INA JOHANN – Awards
Merit Award Parkin Drawing Award 2020, New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington
Merit Award Parkin Drawing Award 2016, New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington
Merit Award National Contemporary Art Award 2014, Hamilton
Supreme Winner CoCA/Anthony Harper Contemporary Art Award 2006, Christchurch
Winnerof the CoCA/Guthrey Travel Award 2005, Christchurch
Financial assistance by the Goethe Institute Wellington and the Ministerium fuer Wissenschaft und Kultur Rheinland Pfalz; for the exhibition project Moving Spaces with Sandra Heinz; 2002; Venues: Christchurch/NZ and Wiesbaden/Germany
Finalist in all major art awards in New Zealand: Wallace Art Awards, ZONTA Ashburton Female Art Award, Molly Morpeth Canady Award, Parkin Drawing Prize, National Contemporary Art Award, Cranleigh Barton Drawing Award, National Drawing Award, CoCA/Anthony Harper Art Award
Collaborative practice (2007 - ongoing) with Dr. Victoria Edwards alias EDWARDS+JOHANN - Awards/Grants
Merit Awards (x2) in Parkin Drawing Award 2020, New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington
Merit Award Parkin Drawing Award 2018, New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington
Highly Commended Molly Morpeth Canady 2017, Whakatane
Supreme Winner New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Award 2016, Hamilton
Winner International Juried Competition, Top ten group show, LACDA, 2014, Los Angeles
Winner Margaret Stoddart Award 2009, CoCA, Christchurch
Highly Commended, Margaret Stoddart Award 2008, CoCA, Christchurch
Selected Finalists in all major New Zealand Art Awards (2008-2021)
CNZ Grant to develop Edwards+Johann website
Residencies (in collaboration with Victoria Edwards)
PilotVolcanic Artist Residency, Te Koputu a te whanga a Toi - Whakatane Library and Exhibition Centre, April 2018 and 24 September - 2 November 2018, Whakatane (including touring exhibition in April and two new site-specific installations in April and November)
Artists in Residence Altes Spital, January - March 2015, Altes Spital Kultur - and Kongresszentrum Solothurn/Switzerland (including exhibition and live performance)
Artists in Residence at The School of Art Otago Polytechnic, August 2014, Dunedin (including exhibition)
Perth II Island Ties: The Return of the Pacific Flicker, Artist Residency and Art Project, Perth800 & Perth and Kinross Council, November 2010, Perth/Scotland (including exhibition)
Perth I Maps of Engagement: Pathways and connections; Artist Residency at Perth Museum and Art Gallery, Perth800 & Perth and Kinross Council, May/June 2010, Perth/Scotland (including exhibition and live performance)
CHATEAU de PADIES ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM in association with its CULTURE & CULTURES Festival, Residency project in October 2009 and returning residency in April 2010, Lempaut/France
(Including exhibition and live performance)
Artists in Schools Residency at Selwyn College, May/June 2009, Auckland (including an exhibition project and live performance)
Works in public collections:
Wallace Arts Trust, Aigantighe Art Gallery, Altes Spital Solothurm/Switzerland, Christchurch Art Gallery, Perth Art Museum/Scotland
Selected exhibitions and projects
POROSITIES solo exhibition at Ashburton Art Gallery, 20 February - 16 March 2021
Finalist ZONTA Ashburton Female Art Award 2021, Ina Johann and Edwards+Johann, Ashburton Art Gallery, 6 March - 6 April 2021
Finalists in the 2020 Wallace Art Awards, Edwards+Johann, September 2020, The Pah Homestead, Auckland, Travelling exhibition until April 2021
Merit Award in the Parkin Drawing Award 2020, Ina Johann, New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, 3. August, Wellington
Recipients of two Merit Awards in the Parkin Drawing Award 2020, Edwards + Johann, New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, 3. August, Wellington
Finalist ZONTA Ashburton Female Art Award 2020, Ina Johann and Edwards+Johann, Ashburton Art Gallery, 7 March - 31 May 2020
Finalist in 2019 Wallace Art Awards, Ina Johann, September 2019, The Pah Homestead, Auckland
Finalists in 2019 Wallace Art Awards, Edwards+Johann, September 2019, Auckland, Travelling exhibition until April 2020
Concretions - the act of coming together 2019, Edwards+Johann, 7 - 25 May, Chambers Art Gallery and studio spaces, Christchurch
