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Anna Korver is an established New Zealand artist currently based in Taranaki. She has been working nationally and internationally since receiving a BFA in sculpture from the University of Canterbury in 2003. Korver’s works are feminine in their identity and perspective, the fundamental concepts and feeling of the works inviting intimacy and personal connection. The forms are minimalist and strive to reflect the inner self onto the outer surface. Her work has always come from an internal place, reflecting on the current situation or experience. They often question and challenge traditional feminine roles, offering a different kind of strength where the masculine and feminine sides are in balance and delicate, fragility is recognised instead of seen as a weakness. She has always seen the idea of home as an abstract term and is continuously curious about the connection of architecture to the human experience, of people and place; the way one affects the other and how the story and the experience of each go hand in hand, influencing and imprinting on each other subconsciously and consciously, creating or reflecting on the idea of memory. Recent works look at the underlying question: what does home mean and describe it as a transient concept using symbols such as the figure, the cube, vessels and sections of the landscape as reference to internal and external factors and support systems. Korver was the owner and director of The Korver Molloy Gallery and sculpture park for 4 years, a trustee on the board of Eco Artists New Zealand for 10 years and an executive member of Te Kupenga stone sculpture society. |
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Solo Exhibitions 2016 Fitted skin and the impossible staircase, solo exhibition, Art by the Sea, Devonport 2011 Inside the outside, solo exhibition, Art by the Sea, Devonport 2010 New Works, Solo exhibition, McCarthy gallery, Parnel, Auckland 2009 Solo exhibition at Morgan St Gallery, New Market, Auckland 2008 Solo exhibition, Morgan Street Gallery, New Market, Auckland 2005 Duality, solo show at Compendium gallery, Auckland 2004 Fitted skin, solo exhibition, Creation, Christchurch Selected Group Exhibitions 2018 Tai Tapu sculpture park annual exhibition, Canterbury 2017 Amalgamate, Dual exhibition with Matt Williams, Form gallery, Christchurch Down to earth, group exhibition, Percy Thomson gallery, Stratford Homework, selected group exhibition, Puke Ariki, New Plymouth Autumn exhibition at Tai Tapu Sculpture park, Canterbury Life pod art sale, charity fundraiser for the Sir Ray Avery life pod incubator, Mossgreen-Web's gallery Key of life, charity exhibition at Art by the Sea, Devonport Art in a Garden, North Canterbury Sculpture on the Peninsula, Louden, Canterbury 2016 Wallace awards exhibition, Pah Homestead, Auckland New Zealand Sculpture on Shore, Auckland Shapeshifter sculpture exhibition, Dowse Gallery, Lower Hutt I am a child, Amnesty international exhibition at Art by the Sea, Devonport All in, Wallace gallery, Morrinsville Art in a garden, North Canterbury Wild Flower outdoor sculpture exhibition, Hawkes Bay Kings college art exhibition, Auckland 2015 Korver Molloy Gallery extension opening and Oakura arts trail group exhibition Sculpture on the Peninsula, Louden, Canterbury Art in a Garden, North Canterbury 2014 NZ sculpture onshore, Auckland Taranaki artists exhibition, PARIS Homework, selected group exhibition, Puke Ariki museum ,New Plymouth 3 dimension, sculpture exhibition, Village gallery, Eltham 2013 Eight , group exhibition, PTO Gallery, Eltham Sculpture on the Peninsula, Louden, Canterbury RDNZ, group exhibition, The Percy Thomson Gallery, Stratford Eco artists exhibition, Korver Molloy Gallery Out of our comfort zone, Group exhibition, Lysaght Watt Gallery, Taranaki Korver Molloy Gallery opening exhibition Art in a garden, North Caterbury 2012 New Zealand Sculpture onshore, Devonport Shapeshifter, The dowse, Wellington Art in a garden, North Canterbury Art in the Woolshed, Tawharanui 2011 Dual exhibition Cotter’s house, Remuera Art in a garden, North Canterbury Sculpture on the peninsula, Louden, Canterbury NZ art show, Wellington Corbans Estate open studios exhibition, Auckland Art in the country, Wellington An eye for sculpture, Ellerslie sculpture exhibition, Auckland Botanical gardens 2010 NZ art show selected sponsors exhibition, Wellington Annual sculpture exhibition, Te Haa sculpture gallery, Rotorua NZ art show, Wellington Eye for sculpture, Auckland Botanical gardens NZ sculpture onshore, Devonport Art in a garden, North Canterbury 2009 Open doors exhibition, Waitakere. Mairangi arts centre awards exhibition, Auckland Absolute collaboration, promotional exhibition, Remix magazine & Absolute vodka Dual exhibition at Selwyn gallery, Canterbury Art in a garden, North Canterbury Eye for sculpture, Cleveden Kaipara sculpture park