EDUCATION
2001 Bachelor of Fine Arts, The University of Auckland
1995 Advanced Certificate in Professional Photography, Unitec, Auckland
1994 Certificate in Professional Photography, Unitec, Auckland
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012 65% Seahorsel, Ryan Renshaw Gallery, Brisbane
2012 Wall of Seahorsel, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, Australia
2011 Self Medicating: Works by Yvonne Todd, Calder & Lawson Gallery, The University of Waikato
The Sapphire Aluminium Corp. Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington
2010 Iris Paste, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland
Sets and Subsets, Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington
2009 The Wall of Man, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland
Pervasively Yours, The Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui
2008 Mauve Reaction, Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington
Dawn of Gland, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland
2007 Crater of Phlox (with Michael Harrison), Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland
The Lamb’s Book of Life, Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington
Blood in its Various Forms (Incorporating Meat & Liquor), Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia
2006 Blood, in its Various Forms, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland
Meat & Liquor, Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington
2005 Vagrants’ Reception Centre, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland
2004 The Bone of Jupiter, Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington
11 Colour Plates, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland
2003 The Book of Martha, Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington
2002 Bellevue, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland
Sea of Tranquility, Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington
2001 Asthma & Eczema, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland
2000 Lace 2, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland
1999 The Crisis, Fiat Lux, Auckland
1998 Fleshtone, Rm3, Auckland
1997 Cabin Fever, Teststrip, Auckland 2
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011 Peter McLeavey Gallery at the Auckland Art Fair
Ivan Anthony Gallery at the Auckland Art Fair
Eyecatch: Jewellery and photography, Objectspace, Auckland
Scheimpflug Principle: Large format film photography from Elam 1976-2012, B431 Projectspace, The University of Auckland
What I did Last Summer, Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington
Animal Spirits, Sugarcube Project Space, Stockholm, Sweden
2010 Top Ten: New acquisitions for The University of Auckland art collection, Gus Fisher Gallery, Auckland
The 17th Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Unnerved, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia and Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane
Feminism Never Happened, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia
Graham, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland
2009 Körpermuster/Body Patterns, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
Kind of Blue: New acquisitions and loans, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin
From the Depths of Suburbia: Photo-media from Auckland, Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts, Auckland and QCA Gallery, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Australia
Feelings, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland
Am I Scared, Boy (Eh): Collection works from then and now, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth
2007 Likeness and Character: Portraits from the Auckland Art Gallery Collection, Auckland Art Gallery
Pakeha Now!, The Suter Art Gallery, Nelson
2006 Break: Construct, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth
Recovered Memory, The Suter Art Gallery, Nelson
A Tale of Two Cities: The 2006 Busan Biennale, Republic of Korea
Ivan Anthony at the Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne Australia
Hotpot, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland
High Tide: New currents in art from New Zealand and Australia, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw Poland and Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
2005 DESIRE, Para/Site Art Space, Hong Kong
Return of the Hand, Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui
I Like This, Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington
Small World, Big Town: Contemporary Art from Te Papa, City Gallery, Wellington
Snake Oil: The Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery
World Famous in NZ, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Canberra, Australia
Free New Zealand Art, Para/Site Art Space, Hong Kong and Artspace, Auckland
Made in New Zealand, Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington
Mixed-up Childhood, Auckland Art Gallery
High Chair, St. Paul St, Auckland University of Technology
4 Works by 4 Artists, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland
2004 Toi Te Papa Art of the Nation 1940 – Today, Te Papa, Wellington
Lights > Camera > Action: Critical moments from the Govett-Brewster collections 1969 – 2004, Govett- Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth 3
Prospect 2004, City Gallery, Wellington
Pressing Flesh, Auckland Art Gallery
2003 Cream and Sugar, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland
The Sky’s the Limit, Kusntverein Langenhagen, Germany
Striking Poses: New Zealand portrait photography, Te Papa, Wellington
Good Sport, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland
2002 Slow Release: Recent photography from New Zealand, Adam Art Gallery, Victoria University, Wellington and Heide Musuem of Modern Art, Victoria, Australia
Break, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth
Flora and Fauna: New aspects of landscape, Rm 401, Auckland
The Walters Prize, Auckland Art Gallery
2001 After Killeen: Social observation in art, Artspace, Auckland
Wastecare, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland
Alive: Still life into the twenty-first century, Adam Art Gallery, Victoria University, Wellington
The Way we Were: The Fiat Lux retrospective, Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North
2000 In Glorious Dreams: New art by women, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth
1999 Wonderlands: Contemporary New Zealand art, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth
Sunnynook, The Physics Room, Christchurch and Fiat Lux, Auckland
We Really Care, Rm3, Auckland
Only the Lonely: New Artists, Artspace, Auckland
1998 Leap of Faith: Contemporary New Zealand Art, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth
AWARDS
2002 The Inaugural Walters Prize, judged by Harald Szeemann
COMMISSIONS
2009 – 2011 Various commissions including Haunted Love album cover, artist Rohan Wealleans and contemporary jeweller Octavia Cook
2008 Queensland Art Gallery in collaboration with the Australian Tapestry Workshop
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2012 Michel, Isabel “The Wall of Man: Yvonne Todd’s Project of Disclosure” Art New Zealand (no. 141 Autumn 2012): 58-61 [ill].