Finalist ZONTA Ashburton Female Art Award 2019, Ina Johann and Edwards+Johann, Ashburton Art Gallery, 2 March - 7 April 2019
Volcanic Artist Residency ,Te Koputu a te whanga a Toi - Whakatane Library and Exhibition Centre, Edwards+Johann, 24 September - 2 November 2018, Whakatane
from THE EDGE of SPACES, Whangarei Art Museum, Edwards+Johann, 31 August - 25 November 2018, Whangarei
Merit Award in Parkin Drawing Award 2018, Edwards+Johann, New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, July 2018, Wellington
Finalists National Contemporary Art Award 2018, Edwards+Johann, Waikato Museum, August - October 2018, Hamilton
from THE EDGE of SPACES with the inclusion of Only Ghosts Glow in the Dark, Edwards+Johann, Te Koputu a te whanga a Toi - Whakatane Library and Exhibition Centre, 20 April - 28 June 2018, Whakatane
Perilous Edges - what lingers in the mist, Pilot Volcanic Artist Residency and exhibition, Edwards+Johann, Te Koputu a te whanga a Toi - Whakatane Library and Exhibition Centre, 20 April - 28 June 2018, Whakatane
From the Edge of Spaces, Chambers Art Gallery and studio spaces, Edwards+Johann, September/October 2017, Christchurch
Events Growing from the Edge of Spaces, Edwards+Johann, TSB Bank Wallace Arts Centre, The Pah Homestead, 29 May - 9 July 2017, Auckland
Finalist in National Contemporary Art Award 2017, Ina Johann, Waikato Museum, 28 July - 5 November 2017, Hamilton
Finalists in 2017 Wallace Art Awards, September 2017, Edwards+Johann, Auckland, Travelling exhibition until April 2018
Finalists in National Contemporary Art Award 2017, Edwards+Johann, Waikato Museum, 28 July - 5 November 2017, Hamilton
Finalist in Molly Morpeth Canady Award: Painting and Drawing 2017, Ina Johann, January 2017, Whakatane
Highly Commended Award in Molly Morpeth Canady Award:Painting and Drawing 2017, Edwards+Johann, January 2017, Whakatane
Merit Award winner in Parkin Drawing Award 2016, Ina Johann, New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, August 2016, Wellington
Finalists Parkin Drawing Award 2016, Edwards+Johann, New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, August 2016, Wellington
Supreme Winner Painting and Printmaking Award 2016, Edwards+Johann, February 2016, Hamilton
Finalists in 2016 Wallace Art Awards, Edwards+Johann, September 2016 and travelling exhibition, Auckland
Finalists in 2015 Wallace Art Awards, Edwards+Johann, September 2015 and travelling exhibition, Auckland
Finalist Parkin Drawing Award 2015, Ina Johann, New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, August 2015, Wellington
Finalists Parkin Drawing Award 2015, Edwards+Johann, New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, August 2015, Wellington
Finalists in National Contemporary Art Award 2015, Edwards+Johann, Waikato Museum, July 2015, Hamilton
No two skies are ever the same, Edwards+Johann, public performance and exhibition, Galerie9, March 2015, Solothurn/Switzerland
Artist in Residence Altes Spital, Edwards+Johann, January - March 2015, Altes Spital Kultur - and Kongresszentrum Solothurn/Switzerland
Finalists in New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Award 2015, Edwards+Johann, February 2015, Hamilton
Rebels Knights and Other Tomorrows, Christchurch Art Gallery, Tuam Street Gallery, Edwards+Johann, August - November 2014, Christchurch
Finalists in 2014 Wallace Art Awards, Edwards+Johann, August 2014, travelling exhibition, Auckland
On the Seam of Things, DSA Gallery, School of Art, Otago Polytechnic, Edwards+Johann, August 2014, Dunedin
Finalists Parkin Drawing Award 2014, Edwards+Johann, New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, August 2014, Wellington
Merit Award National Contemporary Art Award 2014, Ina Johann, Waikato Museum, August 2014, Hamilton
Finalists in National Contemporary Art Award 2014, Edwards+Johann, Waikato Museum, August 2014, Hamilton
Winner International Juried Competiton, Edwards+Johann, group show at LACDA, March 2014 , Los Angeles
Finalists in New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Award 2014, Edwards+Johann, February 2014, Hamilton
Bliss, group exhibition, Edwards+Johann, Chambers 241, December 2013, Christchurch
[IN] box, group exhibition, Edwards+Johann, Artbox project, November 2013, Christchurch
Finalists in Parkin Drawing Award 2013, Edwards+Johann, New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, August 2013, Wellington
