Stella Corkery
Stella Corkery (born 1960) is a New Zealand visual artist and drummer, born in Tuatapere, New Zealand. Corkery's work is experimental and reflective, often commenting on contemporary ideas. She currently lives and works in Auckland, New Zealand.
Stella Corkery
- Name
- Stella Corkery
- Born
- 1960
- Birthplace
- Tuatapere, New Zealand
- Education
- MFA (2013), BFA (Hons) (2012)
- Known for
- Painting, Sculpture
- Movement
- Abstract, experimental, riot grrrl
- Nationality
- New Zealand
- Occupation
- painter
- Fields
- electronic
- Movements
- abstract art
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Key facts
• Name — Stella Corkery • Born — 1960 • Birthplace — Tuatapere, New Zealand • Education — MFA (2013), BFA (Hons) (2012) • Alma Mater — Elam School of Fine Art, University of Auckland • Known for — Painting, Sculpture • Movement — Abstract, experimental, riot grrrl • Partner — Alan Holt
Education
Education
Corkery attended the Elam School of Fine Art (University of Auckland) where she received a BFA (Hons) First Class Honors in 2012 and Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in 2013.
Music
Music
Corkery is a self-taught drummer and has been involved in the underground music scene since the late 1980s. She has been part of experimental, noise and lo-fi bands including Angelhead, Queen Meanie Puss, and White Saucer. Her first band, The Pleats, was formed in Dunedin around 1980 with Rachel Shearer (Lovely Midget, which Corkery was also a member of) and Debbie Hinden (Indigo Underworld).
Labels
Labels
In the early 1990s she started the Pink Air and Girl Alliance record labels with her partner Alan Holt. Both labels were created to support musicians in Auckland, with The Pink Air label focusing experimental and psychedelic music and Girl Alliance part of the riot grrrl movement.
Visual art
Corkery's paintings use traditional processes, such as oils, although she doesn't restrict herself to a particular style. Her visual works include Smoke and Butterfly (2015) and Gas Light (2015). In 2013 Corkery was selected to be part of the exhibition Freedom Farmers: New Zealand Artists Growing Ideas at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki. This exhibition showcased twenty New Zealand contemporary artists from various media, reflecting on concept such as utopia, sustainability, and artistic freedom. Corkery's recent exhibitions in New Zealand include: Necessary Distraction: a painting show (Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, 2015, with Saskia Leek, Julian Hooper, Nicola Farquhar, Kirstin Carlin, and James Cousins); Porous Moonlight (Papakura Art Gallery, 2013); and Episodic Nomadic (Gloria Knight, Auckland, 2013). She has held several exhibitions at the Michael Lett gallery including: Theme for a Science Fiction Vampire (2017), Sparks (2015), Kicking Against The Pricks (2014), and a joint show with Jim Allen & Dan Arps (2016). Corkery has also exhibited outside New Zealand including Caravan (2014) at the Station Gallery in Melbourne, Australia, Patches (2017) and Keep Smiling the Boss Loves Idiots (2016), at Poppy's in New York, USA.
Discography
• Band — Album — Date — Credits • White Saucer — Phoenix EP — Drums • White Saucer — Black Patrol — 2009 — Drums • Arrows — Ashes — 2008 — Drums • Arrows — Holiday 93 — 2008 — Drums • Queen Meanie Puss — 25th Anniversary Box Set — 2007 — Drums • White Saucer — Mars Attax Remix — 2006 — Drums • Queen Meanie Puss — Tard & Furthered — 2005 — Drums • Queen Meanie Puss — Where In The World Is Wendy Broccoli? (compilation – song 'Contracts') — 2005 — Drums, written by • Fake Purr — Bad Horsey — 2002 — Drums, vocals • Lovely Midget — Lovely Midget — 2000 — Synthesizer • White Saucer — White Saucer — 1999 — Drums, artwork, synth • Sweetcakes (solo project) — Pink Drums — 1997 — Percussion • White Saucer — Untitled tape – song 'HB Soul Practice (Edit)' — 1997 — Drums • Sooty and Sweet — Shrew'd (compilation – song 'Inch Deep') — 1993 — Drums • Queen Meanie Puss — The Darkling — 1992 — Drums • Queen Meanie Puss — The Beauty of Dogs — 1991 — Drums • Queen Meanie Puss — I heard the Devil call my Name — 1991 — Drums • Angelhead — Eat — 1990 — Drums
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Stella Corkery. Auckland Art Gallery.
- 2.Stella Corkery – Profile, Exhibitions & Artwork Ocula. 14 September 2017.
- 3.Magazine, Viva. Why Artist Stella Corkery Thinks We Should Slow Down – Viva. www.viva.co.nz. 24 November 2015.
- 4.Freedom Farmers: New Zealand Artists Growing Ideas. Auckland Art Gallery.
- 5.Landmark New Zealand contemporary art exhibition at Auckland Art Gallery this summer. Auckland Art Gallery.
- 6.Necessary Distraction: A Painting Show. Auckland Art Gallery.
- 7.Stella Corkery – Michael Lett. Michael Lett.
- 8.Jim Allen, Dan Arps, Stella Corkery – Michael Lett. Michael Lett.
- 9.Gallery. Michael Lett.
- 10.Caravan – Station Gallery.
- 11.BUG. b-u-g.site.
- 12.STATION GALLERY. Home.
- 13.Stella Corkery at Poppy's – Michael Lett. Michael Lett. 6 December 2016.
- 14.Poppy's. 14 February 2017.
- 15.Stella Corkery. Discogs.
- 16.Stella Corkery: New Zealand's Prodigious Drummer – Tom Tom Magazine. Tom Tom Magazine. 13 September 2009.
- 17.Record Labels: Pink Air & Girl Alliance. The Road Dreamed Forever. 26 October 2009.
- 18.White Saucer – Phoenix. Discogs. 1998.
- 19.White Saucer – Black Patrol. Discogs.
- 20.Various – Where In The World Is Wendy Broccoli?. Discogs. November 2005.
- 21.Fake Purr – Bad Horsey. Discogs. 1998.
- 22.Lovely Midget – Lovely Midget. Discogs.
- 23.White Saucer – White Saucer. Discogs.
- 24.Sweetcakes – Pink Drums. Discogs. 1994.
- 25.White Saucer – Untitled Tape. Discogs. 1997.
- 26.Various – Shrew'd. Discogs. 1993.
- 27.Queen Meanie Puss – The Darkling. Discogs. 1992.
- 28.Queen Meanie Puss – The Beauty Of Dogs. Discogs. 1991.
- 29.Angelhead – Eat. Discogs. 1990.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 5
- Angela Morton Collection, Takapuna Library
- E. H. McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
- Fine Arts Library, University of Auckland
- Te Aka Matua Research Library, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
- Stella Corkery: Abandon All Complaints – The Social Life of Painting (2013) Henry Babbage, Auckland Art Gallery Toi O Tamaki (produced for the exhibition Freedom Farmers, New Zealand Artists Growing Ideas)
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