Veronica Herber

Veronica Herber
Veronica Herber
	Veronica Herber installing at Rene Portocarrero Serigrafia Studio, Havana, February 2016
Education	Auckland University of Technology
Known for	Use of Japanese Washi tape, Installation Art
Awards	2015 Winner, Wallace Arts Trust New Zealand Sculptor Award, Sculpture by the Sea, Sydney; 2012 Winner Titirangi Community Arts Council Emerging Artist award. Titirangi, Auckland; 2012 Winner Ebbett Prestige Environmental Award, Hamilton;
Website	Official website

Veronica Herber is a New Zealand artist who lives and works in Auckland. She is best known for working with Japanese Washi tape.

Education[edit]

Veronica Herber holds a Bachelor of Visual Arts with Distinction from Auckland University of Technology. At present Herber is completing a Post Graduate Diploma at Elam School of Fine Arts. The artist initially practiced painting before discovering tape as a medium.^[1]

Career[edit]

Veronica Herber has exhibited in several large-scale sculpture projects both in New Zealand and abroad. Since 2013, she has participated in the biennial outdoor sculpture exhibition, Headland: Sculpture on the Gulf, (2013, 2015, 2017), on Waiheke Island, Auckland, as well as the annual outdoor sculpture exhibition Sculpture by the Sea, (2013, 2014, 2015) in Sydney, Australia.^[2]^[3]

She has held solo exhibitions at public institutions such as Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery, Tauranga Art Gallery, and the Pah Homestead, Auckland.^[4]^[5]^[6] In 2014, Herber's public installation, Conversando Con Puebla, Pueblo, Mexico, covered a 600 year old courtyard with the artist's distinctive use of Washi tape, and in 2016, she was invited to create an installation at the Rene Portocarrero Serigrafia Studio, in Havana, Cuba.^[7]

Veronica Herber's work is included in the Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, and The James Wallace Arts Trust Collection.^[8] She is the 2015 recipient of The Wallace Arts Trust New Zealand Sculptor Award, awarded each year to one participating artist in the Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, Australia.^[9]

Work[edit]

Notable exhibitions[edit]

Swathe, James Wallace Trust, Auckland, 2017
Headland Sculpture on the Gulf, Waiheke Island, 2017, 2015, 2013
Continuum, Tauranga Art Gallery, 2017
Fold, group show, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, Sydney, 2017
Resonance, NZ Steel Gallery, Franklin Arts Centre, Auckland, 2016
Installation at Rene Portocarrero Serigrafia Studio, Havana, Cuba, 2016
Sculpture by the Sea, Sydney, 2015, 2014, 2013
Conversando Con Puebla, Puebla, Mexico, 2014
Wallace Art Awards, Pah Homestead, Auckland 2014
Site Unseen, Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery, Auckland, 2013–2014
In Line With, group show, Antionette Godkin Gallery, Auckland, 2013
Sculpture on the Shore, Devonport, Auckland, 2012
The Sculpture Park, Waitakaruru Arboretum, Hamilton, 2012

Public collections[edit]

Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
The James Wallace Arts Trust, Auckland, New Zealand

Awards and nominations[edit]

2017 Finalist Wallace Art Awards, Auckland
2017 Finalist Parkin Prize, Wellington
2016 Finalist Wallace Art Awards, Auckland
2015 Winner Wallace Arts Trust New Zealand Sculptor Award, Sculpture by the Sea, Sydney
2014 Finalist Wallace Art Awards, Auckland
2013 Finalist Parkin Prize, Wellington
2012 Winner Titirangi Community Arts Council Emerging Artist Award, Titirangi, Auckland
2012 Finalist Walker and Hall Waiheke Art Award, Waiheke Island
2012 Winner Ebbett Prestige Environmental Award, Hamilton

References[edit]

^ Black, Eleanor (4 October 2015). "Tape artist Veronica Herber uses masking tape to turn rubble into art". Stuff. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
^ Johnston, Martin (23 January 2015). "Photos: Sculpture on the Gulf". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
^ Weeks, Jonny (23 October 2015). "Sculpture by the Sea: Sydney's coastline transformed – in pictures". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
^ Rundle, Deborah (2013). Site Unseen (PDF). Auckland: Lopdell House Gallery. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-9922458-1-8.
^ "Visiting artist needs residents' help". Bay of Plenty Times. 29 September 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
^ "Veronica Herber: Swathe". Wallace Arts Trust. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
^ Black, Eleanor (4 October 2015). "Tape artist Veronica Herber uses masking tape to turn rubble into art". Stuff. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
^ Black, Eleanor (4 October 2015). "Tape artist Veronica Herber uses masking tape to turn rubble into art". Fairfax Media. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
^ "Artist Award & Subsidies Announced". Sculpture by the Sea. Retrieved 19 March 2017.

External links[edit]

[1] Black, Eleanor (4 October 2015). "Tape artist Veronica Herber uses masking tape to turn rubble into art". Stuff. Retrieved 19 March 2017.

[2] Johnston, Martin (23 January 2015). "Photos: Sculpture on the Gulf". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 19 March 2017.

[3] Weeks, Jonny (23 October 2015). "Sculpture by the Sea: Sydney's coastline transformed – in pictures". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 March 2017.

[4] Rundle, Deborah (2013). Site Unseen (PDF). Auckland: Lopdell House Gallery. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-9922458-1-8.

[5] "Visiting artist needs residents' help". Bay of Plenty Times. 29 September 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2017.

[6] "Veronica Herber: Swathe". Wallace Arts Trust. Retrieved 19 March 2017.

[7] Black, Eleanor (4 October 2015). "Tape artist Veronica Herber uses masking tape to turn rubble into art". Stuff. Retrieved 19 March 2017.

[8] Black, Eleanor (4 October 2015). "Tape artist Veronica Herber uses masking tape to turn rubble into art". Fairfax Media. Retrieved 19 March 2017.

[9] "Artist Award & Subsidies Announced". Sculpture by the Sea. Retrieved 19 March 2017.

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