Richard Orjis
b.1979
Education
Master of Fine Arts, Elam, The University of Auckland, 2006, NZ
Bachelor of Visual Arts, AUT, Auckland, 2001, NZ
Certificate in Art & Design, AUT, Auckland, 1998, NZ
Exhibitions (*denotes solo show)
2010
The Marvelous, Bartley & Company, Wellington, NZ
MADRIDFOTO, Galeria Luis Adelantado, Palacio de Deportes de la Comunicad, Madrid, Spain
Grass Circle, Te Tuhi Center for the Arts, Auckland, NZ*
PUTIPUTI: The flower in Contemporary Art, Hasting City Art Gallery, Hastings, NZ
Group Show, Anna Bibby, Auckland, NZ
Silver Park*, HSP, Christchurch, NZ
Floriferous, Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui, NZ
Park*, Public Art Lightbox Installation, Bledisloe Walkway, Auckland City, NZ
Richard Orjis*, Milford Galleries Dunedin, NZ
2009
The Enchanted Garden, Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, NZ
Richard Orjis, Starkwhite Gallery, Auckland, NZ*
Recent: Ten Contemporary NZ Photographers, Tauranga Art Gallery, NZ
Animal Farm: 4 Legs Good, Sargeant Gallery, Whanganui, NZ
Flora: Growth Between Neighbours, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia
Seen this Century, Judith Anderson Gallery, Hastings, NZ
2008
little black flower grow, in the sky, Luis Adelantado, Valencia, Spain*
YES, Te Tuhi Centre for Arts, Auckland, NZ*
Richard Orjis, Starkwhite, Auckland, NZ*
Landslide, McNamara Gallery, Whanganui, NZ*
Welcome to the Jungle, The Physic Room, Christchurch, NZ*
The Maui Destiny, The Suter Te Aratoi o Whakatu, Nelson, NZ
2007
Vice, Luis Adelantado, Miami, USA
My Empire of Dirt: Selected works on paper, Roger Williams Contemporary, Auckland, NZ*
Picnics and Revolutions, Roger Williams Contemporary, Auckland, NZ
Richard Orjis / Todd Stratton, Roger Williams Contemporary, Auckland, NZ
Art is 4 Lovers, Butterfly Net, Auckland, NZ
Jewellery out of Context: an exhibition of New Zealand artists / curated by Dr Carole Sheperd and Peer Deckers, Object Space, Auckland, NZ
Fat of the Land, Creative New Zealand, Auckland, NZ
Asian at the Wheel, Gus Fisher Gallery, University of Auckland, Auckland, NZ
2006
The New Situationists, City Gallery, Wellington, NZ
The New Situationists, Canary Gallery, Auckland, NZ
The Orchid Show, Mount Street, Auckland, NZ
Arquivar Tormentas, Centro Galego De Arte Contemporanea, Santiago, Spain
Dep_art_ment, Auckland, New Zealand*
Summer Exhibition, Roger Williams Contemporary, Auckland, NZ
2005
Me, Me, Me, Room 103, Auckland, New Zealand
Bring Your Caddy, Stanbeth House, Auckland, New Zealand
Dep_art_ment, Auckland, New Zealand*
2004
Richard Orjis, Galeria Luis Adelantado, Valencia, Spain*
Richard Orjis, Galeria Llucia Homs, Barcelona, Spain*
2003
In Faccia Al Mondo ‘Contemporary Portraits in Photography’, The Museum of Contemporary Art of Villa Croce, Genoa, Italy
Angst, RARE, New York, USA
Group Show, Galeria Luis Adelantado, Valencia, Spain
(*denotes solo shows)
Collections
The Real Arts Road Show, NZ
The Jenny Gibbs Collection, Auckland, NZ
The Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport, Madrid, Spain
The Film Archive, Wellington, NZ
The University of Auckland Collection, Auckland.NZ
Wallace Trust Collection, Auckland,NZ
Bibliography
- Arevalo, Pilar, - ‘Narcissist, artist or just taking the piss?’, Oyster, Issue 43, December/January 2003, pp. 48–51
- Battersby, Shandelle, -‘Richard Orjis, Artists and Mud Fan’, Time Out, The New Zealand Herald, May 17–23, 2007, p. 5
- Brown, Warwick,-‘Seen This Century:100 Contemporary New Zealand Artists’, Godwit, Random House, 2009, pp. 304–307
- Capdevilla, Marta, - ‘Up-State’ , Suite, 29, October 2004, p. 64
- Chang, Lulu, - ‘ The Garden of Unearthly Delight’, Soma, Volume 21.4, May/June 2007,p. 30
- Coney, Hamish, -‘Future Schlock: An old fogey looks at the work of today’s yoof’, Ideolog, #7, January – February 2007, p. 95 or http://idealog.co.nz/magazine/January-February-2007/workshop/future-schlock
- ‘Gallery’, Black, No 7, Summer 2007/08, p. 176 (Artists Page)
- Hall, Oliver, - ‘International Achiever’, Express, 25 April – 1 May 2007, pp. 10–11
- Hamilton, Summer, - ‘Auckland Art Fair 07’, KiaOra, May 2007, p72
- Laird, Tessa, -‘Secrets of the Soil: Richard Orjis and his Empire of Dirt’, White Fungus, Issue 8, 2007, pp. 34–41
- Lingard, Jason, - ‘Richard Orjis’, Nothing Magazine, Issue 11 2007 http://www.nothingmag.com/_issue11/index.html
- McNaughton, Harry, ‘ Richard Orjis’ , No. Magazine, Issue 1, March 2008, pp. 18–19
- Mogutin, Slava, -‘Anthony et Richard’, TETU, No 88, April 2004, p. 34-35
- Mudie, Ella, -‘ The Dark side: Richard Orjis’, Dazed and Confused Aus/NZ, Volume 1 Issue 3 2007, p. 137
- Northcross, Wayne, - ‘ Razzle-Basel’, Instinct, Vol 6 Issue 2, February 2003, p. 16
- Olveira, Manuel, - ‘A Story with a viewpoint’, Arquivar Tormentas, Centro Galego De Arte Contemporanea, Santiago, Spain, pp. 27–31
- Orjis, Richard, - ‘Momento Mori’, New Zealand Home & Entertaining, April/May 2006, pp. 62–69
- Orjis, Richard – ‘Coal Choir’, No Magazine, Issue 2 2008, pp. 61–69
- Pickens, Robyn,- ‘Expressions of Contradictions’, The Press, Christchurch, Wednesday, April 16, 2008, p.D5
- Real Art Trust Staff, - ‘Real Art Roadshow: The Book’, Real Art Charitable Trust, 2009, pp. 162–163
- Serrat, Carlos, ‘ Contemporary Paganism’, The Creator Studio’, # 11 Rituals, April 2008, pp. 4–13
- Suau, Christina, - ‘Richard Orjis’, ELLE, Spain, No. 197, February, 2003, p. 72
- Tabron, Delaney, - ‘Richard Orjis’, Pavement, Summer 2004/2005, Issue 66, p. 43
- Ventur, Conrad, -‘NYC Photographers’, Useless Magazine, Vol 1 No 1, Fall/Winter 2004, p. 46
- Williams, Melinda, - ‘Hip to be square’, Sunday Life and View, Herald on Sunday, April 3–9, 2005, pp. 6–8