Eve Armstrong


Eve Armstrong is a New Zealand artist. She uses everyday found objects and arranges them into sculptural collages.

Early life

Eve Armstrong, an artist, was raised in Upper Hutt, Wellington. Armstrong worked as assistant editor on the teen and children's pages for the Evening Post, Wellington, then studied textiles in Nelson. She studied fine arts at Elam School of Fine Arts in Auckland, graduating in 2003.

Education

Armstrong went to Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology, Nelson, New Zealand from 1999 through 2001 and received a Diploma in Visual Arts.
Armstrong graduated in 2003 with A Bachelor of Fine Arts Diploma from Elam School of Fine Arts, The University of Auckland in New Zealand.
Right out of college in 2003 Armstrong received the Senior Scholarship in Fine Arts, from Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Career

Armstrong was one of the 2006 recipients of the Arts Foundation of New Zealand New Generation Award. Armstrong wrote the book in 2007, How to Hold A Trading Table: A Manual for Beginners. In 2008 Armstrong was selected for an Asia New Zealand Foundation artist residence in Hong Kong, where she spent a month working with a group of 7 artists. Armstrong was an artist-in-residency at the McCahon House in Auckland between March and June of 2009.
Armstrong was a resident at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery Visiting Artist Programme during the "summer of 2016-17." She exhibited a monumental installation called China and Hardware which was made during this residence at the gallery in 2017.

Exhibits

2017
  • Growing Demand at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin
2016
  • Trading Table at Michael Lett, Auckland Art Fair
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
  • Dressed & Shaken at the Michael Lett, Auckland, New Zealand
  • Hunch at Contemporary Projects, City Gallery Wellington, New Zealand
  • Turbulence at the 3rd Auckland Triennial, Auckland, New Zealand
  • COMFORT ZONE & Reading Room at Te Tuhi Centre for The Arts, Auckland, New Zealand
  • Group Show!, Michael Lett, Auckland, New Zealand.
  • Michael Lett stand, Auckland Art Fair, Auckland New Zealand.
2006
  • Michael Lett, Wellington, New Zealand.
  • SLIPs: Small Local Improvement Projects at Enjoy Public Art Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
  • SCAPE Biennial of Art in Public Space at Christchurch, New Zealand
  • A Tale of Two Cities: Busan-Seoul/Seoul-Busan group) at Busan Biennale, Busan, Republic of Korea
  • Fifteen People Present Their Favourite Book, Special Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand.
2005
  • ROAM at Artspace, Auckland New Zealand
  • Likes The Outdoors at the Ramp Gallery, Hamilton, New Zealand
2004
  • Duets at the Ramp Gallery, Hamilton, New Zealand
  • Book Bonanza, rm103, Auckland New Zealand.
  • Twelve Days of Christmas at Anna Miles Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
  • Artspace Editions, Artspace, Auckland, New Zealand.
  • The Bed You Lie In at, Artspace, Auckland, New Zealand
  • Shop103, Enjoy Public Art Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand.
  • Relay, Canary Gallery, Auckland New Zealand.
  • Resistance Through Rituals, Westspace, Melbourne, Australia.
  • Public/Private, 2nd Auckland Triennial, The Auckland Project with Louisa Bufardeci, George Fraser Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand.
  • Ruthless, Anna Miles Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand.
2003
  • Shop One Zero Three, rm103, Auckland, New Zealand.
  • Elam Graduate Exhibition, Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
  • Picture, George Fraser Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand.
  • Bermuda Triangle, George Fraser Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand.
  • The Habitat Project, rm 103, Auckland, New Zealand.
  • Fast, Elam Sculpture Show, Canterbury Arcade, Auckland, New Zealand.
  • A4 Work Exchange, curated by Karin Sander, Kunsthochscule Berlin ‘ Weissensee, Berlin, Germany.
2002
  • Toilet Home, Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand,.
  • Tight, Elam Sculpture Show, rm104, Auckland, New Zealand.
2000
  • The Process of Breaking, Gallery 203, Nelson, New Zealand.
2001