Biography
Andrew Drummond tends to focus on process and ritual while contemplating ideas of location. He considers the entanglements of the human body, ecology, and dislocated histories within the landscapes of New Zealand. In the 1970s, he created several documented performance works. Drummond lives and works in Christchurch, New Zealand. He earned his degree in Fine Arts from the University of Waterloo, Canada, and has held the position of senior lecturer in sculpture at the University of Canterbury, School of Fine Arts.
Drummond has established a career that embraces sculpture, installation, video, drawing, and photography. He is a craftsman, an environmental advocate, an inventor. His early practice saw him emerge as a pioneer of performance art, highlighting disquiet about important environmental and political issues in the 1970s and 1980s. Today, his work is held in various public and private collections and he has been commissioned to create a number of outdoor public sculptures. Whether creating meditative sculptural installations using natural and found materials or a large-scale dynamic kinetic sculpture, his work speaks to the natural environment and continues to engage and intrigue.
The Chronology below from 1973 – 2010 is taken from the book Andrew Drummond: Action / Observation / Reflection and was curated by Jennifer Hay.
Recent work includes the commissions Armillary for Air, Rolling Sphere and Leaf Forms.
Works can be purchased via Arts Counsel and Johnathan Smart Gallery.
2018
Solo exhibitions
Upcoming exhibition, October, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
2016
Group exhibitions
Undreamed of… 50 years of the Frances Hodgkins Fellowship. Hocken Library and the Dunedin Public Art Gallery
2015
Public sculpture and commissions
Development and construction of the Leaf Form editions. 3 metre wind turbines informed by Australasian flora.
2014/2015
Public sculpture and commissions
Armillary for Air, private commission, Ohinetahi. Four metre spherical sculpture, asymmetrically wind-driven
2013
Solo exhibitions
from a private site, objects, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
2011/2012
Public sculpture and commissions
Rotating Sphere, private commission, South Canterbury. 2 metre stainless steel mirror sphere moving via water jets
2010
Solo exhibitions
Andrew Drummond: Observation/Action/Reflection, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, Christchurch
Group exhibitions
Fragments, Figments and Frogs, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
Bibliography
Tyler Cann. 'Some notes on movement in art', b.161 Bulletin of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, June - August, pp. 6-17
John Finlay, 'Magician of earth', Press, 16 April
Kim Knight, 'A sphere of his own', Sunday Star Times, 2 May
2009
Solo exhibitions
Andrew Drummond: About Rising and Falling, Vavasour Godkin Gallery, Auckland
Group exhibitions
Group Show, Vavasour Godkin Gallery, Auckland
Wunderbox, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, Christchurch [link]
Bibliography
Sally Blundell, 'Andrew Drummond' [artist interview], Inner Landscapes; 15 New Zealand Artists with Canterbury Connections, Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, pp. 42-7
John Finlay, 'Imperfect machines and atmospheres: A conversation with Andrew Drummond', Sculpture, vol. 28, no. 9, November, pp. 37, 39
2008
Solo exhibitions
Andrew Drummond: From Motion, Stillness, Page Blackie Gallery, Wellington
Group exhibitions
Fast Forward, Vavasour Godkin Gallery, Auckland
Group, Vavasour Godkin Gallery, Auckland
Bibliography
Frances Sutton, Art & About: A Pocket Guide to Wellington's Public Art, Steele Roberts, Wellington, pp. 31-3
2007
Group exhibitions
21st Anniversary Show for the Tylee Cottage Residency, Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui
In Limbo, Vavasour Godkin Gallery, Auckland
Sculpture. Wellington, Tinakori Gallery, Wellington
Public sculpture and commissions
Vertical Form, Counter Rotating, private commission, Nelson
Bibliography
Sculpture. Wellington [exhibition catalogue], Tinakori Gallery, Wellington
David Eggleton, Towards Aotearoa: A Short History of 20th Century New Zealand, Reed, Auckland, pp. 233-5
Jenny Harper and Aaron Lister (eds), Wellington: A City for Sculpture, Victoria University Press in association with Wellington Sculpture Trust, Wellington, pp. 84, 86
Adrienne Rewi, 'Making machines', Home + Entertaining, April/May
2006
Solo exhibitions
