Kelly Pretty
kellyapretty@gmail.com
Education
Master of Fine Arts, Honours, Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland , New Zealand
Postgraduate Diploma in Secondary Education, Christchurch College of Education, University of Canterbury
Diploma in Visual Arts, Nelson Polytechnic, Nelson , New Zealand
Certificate in Photography, Photo Access, Christchurch, New Zealand
Work
2021-Present Sustainability Advisor: Zero waste zone Auckland New Zealand
Selected Exhibitions
Kelly Pretty
2020 Mother Mother
2018 The Canvas Show, Brooklyn Art Library, New York, United States
Into the Sunshine Suffragette Exhibition, Quarry Arts Centre, Whangarei, New Zealand New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Award, Hamilton, New Zealand
2017 Paperwork, Demo Artspace, Auckland, New Zealand
Royal Academy Summer Show, (shortlist), London, United, Kingdom
2016 (it’s pretty open) A drawing show, Demo Project Space, Auckland, New Zealand
Readers and Writers, Pearce Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2015 Parkin Prize for Drawing, Wellington, New Zealand
Royal Academy Summer Show, RA shortlisted, London, United Kingdom
Rise Festival, Christchurch, New Zealand
The Figurative Show, The Vivian, Matakana, New Zealand
Painters and Potters, The Vivian, Matakana, New Zealand
2014 Small Show, The Vivian, Matakana, New Zealand
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, RA, London, United Kingdom
New Zealand Contemporary Painting and Printmaking Award, Hamilton, New Zealand
Contemporary Fiber Art Awards, Refinery Gallery, Nelson, New Zealand
2013 Kelly Pretty and Emma Smith, Paper Cupboard Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Walker and Hall Waiheke Art Award, Waiheke Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Impressions Art Awards, The Refinery Gallery, Nelson, New Zealand
Edinburgh Realty Premier Art Award, Dunedin Society of Arts, Dunedin, New Zealand
Parkin Drawing Prize, Royal Academy of Arts, Wellington, New Zealand
Special Street Project, Nelson, New Zealand
2012 Painted Throw Aways, Cossett, Auckland, New Zealand
Molly Morpeth Canaday Award Show, Whakatane Art Gallery, Whakatane, New Zealand
2011 Two Thorns and a Rose, 50 Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Auratatica Fantastica, Window, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Molly Morpeth Canaday Award Show, Whakatane Art Gallery and Rotorua Museum
2010 ING Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London, United Kingdom
Bold Horizon National Contemporary Art prize, Waikato Museum, New Zealand
Artist Interventions, ICA, London, Prado Museum, Madrid, Regina Sophia, Madrid, Tate Modern London
2009 Xmas Market, Yinka Shonibare Project Space, London, United Kingdom
Mini Print Exhibition, Artlink, Hull, United Kingdom
Pretty Please, Vision and Gold, Mile End Ecology Centre, London, United Kingdom
Open Vernissage, Osijek, Croatia
Exquisite Decay, Désintégration Exquise,Chateau d'Alba La Romaine, Alba la Romaine, France
Presenting the Top 100, Jealous Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Fowle Hall Features 3, Kent, United Kingdom
Drawing with Dolphins, Crimestown Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2008 The Big Day, Fieldworks collective, London, United Kingdom
Final Fling, Vyner Street, London, United Kingdom
The Painting Room, Transition Gallery, London, United Kingdom
When Things Come Together, Nowhere North Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2007 Over Subscribed, Lorum Ipsum Gallery, Vyner St, London, United Kingdom
Nuestra Frida( Our Frida), Grupo Soap del Corazon, Minneapolis, United States of America
My Penguin, 39 Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Creekside Open, selector, Victoria Miro, APT Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Prime, Nowhere North Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2006 Little Lyca, Foundry, London, United Kingdom
London Drawing Biennale, Foundry, London, United Kingdom
Taking the Sunday out of Watercolours, Foundry, London, United Kingdom
2005 Masters Exhibition, Auckalnd University, New Zealand
Welcome to the Realm of the Redheads, Alleluia, Auckland, New Zealand
My works are included in private collections throughout New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom and Europe and the James Wallace public Collection in Auckland New Zealand.
Tiger Murdoch Collaboration.
2018 The Insider, Malcolm Smith Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Award, Hamilton Gardens, Hamilton, New Zealand.
2017 The Insider, Blue Oyster Project Space, Dunedin, New Zealand
National Contemporary Art Award, Hamilton, Auckland, New Zealand
White Night, Pah Homestead, Wallace Arts Trust, Auckland, New Zealand.
