Veronica Herber
{{Short description|New Zealand artist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}}
{{Infobox artist
| name = Veronica Herber
| image = Veronica Herber, Havana, Feb 2016.jpg
| caption = Veronica Herber installing at Rene Portocarrero Serigrafia Studio, Havana, February 2016
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| field = Use of Japanese Washi tape, Installation Art
| training = Auckland University of Technology
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| awards = *2015 Winner, Wallace Arts Trust New Zealand Sculptor Award, Sculpture by the Sea, Sydney
- 2012 Winner Titirangi Community Arts Council Emerging Artist award. Titirangi, Auckland
- 2012 Winner Ebbett Prestige Environmental Award, Hamilton
| website = {{homepage|http://www.veronicaherber.com}}
}}
Veronica Herber is a New Zealand artist who lives and works in Auckland. She is best known for working with Japanese Washi tape.
Education
Veronica Herber holds a Bachelor of Visual Arts with Distinction from Auckland University of Technology. At present Herber is completing a Post Graduate Diploma at Elam School of Fine Arts. The artist initially practiced painting before discovering tape as a medium.{{cite news|last1=Black|first1=Eleanor|title=Tape artist Veronica Herber uses masking tape to turn rubble into art|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/arts/72369120/tape-artist-veronica-herber-uses-masking-tape-to-turn-rubble-into-art|access-date=19 March 2017|publisher=Stuff|date=4 October 2015}}
Career
Veronica Herber has exhibited in several large-scale sculpture projects both in New Zealand and abroad. Since 2013, she has participated in the biennial outdoor sculpture exhibition, Headland: Sculpture on the Gulf, (2013, 2015, 2017), on Waiheke Island, Auckland, as well as the annual outdoor sculpture exhibition Sculpture by the Sea, (2013, 2014, 2015) in Sydney, Australia.{{cite news|last1=Johnston|first1=Martin|title=Photos: Sculpture on the Gulf|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11389867|access-date=19 March 2017|publisher=New Zealand Herald|date=23 January 2015}}{{cite news|last1=Weeks|first1=Jonny|title=Sculpture by the Sea: Sydney's coastline transformed – in pictures|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2015/oct/23/sculpture-by-the-sea-sydneys-coastline-transformed-in-pictures|access-date=19 March 2017|work=The Guardian|date=23 October 2015}}
She has held solo exhibitions at public institutions such as Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery, Tauranga Art Gallery, and the Pah Homestead, Auckland.{{cite book|last1=Rundle|first1=Deborah|title=Site Unseen|date=2013|publisher=Lopdell House Gallery|location=Auckland|isbn=978-0-9922458-1-8|page=2|url=http://www.teuru.org.nz/teuru/assets/File/Veronica%20Herber%20Catalogue.pdf}}{{cite news|title=Visiting artist needs residents' help|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503343&objectid=11719538|access-date=19 March 2017|publisher=Bay of Plenty Times|date=29 September 2016}}{{cite web|title=Veronica Herber: Swathe|url=http://wallaceartstrust.org.nz/exhibitions/exhibition/veronica-herber-swathe/|website=Wallace Arts Trust|access-date=19 March 2017}} In 2014, Herber's public installation, Conversando Con Puebla, Pueblo, Mexico, covered a 600 year old courtyard with the artist's distinctive use of Washi tape, and in 2016, she was invited to create an installation at the Rene Portocarrero Serigrafia Studio, in Havana, Cuba.{{cite news|last1=Black|first1=Eleanor|title=Tape artist Veronica Herber uses masking tape to turn rubble into art|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/arts/72369120/tape-artist-veronica-herber-uses-masking-tape-to-turn-rubble-into-art|access-date=19 March 2017|publisher=Stuff|date=4 October 2015}}
Veronica Herber's work is included in the Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, and The James Wallace Arts Trust Collection.{{cite news|last1=Black|first1=Eleanor|title=Tape artist Veronica Herber uses masking tape to turn rubble into art|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/arts/72369120/tape-artist-veronica-herber-uses-masking-tape-to-turn-rubble-into-art|access-date=19 March 2017|publisher=Fairfax Media|date=4 October 2015}} She is the 2015 recipient of The Wallace Arts Trust New Zealand Sculptor Award, awarded each year to one participating artist in the Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, Australia.{{cite web|title=Artist Award & Subsidies Announced|url=http://sculpturebythesea.com/artist-awards-subsidies-announced/|website=Sculpture by the Sea|access-date=19 March 2017}}
Work
=Notable exhibitions=
- Swathe, James Wallace Trust, Auckland, 2017
- Headland Sculpture on the Gulf, Waiheke Island, 2017, 2015, 2013
- Continuum, Tauranga Art Gallery, 2017
- Fold, group show, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, Sydney, 2017
- Resonance, NZ Steel Gallery, Franklin Arts Centre, Auckland, 2016
- Installation at Rene Portocarrero Serigrafia Studio, Havana, Cuba, 2016
- Sculpture by the Sea, Sydney, 2015, 2014, 2013
- Conversando Con Puebla, Puebla, Mexico, 2014
- Wallace Art Awards, Pah Homestead, Auckland 2014
- Site Unseen, Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery, Auckland, 2013–2014
- In Line With, group show, Antionette Godkin Gallery, Auckland, 2013
- Sculpture on the Shore, Devonport, Auckland, 2012
- The Sculpture Park, Waitakaruru Arboretum, Hamilton, 2012
=Public collections=
- Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
- The James Wallace Arts Trust, Auckland, New Zealand
=Awards and nominations=
- 2017 Finalist Wallace Art Awards, Auckland
- 2017 Finalist Parkin Prize, Wellington
- 2016 Finalist Wallace Art Awards, Auckland
- 2015 Winner Wallace Arts Trust New Zealand Sculptor Award, Sculpture by the Sea, Sydney
- 2014 Finalist Wallace Art Awards, Auckland
- 2013 Finalist Parkin Prize, Wellington
- 2012 Winner Titirangi Community Arts Council Emerging Artist Award, Titirangi, Auckland
- 2012 Finalist Walker and Hall Waiheke Art Award, Waiheke Island
- 2012 Winner Ebbett Prestige Environmental Award, Hamilton
References
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External links
- [http://www.veronicaherber.com Veronica Herber artist website]
- [http://www.chartwell.org.nz/Acquisitions/RecentAcquisitions/id/282/title/veronica-herber-small-adjustments.aspx The Chartwell Collection]
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Category:New Zealand women artists
Category:Auckland University of Technology alumni
Category:New Zealand installation artists