Recent Work, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
Views of Particles, Vavasour Godkin Gallery, Auckland
Group exhibitions
Group Show, Vavasour Godkin Gallery, Auckland
Grants and awards
New Zealand Order of Merit for Services to Sculpture
Public sculpture and commissions
Vertical Form, Counter Rotating, private commission, Banks Peninsula
Bibliography
Sally Blundell, 'The thinking machine', New Zealand Listener, 29 June, pp. 36-8
Jennifer Hay, 'A Wellington inspiration', Sculpture International, July/August, pp. 28-9
---- , Talking with Andrew Drummond [interview with Drummond about Recent Work at Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch], unedited archival footage, Frank Film
2005
Solo exhibitions
The Light and Dark of visibility, Vavasour Godkin Gallery, Auckland
Group exhibitions
Art of the Nation, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington
Group Show, Vavasour Godkin Gallery, Auckland
Public sculpture and commissions
Tower of Light, Wellington Sculpture Trust commission for the Meridian Energy Wind Project, Cobham Drive, Wellington
Bibliography
Jenny Harper, 'Exhibiting sexuality in Aotearoa New Zealand 1975-2000', in Allison Kirkman and Pat Moloney (eds), Sexuality Down Under: Social and Historical Perspectives, Otago University Press, Dunedin, pp. 215-36, 288-96 (notes)
2004
Solo exhibitions
Recent Works, City Art, Christchurch
Group exhibitions
Print Project, School of Fine Arts Gallery, The Arts Centre, Christchurch
Project04: Contemporary New Zealand Sculpture, Peter Webb Fine Art Gallery, Auckland
Public sculpture and commissions
Cascade, commission for Woollaston Estates, Nelson
for Swinging and Spinning, private commission, Geraldine, Canterbury
Bibliography
Andrew Paul Wood, Print Project [exhibition catalogue], University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts, Christchurch, unpaginated
2003
Bibliography
Andrew Drummond, 'Andrew Drummond: The legacy of Len Lye' , Montana Wednesday Evening programme, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, October
Jennifer Hay, 'Ingenious devices' Recent sculpture by Andrew Drummond', Art New Zealand 106, Autumn, pp. 54-7
2002
Solo exhibitions
Devices: Rotating Displacing, Assigning, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin
Rotating/Revealing, Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North
Bibliography
Michael Dunn, New Zealand Sculpture: A History, Auckland University Press, Auckland, pp. 108, 119, 124, 164-5, 182
Jennifer Hay, 'Andrew Drummond: Turn of the wheel', Sculpture International, March, p. 18
---, Rotating/Revealing [exhibition catalogue], Andrew Drummond Sculpture, Christchurch
Christopher Moore, 'Troubled waters over bridge', Press, 27 March
Stu Oldman, 'Council abandons Millennium Bridge; $80,000 already spent', Press, 25 April
Justin Paton, Devices: Rotating, Displacing, Assigning [exhibition catalogue], Dunedin Public Art Gallery
2001
Group exhibitions
Dark Plain, Christchurch Arts Festival, Christchurch
Bibliography
John Hurrell and Fiona Farrell, Dark Plain [exhibition catalogue], Christchurch Arts Festival
Stu Oldham, 'Bridge finds home on gardens loop', Press, 24 August
---, 'Bridge faces another storm', Press, 26 September
2000
Solo exhibitions
Rotating/Revealing, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
Group exhibitions
Art & Industry 2000 Biennial, featuring Counter Rotating Earthing Device, Christchurch International Airport, Christchurch
Interventions: Post- Object and Performance Art in New Zealand in 1970 and Beyond, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch
Public sculpture and commissions
Assignation Device, commission by Kiwi Properties for Veto Building, Auckland
Bibliography
'Bright spark', Press, 25 October
Mike Cream, 'Movement man', Press, 25 October
Wendy Day, 'Andrew Drummond', Art & Industry 2000 Biennial: Contemporary Visual Arts Festival, Art & Industry, Christchurch, pp. 22-5
Jennifer Hay et al., Interventions: Post-Object and Performance Art in New Zealand in 1970 and Beyond [exhibition catalogue], Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, 2000, pp. 5, 14, 15, 16-19
John Hurrell, 'Andrew Drummond: ArtBarns: After Kurt Schwitters', Art New Zealand 95, Winter, pp. 78-81
Neil Roberts et al., A Concise History of Art in Canterbury 1850 -2000, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, pp. 66, 88, 101, 106
1999
Solo exhibitions
At Daisy's Café, part of ArtBarns: After Kurt Schwitters, Ambleside, England