Paper Trails - works on paper, group exhibition, Edwards+Johann, Chambers @241, June 2013, Christchurch
Finalists in 21th Wallace Art Awards 2012, Edwards+Johann, Auckland
Tormenting Luxury, Edwards+Johann, Nadene Milne Gallery, Arrowtown, New Zealand
Faculty of Wonder - Lost and Found: take two, Edwards+Johann, Chambers @241, Christchurch
Finalist in 20th Wallace Art Awards 2011, Edwards+Johann, Auckland
A Gathering, group exhibition curated by Grant Banbury, E+J, CPIT, August 2011, Christchurch
A Chain of Episodes, Six Christchurch Artists, Edwards+Johann, Arts Post, Waikato Museum Hamilton, July/August 2011
Faculty of Wonder : Lost & Found, Edwards+Johann, Auckland Festival of Photography exhibition, Lopdell House Gallery Titirangi, May/June 2011
I can't...you see, Edwards+Johann, Christchurch Art Gallery, Twin Set, September 2010 & January/February 2011
Perth II Island Ties: The Return of the Pacific Flicker, Edwards+Johann, AK Bell Library, Perth/Scotland, November 2010
Tableau Vivant, E+J Art Project with students of St John RC Academy, Perth/Scotland, November 2010
Perth I Maps of Engagement: Pathways and connections: E+J Artist Residency at Perth Museum and Art Gallery, funded by Perth & Kinross Council/Perth800, May/June 2010
Forms of Narratives, Edwards+Johann, Group exhibition with PVAF members, Birnam/Scotland, June 2010,
CHATEAU de PADIES ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM in association with its CULTURE & CULTURES Festival, Lempaut/France, 2009 & 2010
Science and Voyages II - From the Pacific to the Attic and A voyage of discovery - from installation to installation, Edwards+Johann, Exhibition project and performance at Chateau de Padies, May 2010
LeSalon Recroit, Edwards+Johann, group exhibition, Toulouse, France, May 2010
Les Jardiniers - Artistes et leurs outiles, Edwards+Johann, The Artistes in residence 2009/10, Group exhibition, Chateau de Padies, June 2010
Notations on a visit - Ghosts and Hydrangeas in the Attic; Edwards+Johann: Exhibition and Performance, Chateau de Padies, October 2009
I'll be your mirror - One of us cannot be wrong, Edwards+Johann: Bath Street Gallery, Auckland, August 2009,
Fishing in a Bathtub: Tormenting Luxury 2007/2008, Edwards+Johann, MIC, Auckland, May/June 2009
E+J Artists in Schools Residency at Selwyn College, Auckland/New Zealand, May/June 2009
A splinter in the eye is the best looking glass, Edwards+Johann, CoCA, Christchurch, April 2009
Winner of the Margaret Stoddart Award 2009, Edwards+Johann, CoCA, Christchurch, February/March 2009
Interruption to Transmission, Ina Johann, Robert West, Iain Cheeseman, Hamish Pettengell
CoCA, Christchurch, January 2009
Margaret Stoddart Award 2008, E+J Highly Commended, CoCA, Christchurch
The Middle Way, exhibition project with five Thai artists and five artists fromNew Zealand; shown at Randolph Street Gallery, Auckland, 2006
Finalist in Trust Waikato National Contemporary Art Award 2006, Waikato Museum, Hamilton
Winner of the CoCA/Anthony Harper Contemporary Award 2006, Christchurch
Acknowledged as Detail, Repeating In Place, video/DVD, visual/sound collaboration with Sally McIntyre, Film Archive: Viewfinder, Auckland Library, 2006
The National Grid, Stuttering Structures II, Bartley Nees Gallery, Wellington, 2006
Repeating In Place , light sculpture/video-DVD, The Kiosk, Christchurch, 2005
Winner of the CoCA/Guthrey Travel Award 2005, Christchurch, 2005
Participant in Canary Gallery's Inaugural Artist's Film Festival 2005, Auckland, 2005
Participant in Crossings: experimental sound and vision, video/DVD, Foursquare Festival, Christchurch, 2005
Mond 3-Ungeschminkt,group exhibition, Kunstzentrum Bosener Muehle, Germany, 2005
Trans, solo exhibition, Blue Oyster Gallery, Dunedin, 2005
Finalist in Cranleigh Barton Drawing Award 2005, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, Christchurch, 2005
GPS, group exhibition, CoCA, Christchurch and Randolph Street Gallery, Auckland, 2005
Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts 10th Anniversary Art Exhibition & Burapha University 50th Anniversary Exhibition, Burapha University, Thailand, 2005
CatchPool, video/DVD, visual/sound performance with Peter May & Adam Haywood, Adam Concert Room, Victoria University, Wellington, 2005
NOT hoMe grown, video/DVD, Southern Oscillation, Castle Hill Sound festival, 2005
