Darryn George


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Born in 1970 in Christchurch, Darryn George (Nga Puhi) graduated BFA (Painting) from Ilam School of Fine Arts, University of Canterbury, in 1993, gained his Diploma of Teaching from Christchurch College of Education the following year, and graduated MFA (Painting) from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in 1998. He has been exhibiting since 1994 and, in 2009, he was a finalist in the Wallace Trust Art Award.

George’s creative process involves manipulating on the computer screen the various components of his work – numbers, lettering (Maori words), simple or complex stacked or angled rectangles, and the patterns of moko, koru and kowhaiwhai. At times he incorporates lettering on its side, creating an abstract reading until the written word is deciphered and its meaning grasped. His palette mainly consists of the traditional Maori colours of red, black and white, and the iterated rectangles in his striking works lends them a rhythm both visual and intuited. George has always been interested in scale, and his works range from domestic-sized paintings on canvas to installations of towering wall works created to his design by signwriters, and which create spaces of architectural proportions that enclose the viewer. For further information, contact one of George’s galleries, or visit his website.


GALLERIES

Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
Brooke/Gifford Gallery, Christchurch
Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington
The Gallery at Woollaston, Nelson

BIBLIOGRAPHY
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McCormick, Deborah  Scape; Art and Industry Urban Arts Biennial 02, Catalogue, pp 1-5, 10, 2000
George, Darryn   Evisible: A Millennium Art Project, Christ’s College, Christchurch, 2000
Moore, Christopher  ‘Arena of Abstract Art’, The Press, 28 June, 2000
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Pauli, Dorethee  ‘Demanding Hip Hop’, The Press, 22 August 2001
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Kedgeley, Helen  The Koru Club, Pataka Art Gallery catalogue, 2005
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Darryn George, essays by Lara Strongman and Dr Deirdre Brown. Pub: Gow Langsford Gallery, 2010

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