JOHN McLEAN - CURRICULUM VITAE
Experience & Academic Qualifications
Trained Teachers Certificate
Diploma in Teaching
1963 - 1975 Various teacher, and senior teacher, and principal positions in several schools
1976 - 1986 Various part-time employment
1986 - 1993 Part-time Tutor - Taranaki Polytechnic Art and Design programme, teaching Drawing and Painting
1997 - 1998 Part-time Tutor – Taranaki Polytechnic
1999 Policy Formulation Sub-committee, Art in Public Places, New Plymouth District Council
2000 Chairman, Te Kupenga Stone Sculpture Society
2002 - 2004 “Art in Public Places” Sub committee member, New Plymouth City Council
2002 - 2003 Construction and Paint Department work on film: “The Last Samurai.”
2004 Sculptor on film “The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe”
2003-2006 Sculpture Tutor ,(stone), for WITT Community Classes.
2007 Sculptor on film “Prince Caspian”2
2012 Life Member, Te Kupenga Stone Sculpture Society
2012 Opened 'John McLean Gallery' @ Urenui
1970 On going work as an artist
Exhibitions
Solo Shows:
2013 'Telling Tales' Artis Gallery, Auckland
2012 'Home' John McLean Gallery
2011 “Recent Work” Artis Gallery, Auckland
2010 ` “The Farmer” Expressions Arts and Recreation Centre”, Upper Hutt
2010 “The Farmer's Wife and The Farmer” Puke Ariki, New Plymouth.
2010 “The Farmer” Tauranga Art Gallery
2009 “The Farmer’s Wife” Tauranga Art Gallery
2005 “Mind’s Eye” McPherson Gallery, Auckland
2002 McLean Studio Exhibition
2001 McLean Studio Exhibition
2000 Janne Land Gallery, Wellington
1999 Portfolio Gallery, Auckland
1999 McLean Studio Exhibition
1997 Taranaki Museum, “John McLean Retrospective”
1997 McLean Studio Exhibition
1997 Dai Ichi Gallery, Mishima, Japan
1995 Portfolio Gallery, Auckland
1994 Lesley Kreisler Gallery, New Plymouth
1994 Gallery 79, Hawera
1992 Janne Land Gallery, Wellington
1992 Canterbury Gallery, Christchurch
1985 Janne Land Gallery, Wellington
1985 Dennis Cohen Gallery, Auckland
1984 Janne Land Gallery, Wellington
1984 Dennis Cohen Gallery, Auckland
1978 Galerie Legard, Wellington
1977 Galerie Legard, Wellington
Group Shows and Awards
2013 'R.D.' Percy Thompson Gallery, Stratford
2013 Wallace Art Award , finalist, travelling exhibition.
2013 Artis Gallery artists, group exhibition
2013 'Painting Mauao' Tauranga Art Gallery, guest exhibitor.
2012 Wallace Art Award Finalist
2012 “Molly Morpeth Canaday Art Award” Finalist
2012 Waiheke Arts Trust Exhibition Auckland
2012 Group Show, Harrisons Art Gallery, Tauranga.
2011 “NZ Painters and Print Makers Award” WINNER
2011 “Molly Morpeth Canaday Trust Art Award” Finalist
2011 Auckland Art Fair
2011 “Renegades” Puke Ariki, New Plymouth
2011 “Game On” Hastings City Art Gallery
2009 Wallace Art Award Finalist
2009 Taranaki Culture:Fresh Out of the Box- Puke Ariki Museum, N Plym.
2008 Wallace Art Award- Finalist-Travelling Show, Dowse Gallery , L. Hutt
2008 KInia Exhibition – Guest Exhibitor
2008 Te Kupenga Stone Sculpture Exhibition, New Plymouth
2007 Merit Award - Norsewear Art Award
2006 “Prime Stock” Exhibition, McPherson Gallery, Auckland
2006 “Sculpture ‘06” Gisborne
2006 Norsewear Art Award finalist
2006 “inform” marble sculpture exhibiton, Hamilton
2006 “Te Kupenga Stone Sculpture Exhibition, New Plymouth
2005 “100x100, 200x200”, McPherson Gallery, Auckland
2005 “Friends” (with Michael Smither) George Perry Gallery, Tauranga
2005 Wallace Art Award-finalist
2005 Norsewear Art Award- finalist
2004 Kina Gallery Xmas Exhibition
2004 Te Kupenga Stone Sculpture Exhibition, New Plymouth
2004 Kina Gallery, New Plymouth
2004 “100x100x100, 200x200x200”, McPherson Gallery, Auckland
2004 Norsewear Art Award -finalist
2003 “Tight Genes”, Kina Gallery, New Plymouth.
2002 “100x100x100”, McPherson Gallery, Auckland
2002 “Harrison Gallery”, Tauranga
2002 “Chapel-on-Chapel”, Melbourne, Australia.
