Exhibitions

EXHIBITIONS

2026

The Waking World (Solo), Te Whare o Rehua, Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui, New Zealand

2024

He Kōnei (Group), Te Whare o Rehua, Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui, New Zealand

2023

Strange Friends (Group), Dowse Museum of Art, Lower Hutt, New Zealand

2022

Life in a Box (Solo), Wallace Art Gallery, Morrinsville, New Zealand

2021

Strangely Beautiful (Solo), A Gallery, Whanganui, New Zealand

Dispersion and Convergence (Group), He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China

2020

Ponder (Solo), Thermostat Gallery, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Pattillo Review (Group), Te Whare o Rehua, Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui, New Zealand

2019

Lorene Taurerewa (Solo), Paul Raynor Gallery, Whanganui, New Zealand

2018

The Cloud and a Rock (Solo), ROOM Artspace, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Passing Strange (Group), ROOM Artspace, New York, USA

2017

Out on the Lonely Prairie (Solo), ROOM Artspace, Brooklyn, New York, USA

OCCULTURE: DARK ARTS (Group), City Gallery Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

DRAW (Group), Geoff Wilson Gallery, Whangārei, New Zealand

Drawings on Paper (Group), Pah Homestead, Auckland, New Zealand

Turn of the Wheel (Group), Malcolm Smith Gallery, Uxbridge, Auckland, New Zealand

2016

Lorene Taurerewa (Solo), PaulNache Gallery, Gisborne, New Zealand

Life in a Box (Solo), ROOM Artspace, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Art of the Pacific (Group), National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia

Creative Landscapes (Group), Brooklyn Fireproof, Brooklyn, New York, USA

2015

Patan Museum, Kathmandu, Nepal (Solo)

Imagine Asia (Group), Pātaka Art + Museum, Porirua, New Zealand

2014

Lorene Taurerewa (Solo), PaulNache Gallery, Gisborne, New Zealand

New Paintings (Solo), Milford Galleries, Dunedin, New Zealand

Prestidigitation (Solo), Pah Homestead, James Wallace Arts Trust, Auckland, New Zealand

Pacific Island Ethnic Art Museum (PIEAM), California, USA (Group)

Parramatta Arts Festival Exhibition (Group), Sydney, Australia

Monkey See (Group), Tabla Rasa Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, USA

The BRUCENNIAL (Group), The Bruce High Quality, Manhattan, New York, USA

2013

Tafelspiele (Solo), Milford Galleries, Dunedin, New Zealand

The Vinyl Factory Collection Exhibition (Group), Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom

Collections Gallery Show (Group), Wallace Gallery, New Zealand

Large Paintings Show (Group), Milford Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand

2012

Huggermugger (Solo), The Gallery at Gamine, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Intraspace Projects (Solo), Waikato Museum, Hamilton, New Zealand

Helen Gory Galerie (Group), Melbourne, Australia

Legends: Obsessions with the Incomprehensible and the Uncanny (Group), La Trobe Regional Art Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

Fountain Art Fair (Group), 69th Regiment Armory, New York, USA

Many Conversations (Group), NORTHSIDE Art Exhibition, Brooklyn, New York, USA

The BRUCENNIAL (Group), The Bruce High Quality, New York, USA

Contemplations and Conjectures (Group), Schick Art Gallery, Saratoga, New York, USA

Intraspace Project (Group), Waikato Museum, Hamilton, New Zealand

Influential Women (Group), Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, New York, USA

The End (Group), The Sugarbread House, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Suit of Skin (Group), SmallWorks Gallery, Brisbane, Australia

Visceral as Hell (Group), SmallWorks Gallery, Australia

2011

The Company of Fools (Solo), Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne, Australia

Unnerved: The New Zealand Project (Group), National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia

Fountain Art Fair (Group), Miami, USA

MOP Projects (Group), Sydney, Australia

NORTHSIDE Exhibition (Group), THE END ARTSPACE, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Group Show (Group), The Invisible Dog Art Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Figuration Today: The Surrealist Influence (Group), McLean Project for the Arts, Washington, DC, USA

Bi-Cultural (Group), Suite Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand

2010

Lorene Taurerewa (Solo), Suite Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand

Sleight of Hand (Solo), Pātaka Art + Museum, Porirua, New Zealand

Yardmeter Editions (Group), Brooklyn, New York, USA

Unnerved: The New Zealand Project (Group), Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia

2009

More Eccentrickery (Solo), Chaffers Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand

White Paintings (Solo), Orex Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand

Chrysalid (Group), Amelia Johnson Gallery, Hong Kong

INSIGHT: Contemporary Approaches to Drawing (Group), Ann Street Gallery, New York, USA

