| 2011 | Resident Botanic Artist, Auckland Botanic Gardens. |
| 2009 | Artsville - TV1 Documentary by John and Karen Bates. Winner of the Supreme Award - Stoneleigh in the Gardens, Auckland Botanics Gardens. |
| 2005 | Tylee Cottage Residency, Sarjeant Art Gallery, Wanganui. |
| 2003 | Wild Creations, Dept. Of Conservation Residency on Mt Taranaki. |
| 1999-2004 | Lecturer in Landscape Architecture at Unitec, Auckland. |
| 1988 | Awarded the 1st Adam Award for a significant contribution to New Zealand Art. |
| 1981-1996 | Senior Lecturer (part-time) at Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland. |
| 1977-1978 | Lived in Scotland, and travelled in Europe and North America. |
| 1966-1969 | Lived and travelled in the UK and Europe. |
| 1947 | Born in New Plymouth, New Zealand. |
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| SOLO EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2012 | Revisiting the McGregor Museum: Hutton and Cotton, Gus Fisher Gallery, Auckland. |
| 2011 | Going Places with Botanic Art, Auckland Botanic Gardens. |
| 2008 | Sacred and Profane Love, Mark Hutchins Gallery, Wellington. Fishing, Dunedin Public Art Gallery. |
| 2007 | Peaceful Pacific Pools, Campbell Grant Gallery, Christchurch. |
| 2006 | Cook's Gardens, Adam Art Gallery, Wellington. |
| 2005 | Hodges’ Waterfalls and Forster’s Whisks, Campbell Grant Galleries, Christchurch. Hodges’ Waterfalls, Hocken Art Gallery, University of Otago, Dunedin. Collecting Plants, Dalgleish Gallery, Wanganui. Cook’s Gardens, Sarjeant Art Gallery, Wanganui & Te Tuhi, Auckland. |
| 2004 | Mount Taranaki, Puke Ariki; Taranaki Museum, New Plymouth. Strangers in Paradise, Milford Galleries, Auckland. |
| 2002 | Mrs Cook's Kete, Pitt-Rivers Museum, Oxford, UK with Maureen Lander. |
| 2001 | Collectors' Aprons, Milford Galleries, Auckland. |
| 2000 | Some Excentric Clay, Milford Galleries, Auckland. |
| 1999 | Making the Earth, Covering the Earth, Dowse Art Museum, Wellington, Rotorua Art Museum & Waikato Art Museum. Campbell Grant Gallery, Christchurch. |
| 1998 | Auckland Art Gallery Window Installation, Auckland. |
| 1997 | Familiar Stories, Fisher Gallery, Auckland. |
| 1996 | Domestic Science, Lopdell House, Auckland. |
| 1995 | Deep Sky Wonders and Natural Selections, Gow Langsford, Auckland. |
| 1993 | Unruly Practices, Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland. Conversations, Gow Langsford, Auckland (also in 1989). |
1992 | Bronze Stems and Food for Thought, Gow Langsford, Auckland. Wallworks, Janne Land Gallery, Wellington (also in 1989). |
| 1989 | Body Parts & Floating Islands, Artspace, Auckland. |
| 1988 | Palm Court, Sarjeant Art Gallery, Wanganui. |
| 1987 | Nest and Post, Wellington City Gallery & Manawatu Art Gallery. People & the Land, Govett Brewster Gallery, Taranaki. Aprons, Centre Gallery, Hamilton. |
| 1986 | Drawings, Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North. Cloaks, Janne Land, Wellington. People & The Land, Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt, Sarjeant Art Gallery, Wanganui. |
| 1985 | Aprons, Janne Land Gallery, Wellington. |
| 1983 | Thought Cupboards, Robert McDougall Gallery, Christchurch. Denis Cohn Gallery, Auckland (also in 1984 & 1985). C.S.A. Gallery, Christchurch. |
| 1982 | Meat, Cloak and Dagger Cupboards, Govett Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth. Denis Cohn Gallery, Auckland. Shelter, Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland. |
| 1981 | Stone Homes, New Vision Galleries, Auckland. National Gallery, Wellington. |
| 1980 | Peter McLeavey's, Wellington. Hogarth Galleries, Sydney. |
| 1976 | New Vision Galleries, Auckland. (also in 1977 & 1979). |
| 1971 | Govett Brewster, New Plymouth (also in 1976). |
| 1973 | Preserves, Osborne's, Auckland. |
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| SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2011 | Call Waiting, Auckland Art Gallery. Cascades, Rotorua Art Museum. |
