LUNES, EL VEINTICUATRO DE OCTUBRE, VEINTE-ONCE
Hello All,
With the upcoming Dia De Los Muertos festivals here in the USA, I have work in several exhibitions around the country.
At present, I have two paintings in a group exhibition, '10,000 Skeletons' at 222 Imperial, a new art gallery in Las Vegas. My work can be seen on their Facebook Page. (until 31 October 2011)
Upcoming exhibitions with a Dia De Los Muertos theme are:
'Dia de los Muertos', El Museo Cultural De Santa Fe, 555 Camino de la Familia, Santa Fe, NM, USA 28 Oct - 2 Nov 2011
'2nd Annual Santa Muerte Music & Arts Festival', Sacred Machine, Tucson, AZ, USA, 28 Oct - 31 Dec 2011
'Life in Death', Winchester Cultural Center, 3130 McLeod Drive, Las Vegas, NV, USA 29 October - 12 November 2011
Other upcoming group exhibitions include:
HuiHui, a one-night-only group exhibition, 50a Ossian St, Napier, New Zealand 28 Oct 2011
Celebrating Existence, Blackbird Studios, 1551 S Commerce St, Las Vegas, NV, USA 3 - 26 November 2011
If you'd like any higher resolution image of the paintings in the upcoming exhibition, please let me know.

MIERCOLES, EL DIECINUEVE DE OCTUBRE, VEINTE-ONCE
in New Zealand:

http://www.huihui.co.nz

Hello All,

My work that was shown recently at Mark Hutchins Gallery in Wellington has segued into 'Contemporary Baroque' and will continue until the 8th of May, so if you didn't get to see the work in the previous four days, you will have a chance to catch it in a new exhibition format.
Mark Hutchins Gallery, 216A Upper Willis Street, Wellington

Also, I have work in several other exhibitions around New Zealand; finishing up on the 24th of April is '13 Works' at Paper-Works, Upstairs, 27 Tennyson Street, Napier, Hawkes Bay
www.paper-works.co.nz

A painting and three crucifixes in 'Represent' at PAULNACHE in Gisborne, finishing on the 1st of May,
PAULNACHE, Upstairs, 89 Grey Street, Gisborne 4010

'Malfunction Baroque', a group of new ceramics at the Rayner Brothers Gallery in Whanganui, finishing on the 15th of May,
Rayner Brothers Gallery, 52 Guyton Street, Whanganui

And, finally, two works in the Creative Hawkes Bay Invitational 2010,
Hastings City Art Gallery, 201 Eastbourne Street East, Hastings

If you click on the links above, you can check out my work in each of the exhibitions.
Hasta pronto
Matthew Couper

VIERNES, EL VEINTISEIS DE MARZO, VEINTE-DIEZ
Last night was the opening of a three-person exhibition at Paper-works in Napier. Here is an installation shot and a photo of Winnie, Annabel Sinclair-Thomson's dog, sitting under one of my works at the opening.

JUEVES, EL VEINTICINCO DE MARZO, VEINTE-DIEZ
My Paper-Works exhibition is now online here.
I'll be posting some installation photos of the show tomorrow or Saturday.

MIERCOLES, EL VEINTICUATRO DE MARZO, VEINTE-DIEZ
At present, my website server is being upgraded so I can't update my website with the works in the upcoming exhibition at Paper-Works in Napier. I'm hoping the upgrade will be finished in the next couple of days, but I'll post here once I've update my site.

MARTES, EL VEINTITRES DE MARZO, VEINTE-DIEZ
A new ex-voto that's in my upcoming three-person exhibition at Paper-Works in Napier, opening this Thursday. I displayed the work on the right, Recession Timepiece, at the Sarjeant Gallery until it was knocked off its plinth at a private function. Although damaged, it could have been a lot worse than it was. I had to separate out the two frames of the main box and glue them back together as they had split apart on impact with the ground and I had to remake the frame that holds the mirror and reversed canvas. Then a repaint touch-up. I'm so glad that the mirror didn't break, not because of superstition but because there is a painted dove on the reverse side of it.
To ease my pain though, Recession Timepiece, along with another box construction has been accepted for the Creative Hawkes Bay Invitational 2010 at the Hastings City Art Gallery. It will be good to have the ex-voto on the left on display in Napier while the actual object will be exhibited in Hastings.

LUNES, EL VEINTIDOS DE MARZO, VEINTE-DIEZ
Click on the image below to view an invitation to a three-person exhibition at Paper-works in Napier.
The exhibition opens this Thursday night, 5.30pm - 7pm, 25th of March, 2010 and will continue through to the 23rd of April, 2010.
I will be exhibiting eleven new ex-voto paintings, dated from October 2009 to February 2010; a large oil on canvas painting with a hand-carved frame and a construction representing a disassembled computer (seen on the image below). Also exhibiting is Napier artist, Lex Benson-Cooper and Lyttelton artist, Eion Stevens
You will be able to view all the work in the exhibition on my website by the middle of this week and any enquiries can be directed to Annabel Sinclair-Thomson at Paper-works.