New Global Vision: East and West, Eastern Centre of Art and Culture, Burapha University, Thailand, 2004
Static Mansion#4, video/sound performance with Peter May and Adam Hayward, Christchurch, 2004
National Drawing Award, Artspace, Auckland & The Physics Room, Christchurch, 2004
Finalist in the CoCA/Anthony Harper Contemporary Award 2004, CoCA, Christchurch, 2004
The Middle Way, Silpakorn University Bangkok, Thailand (Touring), 2004
The Middle Way, exhibition project with five Thai artists and five artists fromNew Zealand; Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch, 2003
Travel Stories VI, solo exhibition, Lopdell House Gallery, Titirangi/Auckland, 2003
CrossXover, solo exhibition, Te tuhi-the mark, Pakuranga/Auckland, 2003
Ina haere koe, solo exhibition, Landtag des Saarlandes, Saarbruecken, Germany, 2002
Shift, group exhibition, Campbell Grant Galleries, Christchurch, 2002
Finalist in the CoCA Contemporary Art Award 2002, CoCA, Christchurch, 2002
Moving Spaces, cross-cultural exhibition project with German artist Sandra Heinz, Christchurch/NewZealand and Wiesbaden/Germany, 2002
Travel Stories VI, solo exhibition, The Physics Room/Christchurch and The Blue Oyster Gallery,Dunedin, 2001
The Launch Group Exhibition, group exhibition,LandingServiceBuilding, Timaru, 2001
The Cotton Show, group exhibition, Blue Oyster Gallery ,Dunedin, 2001
The Argonauts, group exhibition, Linwood Community Centre, Christchurch, 2001
Finalist in the Ninth Annual Wallace Art Awards, James Wallace Charitable Arts Trust, Auckland, 2001
Finalist in the CoCA Contemorary Art Award 2001, CoCA,Christchurch, 2001
Object 180101090201 Space, solo exhibition, Kiosk, Christchurch, 2001
Brechung, solo exhibition, Alte Waggonfabrik, Mainz, Germany, 2000
Thoroughfare - Art on the Southside, group exhibition, Christchurch, 2000
Selected as one of the artists for Christchurch Art and Industry 2000 Biennial (project not realised), 2000
Education
2000 - 2001 Vertiefungsstudium; Master-class student of K. Menzel, Akademie fuer Bildende Kuenste der Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
1997 - 2000 Diplom der Freien Bildenden Kunst (Postgraduate studies; German equivalent of MFA), Akademie fuer Bildende Kuenste der Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
1991-1997 Erste Staatspruefung fuer das Lehramt an Gymnasien (MFA combined with a teaching degree), Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, GermanyNew Zealand Citizenship, Christchurch 2016
Immigration to New Zealand 1997
Travel and work in Europe; Guest Lecturer at the Akademie fuer Bildende Kuenste der Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany, 2002
Senior Lecturer (part-time 1998 - 2005), Course-Coordinator (2003 & 2004) at The Design & Arts College of NZ Ltd, Department of Fine Arts, Christchurch
Guest Lecturer at the Akademie fuer Bildende Kuenste der Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
Talks and Presentations
Numerous presentations/talks/workshops nationally and internationally at Universities, conferences and forums, schools and galleries about Edwards + Johann's collaborative, interdisciplinary art practice:
- Speaker of the Months, Edwards+Johann - On Collaboration, Christchurch Art Gallery, July 2018, Christchurch
- from THE EDGE of SPACES with the inclusion of Only Ghosts Glow in the Dark, artists' talk, Te Koputu a te whanga a Toi - Whakatane Library and Exhibition Centre, April 2018, Whakatane
- Co-Lab - Community workshops during the Pilot Volcanic Artist Residency and exhibition, Whakatane Library and Exhibition Centre, April 2018, Whakatane
- Christchurch Art Gallery, Creativity is ...Play, Edwards+johann workshop, June 2016
- Dorothy Brown Cinema, Arrowtown, July 2011
- Inter - Alia: Collaborative Dialogue, CPIT, Christchurch, March 2012, workshop and presentation
- Lopdell House Gallery, Titirangi, Auckland, May 2011
- Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee/Scotland, November 2010
- AK Bell Library, Perth/Scotland, November 2010
- Culture & Cultures Festival, Chateau de Padies, Lempaut/France,
October 2009 & May 2010 - Perth Visual Arts Forum PVAF, Perth/Scotland, June 2010
- Unitec, Department of Design and Visual Arts, Auckand, May 2009
- Selwyn College, Auckland, May 2009
- ANZAAE conference, Otago Polytech School of Art, Dunedin, April 2009
- Media and Interdisciplinary Arts Center MIC, Auckland, April 2009