New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Award, Hamilton Gardens, Hamilton, New Zealand.
2016 New Perspectives with Simon Denny, Artspace, Auckland, New Zealand.
National Contemporary Art Award, Waikato Museum, Hamilton, New Zealand
Awards
2018, New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Award, Hamilton, New Zealand
2017, National Contemporary Art Award, Hamilton, New Zealand
2017, New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Award, Hamilton, New Zealand
2016, National Contemporary Art Award, Hamilton, New Zealand
2015, Parkin Drawing Prize, Wellington, New Zealand
2015, Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, shortlisted, London, United Kingdom
2014 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Finalist, London, United Kingdom
2014 New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Award, Hamilton, New Zealand
2014 Contemporary Fiber Awards, Nelson, New Zealand
2013 Walker and Hall Waiheke Art Award
2013 Impressions Art Awards, Nelson, New Zealand
2013 Edinburgh Realty Premier Art Award, Dunedin, New Zealand
2013 Parkin Drawing Prize, Wellington, New Zealand
2012 Molly Morpeth Canaday Trust Award, Whakatane, NZ
2011 Molly Morpeth Canaday Trust Award, Whakatane and Rotorua, NZ, Merit Award
2010 ING Discerning Eye, London, UK,
2010 Royal Academy Summer Show, London, UK. Short listed
2010 National Contemporary Art Award, New Zealand, finalist
2009 Presenting the Top 100, London,UK, merit award
2007 APT Creekside Open, London, UK
“As an artist, Pretty not only believes in, but also actively experiments with the intimate relations between art and social living. Whilst drawing and painting comprise the foundation of her artistic practice, she also works with a variety of techniques and mediums from embroidery, social engagement, posters, printmaking, collage, mixed media, textiles, found objects and recycled goods. Thematically, her works reject impersonal abstraction in favour of a multiplicity of pre-personal and super-personal stylistic wanderings. They align themselves with the 'outsides' of worlds in the sense given by Deleuze and Guattari (2007) when they write, "Sorcerers have always held the anomalous position, at the edge of the fields or woods. They haunt the fringes". In this spirit, Pretty's works concern themselves not so much with theory and fashion, but rather with affectivity and conjuration, that is, with powers to affect and be affected by a world in its creative evolution.” Dr Leon Tan,
kellyapretty@gmail.com
Education
Master of Fine Arts, Honours, Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland , New Zealand
Postgraduate Diploma in Secondary Education, Christchurch College of Education, University of Canterbury
Diploma in Visual Arts, Nelson Polytechnic, Nelson , New Zealand
Certificate in Photography, Photo Access, Christchurch, New Zealand
Work
2021-Present Sustainability Advisor: Zero waste zone Auckland New Zealand
Selected Exhibitions
Kelly Pretty
2020 Mother Mother
2018 The Canvas Show, Brooklyn Art Library, New York, United States
Into the Sunshine Suffragette Exhibition, Quarry Arts Centre, Whangarei, New Zealand New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Award, Hamilton, New Zealand
2017 Paperwork, Demo Artspace, Auckland, New Zealand
Royal Academy Summer Show, (shortlist), London, United, Kingdom
2016 (it’s pretty open) A drawing show, Demo Project Space, Auckland, New Zealand
Readers and Writers, Pearce Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2015 Parkin Prize for Drawing, Wellington, New Zealand
Royal Academy Summer Show, RA shortlisted, London, United Kingdom
Rise Festival, Christchurch, New Zealand
The Figurative Show, The Vivian, Matakana, New Zealand
Painters and Potters, The Vivian, Matakana, New Zealand
2014 Small Show, The Vivian, Matakana, New Zealand
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, RA, London, United Kingdom
New Zealand Contemporary Painting and Printmaking Award, Hamilton, New Zealand
Contemporary Fiber Art Awards, Refinery Gallery, Nelson, New Zealand
2013 Kelly Pretty and Emma Smith, Paper Cupboard Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Walker and Hall Waiheke Art Award, Waiheke Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Impressions Art Awards, The Refinery Gallery, Nelson, New Zealand
Edinburgh Realty Premier Art Award, Dunedin Society of Arts, Dunedin, New Zealand
Parkin Drawing Prize, Royal Academy of Arts, Wellington, New Zealand
Special Street Project, Nelson, New Zealand
2012 Painted Throw Aways, Cossett, Auckland, New Zealand
Molly Morpeth Canaday Award Show, Whakatane Art Gallery, Whakatane, New Zealand
2011 Two Thorns and a Rose, 50 Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Auratatica Fantastica, Window, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Molly Morpeth Canaday Award Show, Whakatane Art Gallery and Rotorua Museum