Group exhibitions
ArtBarns: After Kurt Schwitters, an exhibition of ten international artists in barns in the Forest of Bowland, Lancashire, England
Dream Collectors, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin
Public sculpture and commissions
Crossroads, commission by Projects Environment for ArtBarns: After Kurt Schwitters
Grants and awards
Creative New Zealand Grant for Projects Environment commission
Residencies
ArtBarns project, Lancashire County Council, Lancashire, England
Bibliography
Elizabeth Caughey and John Gow, 'Andrew Drummond', Contemporary New Zealand Art 2, David Bateman, Auckland, p. 18
1998
Solo exhibitions
Cascade, Andrew Jensen Gallery, Auckland
Group exhibitions
Action Replay, Artspace, Auckland and Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth
Dream Collectors, Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland
Lights and Shadows, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin
Proscenium, Artspace, Auckland
Artist project
'Art & Industry was initiated by myself and Warren Pringle, with Deborah McCormick as director. It was designed to create projects for artists in collaboration with industry that could be seen beyond the traditional gallery model, operating in the greater social construct. This project has initiated many temporary and permanent projects for artists that utilise the commission processes. It is funded from a variety of sources.' AD
Bibliography
Helen Beaglehole and Mary Trewby (eds), Dream Collectors: One Hundred Years of Art in New Zealand, Te Papa Press, Wellington, p. 184
Gregory Burke and Tina Barton, Action Replay: Post Object Art [exhibition catalogue], Artspace, Auckland, pp. 5, 6, 10
Priscilla Pitts, Contemporary New Zealand Sculpture: Themes and Issues, David Bateman, Auckland, pp. 14, 32-4, 73, 74-6
Peter Simpson, 'Alchemist transforms coal to "black diamond" status', Sunday Star Times, 16 August
1997
Solo exhibitions
Recent Work, Andrew Jensen Gallery, Wellington
Recent Work, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
Recent Work, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
Samples and Speculations, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
Group exhibitions
Dream Collectors, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington
Earth/Water, Hawke's Bay Museum, Napier
Frances Hodgkins Collection, Hocken Library, Dunedin
Bibliography
Louise Garrett, Andrew Drummond: Samples and Speculations [exhibition catalogue], Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
Robyn Ussher, 'Mining the West Coast', Press, 13 August
1996
Solo exhibitions
About Chest Height, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
Recent Work, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
Sculpture and Drawing, Andrew Jensen Gallery, Wellington
Group exhibitions
Echo Chamber, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin
The Crime Show, The Physics Room, Christchurch
Bibliography
Warwick Brown, 'Andrew Drummond', Another 100 New Zealand Artists, Godwit Publishing, Auckland, p. 31
Warren Feeney, 'Focus on bodies', Press, 21 February
Adrienne Rewi, 'Drummond leaves way open for interpretation', Press, 21 February
Jane Turner (ed.), The Dictionary of Art, Macmillan, London, vol. 9, p. 304
1995
Solo exhibitions
Capsules and Fragments, Andrew Jensen Gallery, Wellington
for Beating and Breathing, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch
Jet, Andrew Jensen Gallery, Wellington
Group exhibitions
Chartwell Collection, Waikato Art Museum, Hamilton
Grants and awards
Creative New Zealand Grant for Robert McDougall Art Gallery commission
Artist project
'The Physics Room evolved from South Island Art Projects, which I was chairman of at the time. Under direction from Creative New Zealand, I established a new construct with the board and director of the time. This project was designed to be a critical forum for more established artists and to help establish a network for international projects. The project still operates and is funded by Creative New Zealand on an annual basis.' AD
Public sculpture and commissions
for Beating and Breathing, commission for Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch
Bibliography
Elizabeth Caldwell, for Beating and Breathing [exhibition catalogue], Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch
Justin Paton, 'Animist machines', Press, 8 November
1994
Solo exhibitions
Backdating, Jonathan Jensen Gallery, Christchurch