2002 Te Kupenga Stone Sculpture Exhibition, New Plymouth
2002 “Qdos Gallery”, Lorne, Australia.
2001 “Art Waikato National Art Award” -Finalist
2001 “Te Maunga” Exhibition, Govett Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth
2000 Art of Te Kupenga, Kina Gallery, New Plymouth
2000 Te Kupenga Stone Sculpture Exhibition, New Plymouth
2000 Virtual Tart, Lincoln Centre, New York
1999 Akone Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1998 “In Association”, Taylor Jensen Fine Arts, Palmerston North
1998 Te Kupenga Stone Sculpture Symposium, New Plymouth
1997 “Bijou Exhibition”, Art Gallery, New Plymouth
1997 “Great Red Rip Up”, Art Gallery, New Plymouth
1995 ‘Festivart Exhibition’, Richmond Centre, New Plymouth
1993 ‘Looking Good’, Govett Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth
1988 ‘Men in the Garden’, Govett Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth
1983 ‘TSB Art Award’, Winner
1977 ‘Young Contemporaries 77’,Auckland City Art Gallery
1977-1992 Annual exhibition in the Taranaki/TSB Review, Govett Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth
Internet exhibitions
2001 X1 Biennale Int. Art Exhibition,Vila Nova de Cerviera, Potugal
1999-2000 Tocom 2000, Moscow International Line Festival
1999 Exhibition 1999, Keio University, Tokyo
1998 Country Without Borders, Abraham Lubelski Gallery, New York
Works are represented in the collections of:
TSB Collection
Govett Brewster Art Gallery
Puke Ariki Art Co-operative Collection
International private collections
New Plymouth District Council, public sculpture
Wallace Trust Collection
Publications:
“Art New Zealand”#87, Winter ‘98
“100 New Zealand Paintings” by Warwick Brown, pub Godwit,'95
“Metro” magazine,(illustration), May 2001
“American Style” Fall, 2002
“Metro” magazine, May 2008
“North South”mag, May 2008
“Australian Art Collector” mag. July-Sept,2008
“Live” mag. Mar 2009
“Mind Food” July 2009
“Art News NZ” (cover) Autumn, 2009
“Art Zone” cover, 2009
“Artists @ Work” by Richard Wolfe, pub Penguin 2010
“Art News” Winter, 2010
“This is Us” Puke Ariki, Sep 2010
Trained Teachers Certificate
Diploma in Teaching
1963 - 1975 Various teacher, and senior teacher, and principal positions in several schools
1976 - 1986 Various part-time employment
1986 - 1993 Part-time Tutor - Taranaki Polytechnic Art and Design programme, teaching Drawing and Painting
1997 - 1998 Part-time Tutor – Taranaki Polytechnic
1999 Policy Formulation Sub-committee, Art in Public Places, New Plymouth District Council
2000 Chairman, Te Kupenga Stone Sculpture Society
2002 - 2004 “Art in Public Places” Sub committee member, New Plymouth City Council
2002 - 2003 Construction and Paint Department work on film: “The Last Samurai.”
2004 Sculptor on film “The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe”
2003-2006 Sculpture Tutor ,(stone), for WITT Community Classes.
2007 Sculptor on film “Prince Caspian”2
2012 Life Member, Te Kupenga Stone Sculpture Society
2012 Opened 'John McLean Gallery' @ Urenui
1970 On going work as an artist
Exhibitions
Solo Shows:
2013 'Telling Tales' Artis Gallery, Auckland
2012 'Home' John McLean Gallery
2011 “Recent Work” Artis Gallery, Auckland
2010 ` “The Farmer” Expressions Arts and Recreation Centre”, Upper Hutt
2010 “The Farmer's Wife and The Farmer” Puke Ariki, New Plymouth.
2010 “The Farmer” Tauranga Art Gallery
2009 “The Farmer’s Wife” Tauranga Art Gallery
2005 “Mind’s Eye” McPherson Gallery, Auckland
2002 McLean Studio Exhibition
2001 McLean Studio Exhibition
2000 Janne Land Gallery, Wellington
1999 Portfolio Gallery, Auckland
1999 McLean Studio Exhibition
1997 Taranaki Museum, “John McLean Retrospective”
1997 McLean Studio Exhibition
1997 Dai Ichi Gallery, Mishima, Japan
1995 Portfolio Gallery, Auckland
1994 Lesley Kreisler Gallery, New Plymouth
1994 Gallery 79, Hawera
1992 Janne Land Gallery, Wellington
1992 Canterbury Gallery, Christchurch
1985 Janne Land Gallery, Wellington
1985 Dennis Cohen Gallery, Auckland
1984 Janne Land Gallery, Wellington
1984 Dennis Cohen Gallery, Auckland
1978 Galerie Legard, Wellington
1977 Galerie Legard, Wellington
Group Shows and Awards
2013 'R.D.' Percy Thompson Gallery, Stratford
2013 Wallace Art Award , finalist, travelling exhibition.
2013 Artis Gallery artists, group exhibition
2013 'Painting Mauao' Tauranga Art Gallery, guest exhibitor.
