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Born in Port Chalmers,1935. Culbert left New Zealand in 1957 to study at the Royal College of Art, London. He works in sculpture, installation and photography, often in combination. The subject of his work is light. His materials include light bulbs, lampshades, fluorescent tubes, plastic bottles, wine glasses and suitcases. He travels extensively and exhibits widely in Europe, Australia and New Zealand. The solo exhibition Lightworks was toured by the City Gallery,Wellington in 1997. Culbert represented New Zealand in the 1990 Sydney Biennale and collaborated with Ralph Hotere in Toi Toi Toi at the Fridericianum Museum, Kassel, and the Auckland Art Gallery, 1999. He lives and works in the South of France and in London.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2010
'Light State', 27 April - 24 May, Sue Crockford Gallery, Auckland
2009
'State of Light', 8 October - 28 November 2009, Peer, London, United Kingdom
'Flat Out', 11 August - 5 September, Sue Crockford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2008 Flat Lighthouse, 11 November - 6 December, Sue Crockford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2007
Dawn, 2 - 28 April, Sue Crockford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2004
Daylight and Nightlight, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
Bill Culbert, Sue Crockford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2003
Bill Culbert, New Gallery, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Wine, Light and Things, Millenium Gallery, Blenheim, New Zealand
2002
Bill Culbert, Centre d'Arts Plastic, St Fons, Lyon, France
2001
Spacific Plastics, Sue Crockford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
New Works, St Roseline (Chau), Galerie Catherine Issert, Les Arcs, France
2000
HalfLight, Gitte Weiss Gallery, Sydney, Australia
1999
Bill Culbert, Six Friedrich Gallery, Munich, Germany
Photoworks, Sue Crockford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Galerie des Beaux-Arts, Rouen, France
1998
Lightworks, Govett-Brewster, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Whalebone, (with Ralph Hotere), Sue Crockford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Lightworks, Dunedin Public Gallery, New Zealand
Bill Culbert, Galerie Municipale, Vity-sur-Seine, Paris
1997
MusChau d'Annecy, France
Bill Culbert: Photoworks, Ecole d'arts d'Annecy, France
Photoworks, BUPA, London
Lightworks, City Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Stoplight, Gitte Weiss Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Incident in Marlow's Office, MusCalvet et Citppolinaire, Avignon, France
1996
Vessels, Jars and Plains I, Viewpoint Gallery, Salford
Vessels, Jars and Plains II, Zone Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne
1995
Musdes Beaux-Arts, Mulhouse
Pacific Plastics, Sue Crockford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
New Work II, Kunst, Sydney, Australia
1994
Six Pack Blue, Kunst, Sydney, Australia
CitroSeries, Sue Crockford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
FRAC Limousin, Chapelle Saint Libl, Brive
FRAC Limousin, Les Coopteurs, Limoges
1992
Galerie Carsten, Berlin
Galerie l'Ollave, Lyon
Photos, Sue Crockford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Galerie Six Friedrich, Munich
Vol au Vent, Champs Elys, Paris
Chau d'Oiron, France
1991
Galerie Froment Putman, Paris
La Cri Rennes
Victoria Miro, Florence
Andata Ritorno, Gen
Victoria Miro Gallery, London
Watermans Gallery, Brentford, London
1990
Galerie Six Friedrich, Munich
Sue Crockford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
1989
Very Close, Saint-Satunin Les Apt, France
1988
Victoria Miro Gallery, London
1987
Orchard Gallery, Derry, Northern Ireland
Corner House Gallery, Manchester
1986
Athenaeum, Dijon, France
ICA, London
Tour de Wellington, Christchurch et Dunedin, New Zealand
1985
Coracle Press Gallery, London
1984
Staircase Project, ICA, London
Auckland City Art Gallery, New Zealand
1982
Coracle Press Gallery, London
1980
Sunderland Art Gallery
1979
ACME Gallery, London
1978
National Art Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1977
