Yvonne Todd
Yvonne Todd (born 1973) is a contemporary New Zealand photographer known for her manipulation of conventional photographic techniques and genres.
Yvonne Todd
- Born
- 1973 · Takapuna.
- Nationality
- New Zealand
- Occupation
- photographer
- Education
- Elam School of Fine Arts · Unitec Institute of Technology
- Honours
- Walters Prize
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Yvonne Todd (born 1973) is a contemporary New Zealand photographer known for her manipulation of conventional photographic techniques and genres.
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Yvonne Todd (born 1973) is a New Zealand photographer. The photographer was born in Takapuna. Yvonne Todd studied at Elam School of Fine Arts and Unitec Institute of Technology.
Works by the photographer are held at Auckland Art Gallery and National Gallery of Victoria. Yvonne Todd received Walters Prize.
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Early life and education
Early life and education
Todd was born in Takapuna, Auckland. In the mid 1990s, she studied professional photography at Unitec Institute of Technology. She completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts at Elam School of Fine Arts in 2001.
Career
Career
Todd won the inaugural Walters Prize (New Zealand's largest contemporary art prize) in 2002 at age 28 for her collection of work Asthma & Eczema, which had been her final-year submission at art school. In 2014 and 2015 City Gallery Wellington mounted a major survey of her works Yvonne Todd: Creamy Psychology, including over 150 pieces, curated by Robert Leonard.
Solo exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
• Dead Starlets Assoc, IMA, Brisbane (2007) • Wall of Seahorsel, Dunedin Public Art Gallery (2012–2013) • Yvonne Todd: Creamy Psychology, City Gallery Wellington (2014–2015) • Barnacles – Yvonne Todd, Tauranga Art Gallery (2016)
Group exhibitions
Group exhibitions
• Telecom Prospect 2004: New Art New Zealand, City Gallery Wellington (2004) • Mixed-up Childhood, Auckland Art Gallery (2005) • Busan Biennale, Republic of Korea (2006) • Blood, in its Various Forms at the Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane (2007) • Fotofestival, Mannheim, Germany (2009) • 17th Biennale of Sydney (2010) • Unnerved: The New Zealand Project, National Gallery of Victoria and Queensland Art Gallery (2010) • Edinburgh Art Festival (2014)
Publications
• Robert Leonard (ed.), Dead Starlets Assoc, Brisbane: Institute of Modern Art, 2007.. • Robert Leonard (ed.), Creamy Psychology, Wellington: City Gallery Wellington and Victoria University Press, 2014..
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- 1.Yvonne Todd. Circuit.
- 2.Yvonne Todd: Creamy Psychology. City Gallery Wellington.
- 3.Herrick, Linda. Yvonne Todd wins $50,000 Walters art prize. The New Zealand Herald. 17 July 2002.
- 4.Walters Prize 2002. Auckland Art Gallery.
- 5.Yvonne Todd: Wall of Seahorsel. Dunedin Public Art Gallery.
- 6.Barnacles – Yvonne Todd. Tauranga Art Gallery.
- 7.Telecom Prospect 2004. City Gallery Wellington.
- 8.Mixed-up Childhood. Auckland Art Gallery.
- 9.Institute of Modern Art. Yvonne Todd: Blood, in its Various Forms….
- 10.Unnerved. National Gallery of Victoria.
- 11.Kiwis take flight at Edinburgh Festivals. creativenz.govt.nz.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 4
- Robert Leonard and Janita Craw, Mixed-up Childhood, Auckland: Auckland Art Gallery, 2005.
- Lara Strongman (ed), Contemporary New Zealand photographers, Auckland: Mountain View Pub, 2005.
- David Eggleton, Into the light : a history of New Zealand photography, Nelson: Craig Potton, 2006.
- Maud Page, Wystan Curnow, et al., Unnerved : the New Zealand project, Brisbane: Queensland Art Gallery, 2010.
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