keith abbott
Keith Henry Abbott, b.1963, Pahiatua,
NZ. Currently based in Tauranga. His work is held in private collections in NZ, Australia, UK, USA, Japan, Germany, Holland, Greece and France.
Statement
“Although not a practising Buddhist, I am influenced by Buddhist art and its philosophy. With this approach I set out to create a meditative quality to my works, and hope the viewer can access their own inner world, which transcends culture and belief.
I believe there is no separation between human nature and the natural world, they are a perfect reflection. Drawing on metaphysical influences particularly that of quantum entanglement, I have explored these in a more personal way through my work, seeking the connections of the physical world and the spiritual.”
Working with the materials of the old masters, Oils and gold leaf on gesso wooden panelling gives the work an ancient feeling within a contemporary setting.
Beauty, ambiguity, transcendence……..
Sometimes the subject content is mercurial to define, this pleases the artist as it the response to the work that is of importance, arriving at an explanation means art can become stationary, final, much rather the ambiguity and thus movement in various directions, the mapping of which is controlled by the viewer.
-Keith Abbott
Selected solo shows
2010 Laundromat art project space, Tauranga, New Zealand 2009 Gilberd Marriott gallery, Wellington, New Zealand 2007 Harrisons gallery, Tauranga, New Zealand 2004 finalist, James Wallace art awards, New Zealand 2004 George Perry art gallery, New Zealand 2002 span gallery, Melbourne, Australia 1999 gallery space, Melbourne, Australia 1999 photographic exhibition, photo space, New Zealand 1996/98 various group and solo shows, Germany 1995 wonton gallery, wellington, New Zealand 1993 solo show, mono prints, New Zealand 1992 blue angel gallery, Auckland, New Zealand 1990 Wairiki polytechnic, Rotorua, New Zealand
Selected group shows
2010 Tauranga city art gallery, Tauranga, New Zealand 2009 Harrison’s gallery, Tauranga, New Zealand 2008 Harrison’s gallery, Tauranga, New Zealand 2002 Melbourne school of art exhibition, Australia 2001 gallery space, Melbourne, Australia 2000 gallery fifty 2, wellington, New Zealand 1994 new work studio, wellington, New Zealand 1992 outreach gallery, 20 young artists, Auckland 1988 Tauranga artists group show, Tauranga 1987 Timurid gallery, wellington, New Zealand, 988 Colin ford salon, Tauranga, new Zealand
NZ. Currently based in Tauranga. His work is held in private collections in NZ, Australia, UK, USA, Japan, Germany, Holland, Greece and France.
Statement
“Although not a practising Buddhist, I am influenced by Buddhist art and its philosophy. With this approach I set out to create a meditative quality to my works, and hope the viewer can access their own inner world, which transcends culture and belief.
I believe there is no separation between human nature and the natural world, they are a perfect reflection. Drawing on metaphysical influences particularly that of quantum entanglement, I have explored these in a more personal way through my work, seeking the connections of the physical world and the spiritual.”
Working with the materials of the old masters, Oils and gold leaf on gesso wooden panelling gives the work an ancient feeling within a contemporary setting.
Beauty, ambiguity, transcendence……..
Sometimes the subject content is mercurial to define, this pleases the artist as it the response to the work that is of importance, arriving at an explanation means art can become stationary, final, much rather the ambiguity and thus movement in various directions, the mapping of which is controlled by the viewer.
-Keith Abbott
Selected solo shows
2010 Laundromat art project space, Tauranga, New Zealand 2009 Gilberd Marriott gallery, Wellington, New Zealand 2007 Harrisons gallery, Tauranga, New Zealand 2004 finalist, James Wallace art awards, New Zealand 2004 George Perry art gallery, New Zealand 2002 span gallery, Melbourne, Australia 1999 gallery space, Melbourne, Australia 1999 photographic exhibition, photo space, New Zealand 1996/98 various group and solo shows, Germany 1995 wonton gallery, wellington, New Zealand 1993 solo show, mono prints, New Zealand 1992 blue angel gallery, Auckland, New Zealand 1990 Wairiki polytechnic, Rotorua, New Zealand
Selected group shows
2010 Tauranga city art gallery, Tauranga, New Zealand 2009 Harrison’s gallery, Tauranga, New Zealand 2008 Harrison’s gallery, Tauranga, New Zealand 2002 Melbourne school of art exhibition, Australia 2001 gallery space, Melbourne, Australia 2000 gallery fifty 2, wellington, New Zealand 1994 new work studio, wellington, New Zealand 1992 outreach gallery, 20 young artists, Auckland 1988 Tauranga artists group show, Tauranga 1987 Timurid gallery, wellington, New Zealand, 988 Colin ford salon, Tauranga, new Zealand