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"One Eye sees the other feels" Paul Klee

 

 

 
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​My Work

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Copyright(c) 2012. All artwork on this site is the property of Gaby Reade and may not be reproduced without permission. Proudly created with Wix.com

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Gaby's work has two main components.

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One relates to nature and conservation with a focus on the delicate balance between insects and plants.

The other draws from the rich traditional world of storytelling she was brought up in.

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To date she has worked on six original unabridged tales collated and first published by the Brothers Grimm in the nineteenth century.

 

Traditionally these tales were narrated orally, handed down over generations. The Brothers Grimm published a selection for the first time in the nineteenth century. The stories are timeless reflections of human fears, beliefs and emotions. Today most of the tales we know by the Brothers Grimm have been sanitized for a younger audience, but the unabridged versions differ. In their traditional form the tales’ audience was made up of young and old alike.

 

She is of German and Polish descent and immigrated to Aotearoa/New Zealand in 1986.

  

She is a member of Print Council Aotearoa New Zealand and The Critique Group Christchurch, where peer review and a supportive network amongst artists is the core principle. 

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Group Shows - Highlights

  • 2025: What has the Wind Blown in?, The Critique Group Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Oxford Gallery Toi o Waimakariri

  • 2025: Imprint 2025, Contemporary NZ Printmakers Showcase, Square Edge Gallery, Palmerston North

  • 2025: 10 Year Anniversary Exhibition, Art on the Quay, Kaiapoi

  • 2024: Eastside Spring, Eastside Gallery, Christchurch/Ōtautahi

  • 2023: Tupu Growth, Eastside Gallery, Christchurch/Ōtautahi

  • 2023: Celebration, Aratoi, Martinborough, PCANZ (Print Council Aotearoa), selected Group Show

  • 2023: Vibrant Brilliant Women, Eastside Gallery, Christchurch/Ōtautahi

  • 2022: Borderless, Napier NZ and Brisbane Australia

  • 2021: The Colombo, pop up group show with the Associates

  • 2021: A Stone to Strike and a Rock to Stumble over, Ashburton Art Gallery, Ashburton

  • 2021: Kintsugi – Artists Against Slavery, Margaret Stoddart Cottage, Diamond Harbour

  • 2020: The Junction, Live in Vacant Spaces, Christchurch/Ōtautahi

  • 2019: On Our Own, Critique Group Christchurch, Eastside Gallery, Christchurch/Ōtautahi

  • 2019: Reverie, Glitterbox, Pop Up Exhibition, Winter Wander, Christchurch/Ōtautahi

  • 2019:Transience, Fo Guang Yuan Gallery, Christchurch/Ōtautahi

  • 2018: Associated, COCA, Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch/Ōtautahi

  • 2018: Small Print Exhibition, PCANZ, various venues in, New Zealand

  • 2018: Celebrating Women's Suffrage Movement

  • 2018: Overwintering Project, Australia, various venues

  • 2017: Cuban Hurrican Relief, George Fraser Gallery, Auckland

  • 2017: Sanctuary, Artists against Slavery, Arts in Oxford, Oxford

  • 2017: From the Rivers to the Shore, traveling group show North&South Island New Zealand

  • 2017: Te Pataka, Gallery 50, Lyttelton (stories of Banks Peninsula)

  • 2016: Uncommon Ground, The Critique Group CHC, Artbox, Christchurch/Ōtautahi

  • 2016: Upfront, The Critique Group CHC, Chambers 241, ChristchurchŌtautahi/

  • 2015: In Miniature, Tin Palace, Lyttelton

  • 2015: Hot off the Press, Arts in Oxford, Oxford

  • 2014: Us Now, Arts in Oxford, Oxford

  • 2013: Present, Tin Palace, Lyttelton2013: In Miniature, Tin Palace, Lyttelton

  • 2013: Transit of Dreams, Tin Palace, Lyttelton

  • 2013: Current, The Critique Group CHCH Arts in Oxford, Oxford

  • 2010: Eleven, CoCA (Centre of Contemporary Art), Christchurch/Ōtautahi

  • 2008: Te Ara Whakatau (Creative Routes), finalist CoCA, Christchurch/Ōtautahi

 

Solo Shows – Highlights:

  • 2025: The Robber Bridegroom and Other Tales, Pūmanawa Gallery, Te Matatiki Toi Ora The Arts Centre, Christchurch/Ōtautahi

  • 2016: The Frogprince, Bryce Gallery, Christchurch/Ōtautahi

  • 2015: Are you sitting comfortably? Then let me begin...., Art on the Quay, Kaiapoi

  • 2015: Once Upon a Time, Tin Palace, Lyttelton

  • 2013: Seven Virtues, Two Rivers Gallery, Cheviot

  • 2011: Bread Matters, Selwyn Art Gallery, Darfield

  • 2009: Walter, The Penguin with a Difference, Powerhouse Gallery, Akaroa

  • 2008: Foundation, Lyttelton Art Gallery, Christchurch/Ōtautahi

 

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