Meg Porteous

Born 1991, Christchurch, New Zealand

EDUCATION

2019 (Current) MFA, Elam School of Fine Arts, The University of Auckland
2018 PGdipFA, Elam School of Fine Arts, The University of Auckland
2013 BFA (Photography), Canterbury University Ilam School of Fine Arts, Christchurch
2013 Nova Scotia School of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2020

Neo Gracie, Auckland (forthcoming)
Elliptocal Intimacy, Film Screening, May Fair, Auckland (group)
Uncomfortable Silence, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū (group)

2019
Tears in rain, Hopkinson Mossman, Wellington (solo)
ʎʇǝıɔos, Mercy Pictures, Auckland (group)

2018
Tilt, Hopkinson Mossman, Wellington (group)

2017
Departure Melody, Parlour Projects, Hastings (solo)
Sight, Unseen, In Situ, Christchurch (group)
Ectoplasm, Green Street Projects, Wellington (group)
Cultivate, initiative with Parlour Projects, Hastings (group)

2016
Apparatus, Parlour Projects, Hastings (solo)
Shiro Oni Studio, Onishi (group)

2015
The Independent Photography Festival (IPF), Melbourne

2014
Saloon des Ferari, Fuzzy Vibes, Auckland

2013
Continuum, The Khyber Gallery, Halifax Nova Scotia (Group)
All Inclusive, The Casting Room, Christchurch (Solo)
Select, Ilam Campus Gallery, Christchurch (Group)
Acquired Taste (Arts Trail), Ilam Campus Gallery, Christchurch (Group)

AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES

2019
University of Auckland, Paul Beadle Scholarship for excellence in Fine Arts

2018
University of Auckland, Paul Beadle Scholarship for excellence in Fine Arts

2016
Shiro Oni Studio, Onishi, Gunma, Japan

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2020
The Spinoff, Facial gash: The troubling self-portraiture of Meg Porteous, Mark Amery, April 2020

2018
Stirring his tea with a buttery knife, Bad News Books

2017
Vice, This New Zealand Photographer Captures the Quiet Oddness of the Everyday, Tess Mcclure, July 2017
The Heavy Collective, Friday Fry Up, Meg Porteous – Departure Melody, July 2017

2016
EyeContact review, Peter Ireland, Generational (Apparatus, Parlour Projects, Hastings)
Friends are Artists | Freunde sind Künstler: Online StoriesAdd File

2015
LE ROY 3: The Soft Issue