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Yvonne Todd

Yvonne Todd (born 1973) is a contemporary New Zealand photographer known for her manipulation of conventional photographic techniques and genres.

Early life and education

Todd was born in Takapuna, Auckland. In the mid 1990s, she studied professional photography at Unitec Institute of Technology. She completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts at Elam School of Fine Arts in 2001.

Career

Todd won the inaugural Walters Prize (New Zealand's largest contemporary art prize) in 2002 at age 28 for her collection of work Asthma & Eczema, which had been her final-year submission at art school.

In 2014 and 2015 City Gallery Wellington mounted a major survey of her works Yvonne Todd: Creamy Psychology, including over 150 pieces, curated by Robert Leonard.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

  • Dead Starlets Assoc, IMA, Brisbane (2007)
  • Wall of Seahorsel, Dunedin Public Art Gallery (2012–2013)
  • Yvonne Todd: Creamy Psychology, City Gallery Wellington (2014–2015)
  • Barnacles – Yvonne Todd, Tauranga Art Gallery (2016)

Group exhibitions

Publications

  • Robert Leonard (ed.), Dead Starlets Assoc, Brisbane: Institute of Modern Art, 2007. .
  • Robert Leonard (ed.), Creamy Psychology, Wellington: City Gallery Wellington and Victoria University Press, 2014. .

References

Further reading

  • Robert Leonard and Janita Craw, Mixed-up Childhood, Auckland: Auckland Art Gallery, 2005.
  • Lara Strongman (ed), Contemporary New Zealand photographers, Auckland: Mountain View Pub, 2005.
  • David Eggleton, Into the light : a history of New Zealand photography, Nelson: Craig Potton, 2006.
  • Maud Page, Wystan Curnow, et al., Unnerved : the New Zealand project, Brisbane: Queensland Art Gallery, 2010.

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