Coral Head
oil & alkyd on board
740 X 875mm
by Michael Smither, 2001
Michael Smither lives and works on Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand
He does not own or use a computer.
Contact him by mail at 8 Otama Beach Road
R D 2, Whitianga.
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| Michael Smither Born in Taranaki, 1939. Michael Smither is well known for his environmental work, his sculpture and murals, his silk screenprints and for his music as well as for his painting. He now lives and works on Coromandel Peninsula. | |
| Selected Exhibitions | |
| 1985 - 2002 | |
| Exhibits frequently, at: | Bread and Butter Gallery, Whitianga Artis Gallery, Auckland The Diversion Gallery, Picton Real Tart Gallery, New Plymouth |
| 1984 | |
| End of time's chimes | Christchurch Festival |
| Suite of figure drawings | Janne Land Gallery, Wellington |
| Views from Back Beach | John Leech Gallery, Auckland |
| 1983 | |
| Works on paper 76-82 | Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington |
| Motumahanga | John Leech Gallery, Auckland |
| The NZ Landscape | Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North |
| T.A.C.O. The politics of exhibition | Govett Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth |
| Four Years of Collecting | Janne Land Gallery, Wellington |
| Michael Smither & friends | St Josephs, New Plymouth |
| 1982 | |
| Back Beach Time | Govett Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth |
| Slides, music and dance. Harmonic shapes scratched on transparencies and printed. | |
| 1981 | |
| Polyphonic chords | touring New Zealand |
| The rocks revisited and political statements | John Leech Gallery, Auckland |
| Michael Smither retrospective | Te Awamutu Arts Festival |
| Stations of the Cross | Govett Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth |
| 1980 | |
| Taranaki panels | John Leech Gallery, Auckland |
| Michael Smither - retrospective drawing | Studio Gallery, Hamilton |
| Polyphonic Chords | Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt |
| Humour and satire in painting | CSA Gallery, Christchurch |
| Carnival of the animals | Govett Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth |
| 1979 | |
| Drawings in retrospect | Display Art Gallery, Rotorua |
| Paintings for the revolution | Denis Cohn Gallery, Auckland |
| Major works from private collections | Govett Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth |
| 1978 | |
| Purchases over 10 turbulent years | Govett Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth |
| Rangitoto Special | Peter Webb Galleries, Auckland |
| Retrospective drawings | Aquarius Arts Ltd, Hamilton |
| 1977 | |
| You, me, us | Govett Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth |
| Eleven paintings | Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington |
| New Zealand prints | Auckland City Art Gallery |
| 1976 | |
| Painting in Taranaki | Govett Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth |
| New Zealand drawing | Auckland City Art Gallery |
| Retrospective | WSA Studio Gallery, Hamilton |
| 1975 | |
| New Paintings | John Leech Gallery, Auckland |
| Group 75 | John Leech Gallery, Auckland |
| <1974 | |
| Watercolours | Barry Lett Galleries, Auckland |
| Back Beach Series | John Leech Gallery, Auckland |
| Works on paper | Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington |
| Art N.Z. '74 | CSA Gallery, Christchurch |
| New year/new works | Barry Lett Galleries, Auckland |
| Portraits by contemporary New Zealand painters | New Vision Gallery, Auckland |
| 6th international graphic art exhibition | India |
| New Zealand on paper | Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington |
| 1973 | |
| Domestic paintings | Manawatu Gallery, Palmerston North John Leech Gallery, Auckland Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington Govett Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth |
| Landscape - a survey | Barry Lett Galleries, Auckland |
| Watercolours, drawings & prints | Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington |
| Drawing invitational | Manawatu Gallery, Palmerston North |
| 1972 | |
| Michael Smither paintings prints drawings | Govett Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth |
| Work by Michael Smither | Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt |
| An exhibition of watercolours | Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington |
| 1971 | |
| Centenary collection | Manawatu Gallery, Palmerston North |
| Earth/earth | Barry Lett Galleries, Auckland |
| Figuratives Now | Hawthorn City Art Gallery, Melbourne |
| 111 views of Mount Egmont | Govett Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth |
| 1970 | |
| M.D.Smither, Frances Hodgkins Fellow | Otago Museum, Dunedin |
| Acquisitions '69-70 | Govett Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth |
| Expo 70 Exhibition | Osaka, Japan |
| New Zealand art of the sixties | QE2 Arts Council |
| 1969 | |
| Dolphins and lovers | Barry Lett Galleries, Auckland |
| Paintings and drawings | CSA Gallery, Christchurch |
| New Zealand modern art | Smithsonian Institution, Washington |
| The Essentialists | Blaxland Gallery, Sydney |
| 1968 | |
| Religious paintings & drawings | Barry Lett Galleries, Auckland |
| Michael Smither | Argus Gallery, Melbourne |
| Benson & Hedges Art Award | Barry Lett Galleries, Auckland |
| This land | Barry Lett Galleries, Auckland |
| 100 New Zealand painters | Pan Pacific Arts Festival, Christchurch |
| The Essentialists | Pinacotheca Gallery (tours to Brisbane, Adelaide and Sydney) |
| The Group | Gloucester St Gallery, Christchurch |
| 1967 | |
| The Group | Durham St Art Gallery, Christchurch |
| Manawatu Prize for Contemporary Art | Palmerston North Art Gallery |
| 1966 | |
| Michael Smither paintings | Argus Gallery, Melbourne |
| New Zealand paintings 1966 | Auckland City Art Gallery |
| 1965 | |
| New Zealand painting | Auckland City Art Gallery |
| Group 60 | Opera House, New Plymouth |
| Sketches & lino-cuts by MDS | Giotto Art Gallery, Auckland |
| 1964 | |
| Victoria Reigns | Taranaki Museum, New Plymouth |
| Michael Smither | Artides Gallery, Wellington |
| 1962 | |
| Contemporary New Zealand painting and sculpture | Auckland City Art Gallery |
| 1961 | |
| Contemporary New Zealand painting and sculpture | Auckland City Art Gallery |
| Group 60 | New Plymouth Public Library |
 Photo credit Gian McGregor |
Michael Smither lives and works on Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand
He does not own or use a computer.
Contact him by mail at 8 Otama Beach Road
R D 2, Whitianga.
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Image © Michael Smither