OLIVER CAIN

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Exhibitions

2023

World of Wearable Arts 2023 - Wellington NZ

Group Show - Kouri + Corrao Gallery - USA

Small Sculpture Awards - Waikato Society of Arts

Small Sculpture Prize and exhibition - Waiheke

Cleveland National Art Awards - Otago NZ

Group Show – Bergman Gallery - Auckland

Public Installation – Te Uru Gallery, Canterbury City Gallery, Waikato Museum, Dowse Art Gallery

Group Show - Pride – Bergman Gallery - Auckland

Solo Show - ‘Just a Little Gay’ – Lake House Arts – Auckland

2022

Portage Ceramic Award 2022 Finalist – TeUru Gallery

Public Installation - National Gallery, Tate Modern, Tate Britain, The MET, Guggenheim, MOMA, Getty, Hammer Museum

The Forsyth Barr Contemporary Ceramic Award - Nelson

World of Wearable arts – Wellington

Waitakere Arts Show - Auckland

Nelson Sculpture Awards – Wellington

Traffic Jam Gallery ‘Untitled’ – Group Show – Melbourne 

Hibiscus and Bays Art Awards

Kumeu Art Awards Group Exhibition 

Solo Show ‘They Were Roommates’ – Auckland NZ

Molly Morpeth Canaday Awards 2022 - NZ

National Youth Art Awards – Hamilton NZ 

Group show – Oddly Projects Opening Show – Auckland 

Kaipara Coast Sculpture Gardens Exhibition NZ

2021

Solo Show, The Nomadic Art Gallery -‘Nipple Twist’ – Leuven, Belgium

Portage Ceramic Awards 2021 - Te Uru

Sculpture Onshore - Virtual

NZ Contemporary Art Awards – Hamilton Museum

Emerging Practitioner in Clay Award - Quartz, Museum of Studio Ceramics, Whanganui 

group Show Virtual - The Holy Art – UK

Solo Show - ‘Body Filled Body Candy’ - Studio 1- Auckland

2021 

Group Show Virtual - Galerie Biesenbach – Germany

Galerie Biesenbach – Art Matters 3 online Group Show (Germany)

MADE - Mt Albert Art + design Exhibition

Gallery Thirty Three - Ceramic show with Mandy Gargiulo 

Auckland Art Fair 

Solo Show ft.Billy Apple, Föenander Galleries - ‘It’s a Boy’

Wallace Gallery Morrinsville (WAA)

Pātaka Art+Museum (WAA)

Paragon Matter - Owhango Summer Sculpture Show

Kaipara Coast Sculpture Gardens Exhibition

Sarjeant Gallery – ‘Corner Dairy’ 

2020 

The Dowse Art Museum - ECC NZ Student Design/Craft Awards 

Taranaki National Art Awards

Kings Collage Art Exhibition

Föenander Galleries – Solo Show ‘Relatively Fruity’

Par Homestead - Finalist for The Wallace Art Awards 

Mairangi Arts Centre

Auckland Art Fair - Virtual

The Vivian - Matakana

Corban Estate Arts Centre – ‘Paint etc.’ 

Molly Morpeth Canaday Awards - Whakatane 

Academy Galleries (WAA) - Queens Wharf, Wellington 

Föenander Galleries – ‘small work salon’ 

Millers O’Brien – ‘Graduation Show’ - Wellington 

2019

Föenander Galleries - Group show - ‘Ida Soleil’

Wallace Gallery Morrinsville (WAA)

The Dowse Art Museum - ECC NZ Student Design/ Craft Awards

Par Homestead - Finalist for The Wallace Art Awards

NKB Gallery

Parnell Gallery

Webbs - Eden Arts 2019

Lake House Arts - Ceramic Showcase

Awards/Achievements:

World of Wearable Arts Finalist 2022 & Second Prize for Monochromatic Category

Craig’s Investment Partners Art 3D Award - 2022 Molly Morpeth Canaday Awards

First Prize – National Youth Art Awards 2021

Highly Commended Kumeu Arts Award 2021

Product Collaboration with Refold

Fashion Collaboration with Clique Fitness for Sweat with Pride (2021)

Highly Commended 2020 - ECC NZ Student Design/Craft Awards

Craig’s Investment Partners Art 3D Award - 2020 Molly Morpeth Canaday Awards

Touring finalist for The Wallace Art Awards 2020

Overall Supreme award - ECC 2019

Tuatara Ceramic Award - ECC 2019

Overall winner of the Eden Arts Award 2019

Touring finalist for The Wallace Art Awards 2019

Highly Commended 2018 - ECC NZ Student Design/Craft Awards

Finalist for The Wallace Art Awards 2018

Merit Award 2018 - Riley Consultant members competition

Merit Award 2018 - Royal Easter Show