From the duplicitous nature of the swan: COB and PEN, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth and Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui
Vented, Jonathan Jensen Gallery, Christchurch
Group exhibitions
Art Now, National Art Gallery, Wellington
Differentes Natures, La Virreina, Barcelona, Spain
Stimulus to Style, CSA Gallery, Christchurch
Public sculpture and commissions
Device for Listening & Viewing, Wellington Sculpture Trust commission for Wellington Botanic Garden
Bibliography
Lita Barrie, Andrew Drummond, Jonathan Jensen Gallery Christchurch
Christina Barton, Art Noir: The First Biennial Review of Contemporary Art, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, pp. 42, 43
Peter Entwisle 'Drummond installation seen as reflection of our culture', Otago Daily Times, 2 March
John Hurrell. Stimulus to Style: The Metamorphosis of an Artwork, Canterbury Society of Arts, Christchurch. pp. 24-7
Graham Lindsay, From the duplicitous nature of the swan: COB and PEN' [exhibition catalogue], Sarjeant Gallery. Wanganui
Justin Paton, 'One cylinder fires'. Press, 9 November
--- , 'We all dream all the time', New Zealand Listener, 3 December, pp. 52, 53
1993
Solo exhibitions
Recent Work, Gregory Flint Gallery, Auckland
Underground Listening Device, Royal Institute of British Architecture installation for New Voices in the City conference, Manchester, England
Group exhibitions
Andrew Drummond and Richard Reddaway, Jonathan Jensen Gallery, Christchurch
Diferentes Natures, Galerie de l'Esplanade, Paris, France; Jonathan Jensen Gallery, Christchurch; Solutions Gallery, Dunedin; Gregory Flint Gallery, Auckland
Bibliography
Joerg Bader, Differentes Natures [exhibition catalogue], Galerie de l'Esplanade, Paris
Justin Paton, 'Recent sculpture by Drummond and Reddaway', Press, 23 March
Charmian Smith, 'Art Gallery's rich rewards from society trusts, bequests', Otago Daily Times, 29 December
1992
Solo exhibitions
A Place for Supporting Limbs and Vessels, University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts Gallery, Christchurch
Between Rocks and Glasshouses [collaborative installation with architect Noel Lane], City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi, Wellington
Recent Work, Gregory Flint Gallery, Auckland
Group exhibitions
A Comfortable Environment, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin
ARCO, Madrid, Spain
Body of the Land Projects, Solutions Gallery, Dunedin
Group Show, Jonathan .Jensen Gallery, Christchurch
Headlands: Thinking Through New Zealand Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia and Museum of New Zealand To Papa Tongarewa, Wellington
Prospect '92, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch
Wiremark Award for Sculpture, ASA Gallery, Auckland
Bibliography
Mary Barr (ed.), Headlands: Thinking Through New Zealand Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, pp. 93, 96, 144, 157, 173-4, 175
Gregory Burke (ed.), Between Rocks and Glasshouses [exhibition catalogue], City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi, Wellington
Peter Leech, Andrew Drurnmond: A Place for Supporting Limbs and Vessels [exhibition
catalogue], University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts, Christchurch
John Reid, 'Works emphasise land in Dunedin', Otago Daily Times, 10 June
Adrienne Rewi, 'Sculptor remains a rebel', Press, 15 April
Charmian Smith, 'Changing land concepts focus of arts symposium', Otago Daily Times, 11 June
Pat Unger, Jonathan Jensen Christmas show', Press, 18 November
1991
Solo exhibitions
For the Protection of Seeds: Constructions and Watercolours, Gregory Flint Gallery, Auckland
From a Flight Across the Desert, Catherine Scollay Gallery, Wellington and Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
Group exhibitions
Crosscurrents, Contemporary Australian and New Art, Waikato Art Museum, Hamilton
Recent Acquisitions, Auckland city Art Gallery, Auckland
Artist project
High Street Project was initiated by Andrew Drummond and Jude Rae to support emerging artists, particularly from the sculpture department at the University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts. HSP was founded on the principles of co-operative enterprise, and still works that way today. It has been the breeding ground for a generation of artists, writers and administrators. with intermittent funding from a variety of sources, it continues to operate with a high degree of professionalism.