2012 Wallace Art Award Finalist
2012 “Molly Morpeth Canaday Art Award” Finalist
2012 Waiheke Arts Trust Exhibition Auckland
2012 Group Show, Harrisons Art Gallery, Tauranga.
2011 “NZ Painters and Print Makers Award” WINNER
2011 “Molly Morpeth Canaday Trust Art Award” Finalist
2011 Auckland Art Fair
2011 “Renegades” Puke Ariki, New Plymouth
2011 “Game On” Hastings City Art Gallery
2009 Wallace Art Award Finalist
2009 Taranaki Culture:Fresh Out of the Box- Puke Ariki Museum, N Plym.
2008 Wallace Art Award- Finalist-Travelling Show, Dowse Gallery , L. Hutt
2008 KInia Exhibition – Guest Exhibitor
2008 Te Kupenga Stone Sculpture Exhibition, New Plymouth
2007 Merit Award - Norsewear Art Award
2006 “Prime Stock” Exhibition, McPherson Gallery, Auckland
2006 “Sculpture ‘06” Gisborne
2006 Norsewear Art Award finalist
2006 “inform” marble sculpture exhibiton, Hamilton
2006 “Te Kupenga Stone Sculpture Exhibition, New Plymouth
2005 “100x100, 200x200”, McPherson Gallery, Auckland
2005 “Friends” (with Michael Smither) George Perry Gallery, Tauranga
2005 Wallace Art Award-finalist
2005 Norsewear Art Award- finalist
2004 Kina Gallery Xmas Exhibition
2004 Te Kupenga Stone Sculpture Exhibition, New Plymouth
2004 Kina Gallery, New Plymouth
2004 “100x100x100, 200x200x200”, McPherson Gallery, Auckland
2004 Norsewear Art Award -finalist
2003 “Tight Genes”, Kina Gallery, New Plymouth.
2002 “100x100x100”, McPherson Gallery, Auckland
2002 “Harrison Gallery”, Tauranga
2002 “Chapel-on-Chapel”, Melbourne, Australia.
2002 Te Kupenga Stone Sculpture Exhibition, New Plymouth
2002 “Qdos Gallery”, Lorne, Australia.
2001 “Art Waikato National Art Award” -Finalist
2001 “Te Maunga” Exhibition, Govett Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth
2000 Art of Te Kupenga, Kina Gallery, New Plymouth
2000 Te Kupenga Stone Sculpture Exhibition, New Plymouth
2000 Virtual Tart, Lincoln Centre, New York
1999 Akone Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1998 “In Association”, Taylor Jensen Fine Arts, Palmerston North
1998 Te Kupenga Stone Sculpture Symposium, New Plymouth
1997 “Bijou Exhibition”, Art Gallery, New Plymouth
1997 “Great Red Rip Up”, Art Gallery, New Plymouth
1995 ‘Festivart Exhibition’, Richmond Centre, New Plymouth
1993 ‘Looking Good’, Govett Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth
1988 ‘Men in the Garden’, Govett Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth
1983 ‘TSB Art Award’, Winner
1977 ‘Young Contemporaries 77’,Auckland City Art Gallery
1977-1992 Annual exhibition in the Taranaki/TSB Review, Govett Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth
Internet exhibitions
2001 X1 Biennale Int. Art Exhibition,Vila Nova de Cerviera, Potugal
1999-2000 Tocom 2000, Moscow International Line Festival
1999 Exhibition 1999, Keio University, Tokyo
1998 Country Without Borders, Abraham Lubelski Gallery, New York
Works are represented in the collections of:
TSB Collection
Govett Brewster Art Gallery
Puke Ariki Art Co-operative Collection
International private collections
New Plymouth District Council, public sculpture
Wallace Trust Collection
Publications:
“Art New Zealand”#87, Winter ‘98
“100 New Zealand Paintings” by Warwick Brown, pub Godwit,'95
“Metro” magazine,(illustration), May 2001
“American Style” Fall, 2002
“Metro” magazine, May 2008
“North South”mag, May 2008
“Australian Art Collector” mag. July-Sept,2008
“Live” mag. Mar 2009
“Mind Food” July 2009
“Art News NZ” (cover) Autumn, 2009
“Art Zone” cover, 2009
“Artists @ Work” by Richard Wolfe, pub Penguin 2010
“Art News” Winter, 2010
“This is Us” Puke Ariki, Sep 2010
All works and images © JOHN McLEAN 2014 - Please do not reproduce without consent