Serpentine Gallery, London
Arts Council Tour, Grande-Bretagne
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Mapping Art Gallery, Sheffield
MusIndustriel de Bradfort City, Yorkshire
1976
Forum Kunst Gallery, Rottweil, Germany
1965
McRoberts et Tunnard Gallery, London
1964
Nottingham University Art Gallery
1963
Nottingham University Art Gallery
Hatton Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne
Picadilly Gallery, London
1961
Commonwealth Institute Art Gallery, London
Edinborough Festival, Scotland
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2004
Light Art, Richmond, New Yorkshire, England
Image & Object - Contemporary Still Life in New Zealand, Pataka Porirua Museum of Arts & Cultures, Porirua, New Zealand
2003
Reinvention, FRAC collection, Centura, Corsica
2002
La Cuite, La Galerie Martagon, Malanc, France
Aramoana / Pathway to the sea (collaboration with Ralph Hotere), Second Asia-Pacific Triennale, Queensland Art Gallery, Australia
2001
Works from Paper Graphia, ADAM Art Gallery
Azerty, Centre Pompidou, Paris
Collection FRAC Limousin
Bright Paradise, Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand
Bill Culbert and the Sainte-Roseline Chateau, Galerie Catherine Issert, St Paul de Vence, France (White Shadow)
Mutiservice programme, Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand
2000
Alive, still life into 21 century, ADAM Art Gallery, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand
Drive, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Black Light, collaborative works (with Ralph Hotere), Museum of New Zealand
Dunedin Art Gallery, Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand
1999
Toi toi toi, 3 Generations of New Zealand, Art Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
Toi toi toi, Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand
Eclipse, CEAAC, Strasbourg, France
1998
Inauguration exhibition, Wellington
Switch, Art Electric, Sir Herman Black Gallery, Sydney, Australia
The Shape of Light, Eich Gallery, Humberside University, Hull England
Bildhauerzeichnungen de Gegenwart, Rottweil, Germany
1997
Off the Peg, Rack Gallery, London
Dream Collectors, One Hundred Years of Art in New Zealand
1996
Transformers, New Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Milky Way, FRAC Corse
1994
Fault (with Ralph Hotere), Wellington Art Gallery, New Zealand
1993
Sixties in London, Barbican, London
Chau d'Oiron, France
1992
Post Black (with Ralph Hotere), Sue Crockford, Auckland
Northern Adventures, Camden Arts Centre, London
Lux Europa, Edinborough, Scotland
1991
Aramoana (with Ralph Hotere), Auckland City Art Gallery, New Zealand
Prop (with Ralph Hotere), RKS Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
L'insoutenable lrete de l'Art, Musde Poitiers et Musde la Roche-sur-Yon
1990
Tyneside International Art Exhibition, Gateshead
Nature artificielle, Foundation EDF, Paris
Biennale of Sydney, Australia
1989
Les acquisitions 89 du Fonds National d'Art Contemporain, Paris
1988
Asher Faure Gallery, Los Angeles
NZXI, City Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; Museum of Contemporary Art, Brisbane, Australia
Nature Inconnue, Nevers, France
30 ans de Sculpture, Britannica, Le Havre, Rouen, Evreux, Toulouse, France et Anvers, Belgium
1987
Airwaves, Museum of Holography, New York
Erehwon, Nowhere, New Zealand House, London
1986
Incidentally, Winchester Art Gallery, England
Furniture Sculpture, Victoria Miro Gallery, London
The Illuminations, Camera House, London
Foto ClichVictoria Miro Gallery, London
1985
Interim Art, London
Barbara Toll Gallery, New York
1984
Plus-value, Galerie Eric Fabre, Paris
Salon de Automne, Serpentine Gallery, London
Low-Tech, Rees Martin, London
1983
The Sculpture Show, Serpentine and Hayward Gallery, London
Assemble Here, Puck Building, New York
AWARDS
1989
Artist in Residence, Exploratorium, San Franscisco
1985
Artist in Residence, Museum of Holography, New York
1982
Arts Council of Great Britain, Holography Grant
1981
Artists Grant, Greater London Art Association
1978
Invited Fellow, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
1964
First Prize, Painting Competition, Arts Council of Northern Ireland
1963-65
