Scott McFarlane was born in Wellington in 1966 and now lives in Northland. He completed a Diploma of Fine Arts, (Honours) Otago School of Art in 1993. He has exhibited regularly in New Zealand in private and public galleries and has works in numerous private and public collections.
Suspect Device , McFarlane’s exhibition with special guest Bernard Winkels, is on until February 2nd .
McFarlane’s paintings, Winkel’s paintings and ceramics, and a video McFarlane made with Jason Taylor, Hamish MacLean and Kelly Michael make up the work in this thought provoking exhibition.
The collaborative video entitled ” When the Sun goes Down” is currently representing New Zealand in an exhibition entitled “VISAO EXPANDIDA ( Expanded Vision ) at the Bienal de Cutitiba , Brazil, curated by Massimo Scaringella.
The Biennal of Curitiba 2017 is entitled ” Antipodes – Excess image” and it intends to show the ” Diversity” or ” the Opposites, not just a limit among the means of artistic expression, but even a limit among cultures. Limits that are never definitive, plural meetings and sinergies created by the comparison of different, distant points of view.” According to Deleuze ,” transversality realises and unifying the differences”. ( quote Ticio Escobar)
On the occasion of this event Massimo Scaringella curated the video selection entitled” Expanded Vision”, where he has selected a wide range of artists using the video as an expression means, in provided rooms of MON – Museo Oscar Niemeyer and in the Memorial of Curitiba.
The cornerstone of our time is the dynamic dimension of the rapid exchange between art and science, continually updating the output in humanity’s most cherished asset : information. The visual trend in the third millennium is conveyed through an action in arts and aesthetics aimed at continued update, which becomes essential for following the rapid pace of contemporary formal changes.In this sense, Video is certainly one of the most thorough media in current art language. Video art has become one of the major languages in contemporary expression, as the urge has grown among artists to “go beyond the painting field” without giving up the visual specificities.The possible articulations of the new medium are capable of involving presence and continuity of the time dimension and of transcending mere space in the analysis of reality. It does so by mixing painting, photography and film. And lately, with the introduction of ” augmented reality” or 3D, we can already talk about the ” third dimension” in video art, as in sculpture. This video exhibition offers, therefore, a conceptual analysis of these expanded views present in our time, showing some linguistic and technical aspects of video as an art medium today.
“Where the Sun goes Down” was screened at the Scouts Den, Landing Road , February 4th. We plan to screen it again on demand.
Artists’ Statement for exhibition this current exhibition with Bernard Winkels :
Suspect D Vice
Too much or too little information
A Reading
Your characters are never how or where you want them to be
The blindness that surrounds you
How to live longer and better lives
Pukeko points the finger
Listening devices
We aint going out like that
Dissociation
Aqua Rosa
Expanded Vision
Non format structure
Rhythm
A figurative nation
The raw materialists
454mm x 454mm
Cross pollination
Still life
Fun dots
Circuit board landscape
Access all areas
Minimum maximum
Momento
Microscopic lifeforms
Soundscapes
Test strips
Limited palette and random palette and the palette itself
Freedom in Art
Inner nature
The grease catchers
If it smells like a painting and it looks like a painting
chances are it is a painting
DD Fulcrum
Scott’s collaborative Video with Hamish MacLean, Kelly Michael and Jason Taylor entitle “Where the Sun Goes Down” will be shown on a large screen on Sunday 4 February. Details to follow, do join us for this screening. It is currently representing New Zealand at the Bienal de Curitiba, Brazil until 25 February.
