Phil Price

Phil Price was born in Nelson, New Zealand in 1965. He lives and works in Christchurch.

Between 1984 –1989 Phil Price earned a BFA at the School of Fine Arts of the University of Canterbury.

Phil Price is perhaps best known for his large wind-driven kinetic sculptures that jubilantly celebrate motion, nature and place. The forms the sculptures take range from twisting stacks of oblate disks (Protoplasm (2002), Dancer (2003), and Cytoplasm (2003)), sweeping wing-like fins (Sassafras Wings (2004)) and bobbing spikes (Zephyrometer (2003-04)). Raised up on high shafts, they take on an almost totemic quality.

Phil has been commissioned to do several public works in New Zealand and Australia in the last decade. Nucleus, commissioned in conjunction with the Art & Industry Biennial Trust and the Christchurch City Council, was unveiled as part of the SCAPE 2006 Biennial of Art in Public Space.

When speaking about the direction of his artistic practice, Phil says “We are always looking to be compelled by an artwork. The great thing about wind-activated kinetic work is that when it is taken out of the studio into the environment, it becomes completely transformed. Taking on a life of its own."

Phil Price

EDUCATION

1992 Diploma of Education, Secondary, Christchurch College of Education

1984 -1989 BFA, School of Fine Arts, University of Canterbury

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008/2009 Fulcrum, McClelland sculpture park and gallery, Melbourne, Australia

2008 Fulcrum, Amisfield Winery, Lake Hays, Queenstown, New Zealand

2008 Fulcrum, Cable Bay, Waiheke Island, Auckland, New Zealand

2004 Phil Price, Campbell Grant Galleries, Christchurch, New Zealand

2003 Could this be me?, Bowen Galleries, Wellington, New Zealand

2002 Who, Campbell Grant Galleries, Christchurch, New Zealand

2000 MK1, Campbell Grant Galleries, Christchurch, New Zealand

2000 Come in and close the door, The Physics Room, Christchurch, New Zealand

1998 Card entry, Campbell Grant Galleries, Christchurch, New Zealand

1998 Revelations, Campbell Grant Galleries, Christchurch, New Zealand

1992 Recent work, Canterbury Society of Arts, Christchurch, New Zealand

1991 Jubespace, Robert McDougall Contemporary Art Annex, Christchurch, New Zealand 1989 Black on yellow, white on blue, Canterbury Society of Arts, Christchurch, New Zealand

EXHIBITIONS

2009 Sculpture by the sea, Aarhus, Denmark

2009 Ellerslie international garden show, Christchurch, New Zealand

2005 International Sculpture Survey, McClelland Sculpture Park and Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

2005 Sculpture On The Gulf, Waiheke Island, Auckland Harbour, New Zealand

2004 SCAPE, Art & Industry Urban Arts Biennial, Deans Bush, Christchurch, New Zealand 2004 Sculpture By The Sea, Invited Artist, Sydney, Australia

2003 Sculpture By The Sea, Invited Artist, Sydney, Australia

2003 Sculpture On The Gulf, Waiheke Island, Auckland Harbour, New Zealand

2002 Changing Spaces, New Zealand Sculpture Now Festival, Wellington, New Zealand 2002 Christchurch College of Education, 125th Anniversary Exhibition, Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch, New Zealand

2001 Prospect 2001 New Art New Zealand, City Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand

1999 Evisible, Christ's College, Christchurch, New Zealand

1996 H20, Dowse Art Museum, Wellington, New Zealand 1992

Prospect Canterbury, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand

1991 Vogue Vague, Canterbury Society of Arts, Christchurch, New Zealand

PUBLIC SCULPTURE

2009 Organism, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand

2008 Angel wings, Canberra city, Australia

2008 Dinornis maximus, Canberra city, Australia

2006 Nucleus, City Mall, High Street, Christchurch, New Zealand

2005 Knowledge Riccarton Library, Christchurch, New Zealand

2005 Ratytus, McClelland Sculpture Park, Melbourne, Australia

2004 Zephyrometer, Meridian Energy Great Wellington Wind Sculpture Project - National Competition Winner Cobham Drive, Wellington, New Zealand

2003 Cytoplasm, Waiheke Island, Auckland Harbour, New Zealand Relocated to The Viaduct, Auckland Harbour 2004

2003 Dancer, Connell’s Bay Sculpture Park, Waiheke Island, Auckland Harbour, New Zealand

2002 Protoplasm, Lambton Quay, Wellington, New Zealand

2001 Scribble, Collection of Sir Miles Warren, Ohinetahi, Governors Bay, New Zealand

2000 Masks, Old Boys' Theatre, Christ's College, Christchurch, New Zealand

2000 Book, Christ's College, Christchurch, New Zealand

1994 Wiggly Wagon, Hanmer Springs, New Zealand

1994 Lift, Hanmer Springs, New Zealand

1993 Taking Flight, Christchurch Botanic Gardens, New Zealand

COLLECTIONS

Victoria University, Wellington New Zealand

Sir Miles Warren

Dame Elizabeth Murdoch

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu

Christchurch College of Education

Christ's College, Christchurch

Cable Bay Vineyard, Waiheke island, New Zealand

Elizabeth Murdoch Sculpture Foundation, Melbourne Australia

Transfield Art Collection, Sydney, Australia

Christchurch City Council

Wellington City Council

Auckland City Council

Connell’s Bay Centre for Sculpture, Waiheke Island, Auckland

Private collections in New Zealand, Australia, America and Europe