Eleanor Cooper
Lives in Porirua, Aotearoa New Zealand
Education
2024 Te Ara Reo Māori Levels 1&2, Te Wānanga o Aotearoa
2021 NZ Boatmaster Certificate
2019 Master of Fine Arts (First Class Honours), University of Auckland
2019 Certificate in Conversational Māori, Auckland University of Technology
2013 Black Belt in Seishin Ryu Karate-do, registered with Seishin Kan, Japan
2012 Bachelor of Fine Arts (First Class Honours), University of Auckland
2012 Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, University of Auckland
Selected Exhibitions
2025 Rain-talk, Grace, Auckland (solo)
2024 A fire that blackened the rocks, curated by Simon Palenski and Jane Wallace, Te Atamira, Queenstown (group)
2023 Art Dinner, curated by Felixe Laing, Daily Bread Britomart, Auckland (group)
2023 Shipwreck, Paper Anniversary, Auckland (solo)
2023 Nova, Sumer, Auckland (group)
2021 They covered the house in stories, curated by Amy Weng, Te Tuhi, Auckland (group)
2021 Stories of Pupuke Moana / Lake Pupuke, Audio Foundation broadcast
2021 Iteration #11, with Kiriana O’Connell, Mothermother, Auckland
2021 The rustling wind reminds me of life on Earth, with Xin Cheng, Christchurch Art Gallery, Christchurch
2020 Flows According to Rocks, with Xin Cheng, Paludal, Christchurch
2020 Greywater, with Xin Cheng, Mokopōpaki, Auckland
2020 The Complete Entanglement of Everything, exhibition to accompany Mapping the Anthropocene Symposium at Dunedin School of Art, Dunedin (group)
2020 Bouquet, Blue Oyster Art Project Space, Dunedin (solo)
2020 Prelude: 2020, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland (group)
2019 Domestic #3: Ahimaru, Mokopōpaki, Auckland (group)
2017 Occulture: The Dark Arts, City Gallery Wellington, Wellington (group)
2017 Everyday Lines, Hastings City Art Gallery, Hastings (group)
2016 They say this island changes shape, curated by Rebecca Boswell, The Physics Room, Christchurch (solo)
2014 Man with sword arrested, North Projects, Christchurch (solo)
2013 Hermes’ Lack of Words, curated by Alex Davidson, Artspace, Auckland (group)
2013 Mount Eden Information Kiosk, with Melanie Kung, at split/fountain gallery, Auckland
2013 By the Book, with Asumi Mizuo and Melanie Kung, split/fountain gallery, Auckland
2013 Redlands Art Prize Exhibition, National Art Gallery, Sydney (group)
Selected Writing
2024 Is living on a boat the answer to all of life’s problems?, published in The Spinoff
2023 Fingers in the Sand, included in Snacks, published by Te Tuhi, Auckland
2023 Six Dawns, to accompany the exhibition Huarere: Weather Eye, Weather Ear, at Te Tuhi, Auckland
2022 Heartbeat, to accompany the exhibition The Quiet Place I Search For by Yukari 海堀 Kaihori at Meanwhile, Wellington
2021 The Enigmas of a Suburban Lake & Other Stories, booklet and essay to accompany the exhibition They Covered the house in stories, published by Te Tuhi, Auckland
2019 A visit to Maungahuka, a ramble through the history of New Zealand’s conservation estate and some chit-chat about the weather, essay for In Common, published by Pipi Press
2013 Under the Paving Stones, the Ocean Floor: Walking and the University, in Argos periodical Volume One, University of Auckland
Commentary and Reviews
Rebecca Fox. Artistic Trio Collaborate. Otago Daily Times, 8th August 2024.
Wilson, Faith. Papoose. Written to accompany Iteration #11, Mothermother, Auckland, 2021.
Gallagher, Jasmine. They say this island is changing shape, The Physics Room, Christchurch, 2016.
Dow, Millie. The Unmissables: Three Artworks to See in August. Pantograph Punch.
Hurrell, John. Cheng/Cooper Exhibition. Eye Contact.
Hanfling, Edward. Eleanor Cooper Bouquet. Art New Zealand, # 174, Winter 2020.
Hurrell, John. Art School Sampler, Eye Contact.
Hurrell, John. Before and During Speech, Eye Contact.
Phillips, Bruce E. Occulture: The Dark Arts, Artlink.
Public Collections
New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade