.M.E.R.C. | Satellite Gallery, Auckland |
| Between Birthdays | Virtual Tart website |
| FRACKED | Eltham, New Zealand |
| Through a Glass Darkly | Real Tart Gallery, New Plymouth |
| 100 Day Project | Auckland, New Zealand |
| UN-WINE-D | Pataka Gallery, Porirua, New Zealand |
| The Art of Assemblage | Taupo Museum, New Zealand |
| The End is Near | Edith Barrett Gallery, Utica, NY, USA |
| EMPATHY | The Deerhall, Taranaki, New Zealand |
| 6PLY | Waiau Country Estate, New Zealand |
2011 | |
| TROYART | Museu Brasileiro da Escultura, S�o Paulo, Brasil |
| RENEGADE | Puke Ariki, New Plymouth, New Zealand |
| 100-Tage-Kunst | (100 days of Art) Germany |
| 2010 | |
| Kinetika | Puke Ariki, New Plymouth, New Zealand |
| Your Documents Please | New York, USA |
| Um Livro Sobre A Morte | Museu Brasileiro da Escultura, S�o Paulo, Brazil |
| Putting it All Together | climate/gallery, Long Island, NY, USA |
| Virtual Tarts at the Percy Thomson | Percy Thomson Gallery, Stratford, New Zealand |
| 2009 | |
| CHOP, CHOP | Gallery Thirty Three, Wanaka |
| Never Think Small | climate/gallery, Long Island, NY, USA |
| None of the Above | Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN |
| Cities-of-Art | Real Tart Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand |
| 8th Annual Summer All Media International Online Juried Exhibition | Upstream People Gallery, Omaha, NE |
| A Book About Death | Emily Harvey Foundation Gallery, New York Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles The Mobius Gallery in Boston, MA, USA The River Mill Art Gallery, New Jersey Sexta Literary Arts Festival, Tijuana, Mexico Permanent collections, Museum of Modern Art LA County Museum of Art Research Library. |
| Wunderbox | Waiheke Island, Auckland |
| Cabinet of Curiosities | ROAR Gallery, Wellington |
| Guest Exhibitor | Whakatane Summer Arts Festival 2009 |
| The Easter Show | Uxbridge, Howick |
| Reclaim to Fame | Waiheke Island, Auckland |
| Your Documents Please |
2B Gal�ria, Budapest, Hungary Galerie Kurt im Hirsch, Berlin, Germany GAL�RIA Z - Bratislava, Slovakia Galer�a Ajolote Arte Contempor�neo, Guadalajara, Mexico |
| Featured in L'Art du Collage dans tous ses �tats by Pierre Jean Varet, Editions Artcolle , Paris, 2009. | |
| 2008 | |
| 17th Annual Wallace Art Awards - Finalist | Auckland |
| ID Me | The Suter, Nelson, New Zealand |
| Your Documents Please | Museum of Arts and Crafts, Itami-shi, Japan ZAIM, Yokohoma, Japan |
| The Circus Comes to Town | Manukau City Centre, Auckland |
| Guest Exhibitor | Whakatane Summer Arts Festival |
| 2007 | |
| WAR - Artists Respond | Austin, TX, USA |
| Taranaki Review | Opunake, New Zealand |
| * Winner of Sculpture section * | |
| Global Shoe Project | BC, Canada |
| Global Artists for Peace | virtual.tart.co.nz & calendar |
| 16th Annual Wallace Art Awards - Finalist | Auckland |
| Ode to Cornell: What Would Joseph Do? | Salem, USA |
| Mini-Artefakts | Borrelli Space Gallery, Sand Diego, USA |
| Cities-of-Art | Blackberry Gallery, Port Moody, Canada |
| Objectivity | Percy Thomson Gallery, Stratford |
| Republic of Letters | Percy Thomson Gallery, Stratford and Christchurch Arts Festival |
| Human Artefakts | Christchurch Arts Festival |
| WaX - National Women's Art Exhibition | Gisborne, New Zealand |
| * Winner of Professor Jack Richards award for sculpture * * Overall Supreme Winner * | |
| Art of Architecture | Percy Thomson Gallery, Stratford |
| Human Artefakts | Percy Thomson Gallery, Stratford |
| 2006 | |
| Assemblage 2006a | Oder 24, Berlin, Germany |
| Human Artefakts | Richmond, VA and Lemont, IL in USA Bremen in Germany, Hamilton in New Zealand |
| Stop Making Sense | Kina Gallery, New Plymouth |
| Fashion Week, Not | Peter Rae Gallery, Dunedin |
| The New Alchemists | 3rd Biennial, Reclaimed Materials tour in Australia |
| Featured in Artist's Magazine, USA Feb, 2006. | |
| Featured in L'Art du Collage � l'Aube du Vingt et Uni�me Si�cle by Pierre Jean Varet, Editions Artcolle , Paris, 2006. | |
| 2005 | |
| Found | Campbell Grant Galleries, Christchurch |
| Vanitas | Upstairs Gallery, Whitianga |
| Travail with a light heart | Durango Arts Center, Colorado, USA |
| The New Alchemists | 3rd Biennial, Reclaimed Materials Te Manawa, Palmerston North The Suter Gallery, Nelson |
| Le Voyage Imaginaire | Touring exhibition, Germany and France |
| 2004 | |
| Co-tutor at collage workshop | Cuernavaca, Mexico |
| 13th Annual Wallace Art Awards | Auckland |
| The New Alchemists | 3rd Biennial, Reclaimed Materials Southland Museum and Art Gallery Dowse Art Museum |
| Guest of honour, 11�me Salon International du Collage Contemporain, Paris France | |
| Le Voyage Imaginaire | Touring exhibition, Canada, USA, New Zealand |
| Inspired by the box man | Surface Gallery, Nottingham |
| Cabinet of Curiosities | Peter Rae Gallery, Dunedin |
| The Sum of the Parts | Appalachian State University, NC, USA |
| Assemblage 100 |
Expressions Gallery, Upper Hutt; Real Tart gallery, New Plymouth; Gully Lounge, Auckland |
| 2003 | |
| Assemblage 100 | Percy Thomson Gallery, Stratford |
| Postcards from the Edge | Galerie Lelong, New York |
| Real Tarts in K Road | Gully Lounge, Auckland |
| International Collage 2003 | Oder24, Berlin |
| Salon international du collage contemporain | Paris & Sergines, France |
| Lost in the FunHouse | The PumpHouse Gallery, Auckland |
| 2002 | |
| International Collage Exhibition | Kansas State University |
| "TART Melba" | Melbourne |
| "Collage International" | RomFeia Gallery, Plovdiv, Bulgaria |
| (invited artist for collage symposium and exhibition) | |
| "New Zeal" | Qdos Gallery, Lorne, Australia |
| 2001 | |
| Art Waikato Awards | Hamilton *Finalist* |
| Circus Maximus, Unbearables | ABC No Rio, New York |
| Salon international du collage contemporain | Paris & Sergines, France |
| "The Art of Riding a Camel" | Kina Gallery, New Plymouth |
| The World Through a Pinhole | Geoff Wilson Gallery, Whangarei |
| International Digital Art | UMDNJ, New Jersey, USA |
| 2000 | |
| The Number | College Jacques Cartier, Chauny, France |
| Art Waikato Awards | Hamilton *Finalist* |
| "The Occasional Coherent Thought" | Woodhouse Hill Gallery, Wellington |
| Biennial Portrait Competition | NZ Portrait Gallery *Finalist* |
| Exhibition 2000 | Shomeido Gallery, Tokyo |
| "Remembrance of Things Past" | Taranaki Museum, New Plymouth |
| "Apple TART" | Lincoln Centre, New York |
| 1999 | |
| "Poles Apart at the Antipodes" | Athene Gallery, Greytown |
| Exhibition 1999 | Keio University, Tokyo |
| "Assemblage d'assemblage" | Portfolio Gallery, Auckland |
| "Wonderlands" | Govett Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth |
| foCOM2000 | Gallery A3, Moscow |
| 1998 | |
| "tempus fugit, fugit all" | Portfolio Gallery, Auckland |
| Renaissance 2001 | Contemporary Arts Foundation, Harrogate, England |
| "QUINTET" - 5 Taranaki artists | Govett Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth |
| "Country Without Borders" | Abraham Lubelski Gallery, New York |
| "Through a Glass Darkly" | Athene Gallery, Greytown |
| 1997 | |
| "AVANT GARAGE" | New Plymouth |
| Recent Aquisitions | Govett Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth |
| Depot Art Award | Devonport, Auckland *Merit Award* |
| "fission chips" | Art Haus, Wellington |
| 1996 | |
| "ENVOYS" | Lopdell House Gallery, Auckland |
| "Through a Glass Darkly" | Portfolio Gallery, Auckland |
| "Remembrance of Things Past" | ART Gallery, New Plymouth |
| 1995 | |
| Sculpture Symposium | Corban's Estate, Waitakere, Auckland |
| "A Different Sort of Sacrifice" | Page90 Gallery, Porirua |
| 1994 | |
| The Cake Stall | Egmont Gallery, New Plymouth |
