Veronica Herber is a New Zealand artist who lives and works in

Auckland Auckland ( ; ) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. It has an urban population of about It is located in the greater Auckland Region, the area governed by Auckland Council, which includes outlying rural areas and ...

. She is best known for working with Japanese

Washi is traditional Japanese paper processed by hand using fibers from the inner bark of the gampi tree, the mitsumata shrub (''Edgeworthia chrysantha''), or the paper mulberry (''kōzo'') bush. ''Washi'' is generally tougher than ordinary ...

tape.

Education

Veronica Herber holds a Bachelor of Visual Arts with Distinction from

Auckland University of Technology Auckland University of Technology ( AUT; ) is a university in New Zealand, formed on 1 January 2000 when a former technical college (originally established in 1895) was granted university status. AUT is New Zealand's third largest university i ...

. At present Herber is completing a Post Graduate Diploma at

Elam School of Fine Arts The Elam School of Fine Arts, founded by John Edward Elam, is part of the University of Auckland Faculty of Creative Arts and Industries, Faculty of Creative Arts and Industries at the University of Auckland. It offered the first Bachelor of ...

. The artist initially practiced painting before discovering tape as a medium.

Career

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 The Sculpture by the Sea exhibition in Sydney and Perth is Australia's largest annual outdoor sculpture Art exhibition, exhibition. This exhibition was initiated in 1997, at Bondi Beach and it featured sculptures by both Australian and overseas ...

, (2013, 2014, 2015) in Sydney, Australia. She has held solo exhibitions at public institutions such as Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery, Tauranga Art Gallery, and the Pah Homestead, Auckland. 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. Veronica Herber's work is included in the Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, and The James Wallace Arts Trust Collection. 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.

Work

Notable exhibitions

*''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 *

, 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

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

Awards and nominations

* 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

External links

Veronica Herber artist website

The Chartwell Collection
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