Bibliography
Robin Cembalest, 'The ecological art explosion', Art News, Summer, pp. 97-105
Peter Entwisle, 'An invented anthropology', Otago Daily Times, 25 September
1990
Solo Exhibitions
Crossroads. Ipswich Regional Gallery, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Supports for Falling Limbs and Articles for an Ongoing Nature, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
Supports in a Falling Landscape, Hastings City Art Gallery, Hastings
Group exhibitions
Heart and Land: Contemporary Works on Paper from Aotearoa New Zealand, New Zealand Art Gallery Directors' Council, Wellington
Kei Konei Inaianei: Here and Now: Fifteen New Zealand Sculptors, The Bath House, Rotorua
Public sculpture and commissions
Stationary Limbs, commission by Sir James and Lady Fletcher for the Fletcher Trust Collection, installed Fletcher Challenge House, Penrose, Auckland
Grants and awards
Australia/New Zealand Foundation Fellowship
Residencies
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
Bibliography
'Exhibition charts ties with land', Nelson Evening Mail, 13 June
Pat Baskett, 'You can grow to love Andrew Drummond', New Zealand Herald, 11 October
Anne Kirker, 'Andrew Drummond in Queensland', Art New Zealand 57, Summer, pp. 50-3
--- , Supports for Falling Limbs and Articles for an Ongoing Nature [exhibition catalogue], Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Linda Tyler, Heart and Land: Contemporary Works on Paper from Aotearoa New Zealand [exhibition catalogue], New Zealand Art Gallery Directors' Council, Wellington, p. 11
Ian Wedde and Gregory Burke (eds), Now See Hear!: Art Language and Translation, Victoria University Press, Wellington
1989
Solo exhibitions
Images from Another Archaeology, Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland
Recent Work, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
Recent Work, Southern Cross Gallery, Wellington
Group exhibitions
Constructed Intimacies, Moet & Chandon Award, a national touring exhibition
Doors and Lintels, Fisher Gallery, Auckland
Putting the Land on the Map, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth and touring nationwide
Wood Show, Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui
Bibliography
United New Zealand Modern Masters Collection: 2nd Years Acquisition, United Group, Auckland
Lita Barrie, 'The primitivist quality of experimental art in southern New Zealand', Artlink, vol. 5, nos 3 and 4
--- , 'Looking a little tired and jaded: Exhibition of submissions for fellowship holds little interest', National Business Review, 24 November
Christina Barton and Priscilla Pitts, 'Unearthing nature: Land projects by 4 artists 1969-1980', Antic 5, pp. 75-96
Wystan Curnow, Putting the Land on the Map [exhibition catalogue], Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, p. 14
Peter Leech, Andrew Drummond: Images from Another Archaeology [exhibition catalogue], Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland
Darien Mansfield, 'Exhibitions', Art New Zealand 53, Summer, pp. 34-5
Rangihiroa Panoho, 'A decade in the dome: Ten years of installations at the Sarjeant Gallery', Art New Zealand 50, Autumn, pp. 64-7
Priscilla Pitts, 'Art for sales' sake: Shifts in installation', National Business Review, March
Marita Vandenberg, 'Art or craft?', New Zealand Listener, 25 February, pp. 36-7
1988
Solo exhibitions
Agricultural Still Life, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
Drawings/Installations, Centre Gallery, Hamilton
From the Valley of the Shadow, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
Images from the Woodcutter, ArtSpace, Auckland
Group exhibitions
Exhibits: The Museum Display and the Encyclopedia Plate, National Art Gallery, Wellington and ArtSpace, Auckland
Festival Show, Southern Cross Gallery, Wellington
From Epstein to Matchitt: A Survey of Sculpture Acquisitions 1957-1987, Shed 11, National Art Gallery, Wellington
Bibliography
'A site for sore eyes', Capital Times, 22-29 March
'Joe public has his say', Capital Times, 21-28 June
'Rivers, sights and vessels', Hutt News, 22 March
Gregory Burke, Drawing Analogies [exhibition catalogue], Wellington City Art Gallery, Wellington, p. 17
Robert Leonard and Priscilla Pitts, Exhibits: The Museum Display and the Encyclopedia Plate [exhibition catalogue], National Art Gallery, Wellington and ArtSpace, Auckland, pp. 9, 10
Lindsay Bridget Shaw, 'Outside NZ art looking in', New Zealand Listener, 9 April, pp. 34-6
Rob Taylor, 'Sculpture collection's limits demonstrated', Dominion Post, 20 June
Tim Walker, From Epstein to Matchitt: A Survey of Sculpture Acquisitions 1957-1987 [exhibition catalogue], National Art Gallery, Wellington, unpaginated
Ian Wedde, 'Last year's models', Evening Post, 23 June
---, 'The bodily arguments', Evening Post, 14 April
1987
Solo exhibitions
Coming and Going, Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui
Five Sights, Vessels and Containers, Braided Rivers, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, touring in 1987/88 to Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui; Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth; Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt
Images from the Woodcutter, Southern Cross Gallery, Wellington
