Yvonne Todd
New Zealand photographer (born 1973)
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Yvonne Todd (born 1973) is a contemporary New Zealand photographer known for her manipulation of conventional photographic techniques and genres.[1]
Early life and education
Todd was born in Takapuna, Auckland. In the mid 1990s, she studied professional photography at Unitec Institute of Technology. She completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts at Elam School of Fine Arts in 2001.[2]
Career
Todd won the inaugural Walters Prize (New Zealand's largest contemporary art prize) in 2002 at age 28 for her collection of work Asthma & Eczema, which had been her final-year submission at art school.[3][4]
In 2014 and 2015 City Gallery Wellington mounted a major survey of her works Yvonne Todd: Creamy Psychology, including over 150 pieces, curated by Robert Leonard.[2]
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
- Dead Starlets Assoc, IMA, Brisbane (2007)[citation needed]
- Wall of Seahorsel, Dunedin Public Art Gallery (2012–2013)[5]
- Yvonne Todd: Creamy Psychology, City Gallery Wellington (2014–2015)[2]
- Barnacles – Yvonne Todd, Tauranga Art Gallery (2016)[6]
Group exhibitions
- Telecom Prospect 2004: New Art New Zealand, City Gallery Wellington (2004)[7]
- Mixed-up Childhood, Auckland Art Gallery (2005)[8]
- Busan Biennale, Republic of Korea (2006)[citation needed]
- Blood, in its Various Forms at the Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane (2007)[9]
- Fotofestival, Mannheim, Germany (2009)[citation needed]
- 17th Biennale of Sydney (2010)[citation needed]
- Unnerved: The New Zealand Project, National Gallery of Victoria and Queensland Art Gallery (2010)[10]
- Edinburgh Art Festival (2014)[11]
Publications
- Robert Leonard (ed.), Dead Starlets Assoc, Brisbane: Institute of Modern Art, 2007. ISBN 9781875792580.
- Robert Leonard (ed.), Creamy Psychology, Wellington: City Gallery Wellington and Victoria University Press, 2014. ISBN 9780864739773.