Artist Bio

Craig Ellis

Born Ōtāhuhu and lives in Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland

Education

1990-93 Diploma in Furniture Design, Unitec, NZ

1994 Diploma of Teaching, Auckland College of Education

Selected Group Shows

1992 Artiture - Contemporary furniture design - Auckland Museum (Clarence - papier mache,

faux fur, steel and slumped glass)

1993 Artiture - Contemporary furniture design - Auckland Museum (Chopping Board - heart

rimu, kaikatia and steel)

2006 Ranamok Glass Prize – Touring Exhibition, Australia (Rave Shoe - cast glass, rubber and

diamantés)

2007 Luminous – NZ Art of Glass Awards, Auckland (Raw State - cast glass bowl)

2009 Wallace Art Awards, Auckland (Happiness - painting, acrylic on canvas)

2016 Imago Mundi, Benetton Arts Foundation, Treviso, Italy (Jacob HWC - screen print/painting,

acrylic on canvas?

2021 NZ Sculpture OnShore, Auckland (Pigausage - fibreglass, epoxy resin, polystyrene and

car paint)

2023 NZ Sculpture OnShore, Auckland (Three Little Pigs -flax and basalt woven fibre matt, bio

epoxy, polystyrene and car paint)

Solo Exhibitions

2009 Richmond Rd to Here, Satellite Gallery, Auckland (series of paintings/screen printing on

canvas, installation of medication bottles in a glass cabinet)

2011 Give Up, No Way, Digital Darkroom, Auckland (series of paintings/screen printing on

canvas)

Current Artwork Series

2026 Tūru - (found furniture, enamel paint New Zealand National Party blue, acrylic screen

printing ink)