Group exhibitions
Drawing Analogies, Wellington City Art Gallery, Wellington
When Art Hits the Headlines, Shed II, National Art Gallery, Wellington
Residencies
Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui
Bibliography
'Coming and going', Wanganui Herald, 13 November
Lira Barrie. Andrew Drummond: Towards an allegorical use of the body', Art New Zealand 44, Spring pp. 64-7
Mary Bryan. 'Tylee artist to leave his mark with city', Wanganui Chronicle. 28 November
Gregory Burke. Andrew Drummond: An introduction', AGMANZ Journal, no. 18, pp. 16-22
Peter Leech. 'The bodily argument of art; Andrew Drummond at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery', Art New Zealand 43, Winter, pp. 84-6
Lindsay Shaw, 'Ending with a new beginning', New Zealand Listener, 6 June, p. 47
Rob Taylor, 'Works play contrary games', Dominion Post, 3 September
1986
Group exhibitions
Group Exhibition. Bosshard Galleries. Dunedin
1985
Solo exhibitions
Fragile Vessels, Red Metro Gallery, Auckland
Sentinel, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin
Vein, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin and Red Metro Gallery, Auckland
Group exhibitions
Sculpture Show, Red Metro Gallery, Auckland
Bibliography
Peter Entwine, Sentinel [leaflet], Dunedin Public Art Gallery, unpaginated
Ngaire Gardner, 'Vein by Andrew Drummond at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery', Otago Daily Times, 2 September
Priscilla Pitts, 'Exhibitionsz Auckland', Art New Zealand 35, Winter, pp. 18-9
1984
Solo exhibitions
From the Valley of the Shadow, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth, England
Sentinel, Richard Demarco Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
Group exhibitions
ANZART in Edinburgh, Richard Demarco Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
ANZART in Portsmouth, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth, England
Four Sculptors: Installations, Centre Gallery, Hamilton
Land Art, A Response to Orkney, The Pier Arts Centre, Orkney, Scotland
Residencies
The Pier Arts Centre, Orkney, Scotland
Bibliography
Land Art, A Response to Orkney: Brian
Blanchflower; Andrew Drummond, Glen Onwin [exhibition catalogue], The Pier Arts Centre, Orkney, Scotland, unpaginated
Michael Spens, 'Meaning, excellence and purpose: ANZART in Edinburgh', Art New Zealand 33, Summer, pp. 28-31
1983
Solo exhibitions
Vein [objects], Red Metro Gallery, Dunedin
Vein [completed work], Hocken Gallery, Dunedin
Witness, Red Metro Gallery, Dunedin
Performances
Grafting, with Steve Turpie and John Rose,
ANZART 2, Hobart, Australia
Red Wedge, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth
Group exhibitions
ANZART 2, Hobart, Australia
Bibliography
F1 New Zealand Sculpture Project [exhibition catalogue], F1 Publication, Wellington, pp. 38, 39
Warren Barton, 'Top sculptor to withdraw work in protest of Purdue sacking', Evening Standard, 21 February
Andrew Drummond and Tom Mutch, interview discussing The Red Wedge [unpublished manuscript], Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, October
Peter Entwisle, 'Major installation by Drummond', Otago Daily Times, 26 August
Peter Leech, 'Process and product: Andrew Drummond', Art New Zealand 28, Winter, pp, 16-7
Bridie Lonie, 'Drummond: Veins of energy", Otago Daily Times, 7 November
--- , 'Art in sketches and sticks', Otago Daily Times, 12 December
1982
Solo exhibitions
Cycles/Stages, National Art Gallery, Wellington
Performances
Journey of the Sensitive Cripple for FE New Zealand Sculpture Project, Wellington
Group exhibitions
F1 New Zealand Sculpture Project, Wellington
New Zealand Drawing; Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin
Opening Show, Red Metro Gallery, Dunedin
Bibliography
Andrew Drummond: Cycles/Stages [exhibition catalogue], National Art Gallery, Wellington
New Zealand Drawing [exhibition catalogue], Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, p. 21
Elva Bett, 'Bricks and plants come into own', Dominion Post, 19 May
1981
Solo exhibitions
Works '80, Wellington City Art Gallery, Wellington
Works '80 + Land(ed), Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North
Performances
Vein [performance/installation], 1st Australian Sculpture Biennial, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
Group exhibitions
1st Australian Sculpture Biennial, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
ANZART 1, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, The Arts Centre of Christchurch, CSA Gallery, Christchurch, including a collaboration for The Message, a performance by Enactment group, directed by Jacek Grzlecki, and solo installation Scored
Grants and awards
Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council Grant
Artist project
ANZART was initiated by Ian Hunter with Andrew Drummond as a collaborator. The project involved sixty artists from New Zealand and Australia, as well as a component from Europe and the United States. ANZART continued as a project until 1986, with venues in Hobart, Edinburgh, Portsmouth and Auckland. It received significant funding from government agencies in Australia and New Zealand. ANZART 1 is still seen internationally as a significant benchmark project.
