Sam Foley - Curriculum Vitae
Artist's Background
Sam Foley was born in Wellington, in 1977, but grew up in the coastal city of Dunedin, located on the lower East Coast of the South Island of New Zealand.
After graduating in 1998 from the Otago Polytechnic School of Art with a Bachelor of Fine Arts he then moved to Auckland. Whilst there (1999 - 2001) he held three solo shows at dealer galleries, Chiaroscuro and Grantham Galleries, and was co-director of the artist-run CITE Gallery.
Foley has work held in major public collections - Dunedin Public Hospital, the University of Otago and The Wallace Trust, in Auckland, to name a few. His work is also held in private collections in New Zealand, Australia and the USA. He has been an artist in residence at Puzzling World (acclaimed tourist attraction) in Wanaka, where he completed a renowned and much reproduced diorama mural on commission.
Moving to Sydney in 2002, he was immediately taken by the grandeur of the New South Wales coastline. It has been a continued source of subject with its dramatic contrasts of light, stark ruggedness of the beach sandstone coupled with the stunning colours and textures of the flora. In 2003 he was presented the Peoples' Choice Award at the Cleveland Art Awards, for his work, "Sonata at Sandfly Bay".
Foley lives alternately between Sydney and Otago, as both regions offer inspiration in their unique landscapes.
Qualifications:
Tertiary level: 1995 -
1998, Bachelor of Fine Art, Otago School of Art, Otago
Polytechnic, Dunedin, New Zealand
Bursary level: 1993, Painting (A), Printmaking (A), Art
History (B), Graphics and Design (B), English (B)
Solo Exhibitions:
2004 - The Littoral Tourist,
Soho Galleries, Sydney, NSW
2001 - Tracing the Remains, Grantham Galleries,
Auckland
2000 - New Works, Chiaroscuro Gallery, Auckland
1999 - Sanctuary, Chiaroscuro Gallery, Auckland
Group Exhibitions:
2004 -
Large Art, Cleveland Living Arts
Centre, Dunedin
2003
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Cleveland Art Awards,
Dunedin
2003 -
Milford Summer catalogue,
Milford Gallery, Dunedin
2002 - Private Art Showing, University College,
Dunedin
2002 - Cleveland Art Awards, Dunedin, New
Zealand (1st runner up, Peoples Choice Award)
2002 - Group Exhibition,
Gallery 33, Wanaka
2001 - Eight Is Enough, Cite Gallery,
Auckland
2001 - Miniatures Exhibition, Grantham
Galleries, Auckland
2001 - Cite Christmas Sell Out, Cite Gallery,
Auckland
2001 -
Cleveland Art Awards,
Dunedin
2001 - One Year Later, Cite
Gallery, Auckland
2000 - Group Exhibition, Cite Gallery, Auckland
2000 - Fine Art by Design, Greenlane Event
Centre, Auckland
1998 - Peep Show, a selected preview of
fourth year painters, The Temple Gallery, Dunedin
1998 -
Cleveland Art Awards,
Dunedin
1998 -
Southland
Young Contemporaries,
Invercargill
1997 -
Cleveland Art Awards,
Dunedin
Professional Experience:
2003 - Invitational Judge, Salmon
Hall Art Awards
2001 - Gallery Director, Cite Gallery, Ponsonby Rd,
Auckland
2001 - Artist in Residence, Diorama Painting, Puzzling
World, Wanaka
2000 - Formative member of CITE Artists Collective,
Ponsonby, Auckland
1998 - Organisation & administration of, Peep Show,
The Temple Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand
1998 - Visiting Artist, Logan Park High School,
Dunedin, New Zealand
1994 - Art Department Technician, Logan Park High School, Dunedin
Prizes and Awards:
2003 - Peoples Choice Awards, Cleveland Art Awards, Dunedin
1998 - Merit Award, Oil on Canvas, Southland Young Contemporaries,
Invercargill
1994 - Excellence in Painting, Excellence in Printmaking, Daimler
Club Prize for Best Overall Graphics and Design Student,
Merit in art History – Logan Park High School
Collections:
Dunedin Public Hospital
University College, University of Otago
Salmond Hall, University of Otago
Knox College, University of Otago
Central Library, University of Otago
The Wallace Trust, Auckland
Otago Real Estate, Moray Place, Dunedin
Private Collections around New Zealand, Australia and U.S.A.
Bibliography:
2004 - Gallery Goes Big, Very Big, The Star, Feb
5th,
pg 23
2004 - Marjorie Cook, Wedding
Means Time in Loo, The Otago Daily Times, Mar 10th
2004 - In Lieu of a Chapel…, The Southland Times, Mar 12th
2003 - Jane Smith, Artwork Admired, Otago Daily Times, Oct 22nd
2003 - Jane Smith, Artworks Drift North, Otago Daily Times, Oct 11th
2003 - T.J. Macnamara, What the Critics, New Zealand Herald
2002 - Victoria Warman, Puzzling Passion, North and South, May
2001 - Best Cite in Town, Art News, Summer Issue
2001 - Brenda Harwood,
Cleveland Works on Show,
The Star, Oct 14th
2001 - Chris Johnston, Toilet Diorama Set to Turn a Few
Heads, The Mirror, 9th Jan
2001 - Dave Smith, Mural Latest Il-loo-sion
in a Puzzling Place,
Otago Daily Times, 3rd Jan
1999 - T.J.Macnamara, Spot the Talent, The New Zealand
Herald
1998 - Nicola Mutch,
Painters’ Works
Exploring Meaty Issues of Art Theory,
Otago Daily Times, 27
October.
1998 - Tracie Barrett, General News, Otago Daily
Times, 21 October.
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