Mark Braunias / Artist / Profile
Mark Braunias. Born in Tauranga. Lives and works in Auckland and Kawhia, New Zealand. Studied at the Canterbury School of Fine Arts in Christchurch, graduating with a BFA in 1987.
The inaugural winner of the James Wallace Art Award in 1992, Braunias has regular solo exhibitions and appeared in public gallery exhibitions including A very peculiar practice (City Gallery, Wellington, 1995), Gruesome (Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, 1999) and The Cartoon Show at the Auckland Art Gallery in 2001.
He has completed Artist-in-Residence programmes at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery in 2002, Southland Museum and Art Gallery, 2005 and the Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui, 2007. His work is held in public, corporate and private collections in New Zealand and overseas.
| 2009 | A message from Planet Zonked, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch. The Periodic Table, Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington. |
| 2008 | Recent Work, Bath Street Gallery, Auckland. London Town, Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui. |
| 2007 | Congo Sly-Grogger, Ashburton Public Art Gallery, Asburton. No more Gurus, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch. Visual Bank, Tauranga Art Gallery, Tauranga. |
| 2006 | Congo Sly-Grogger, Southland Museum and Art Gallery, Invercargill. World Gone Worly, Rm 103, Auckland. The Shrink, Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington. Uncle Albert, Ramp Gallery, Hamilton. |
| 2005 | Recent Work, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch. |
| 2004 | My new Art god, Lopdell House Gallery, Auckland. Rats and Lemons, Big Wall project, Dunedin Public Art Gallery. |
| 2003 | A day in my life, Peter Mcleavey Gallery , Wellington. Recent Work, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch. |
| 2002 | First-Time Caller, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin. |
| 2001 | Good Shit, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch. Soft, Peter Mcleavey Gallery, Wellington. |
| 1999 | The Dibbloes, Peter Mcleavey Gallery, Wellington. |
| 1998 | Mumsy, Gregory Flint Gallery, Auckland. |
| 1997 | Gank, Peter Mcleavey Gallery, Wellington. Fagas, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch. |
| 1996 | New Work, Gregory Flint Gallery, Auckland. |
| 1995 | Recent Paintings, - Gregory Flint Gallery, Auckland. Gash Stock, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch. Paintings, Peter Mcleavey Gallery, Wellington. |
| 1994 | New Work, Gregory Flint Gallery, Auckland. Young Anzacs, Jonathan Jensen Gallery, Christchurch. |
| 1993 | Praha, Jonathan Jensen Gallery, Christchurch. |
| 1992 | Debutantes, Artis Gallery, Auckland. |
| 1991 | Praha, Malostanska Bedesa, Prague, Czech Republic. |
| 1990 | Emblems of Identity, Last Decade Gallery, Wellington. Emblems of Identity, Star Art Gallery, Auckland. Works on paper, Jonathan Jensen Gallery, Christchurch. |
| 1989 | Black Paintings, Jonathan Jensen Gallery, Christchurch. |
| 1988 | Paintings, Jonathan Jensen Gallery, Christchurch. |
| 2009 | Auckland Art Fair, Bath Street Gallery, Auckland. Gifted, Tauranga Art Gallery, Tauranga. Nicht so Schlim, High Street Project, Christchurch. Marsupial@Newcall: If only…, Newcall Gallery, Auckland. Negatives, Paul Nache Gallery, Gisbourne. What we do here, Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington. |
| 2007 | Tylee Cottage 21 years, Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui. |
| 2006 | Policy Decals for New Habits, High Street Project, Christchurch. |
| 2005 | Mark Braunias & Peter Robinson on paper, Peter Mcleavey Gallery, Wellington. Heavy Breathers Show, Wellington. |
| 2004 | Recent Acquisitions, Christchurch City Art Gallery, Christchurch. True Love, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin. |
| 2001 | Adrift, Conical Contemporary Art Space, Melbourne. The Cartoon Show, Artists Project, Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland. |
| 2000 | Collectors Choice, - Te Papa, Wellington. |
| 1998 | The Photograph, Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington. Gruesome, McDougall Art Annex, Christchurch. |
| 1996 | Aftermath, McDougall Art Annex, Christchurch. ECNZ Live, Wellington City Gallery, Wellington. |
| 1995 | A very Peculiar Practice, City Gallery, Wellington. | 1994 | Painters, Gregory Flint Gallery, Auckland. Braunias, Nielsen, Dunning, Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington. |
| 1993 | New Zealand Art Seen, Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North. |
| 1992 | James Wallace Art Award, Wallace Trust, Auckland. |
| 1991 | Critics Choice, Artis Gallery, Auckland. |
| 1990 | Situation and Style, Jonathan Jensen Gallery, Christchurch. |
| 1987 | Young Contemporaries, C.S.A Gallery, Christchurch. |