Bibliography
'Art event', Press, 13 June
'Art that smelt', Dominion Post, 27 January
David Naulls, 'Andrew Drummond: Taking the longer view' [unpublished interview], National Art Gallery, Wellington, May
--- , Works '80 + Land(ed) a New Work [exhibition catalogue], Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North, unpaginated
John Roberts, 'The dummy syndrome', New Zealand Listener, 18 April, p. 38
Neil Rowe, 'Drummond at his best', Evening Post, 19 April
1980
Solo exhibitions
Relics, Hocker Gallery, Dunedin
Toxick [performance/installation], Bosshard Galleries, Dunedin
Willow Dance [with Chris Cree Brown], Frances Hodgkins Studio, Dunedin
Performances
Earth Vein, Lake Mahinerangi, Otago
Eight Decades of Conflict, Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui
Filter Action, Aramoana, Otago Harbour, Dunedin
Toxick, Bosshard Galleries, Dunedin
Group exhibitions
Aramoana: Dunedin Artists, Wellington City Art Gallery, Wellington
Artists Books, University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts, Christchurch
Colour Xerox by Artists, MLC Building, Dunedin
Four New Zealand Sculptors, Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui
Grants, awards and residencies
Frances Hodgkins Fellow, University of Otago, Dunedin
Bibliography
Aramoana: Tapu Land [exhibition catalogue], Wellington City Art Gallery, Wellington
Nicola Broom, 'Art with the energies of life', Otago Daily Times, 5 September
Andrew Drummond, Vein [artist's book], revised 1983, Andrew Drummond, Christchurch
Peter Leech, 'Art and narrative: Colin McCahon and Andrew Drummond', Art New Zealand 16, Winter, p. 21
--- , 'Natural dance, unnatural modes', Otago Daily Times, 22 September
1979
Solo exhibitions
The Grass is Greener , Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North
Walking , Elva Bert Gallery, Wellington
Performances
Suspension/Ascension, Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North and Wellington inner city warehouse.
Group exhibitions
Propositions: Drawings, Proposals and Projects for Sculpture, National Art Gallery, Wellington
Bibliography
'Sculptor employs unusual medium', Dominion Post, 1 August
'Social comment in grass', Dominion Post, 22 August
Heather Curnow, 'The art of Andrew Drummond'. Elva Bert Newsletter, no. 12, Wellington
Andrew Drummond, The Grass is Greener [exhibition catalogue], Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North
Bill Manhire (text) and Andrew Drummond (images), Dawn/Water, Hawk Press, Eastbourne
Neil Rowe, 'Sculptor gets seal of approval', Dominion Post, 6 October
Rod Scotts, 'Ephemeral art earns tangible fellowship', Dominion Post, 27 September
1978
Solo exhibitions
Tattoo Tapes/Onto Skin, Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland; Sculpture Centre, Sydney, Australia; Artists' Co-op, Thorndon Quay, Wellington
Performances
Conversation between two animals with reference to alter ego [with Jonathan Besser], Elva Bett Gallery, Wellington and Sydney Sculpture Centre, Sydney, Australia
Crucifixion, CSA Gallery, Christchurch, for Platforms, Christchurch Arts Festival
Ngauranga Set (Twenty Directions in an Enclosure, Body/Skin Suspension Piece, Onto Skin, Like a Bull at a Gate), performed at the Artists' Co-op, Thorndon Quay, Wellington
Perishable Piece #1 and # 2, Ngauranga Freezing Works, Wellington
Twenty Directions in an Enclosure: A Pointing Performance, Mildura Sculpture Triennial, Mildura, Victoria, Australia
Group exhibitions
New Zealand Artists Books, Franklin Furnace, New York City, New York, United States
New Zealand Sculptors at Mildura, national tour organised by Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council of New Zealand
Platforms~An Exhibition of 15 Dimensional Structures by New Zealand Artists, Christchurch Arts Festival, Christchurch
Seventh Mildura Sculpture Triennial, Mildura, Victoria, Australia