2008 Paton, Justin. “Tough Love: Yvonne Todd and the Aesthetics of Meanness.”Art and Australia (Autumn 2008): 442-449. [ill.] 4
Conland, Natasha. “The Irrelevant and the Obscure: The Art of Yvonne Todd” Art World (February/March 2008): 34-39. [ill.]
Were, Virginia. “Disturbing Perfection.” Art News New Zealand (Autumn 2008): 72-74 [ill.]
2007 Hanson, Ron. “Death, Rejection and the Fountain of Youth.” White Fungus (Issue 7): 21-27 [ill.]
2006 Scott, Hanna. “Yvonne Todd, Stilled Life.” Eyeline (Spring 2006): 40-43 [ill.] [cover]
Gardiner, Sue. “Costume Drama.” Art News New Zealand (Spring 2008) 51 [ill.]
2005 Forde, Rosemary. “Weep Woman Weep: The Unnerving Portraiture of Yvonne Todd.” UnMagazine (Spring 2005) 15-18 [ill.]
2004 Sanderson, Anna. “Humbled, Sharp, Superior, Simpering.” New Zealand Journal of Photography (No. 55 Winter 2004): p.5-8 [ill.]
Byrt, Anthony. “Her Art of Veiled Threats.” New Zealand Listener (22 May 2004): 55 [ill.]
Dunn, Megan. “Best in Show.” Gallery News (July-October 2004): 19 [ill.]
2003 McAloon, William. “Diane Arbus is Alive and Unwell.” New Zealand Listener (20 September 2003): 64 [ill.]
2002 Miles, Anna. “Yvonne Todd.” Artforum (December 2002): 150 [ill.]
Wong, Gilbert. “Counter Culture.” Metro (November 2002): 108 [ill.]
McLeod, Rosemary. “An Underachieving Rose Blooms.” Sunday Star Times (21 July 2002)
Dunn, Megan. “Auckland Photographer Yvonne Todd’s Pictures…” Pavement (February-March 2002): 88-91 [ill.]
SELECTED BOOKS, CATALOGUES AND PAGEWORKS
2011 “Cousin Corinne’s Reminder” issue number 3
2010 “Unnerved: The New Zealand Project” by Maud Page, Queensland Art Gallery
2009 “Images Recalled” 3.Fotofestival catalogue edited by Esther Ruelfs and Tobias Berger
“Supernaturalism” Beautiful/Decay Book 1
“Art at Te Papa” edited by William McAloon, Te Papa Press
2008 “Current: Contemporary Art from Australia and New Zealand” edited by Art & Australia
Capricious Magazine 8: The Animal Issue
2007 Todd, Yvonne “Dead Starlets Assoc.” Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, with text by Justin Clemens
“Speculation” with text by Justin Paton
“Pakeha Now!” with text by Anna-Marie White
2006 “Recovered Memory” with text by Lara Strongman
“High Tide” 5
“A Tale of Two Cities” 2006 Busan Biennale Catalogue with text by Natasha Conland
“Gothic NZ” Otago University Press
2005 “Mixed-up Childhood” text by Janita Craw and Robert Leonard
“Contemporary New Zealand Photographers” text by Robert Leonard
“World Famous in New Zealand” text by Stuart Bailey
2003 “The Sky’s the Limit”
2002 “The Walters Prize 2002” with text by Allan Smith
“Slow Release” with text by Zara Stanhope