Fellow in Fine Arts, University of Nottingham
1957
National Art Gallery, New Zealand, Travel Grant
COMMISSIONS
2004
Lustre, Neon commission, Palace Theatre, Watford, London
2002
Wallwave, Neon sculpture, PriceWaterhouseCoopers Tower, Auckland, New Zealand
2001
Skyline, Millenium Project, Goodwood Park, England
Blackhole (with Ralph Hotere), Auckland, New Zealand
2000
Skyline, Millenium Dome, London
Blue, Convention Centre Christchurch, New Zealand
Skylight (with Ralph Hotere), Auckland, New Zealand
1999-00
Black Stump (collaboration with Ralph Hotere), Royal Sun Alliance Building, Auckland, New Zealand
1999
Streetlight, University of Munich, Germany
1997
Rouge, jaune et bleu, Ecole d'Arts, Annecy, France
Skylight 2, Serpentine Gallery, London
1996
Kaipara Light, Installation solaire, North Auckland, New Zealand
1994-95
The Sinking of the Titanic, by Gavin Bryars, collaboration, light work for Premier Performance - QEH London and Edinborough
1994
Fault (with Ralph Hotere), Wellington Art Gallery, New Zealand
1993
Vol au Vent, Paris, France
1989
Reflection on an Incident in Marlow's Office, Exploratorium, San Francisco
1970
Lament on Waves, project for the Royal Ballet, Covent Garden, London
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2002
Yves Abrioux, Bill Culbert, St Fons, Lyon, France
William McAloon and Kyla McFarlane, Millenium Gallery, Blenheim, New Zealand
2000
Le Chau d'Oiron et son cabinet de curiosit Jean Hubert Martin, Ed. du Patrimoine
1999
Justin Paton, "Frequent Flyers," Art New Zealand #92, Spring 1999, pp. 46-51
Toi toi toi, exhibition catalogue, Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
1998
Public Art Space, P.A.C.A., Merrell Holberton Phs, water works, p. 50, 3 photos, 2 colours
Bill Culbert, Galerie Municipale de Vitry-sur-Seine, p. 48 textes Yves Abrioux
Bildhauerzeichnungen de Gegenwart, Rottweil, Germany
Dream Collectors: One Hundred Years of Art in New Zealand
N.Z. Listener, "Brightness visible," textes Justin Paton
1997
Virginia Baxter, "Meeting Bill Culbert," RealTime #19, June-July 1997, p. 12
Incident in Marlow's Office, Avignon, France
Bill Culbert, Chau Gallery, Annecy, France, Ed. Petit le, textes Yves Abrioux
Lightworks, City Gallery Wellington, New Zealand
Sport'19, Nov 97, Lightworks, 78 photos
1996
Un sie de sculpture anglais. Petit dictionnaire des sculptures britanniques du XXme sie. Pub, Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume
1995
Yves Abrioux, untitled
1994
Yves Abrioux, An Understanding of Light/ Comprendre la lumiere, interview, cat. Bill Culbert
Afterduk / Entre chien et loop, Ed. FRAC Limousin, Limoges
Olivier Blanckart, Peu de choses, tout un monde, id
Frric Paul, Bill Culbert, Home Sweet Home, id
1993
The Sixties Art Scene in London, David Mellor
1992
Bill Culbert, Galerie l'Ollave, Lyon (9 photos)
1991
Jme Sans, Bill Culbert, harge de darge, Galerie Froment-Putman, Paris
1990-91
Maribel Konger, Bill Culbert, ZUM, Kunstforum, Stadische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich
1990
Simon Cutts, Bottle-Combinations, Galerie Six Friedrich, Munich and Victoria Miro Gallery, London
Frric Paul, Bill Culbert, retrospective nssaire, Halte-Sud no.24, Gen
Philippe Nottin, Bill Culbert, Etant donnKanal Magazine, no. 9-10, Paris
Gladys Fabre, Une logie de l'art, cat. Bill Culbert, Musdes Beaux-arts
Andralraux, Le Havre; MusGreuze & Association Tournus Art Contemporain, Tournus; La Cri Halte d'Art Contemporain, Rennes; Victoria Miro Gallery, London and Florence
1989
Jean-Michel Roudier, Bill Culbert, Fiat Lux, Halte-Sud no.22, Gen
Alain Coulange, Bill Culbert, le faux bric-rac, Galeries Magazine, Paris
Alain Coulange, Histoires Naturalles, 1984-89, journal d'un amateur, Pictura, Toulouse
1988
Alexa Johnston, NZXI, Auckland City Art Gallery
Simon Cutts, 30 ans de sculpture anglais, Britannica, Musdu Havre, Rouen
Simon Cutts, Nature inconnue, A.P.A.C., Nevers
1984
Stephen Bann, Selected Work: 1968 - 86, I.C.A., London
1978
David Thompson, Bill Culbert, University of Canterbury Publishing, New Zealand
1977
David Thompson, Bill Culbert, Serpentine Gallery, Art Council of Great Britain, London
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