Viky Garden was born in Wellington and tutored by Vivian Lynn, 1975–79. She currently lives in Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand with Steve Garden (www.rattle.co.nz).
A finalist in the NZ Adam Portrait Awards in 1992, 2014 and 2016 and in the Parkin Drawing Awards in 2018, a winner of awards for her pinhole photography in Barcelona, Spain, 2018 and 2020, her work is held in private collections in New Zealand, Australia, UK, Canada, USA and Europe and in the permanent collection of Tāmaki Paenga Hira, Auckland Museum.
Garden has a consistent and focused body of work dating back 35 years. Almost exclusively using herself as the subject, she explores themes of impermanence, self-image, introspection and the female experience.
Representation:
Fe29 Gallery, Dunedin, NZ (website here)
Social Media Weblinks:
Instagram: vikygarden
Facebook: vikygardenartist
Youtube: Viky Garden - Fe29 Gallery 2019
Youtube: Viky Garden 2017
Youtube: Viky Garden 2016
Youtube: Viky Garden - Warwick Henderson Gallery 2016
Awards
2020 Monochrome Photography Awards, Honourable Mention
2020 Winner, 15th Pollux Photography Award, Alternative Process Category,
Barcelona, Spain
2020 Finalist, 15th Pollux Photography Award, Alternative Process Category,
Barcelona, Spain
2020 Finalist, 15th Pollux Photography Award, Fine Art Category,
Barcelona, Spain
2020 Finalist Fine Art Category, 15th Julia Margaret Cameron Photography Award, Barcelona, Spain
2019 Winner, 13th Pollux Photography Award, Self Portrait Category,
Barcelona, Spain
2019 Finalist, 13th Pollux Photography Award, Fine Art Category,
Barcelona, Spain
2019 Finalist, 13th Pollux Photography Award, Alternative Process Category,
Barcelona, Spain
2019 Finalist, Parkin Drawing Award, Wellington, NZ
2018 Winner, Alternative Process, 12th Julia Margaret Cameron 12th Photography Award, Barcelona, Spain
2018 Finalist, Parkin Drawing Award, Wellington, NZ
2017 Finalist, Molly Morpeth Canaday Award, Whakatane, NZ
2016 Finalist, Molly Morpeth Canaday Award, Whakatane, NZ
2016 Finalist, Adam Portraiture Award, NZ Portrait Gallery, Wellington, NZ
2015 Finalist, NZ Painting & Printmaking Award, Hamilton, NZ
2015 Finalist, Merit Award, Molly Morpeth Canaday Award, Whakatane, NZ
2014 Finalist, Adam Portraiture Award, NZ Portrait Gallery, Wellington, NZ
2011 Finalist, Aesthetica Creative Works Award, UK
1992 Finalist, Adam Portraiture Award, NZ Portrait Gallery, Wellington, NZ
1992 Finalist, Portraiture Award Auckland Society of Arts, Auckland, NZ
1988 Finalist, Portraiture Award Auckland Society of Arts, Auckland, NZ
Solo Exhibitions
2021 Grit, Fe29 Gallery, Dunedin
2020 Pictured, Fe29 Gallery, Dunedin
2020 Frayed, Fe29 Gallery, Dunedin
2019 Viky Garden - Paintings, Fe29 Gallery, Dunedin
2019 Casting Shadows, Fe29 Gallery, Dunedin
2018 Say It To My Face, Warwick Henderson Gallery, Auckland
2016 Seven By Two, Warwick Henderson Gallery, Auckland
2009 Passengers, Warwick Henderson Gallery, Auckland
2008 New World Virtues, Warwick Henderson Gallery, Auckland
2007 Hinterland, Judith Anderson Gallery, Napier
2006 Girls and Dolls, Judith Anderson Gallery, Napier
2006 Arabesques, Edmiston Duke Gallery, Auckland
2005 Femme-Bridal Suite, Edmiston Duke Gallery, Auckland
2005 Dressergirls, Judith Anderson Gallery, Napier
2004 Baselines, Judith Anderson Gallery, Auckland
2003 Polemos, Judith Anderson Gallery, Auckland
2002 Any Given Day, Judith Anderson Gallery, Auckland
2001 Auckland - A Work Of Fiction, Judith Anderson Gallery, Auckland
2000 Here, After, Peters Muir Petford, Auckland
1999 Contra-indication, Peters Muir Petford, Auckland
1997 Office Wives, Chiaroscuro Gallery, Auckland
1996 Sisters of Mercy, Chiaroscuro Gallery, Auckland
1995 A Thin Disguise, Chiaroscuro Gallery, Auckland
1994 True Life Studies, Chiaroscuro Gallery, Auckland
1990 Nudes, Auckland Society of Arts
1989 Solo Exhibition, Auckland Society of Arts
Group Exhibitions
2024 Autumn Collection, Fe29 Gallery, Dunedin
2022 Portrayal of the Human Form, Fe29 Gallery, Dunedin
2022 Autumn Collection, Fe29 Gallery, Dunedin
2021 Christmas Selection, Fe29 Gallery, Dunedin
2020 A Progressive Christmas, Fe29 Gallery, Dunedin
2020 Five & Under, Arcadia Contemporary, California, USA
2020 Venturing Out, Fe29 Gallery, Dunedin
2020 Imagery: Shadow & Light, Art League of Baytown, Houston, Texas, USA
2019 Our People - Our Land, Artis Gallery, Auckland
2019 13th Pollux Photographic Awards Exhibition, Barcelona, Spain
2019 Julia Margaret Cameron Awards Exhibition, Barcelona, Spain
2019 Auckland Art Fair, NZ
2018 Katherine Mansfield Exhibition, NZ Portrait Gallery, Wellington
2018 Parkin Drawing Award, NZ Academy, Wellington
2018 Winter Group Exhibition, Warwick Henderson Gallery, Auckland
2018 Auckland Art Fair, NZ
2017 20th Anniversary Exhibition, The Art Spirit Gallery, Idaho, USA
2017 Winter Group Exhibition, Warwick Henderson Gallery, Auckland
2016 Adam Portraiture Exhibition, Percy Thomson Gallery, Stratford NZ
2016 Winter Catalogue, Warwick Henderson Gallery, Auckland, NZ
2016 Adam Portraiture Exhibition, Selected Work, Pah Homestead, Auckland
2016 Auckland Art Fair, NZ
2016 Adam Portraiture Exhibition, Wellington, NZ
2016 Molly Morpeth Canaday Award, Whakatane, NZ
2015 Adam Portraiture Exhibition, Selected Works, Hastings City Art Gallery, NZ
2015 NZ Painting & Printmaking Exhibition, The Pavilion, Hamilton, NZ
2015 Adam Portraiture Exhibition, The Millenium Gallery, Blenheim NZ
2015 Molly Morpeth Canaday Award, Whakatane, NZ
2014 Adam Portraiture Exhibition, Percy Thomson Gallery Stratford NZ
2014 Adam Portraiture Exhibition, Selected Works, Pah Homestead, Auckland
2014 Autumn Catalogue, Warwick Henderson Gallery, Auckland, NZ
2014 12 Gallery Artists, The Art Spirit Gallery, Idaho, USA
2014 Best of the Basement, The Art Spirit Gallery, Idaho, USA
2014 Adam Portraiture Exhibition, Wellington, NZ
2014 Molly Morpeth Canaday Award, Whakatane, NZ
2013 Best of the Basement, The Art Spirit Gallery, Idaho, USA
2012 Bristol Art Fair, Wetpaint Gallery, UK
2011 Winter Catalogue, Warwick Henderson Gallery, Auckland, NZ
2010/11 Summer Catalogue, Warwick Henderson Gallery, Auckland, NZ
2010 New work by 12 artists, The Art Spirit Gallery, Idaho, USA
2010 Nature/Nurture, Braveheart Trust Exhibition, Auckland, NZ
2009/10 Summer Catalogue, Warwick Henderson Gallery, Auckland, NZ
2009 Spring Catalogue, Warwick Henderson Gallery, Auckland, NZ
2009 Real & Unreal, Surrealist Exhibition, Warwick Henderson Gallery, Auckland
2009 Autumn Catalogue, Warwick Henderson Gallery, Auckland, NZ
2009 Best of the Basement, The Art Spirit Gallery, Idaho, USA
2008/9 Summer Exhibition, Warwick Henderson Gallery, Auckland, NZ
2008 New works by 11 artists, The Art Spirit Gallery, Idaho, USA
2007/8 Summer Exhibition, Warwick Henderson Gallery, Auckland, NZ
2007 Robert Allison Collection, The Johnston Collection, Melbourne, Australia
2003 Invited Artists, Judith Anderson Gallery, Auckland, NZ
2002 National Portraiture Exhibition, NZ Portrait Gallery, Wellington, NZ
2000 Spring Exhibition, Anderson Park Gallery, Invercargill, NZ
1999 Cranwell Drawing Exhibition, Christchurch
1998 Spring Exhibition, Anderson Park Gallery, Invercargill, NZ
1997 Winter Group Exhibition, Chiaroscuro Gallery, Auckland, NZ
1996 Il Giardino, Chiaroscuro Gallery, Auckland, NZ
1994 Buy by Tender, Chiaroscuro Gallery, Auckland, NZ
1993 Still Life, Morgan Le Fay Gallery, Auckland, NZ
1993 Painterly Women, Morgan Le Fay Gallery, Auckland, NZ
1993 Animals Animals, Morgan Le Fay Gallery, Auckland, NZ
1993 Icon Exhibition, Morgan Le Fay Gallery, Auckland, NZ
1993 Autumn Exhibition, Auckland Society of Arts, NZ
1993 Open Portraiture, Auckland Society of Arts, NZ
1993 Lifework - A Personal View, Morgan Le Fay Gallery, Auckland, NZ
1993 Portray Portrait Morgan Le Fay Gallery, Auckland, NZ
1992 Life Stills and Styles, Morgan Le Fay Gallery, Auckland, NZ
1992 Autumn Exhibition, Auckland Society of Arts, NZ
1991 Spring Exhibition, Auckland Society of Arts, NZ
1990 Womens Art Auction, Auckland Society of Arts, NZ
1990 Spring Exhibition, Auckland Society of Arts, NZ
1990 Autumn Exhibition, Auckland Society of Arts, NZ
1990 Open Portraiture, Auckland Society of Arts, NZ
1989 Spring Exhibition, Auckland Society of Arts, NZ
1989 Autumn Exhibition, Auckland Society of Arts, NZ
1988 Open Portraiture, Auckland Society of Arts, NZ
Karangahape Road, Auckland, 1984-1987