screen shot
Solo Exhibitions
2017 Recent Paintings – WHMilbank Gallery , Whanganui
Unearthed – Whitespace, Auckland
2016 Legerdemain – Whitespace, Auckland
2015 Maps and Flags – Whitespace, Auckland
Blatantly obvious deliberately puzzling – Avid, Wellington
2014 Strange Travel Suggestions – Kete Art Fair, Wellington
2013 False Idols – Whitespace – Auckland
Pictures of the Past Change Their Meanings Fast – Avid, Wellington
2012 Fever – Whitespace – Auckland
2011 Zeitgeist – Whangarei Art Museum
2010 I have a face I can smile like everyone else – Avid, Wellington
2009 New Paintings – Art at Wharepuke, Kerikeri
2008 Emerge – Milford Galleries, Auckland
Live from the SPCA – Thermostat Art Gallery, Palmerston North
2007 Various Times, A Random Selection – Kaan Zamaan, Kerikeri
Frontier Society – Janne Land Gallery, Wellington
Otago Works – Milford Galleries, Dunedin
Old Music – Thermostat Art Gallery, Palmerston North
2006 Oct 05 – March 06 Eighty five Percent Reality – Dunedin Public Art Gallery
Eighty five Percent Reality – Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch
Northliner – Milford Galleries, Auckland
2005 New Work – Milford Galleries, Auckland
McFarlane – Milford Galleries, Dunedin
2004 Mapoutahi for Colin – Christopher Moore Gallery, Wellington
New Paintings – Milford Galleries, Dunedin
New Work – Christopher Moore Gallery, Wellington
Eighty five Percent Reality – Hocken Library, Dunedin
New Paintings – Christopher Moore Gallery, Wellington
2003 Five New Paintings – Christopher Moore Gallery, Wellington
Otago Paintings – Milford Galleries, Auckland
North and South – Covet Design Store, Kerikeri
From Port to Palmerston – Christopher Moore Gallery, Wellington
2002 Folk Hoax Fountain – Christopher Moore Gallery, Wellington
Pakaraka – Milford Galleries, Auckland
Mahinepua to Pouerua – Covet Design Store, Kerikeri
Recent Journeys – Christopher Moore Gallery, Wellington
2001 Teko Teko at Pouerua looks towards Waitangi – Milford Gallery, Auckland
Talking Heads – Christopher Moore Gallery, Wellington
2000 Northland Paintings – Christopher Moore Gallery, Wellington
New Paintings – Statements Gallery, Napier
2000 Four New Paintings – Christopher Moore Gallery, Wellington
Between Worlds – Christopher Moore Gallery, Wellington
1999 The Puriri Trees are Laughing – Christopher Moore Gallery, Wellington
At Pakaraka – Christopher Moore Gallery, Wellington
1998 Open Day – Rita Angus Cottage, 194a Sydney West Street, Thorndon, Wellington
One hundred and eighty days in Wellington – Christopher Moore Gallery, Wellington
New Paintings – Gregory Flint Gallery, Auckland
1997 Sucker – Christopher Moore Gallery, Wellington
New Paintings by Scott McFarlane – Gregory Flint Gallery, Auckland
New Paintings – Christopher Moore Gallery, Wellington
Omaunu to Kaikohe – Christopher Moore Gallery, Wellington
1996 The Field of Vision – Gregory Flint Gallery, Auckland
The Union Cup – Christopher Moore Gallery, Wellington
1995 Crossover – Chiaroscuro, Auckland
Not in Stereo – Waipu Fire House, Northland
New Paintings by Scott McFarlane – Christopher Moore Gallery, Wellington
Otaha – Christopher Moore Gallery, Wellington
1994 I saw your ghost and went home to wait – Christopher Moore Gallery, Wellington
Society is a hole – Aero Club Gallery, Dunedin
1993 Recurring Constants: Life and the Mist – Aero Club Gallery, Dunedin
1988 Paintings by Scott McFarlane – Victoria Café, Wellington
Group Exhibitions
2017 Expanded Vision Paratissima 17 Turin , Italy
Bienal De Curitiba 2017 Expanded Vision , Brazil
The small show – The Vivian,Matakana
2016 The small show – The Vivian, Matakana
2015 Glass and Painting – Kaan Zamaan, Kerikeri
The Small Show – The Vivian, Matakana
Painters and Potters – The Vivian, Matakana
2014 A Melody You Can’t Hum – The Vivian, Matakana
Buy By/Bye Bye Cover. Vinyl. – Bill Milbank Gallery, Wanganui
Homeland – North Art, Auckland
Collect – Whitespace, Auckland
23rd Annual Wallace Art Awards – Finalist
Recollection – Pah Homestead Auckland, Pataka Art & Museum
Porirua, Wallace Gallery Morrinsville group
Children of Gaza – Kaan Zamaan, Kerikeri
NorthTec Tutor and Garaduate Exhibition – Turner Centre, Kerikeri
Collect – Whitespace, Auckland
Pop Lib – The Vivian, Matakana
2013 North South East West – Bill Milbank Gallery, Wanganui
December Show- The Vivian, Matakana
2012 Debut Exhibition – Ipipiri Art, Paihia
Houtupu – New Phenomena – Village Arts, Kohukohu
McFarlane/Currin/McDonald – Bill Milbank Gallery, Wanganui
2011 Credo and Quest – A Selective Survey of Religion and Spirituality in New Zealand Art – Whangarei Art Museum