| 2010 | Revolutionaries, Auckland Art Gallery. Stoneleigh Sculpture in the Gardens, Auckland Botanic Gardens (also in 2008). |
| 2009 | Shrunk, Brick Bay Sculpture Park. O Mar Pacifica, Bath House Gallery and Museum, Rotorua. |
| 2008 | Infiltrations, Whanganui Regional Museum. Sculpture on the Shore, (also in 2004 & 2006). |
| 2001 | A Shriek from the Invisible Box, Meguro Museum, Tokyo & New York (to 2004). |
| 1999 | Volume and Form, Singapore. |
| 1998 | Leap of Faith, Govett Brewster, New Plymouth. Parade, Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa, Wellington. |
| 1994 | Art Now, Museum of New Zealand, Wellington. |
| 1992 | Treasures from the Underworld, On tour in Europe and New Zealand (to 1994). |
| 1993 | Perspectives, Museum of New Zealand, Wellington. |
| 1992 | Headlands, Contemporary Museum of Art, Sydney. |
| 1990 | Three from New Zealand, Long Beach Art Museum, Los Angeles. |
| 1989 | Art of Today, FMK Gallery, Budapest. |
| 1988 | N.Z. XI, Auckland City Art Gallery,
Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney & Contemporary Art Institute, Brisbane. International Art, Kyoto City Museum, Kyoto. |
| 1986 | Content/Context, National Art Gallery, Wellington. Sculpture 1987, Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland. International Experimental Art, Budapest. International Art, Kyoto City Museum, Kyoto. |
| 1985 | International Experimental Art, Budapest. ANZART, Auckland. |
| 1982 | The Sydney Biennial, Sydney. |
| 1981 | The 5th Small Sculpture Biennial International, Budapest. The 1st Australian Sculpture Triennial, Melbourne. |
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| PUBLIC COMMISSIONS | |
| 2004 | Spring, Auckland Domain - an outdoor stone and bronze. |
| 1995 | Gift, Sky Tower, Auckland - an indoor bronze. |
| 1994 | The Speaking Chamber, Parliament Buildings, Wellington - an indoor bronze. Owairaka, Alice Wylie Reserve - an outdoor bronze. | >
| 1991 | Expo 92 New Zealand Pavilion - a ceramic and bronze installation. |
| 1988 | Four Poles, Olympic Sculpture Park, Seoul - an outdoor bronze. |
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| PUBLIC COLLECTIONS | |
| Auckland Art Gallery. | |
| Waikato Art Museum, Hamilton. | |
| Govett Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth. | |
| Sarjeant Art Gallery, Wanganui. | |
| Te Manawa Art Gallery, Palmerston North. | |
| Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt. | |
| Te Papa, Museum of New Zealand, Wellington. | |
| Christchurch Art Gallery, Christchurch. | |
| Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin. | |
| Hocken Library, University of Otago, Dunedin. | |
| University of Auckland. | |
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| PUBLICATIONS | |
| New Zealand Sculpture - Michael Dunn. Auckland University Press (2002). | |
| Contemporary New Zealand Art III - John Gow & Liz Caughey (2002). | |
| Auckland City Art Gallery Guide, (2001). | |
| Contemporary New Zealand Sculpture, - Priscilla Pitts, Bateman (1988). | |
| Another 100 N.Z. Artists, - Warwick Brown, Godwit (1996). | |
| Three from New Zealand, - Lita Barrie, RKS Art (1990). | |
| A Womens Picture Book, - Bridie Lonie & Marian Evans, Govt Publications (1988). |
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| NZ XI, - Catalogue (1988). | |
| New Zealand Women Artists, - Anne Kirker, Reed Methuen (1986). | |
| Women and the Arts in New Zealand, - E. Eastmond & M. Penfold, Penguin (1986). |
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| Content/Context, - National Art Gallery, Wellington (1986). | |
| Sculpture 1986, - Auckland City Art Gallery (1986). | |
| Celebrating Women, - Christine Cole Catley, Cape Catley Ltd (1985). | |
| Christine Hellyar - Priscilla Pitts, MA thesis, Auckland University (1984). | |