Soul Ideologie (Group), Gallery Korea, Manhattan, New York, USA

Works on Paper (Group), Oedipus Rex Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand

2008

Eccentriks (Solo), A.I.C.H Gallery, Manhattan, New York, USA

Psychopompe (Solo), Orex Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand

Sensible World (Solo), Chaffers Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand

Samoa Contemporary (Group), Pātaka Art + Museum, New Zealand

Samoa Contemporary (Group), Tauranga Art Gallery, New Zealand

2007

Degrees of Separation (Solo), Orex Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand

Essence of Asia: Eastern Influences in Western Art (Group), Asian Fusion Gallery, New York, USA

2006

Drawing Now (Group), National Museum of Contemporary Art, Changdong Gallery, Seoul, South Korea

Lorene Taurerewa Drawing (Solo), Pātaka Art + Museum, New Zealand

Journey of 1000 Miles (Solo), Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui, New Zealand

Drawings (Group), Mark Hutchins Gallery, New Zealand

Awards Show (Group), Martin Hughes Architecture Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand

2005

Big Drawings (Solo), Lopdell House Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand

Sydney Art Drawing Fair (Group), Sydney, Australia

2004

Inherited Bodies (Solo), Pātaka Art + Museum, Porirua, New Zealand

2003

Dolly Mix (W)rappers (Group), Pātaka Art + Museum, Porirua, New Zealand

2002

Body Speak (Solo), Neut Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand

ArtsStation (Group), Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand

2001

Dolly Mix (W)rappers (Group), Waikato Museum of Art and History, Hamilton, New Zealand

2000

Pacific Blue (Group), Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui, New Zealand

PUBLICATIONS

Selected Publications and Reviews

Art New Zealand, upcoming article by Stephen Zepke, 2026.

CURRENT Magazine, article by Maya Love, Auckland, 2026.

Nine Artists, Danae Ripley, Salt and Greyboy Press, Auckland, 2023.

The Drawing Stall, Vol. 1, Conveyor Studio, New Jersey, USA, 2022.

He Xiangning Art Museum Catalogue, China, 2021.

Art + Australia, 2017.

Artlink Australia, “Occulture: The Dark Arts,” 2017.

New Zealand Listener, “The Dark Arts Come to City Gallery,” September 2017.

Amerasia Journal, UCLA, article on PIEAM Museum, PIKO, USA, 2016.

Landfall Journal, David Eggleton, 2014.

Art New Zealand, review by David Eggleton, 2013.

Art Monthly Australia, “The Dealer’s Hand,” May 2012.

The Washington Post, “Figuration Today: The Surrealist Influence,” Washington, 26 November 2010.

Ashley Crawford, Australian Art Collector, “Lorene Taurerewa,” October–December 2010.

Australian Art Review, “Impressive Kiwi Gothic,” Louise Martin-Chew, August 2010.

Vogue Living Australia, “Wet Paint,” September–October 2010.

Unnerved: The New Zealand Project, exhibition catalogue, Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, 2010.

Mark Amery, “The Otherworldliness of Lorene Taurerewa,” Dominion Post, April 2009.

Warwick Brown, Seen This Century, Random House, New Zealand, 2009.

Art News New Zealand, editorial feature, March–April 2009.

T. J. McNamara, “Painted Canvas Reflects Better Than a Mirror,” New Zealand Herald, 1 May 2008.

Mark Amery, “Samoan Shadow Play,” Dominion Post, May 2008.

Abbey Cunnane, “Samoan. Sort Of,” New Zealand Listener, 3 May 2008.

ArtAsiaPacific Almanac, New York, 2007.

Rebecca Rice, “Julian Dashper, Te Huringa/Turning Points, Lorene Taurerewa,” Art New Zealand, Spring 2006.

Journey of 1000 Miles, exhibition catalogue, Sarjeant Gallery, Wai-te-ata Press, Victoria University of Wellington, 2006.

Owen Davidson, “Spirit and Form: The Art of Lorene Taurerewa,” Art New Zealand, November 2005.

Gail Bailey, “Refusing to Sit Still,” The Arts Guide, New Zealand Herald, 18 February 2005.

T. J. McNamara, “Painting Goes Back to Its Pure Roots,” New Zealand Herald, 18 February 2005.

Dolly Mix (W)rappers, exhibition catalogue, curated by Leafa Wilson, Waikato Museum of Art and History, Hamilton, 2002.

Selected Media

Lorene Taurerewa in New York, short documentary produced for the Kete Aronui Arts Programme by KIWA Films, New Zealand.

ABC Radio Australia, interview with Lorene Taurerewa, The Pacific Wave in New York, May 2009.

Frontseat, TV ONE, feature on Mark Hutchins Gallery, 30 April 2006.