exhibition, Kaipara Harbour Sculpture in the country, Wellington 2008 Dual exhibition, Morgan street Gallery, New Market Coutte’s Mercedes exhibition, New Market Meridian Energy Heartland sculpture competition, Timaru An eye for sculpture, Auckland Botanics Kaipara sculpture park exhibition, Kaipara Harbour Art in a garden, North Canterbury Women’s work show, Lindaur cellars, Gisborne West Melton annual art exhibition and awards, Canterbury 2007 Sculpture in Central Otago with Arthouse at Olyssen’s vineyard, Bannockburn Exhibition at Cotters house for a meeting with Helen Clark and New Zealand Post Dual Exhibition, Morgan St Gallery, Auckland Cross currents, group exhibition, Matakana gallery Art in a garden, North Canterbury An eye for sculpture, Ellerslie show, Auckland 2006 Family skin, group exhibition, Ea Gallery, Auckland Sculpture in Central Otago with Arthouse at Olyssen’s vineyard, Bannockburn Forsyth Barr exhibition, Christchurch Woman's work exhibition, Lindaur Cellars, Gisborne An eye for sculpture, Ellerslie show, Auckland Art in a Garden, North Canterbury 2005 Sculpture in Central Otago with Arthouse at Olyssen's vineyard in Bannockburn Sculpture on the Peninsula, Louden, Canterbury ‘Autumn exhibition’, Dual exhibition with Mel Sebastian-Howard, Gallery O, Christchurch Holes, group exhibition, Sea level studio and sculpture gallery, Nelson Art in a garden, North Canterbury The New Zealand art show, Wellington 2004 Nudes, group exhibition, Ashburton Women's refuge auction, Christchurch 2003 12: Dialogues with time, group exhibition of 12 artists, Christchurch Center of Contemporary Art Brakin’ rulz and blurrin’ boundrys, annual Fine Arts sculpture exhibition, Blenheim Out of bounds, annual Fine Arts sculpture exhibition, Christchurch 2002 ArtDeka, annual Fine Arts sculpture exhibition, Christchurch 2001 Temp, annual Fine Arts sculpture exhibition, Christchurch Symposiums 2018 Te kupenga international stone symposium, New Zealand Ostraka, Egypt 2017 Al Asmakh symposium, Qatar International sculpture symposium, Montenegro Ayia Napa international symposium, Cyprus 2016 Adelaide hills international sculpture symposium, Australia Ashburton symposium Sulphur lake symposium, Rotorua Te Kupenga international stone symposium, New Zealand 2015 5th Rinkoebing wood symposium, Denmark 5th Komurcuoglu Stone Sculpture Colony symposium, Turkey Collaborationz NZ international symposium, Whangarei Heads 2014 Rotorua international symposium 1st international symposium, Padide, IRAN Te Kupenga international hard stone symposium, New Zealand Whangarei international symposium Form international symposium, Hokitika 2013 Kawerau wood festival symposium 2012 Te Kupenga international hard stone symposium, New Zealand Uxbridge symposium and awards Tauranga arts festival symposium Coromandle hard stone symposium Whangarei symposium and awards 2011 Lakehouse wood sculpture live symposium and awards 2010 Rotorua inaugural stone carving symposium Te Kupenga, international hardstone symposium, New Zealand Mangere bridge invitational sculpture symposium 2009 Coromandle hardstone symposium Wood sculpture live symposium and awards 2008 International marble symposium in Ankara, Turkey Coromandle symposium 2007 Art residency at Lochmara, Marlborough sounds Coromandle hard stone symposium Wood sculpture live, Lakehouse, Takapuna Hamilton marble symposium Wellington, soft as stone symposium 2006 Coromandle hard stone symposium Artists retreat and residency at Lochmara. International marble symposium in Puntarenas, Costa Rica. International symposium at Waitakaruru Sculpture Park, Waikato Matakana international symposium Albany symposium 2005 Wood sculpture live, Lakehouse, Takapuna Gardenz symposium, Christchurch. Waimakariri stone symposium, Rangiora 2004 Gardenz stone symposium, Christchurch Mac’s mixed media sculpture symposium, Nelson Awards 2016 Finalist in the Wallace awards 2014 First prize for the Rotorua international symposium 2012 First prise at Whangarei symposium 2008 First prize coromandle hardstone symposium First prize at the 4th annual West Melton art exhibition 2007 The Genevieve Becroft Foundation prize for excellence and the viewers’ choice award at the wood sculpture live 2005 The Genevieve Becroft Foundation prize for excellence and the viewers’ choice award at the wood sculpture live Public works 2017 ‘Karearea dress’ - Montenegro 'Hinemoana' - Cyprus 2016 ‘Prada’ – Black Granite, Adelaide Australia 2015 ‘Korowai’ design by Roz Stewart, Hastings mental health unit ‘Black figures’ Rinkoebing Denmark ‘Dancer’ Travertine, Denizli Turkey 2014 ‘Facet dresses’ Pedide Iran ‘White Mouse’ Sulphur lake sculpture trail Rotorua 2012 ‘Aurere’ Whangarei 2008 'Tern' Ankara, Turkey 'Tern 2' Temporary public work at Pleasant point 2006 'Moana' Puntarenas, Costa Rica 2005 Sculpture for Main Power New Zealand in Rangiora |
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