The Mahurangi Group – Matakana 2011, Matakana
Clay Paint – Whitespace, Auckland
2010 ANZAC – Gravel Contemporary Art, Kerikeri
N.O. Crucifixion – Gravel Contemporary Art, Kerikeri
Solstice – Gravel Contemporary Art, Kerikeri
30 Ukuleles 30 Artists – Village Arts, Kohukohu
2008 Vent 7 – Thermostat Art Gallery, Palmerston North
James Wallace Art Award Finalist
Scott McFarlane & Hanna Cleghorn – Kaan Zamaan Gallery, Kerikeri
2007 BDO Spicers Art Award
2006 Currin, McFarlane & Selman – Statements Gallery, Napier
Fresh – McFarlane, Flaws, Campbell, Dennison & Williams – Milford Galleries
2005 This Earth – Milford Galleries, Queenstown
Eighty five percent Reality, Wallace Art Awards – Auckland, Christchurch, Porirua
2004 Big Red Nov 22 03 – Feb 29 04 – Rotorua Museum
Transit of Venus – Milford Galleries, Dunedin
New Works – Scott McFarlane, Megan Campbell, Veronika Maser – Milford Galleries, Auckland
Friends of the Christchurch Art Gallery Silent Auction – Christchurch Art Gallery
Eighty five percent Reality – Ceramic installation – Hocken Library, Dunedin
2003 Overview, Contemporary Survey – Milford Galleries, Dunedin
2002 Parallel Bodies (with Richard Shortland Cooper) – Whangarei Public Art Museum
6 – Parker, Poppelwell, Mason, Stretton-Pow, MacKenzie, McFarlane – Napier, Statements Gallery
Spiritual Themes – St Georges Church, Takapuna
2001 Christmas, New Year – Christopher Moore Gallery, Wellington
James Wallace Art Award, Auckland
New Work in Stock – Christopher Moore Gallery, Wellington
2000 McFarlane and Buhl – Bay of Islands Arts Festival, Northland
James Wallace Art Award – New Gallery, Auckland
Centre for Contemporary Art – Christchurch, Premier House Wellington
Spiritual Themes in Art – St Georges Church, Takapuna, Auckland
1999 Corsets and Contours – Scott McFarlane & Tania Buhl – Waipu Fire Station Gallery, Northland
Contemporary New Zealand Landscape – Art Station, Auckland
1998 Work from Stock – Christopher Moore Gallery, Wellington
Landscape Painters – Gregory Flint Gallery, Auckland
Outside The Circle, A Northland Multi-Media showcase exhibition – Whangarei Art Museum
Buddle Findlay’s Emerging Artists Collection – Gregory Flint Gallery, Auckland
In Tandem – Scott McFarlane & Stuart Porter – Christopher Moore Gallery, Wellington
1997 A Shortcut Through the Edge – Quality Resort, Waitangi
McFarlane, Faris, Johns, Porter – Christopher Moore Gallery, Wellington
Scott McFarlane & Sally Simons – Pouerua Homestead
Scott McFarlane & David Sarich – Christopher Moore Gallery, Wellington
Black and White – Christopher Moore Gallery, Wellington
1996 Faris, Johns, McFarlane, Parkes & Porter – Christopher Moore Gallery, Wellington
NZ Icons – Christopher Moore Gallery / Bowen Galleries, Wellington
1995 Waipu Fire House Gallery, Northland
New Work – Christopher Moore Gallery, Wellington
Let it be Red – Christopher Moore Gallery, Wellington
1994 Ludbrook House, Ohaeawai, Northland
Scott McFarlane (with Melissa Dyer & Richard Parker)- Far North Gallery, Kaitaia
Wet Paint – Christopher Moore Gallery, Wellington
1993 Scott McFarlane – Far North Gallery, Kaitaia
1993 Uninsulated – Solutions Gallery, Dunedin
Number 5 Art Auction – Number 5 Gallery, Dunedin
Alternative Writers Week Exhibition – Crown Hotel, Dunedin
Nga Puna Waihanga – Carnegie Gallery Dunedin
3 at 5 (with Paul Redican & Jason Holland) – Number 5 Gallery, Dunedin
Tupi Tupi – Ludbrook House, Purerua
1992 Third Year Dunedin School of Art Exhibition – Ilam Art School, Christchurch
Anderson Lloyd Art Exhibition – Dunedin School of Art
Third Year Diploma of Fine Arts Exhibition – Otago Museum, Dunedin
O Books Gallery, Dunedin
Super 8 Benefit Exhibition – Aero Club Gallery & Number 5 Gallery, Dunedin
Christmas Stock Show – Aero Club, Dunedin
1991-2 Involved in six exhibitions at the Super 8 Arts Collective – Dunedin
1991 Otago University Art Exhibition – Dunedin
1990 Waikato Society of The Arts – Hamilton
1982 Auckland Star Art Exhibition
Awards
1992 Anderson Lloyd Art Exhibition – First Prize in Painting (Otago School of Art)
2010 BDO Spicers Northland Painting and Drawing Award – winner
Residencies
Rita Angus Cottage
194a Sydney St West, Thorndon, Wellington
December 1st 1997 – May 29th 1998
Eastern Institute of Technology – Hawkes Bay
June 1st – 20th 2001
May 20th – 22nd 2002
Collections
James Wallace Arts Trust
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Otago School of Art, Otago Polytechnic
Whangarei Public Art Gallery
Museum of NEW ZEALAND Te Papa Tongarewa
Waikato Museum, Te Whare Taonga O Waikato