| "Four and Against" tour | New Moon Gallery, Wellington |
| CSA Gallery, Christchurch and Bishop Suter Gallery, Nelson | |
| 1993 | |
| "The Great NZ Wind-Up: Toys as Art Objects" | Hawkes Bay Museum, Napier |
| Wallace Arts Trust Art Awards | Auckland |
| 1992 | |
| "Agenbite of Inwit" | Merilyn Savill Gallery, WEllington |
| 40 Year Exhibition | Mishima, Japan |
| "Activart" | Govett Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth |
| 1991 | |
| "Contra-Dictionary" | Govett Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth |
| Five Taranaki Artists | Newton Gallery, Auckland |
| "Real and Reality" | Hawkes Bay Exhibition Centre, Hastings |
| Taranaki Review | Govett Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth |
| 1990 | |
| Goodman Suter Biennale | Suter Gallery, Nelson |
| *Purchase Award* work bought by Gisborne Museum & Arts Centre | |
| "Their View There" | Regional Women's Touring Show |
| Taranaki Review | Govett Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth |
| 1989 | |
| "Not-Very-Merry-Go-Round | RKS Art, Auckland |
| Telecom Review | Govett Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth |
| 1988 | |
| TSB Review | Govett Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth |
| *Winner of $1000 main prize* | |
| Goodman Suter Biennale | Suter Gallery, Nelson |
| *Purchase Award* work bought by Dowse Art Museum | |
| "Careful Constructions of Treasured Objects" | Robert McDougall Art Annex, Christchurch |
| 1987 | |
| TSB Review | Govett Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth |
| Taranaki Banner Show | Govett Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth |
| 1986 | |
| Goodman Suter Biennale | Suter Gallery, Nelson |
| Renonsense 8 | St Josephs, New Plymouth |
| TSB Review | Govett Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth |
| Sculptural Forms | Crafts Council, Wellington |
| 1985 | |
| "Erotica" | King St Gallery, New Plymouth |
| Renonsense 7 | St Josephs, New Plymouth |
| TSB Review | Govett Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth |
| "Cut Ups" | King St Gallery, New Plymouth |
| "Blatant Image" | King St Gallery, New Plymouth |
| 1984 | |
| Renonsense 5 & 6 | St Josephs, New Plymouth |
| TSB Craft Review | Govett Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth |
| Contemporary Craft | Glassworks Gallery, Inglewood |
| Taranaki Independent Photographers | Brougham St Gallery, New Plymouth |
| 1983 | |
| Contemporary Photography | Elam Art School, Auckland |
| Renonsense 4 | St Josephs, New Plymouth |
| Politics of an Exhibition | Govett Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth |
| "Impulses & Responses", Contemporary Jewellery | Goethe Institute, Wellington |
| 1982 | |
| TSB Craft Review | Govett Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth |
| Renonsense 2 & 3 | St Josephs, New Plymouth |
| 1981 | |
| TSB Review | Govett Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth |
| Renonsense 1 | St Josephs, New Plymouth |
| 1980 | |
| Taranaki Review | Govett Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth |
| 1979 | |
| Taranaki Review | Govett Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth |
Author, publisher and binder of limited editions of handbound books: "Assemblage Art", 1995, IBSN 0-9583372-2-5 "Bookbinding - An Introduction", 1994-98, IBSN 0-9583372-0-9 "The Second Half", 1995, IBSN 0-9583372-4-1 Virtual TART CD-ROM IBSN 0-9583372-7-6 (expanded edition) "The Art of Riding a Camel", 2001, IBSN 0-9583372-8-4 | |
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Dale's studio can be found at Puniho, Surf Highway, Taranaki, New Zealand
More of her work can be seen on the Virtual TART site at virtual.tart.co.nz
and on her own site at outofsight.co.nz/Dale
email Dale
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Image © Dale Copeland