Eve Armstrong

Eve Armstrong (born 1978) is a New Zealand artist.^[1] She uses everyday found objects and arranges them into sculptural collages.^[2]

Armstrong in 2019

Early life

Eve Armstrong, an artist, (born 1978) was raised in Upper Hutt, Wellington.^[2][3] Armstrong worked as assistant editor on the teen and children's pages for the Evening Post, Wellington, then studied textiles in Nelson.^[4] She studied fine arts at Elam School of Fine Arts in Auckland, graduating in 2003.^[1]

Education

Armstrong went to Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology, Nelson, New Zealand from 1999 through 2001 and received a Diploma in Visual Arts.

Armstrong graduated in 2003 with A Bachelor of Fine Arts Diploma from Elam School of Fine Arts, The University of Auckland in New Zealand.^[4]

Right out of college in 2003 Armstrong received the Senior Scholarship in Fine Arts, from Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland, New Zealand.^[5]

Career

Armstrong was one of the 2006 recipients of the Arts Foundation of New Zealand New Generation Award.^[4] Armstrong wrote the book in 2007, How to Hold A Trading Table: A Manual for Beginners.^[6] In 2008 Armstrong was selected for an Asia New Zealand Foundation artist residence in Hong Kong, where she spent a month working with a group of 7 artists.^[4][7] Armstrong was an artist-in-residency at the McCahon House in Auckland between March and June of 2009.^[8]

Armstrong was a resident at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery Visiting Artist Programme during the "summer of 2016-17."^[9] She exhibited a monumental installation called China and Hardware which was made during this residence at the gallery in 2017.^[9]

Exhibits

2017

• Growing Demand (solo) at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin^[10]

2016

• Trading Table (solo) at Michael Lett, Auckland Art Fair^[11]

2013

• Rise (solo) at The Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt^[2][12]
• Eve Armstrong (solo) at 30 Upstairs, Wellington^[13]

2012

• Raised Voices (group) at Calder and Lawson Gallery, Hamilton, New Zealand^[14]
• Letter to Alice May Williams (group) at Michael Lett, Auckland, New Zealand^[15][16]

2011

• Prospect: New Zealand Art Now (group) at City Gallery Wellington, New Zealand^[17][18]
• Making Arrangements: Eve Armstrong and Gretchen Albrecht (two person) at Michael Lett, Auckland, New Zealand^[19]
• Ruby: A Forty Year Love Affair with The Dowse (group) at The Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt, New Zealand^[20]

2010

• Everything is near and inflorescent, forever and present (group) at Michael Lett, Auckland, New Zealand^[4]
• Taking Stock (solo) at Letting Space, Wellington, New Zealand^[21]
• The Woods that See and Hear (group) at the Dertien Hectare, The Netherlands^[4][20]
• After (solo) at The Physics Room, Christchurch, New Zealand^[20][22][23]

2009

• Second Life (group) at the Pataka Museum, Porirua, Wellington and the Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui, New Zealand^[24][25]
• Turn, Turn, Turn, Govett Brewster Open Window, New Plymouth, New Zealand (solo presentation).
• Outlet, McCahon House, Titirangi, Auckland, New Zealand (solo).
• Mind the Step (group) at 1301PE, Los Angeles, United States of America^[26]

2008

• Jacqueline Fraser and Eve Armstrong (two person at Michael Lett, Auckland, New Zealand^[27]
• Lost and Found: Tarrawarra Biennial (group) at the Tarrawarra Museum of Art, Australia^[25]
• Group Show 1301PE, Los Angeles, United States of America^[25]

2007

• Dressed & Shaken (solo) at the Michael Lett, Auckland, New Zealand^[28][29]
• Hunch (group) at Contemporary Projects, City Gallery Wellington, New Zealand^[25]
• Turbulence (solo) at the 3rd Auckland Triennial, Auckland, New Zealand^[4][25]
• COMFORT ZONE & Reading Room (group) at Te Tuhi Centre for The Arts, Auckland, New Zealand^[30]
• Group Show!, Michael Lett, Auckland, New Zealand (group).
• Michael Lett stand, Auckland Art Fair, Auckland New Zealand (solo project).^[5]

2006

• Michael Lett, Wellington, New Zealand (group).
• SLIPs: Small Local Improvement Projects (solo) at Enjoy Public Art Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand^[31]
• SCAPE Biennial of Art in Public Space (group) at Christchurch, New Zealand^[25]
• A Tale of Two Cities: Busan-Seoul/Seoul-Busan group) at Busan Biennale, Busan, Republic of Korea^[4][25]
• Fifteen People Present Their Favourite Book, Special Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand (group).^[5]

2005

• ROAM (solo) at Artspace, Auckland New Zealand^[4][25]
• Likes The Outdoors (group) at the Ramp Gallery, Hamilton, New Zealand^[32]

2004

• Duets (group) at the Ramp Gallery, Hamilton, New Zealand^[33]
• Book Bonanza, rm103, Auckland New Zealand (solo exhibition).
• Twelve Days of Christmas (group) at Anna Miles Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand^[34]
• Artspace Editions, Artspace, Auckland, New Zealand (group).
• The Bed You Lie In (group) at, Artspace, Auckland, New Zealand^[35]
• Shop103, Enjoy Public Art Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand (group).
• Relay, Canary Gallery, Auckland New Zealand (group).
• Resistance Through Rituals, Westspace, Melbourne, Australia (group).
• Public/Private, 2nd Auckland Triennial, The Auckland Project with Louisa Bufardeci, George Fraser Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand.
• Ruthless, Anna Miles Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand (group).^[5]

2003

• Shop One Zero Three, rm103, Auckland, New Zealand (group).
• Elam Graduate Exhibition, Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand (solo project).
• Picture, George Fraser Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand (group).
• Bermuda Triangle, George Fraser Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand (group).
• The Habitat Project, rm 103, Auckland, New Zealand (collaboration with Gaelen McDonald).
• Fast, Elam Sculpture Show, Canterbury Arcade, Auckland, New Zealand (group).
• A4 Work Exchange, curated by Karin Sander, Kunsthochscule Berlin ‘ Weissensee, Berlin, Germany (group).^[5]

2002

• Toilet Home, Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, (collaborative project with Gaelen McDonald).
• Tight, Elam Sculpture Show, rm104, Auckland, New Zealand (group).^[5]

2000

• The Process of Breaking, Gallery 203, Nelson, New Zealand (solo).^[5]

2001

• 911, Elam Sculpture Show, 911 Dominion Road, Auckland, New Zealand (group).^[5]