OLIVER CAIN
CV
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