Bibliography
'Artist's performance "crude" but legal', Dominion Post, 5 August
'Charge dismissed against artist', Evening Post, 4 August
'Controversial photos returned', Christchurch Star, 10 March
'Nudity not the point', Evening Post, 4 August
Platforms: An Exhibition of 15 Dimensional Structures by New Zealand Artists, Canterbury Society of Arts, Christchurch, unpaginated
'Prints prosecution likely', Christchurch Star, 11 April
Seventh Sculpture Triennial at Mildura Arts Centre, Mildura Arts Centre, Mildura, Victoria, unpaginated
The Mildura Experience, Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council of New Zealand, Wellington, pp. 23-5
'Wellington artist acquitted', Action 6, September/October
Ron Brownson, transcribed interview with Andrew Drummond [unpublished manuscript], Auckland Art Gallery Archives, Auckland
Wystan Curnow, 'Andrew Drummond: Technician of the sacred', Art New Zealand 11, Spring, pp. 17-9
Andrew Drummond, Ngauranga Set [artist's book], Andrew Drummond, Wellington
--- , Recent Work [artist's book], Andrew Drummond, Wellington
--- , Tattoo Tapes [artist's book], Andrew Drummond, Wellington
Hamish Keith, 'What a performance', New Zealand Listener, 9 September, pp. 28-9
Thomas McCullough, New Zealand Sculptors at Mildura: National Tour, Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council of New Zealand, Wellington
1977
Solo exhibitions
One Night & One Day, Elva Bett Gallery, Wellington
Performances
Bones/Whirl/Skin, performed at Victoria University of Wellington and Elva Bert Gallery, Wellington
By the skin of my..., Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington
Conversation between two animals, performed at the University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts, Christchurch and Palmerston North Teachers College, Palmerston North
Onto Skin, a Performance in Three Parts, performed at Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland
Skin Print Event, performed at the University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts, Christchurch
Group exhibitions
A Show of Hands, Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North
Video Store, National Arts Festival, Wellington
Young Contemporaries, Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland
Bibliography
Wystan Curnow, 'Aspects of New Zealand sculpture: Recent developments', Education, no. 10, pp. 20-2
Andrew Drummond, 'Selections from a conversation about Onto Skin, a Performance in Three Parts' [unpublished manuscript], Auckland Art Gallery Archives, Auckland
---, Dynamic Energy Art Group: Cycles of Work, Andrew Drummond, Wellington
1976
Solo exhibitions
7 x 7 x 7 Circles [land drawing], Waterloo, Canada
Dynamic Energy Art Group, Settlement Gallery, Wellington
Ritual for Summer Solstice, private residence, Eastbourne, Wellington
Spira Miribilis: The Golden Triangle, Waterloo, Canada
Group exhibitions
Graduation Exhibition, Gallery Stratford, Ontario, Canada
Bibliography
'Photographic collections for Wellington', PhotoForum, December/January
Cycles of Work, Dynamic Energy Art Group, Andrew Drummond, Wellington
1975
Performances
Primitive Arrowhead Redesigned, Waterloo, Canada
Spiral of Light [performance/drawing], Waterloo, Canada
Time/Space Sequence, Homage to Callanish, Shawbost, Scotland
Group exhibitions
A Conceptual Menagerie, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
From Hagar Qim to Callanish, Richard Demarco Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
1974
Solo exhibitions
Kinetic Constructions, Massey University, Palmerston North
Group exhibitions
Five from Town, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
1973
Solo exhibitions
Kinetic Paintings, Dawson's Gallery, Dunedin
Group exhibitions
Manawatu Review, Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North
Sarjeant Art Award, Sarjeant Art Gallery, Wanganui