Born in New Zealand, in 1964.
Lives and works in Auckland, New Zealand
EDUCATION
2012 Master of Fine Arts, Auckland University, Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland, New Zealand
2011 Postgraduate Diploma, Auckland University, Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland, New Zealand
2004–2007 Bachelor of Art (Hons) in Painting, Camberwell College of Arts, London, UK
2002–2004 BTEC Diploma, Foundation Art & Design, City College, Brighton, UK
1995–1996 Diploma Art and Creativity, The Learning Connexion (TLC), Wellington, New Zealand
EXHIBITIONS
2019
TESTING GROUND: George Fraser gallery. [Duo Exhibition].
HYPERBOLIC GESTURE: DEMO project space.
2018
IN THE MIX: Antoinette Godkin Art House.
FREE SPEECH: DEMO project space.
2017
WOULD NOT FRAME: Antoinette Godkin Art House. [Solo Exhibition].
REMATERIALISED: DEMO project space.
WORKS FROM THE TOXIC ROOM: Antoinette Godkin Art House.
MATERIALISED: Two Rooms Gallery (co-curated project); Wallace Gallery Morrinsville.
GRID / COLOUR / PLANE: Malcolm Smith Gallery, Uxbridge Centre.
2016
ON THE CANVAS AND BEYOND: Antoinette Godkin Art House.
2015
FAT YELLOW: Antoinette Godkin Art House. [Solo exhibition].
PROJECT WALL - ECHO GLYPHS: installation at Te Tuhi.
ON HOLD TO READ: Flexi-Space, Wallace Gallery Morrinsville.
2014
WALLACE ART AWARDS, TOURING EXHIBITION: From Pah Homestead.
A LITTLE DIVERSION, group exhibition: Antoinette Godkin Art House, Auckland.
2013
PAINTING NOW: OUT OF ELAM 2: TSB Bank Wallace Arts Trust, Auckland.
THE OTHER PLACE: Allpress Gallery, Auckland.
PAINTING NOW: OUT OF ELAM: The Vivian, Matakana.
THICK & THIN: 30 Upstairs Gallery, Wellington.
GLAISTER ENNOR GRADUATE ART AWARDS: Orexart Gallery, Auckland.
2012
TOO LITTLE TOO LATE: Snake Pit artist-run space, Auckland.
GORDON’S WALTERS PRIZE: 3rd equal, Snake Pit Gallery, Auckland.
ORNAMENTATION & ITS DISCONTENTS: George Fraser Gallery, Auckland.
WALLACE ART AWARDS, SALON DE REFUSE: Pah Homestead, Auckland.
QUIETLY CONFIDENT: Ilam Campus Gallery, Christchurch.
MFA GRADUATION SHOW: Elam B, Auckland.
2011
ANOTHER TRUTH: Studio 8, Newtown, Auckland.
2010
BODIES TRANSFORMED: The Crypt Gallery, Euston, London.
2009
CAMBERWELL FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS: Studio & pop-up exhibition, Camberwell, London.
2008
AN AWKWARD APPREHENSION: The Empire, O Art, East End, London.
CODEX, CUSHIONS & CAKE: IdeaSpace, Peckham, London.
2007
PAINTING 2007: Camberwell College of Arts, London.
CELESTE ART PRIZE: Old Truman Brewery Complex, Brick Lane, London (touring to Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh).
2006
DIGEST THIS (II): The Red Gate Gallery, Brixton, London.
ARTISTS ON DISPLAY: The Red Gate Gallery, Brixton, London.
ON SECOND THOUGHTS: The Foyer Gallery, Camberwell, London.
DIGEST THIS: Menier Gallery, Borough, London.
AWARDS & PRIZES
2016
TSB BANK WALLACE ART AWARDS. Finalist, Touring Exhibition.
2014
TSB BANK WALLACE ART AWARDS. Finalist, Touring Exhibition.
2012
TSB BANK WALLACE ART AWARDS. Finalist, Salon De Refuse, Auckland.
GORDON'S WALTERS' PRIZE. Alternate prize organised by Snake Pit artist-run space and EyeContact Site, 3rd equal placement.