2010 ING Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London, United Kingdom
Bold Horizon National Contemporary Art prize, Waikato Museum, New Zealand
Artist Interventions, ICA, London, Prado Museum, Madrid, Regina Sophia, Madrid, Tate Modern London
2009 Xmas Market, Yinka Shonibare Project Space, London, United Kingdom
Mini Print Exhibition, Artlink, Hull, United Kingdom
Pretty Please, Vision and Gold, Mile End Ecology Centre, London, United Kingdom
Open Vernissage, Osijek, Croatia
Exquisite Decay, Désintégration Exquise,Chateau d'Alba La Romaine, Alba la Romaine, France
Presenting the Top 100, Jealous Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Fowle Hall Features 3, Kent, United Kingdom
Drawing with Dolphins, Crimestown Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2008 The Big Day, Fieldworks collective, London, United Kingdom
Final Fling, Vyner Street, London, United Kingdom
The Painting Room, Transition Gallery, London, United Kingdom
When Things Come Together, Nowhere North Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2007 Over Subscribed, Lorum Ipsum Gallery, Vyner St, London, United Kingdom
Nuestra Frida( Our Frida), Grupo Soap del Corazon, Minneapolis, United States of America
My Penguin, 39 Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Creekside Open, selector, Victoria Miro, APT Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Prime, Nowhere North Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2006 Little Lyca, Foundry, London, United Kingdom
London Drawing Biennale, Foundry, London, United Kingdom
Taking the Sunday out of Watercolours, Foundry, London, United Kingdom
2005 Masters Exhibition, Auckalnd University, New Zealand
Welcome to the Realm of the Redheads, Alleluia, Auckland, New Zealand
My works are included in private collections throughout New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom and Europe and the James Wallace public Collection in Auckland New Zealand.
Tiger Murdoch Collaboration.
2018 The Insider, Malcolm Smith Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Award, Hamilton Gardens, Hamilton, New Zealand.
2017 The Insider, Blue Oyster Project Space, Dunedin, New Zealand
National Contemporary Art Award, Hamilton, Auckland, New Zealand
White Night, Pah Homestead, Wallace Arts Trust, Auckland, New Zealand.
New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Award, Hamilton Gardens, Hamilton, New Zealand.
2016 New Perspectives with Simon Denny, Artspace, Auckland, New Zealand.
National Contemporary Art Award, Waikato Museum, Hamilton, New Zealand
Awards
2018, New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Award, Hamilton, New Zealand
2017, National Contemporary Art Award, Hamilton, New Zealand
2017, New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Award, Hamilton, New Zealand
2016, National Contemporary Art Award, Hamilton, New Zealand
2015, Parkin Drawing Prize, Wellington, New Zealand
2015, Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, shortlisted, London, United Kingdom
2014 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Finalist, London, United Kingdom
2014 New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Award, Hamilton, New Zealand
2014 Contemporary Fiber Awards, Nelson, New Zealand
2013 Walker and Hall Waiheke Art Award
2013 Impressions Art Awards, Nelson, New Zealand
2013 Edinburgh Realty Premier Art Award, Dunedin, New Zealand
2013 Parkin Drawing Prize, Wellington, New Zealand
2012 Molly Morpeth Canaday Trust Award, Whakatane, NZ
2011 Molly Morpeth Canaday Trust Award, Whakatane and Rotorua, NZ, Merit Award
2010 ING Discerning Eye, London, UK,
2010 Royal Academy Summer Show, London, UK. Short listed
2010 National Contemporary Art Award, New Zealand, finalist
2009 Presenting the Top 100, London,UK, merit award
2007 APT Creekside Open, London, UK
“As an artist, Pretty not only believes in, but also actively experiments with the intimate relations between art and social living. Whilst drawing and painting comprise the foundation of her artistic practice, she also works with a variety of techniques and mediums from embroidery, social engagement, posters, printmaking, collage, mixed media, textiles, found objects and recycled goods. Thematically, her works reject impersonal abstraction in favour of a multiplicity of pre-personal and super-personal stylistic wanderings. They align themselves with the 'outsides' of worlds in the sense given by Deleuze and Guattari (2007) when they write, "Sorcerers have always held the anomalous position, at the edge of the fields or woods. They haunt the fringes". In this spirit, Pretty's works concern themselves not so much with theory and fashion, but rather with affectivity and conjuration, that is, with powers to affect and be affected by a world in its creative evolution.” Dr Leon Tan,