PUBLICATIONS AND REVIEWS (on Glen Snow)
DRAIN, November 2021, Art Projects profile, "Painting in Pieces", http://drainmag.com/painting-in-pieces/
EYECONTACT SITE, 24th May 2017, John Hurrell, Repurposing Framing Elements, http://eyecontactsite.com/2017/05/repurposing-frame-elements
NZ HOUSE & GARDEN, No. 253, September 2015. Warwick Brown, Ideas in Action. P.158
EYECONTACT SITE, 11 May 2015, John Hurrell, Glen Snow at Godkin, http://eyecontactsite.com/2015/05/glen-snow-at-godkin
ART NEW ZEALAND, No. 147, Spring 2013. Edward Hanfling, Auckland. Painting Now: Out of Elam. P.31
PUBLIC SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
DEPARTMENT OF ART HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND. Seminar Series. Thing-Imagery of the Picture-Object. Wednesday 16th August 2017.
WALLACE GALLERY, MORRINSVILLE. Art Chat. Wednesday 4th November 2015.
BLIKFANG ART AND ANTIQUES, AUCKLAND. Event. Friday 8th May 2015.
DEVELOPMENT AIR. Artist in Residence Talk. Hollow Acts: Glen Snow discusses his research. May 2013.
AUCKLAND ART GALLERY TOI O TAMAKI. Artmeet: Glen Snow Hollow Acts. Monday 4th March 2013. Friends of Auckland Art Gallery.
WRITING (by Glen Snow)
In-House Gallery Publications:
2018
Open Time, 16th March, introduction to Noel Ivanoff exhibition, Two Rooms Gallery, Auckland: http://tworooms.co.nz/exhibition/open-time/
The Recent Work of Natalie Guy, 22nd January, introduction to Natalie Guy, Then and Again, Malcolm Smith Gallery / Uxbridge, Auckland
2017
Materialised, 17th March, introduction to group exhibition, Two Rooms Gallery, Auckland: http://tworooms.co.nz/exhibition/built/
2015
The Smoothing of Things, 30thJan 2015, introduction to the group exhibition, Two Rooms Gallery, Auckland: http://tworooms.co.nz/exhibition/the-smoothing-things/
Exhibition and Book Reviews:
2019
Taking Possession, Demonstration and Demolitions, 6th June, (exhibition) Taumanu, group, DEMO, eyecontactsite.com, http://eyecontactsite.com/2019/06/taking-possession-demonstrations-and-demolitions
2016
Rehearsing Further Abstractions, 17th March, (exhibition) Drawing Rehearsals, group, Two Rooms, eyecontactsite.com, http://eyecontactsite.com/2016/03/rehearsing-further-abstractions
2014
Painting in Flux, 18th May, (exhibition) Rohan Hartley Mills, Te Tuhi Project Wall, eyecontactsite.com, http://eyecontactsite.com/2014/05/painting-in-flux
2013
Thinking in the Abstract, 23rd October, (exhibition) Karyn Taylor, Abstract Philosophy, 30 Upstairs, eyecontactsite.com, http://eyecontactsite.com/2013/10/thinking-in-the-abstract
Hyde-Hills at Ozlyn, 17th January, (exhibition) Elisabeth Hyde-Hills, Claude Glass, Ozlyn Gallery, eyecontactsite.com, http://eyecontactsite.com/2013/01/hyde-hills-at-ozlyn
A Psychoanalytic Approach to Visual Artists, by James W. Hamilton, (book) Psychodynamic Practice, Vol 19 No 4. Aug 2013, p438. Routledge, Taylor & Frances Group.
2011
The Aesthetic Development: The Poetic Spirit of Psychoanalysis, by Meg Harris Williams, (book) Psychodynamic Practice, Vol 17 No 3. Aug 2011, p366-369. Routledge, Taylor & Frances Group.
Published Essays:
2010
Oedipus Now: An analysis of a Patriarchal Complex in Louise Bourgeois’s Mythic Sculpture, [Abridged] in Psychodynamic Practice, Vol 16 No 2. May 2010, p213-225. Routledge, Taylor & Frances Group.
TEACHING
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Since January 2017, Full-time Lecturer: BFA Undergraduate, and MFA programmes. Whitecliffe College of Art & Design, Auckland.
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July 2011 – January 2017, Part-time Lecturer: Certificate, Undergraduate, and MFA programmes. Whitecliffe College of Art & Design, Auckland.
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2011, Tutor: Chromophillia, weekend Colour Workshop. Art Station Toi Tu, Auckland City Council, Auckland.
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2011-2012, Tutor: Evening adult classes: Drawing What You See, and Abstraction. Leisure Time Ltd.