Lives and works in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, New Zealand.
Vivienne Worn’s practice sits somewhere between abstraction and a contemporarily digital version of the figure. Small clippings from online reproductions of historical paintings act as beginnings for her own works. In this way there's a close reading of the brushstrokes of others as she makes her own marks, a conversation of sorts, an opening of, or mingling with, past painterly moments from afar.
Also a member of the RM Gallery and Project Space collective 2018 - 2021.
Vivienne Worn’s practice sits somewhere between abstraction and a contemporarily digital version of the figure. Small clippings from online reproductions of historical paintings act as beginnings for her own works. In this way there's a close reading of the brushstrokes of others as she makes her own marks, a conversation of sorts, an opening of, or mingling with, past painterly moments from afar.
Also a member of the RM Gallery and Project Space collective 2018 - 2021.
Selected Shows
2020 Three Painters with Ruth Ige and Jana Wood at McLeavey Gallery in Wellington
http://mcleaveygallery.com/exhibitions/three-painters/
2020 Retracings, RM Gallery and Project Space, Auckland (solo)
http://rm.org.nz/vivienne-worn-retracings/
2020 The Annual Wallace Art Awards, touring exhibition, Academy Gallery, Wellington
2019 We bought a lot of things, Long Gallery at the Pah Homestead, TSB Bank Wallace Arts Centre, Auckland
https://www.wallaceartstrust.org.nz/exhibitions/we-bought-a-lot-of-things
2019 The Annual Wallace Art Awards, TSB Bank Wallace Art Centre, Auckland
2019 Pleiades: Seven Sisters of New Zealand Painting, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
www.gowlangsfordgallery.co.nz/exhibitions/pleiades-seven-sisters-of-new-zealand-painting?id=14866&eid=14926
2019 such a lightweight, with Karen Rubado and Krystina Kaza, play_station space, Wellington
http://playstationspace.com/such-a-lightweight-vivienne-worn-krystina-kaza-karen-rubado-190319-60419
2019 Molly Morpeth Canaday Award Painting and Drawing, Whakatāne
2019 163m3, DEMO, Auckland
http://www.artsdiary.co.nz/124/3001.html
2019 New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Award, Hamilton
2018 Looking in, breathing out, with Hannah Valentine, Enjoy Gallery, Wellington
http://enjoy.org.nz/looking-in-breathing-out
2018 Never an Answer, curated by Linda Tyler and Lucinda Bennett, The Vivian Gallery, Matakana
2018 State of Play II, The Vivian Gallery, Matakana
2017 Elam Grad Show, Elam School of Fine Arts
https://elamartists.ac.nz/projects/seeking-thinking-and-citing-through-paint
2017 Graduate Art Fair, Guangzhou, China, for Elam School of Fine Arts
2017 Back to Fore,George Fraser Gallery, Auckland
2017 The Annual Wallace Art Awards, finalist, TSB Bank Wallace Arts Centre, Auckland
2017 Re-reading Laurencin, Window Gallery, Auckland, (solo)
http://windowgallery.co.nz/exhibitions/re-reading-laurencin
2017 Henrietta and Lola Anne Tunbridge Scholarship Exhibition, Elam Projectspace Gallery, Auckland
2016 Elam Grad Show, Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland
http://elamartists.ac.nz/projects/here-after
2015 It Falls Down Easily, George Fraser Gallery, Auckland
http://www.artsdiary.co.nz/70/1866.html
2014 Saloon des Ferrari, FUZZYVIBES, Auckland
2014 New Beginnings are in the Offing, FUZZYVIBES, Auckland
2013 Blackmarket, RM, Auckland
2013 That, That Was and Wasn't, Second Storey, Auckland
2013 Open Studio New Works, Auckland
2011 Raw Festival of Art and Design, Graduating Exhibition AUT University, Auckland
2011 Volume, St Paul's Street Gallery 3, Auckland
2010 Two Ten, Shed^10, Auckland
http://mcleaveygallery.com/exhibitions/three-painters/
2020 Retracings, RM Gallery and Project Space, Auckland (solo)
http://rm.org.nz/vivienne-worn-retracings/
2020 The Annual Wallace Art Awards, touring exhibition, Academy Gallery, Wellington
2019 We bought a lot of things, Long Gallery at the Pah Homestead, TSB Bank Wallace Arts Centre, Auckland
https://www.wallaceartstrust.org.nz/exhibitions/we-bought-a-lot-of-things
2019 The Annual Wallace Art Awards, TSB Bank Wallace Art Centre, Auckland
2019 Pleiades: Seven Sisters of New Zealand Painting, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
www.gowlangsfordgallery.co.nz/exhibitions/pleiades-seven-sisters-of-new-zealand-painting?id=14866&eid=14926
2019 such a lightweight, with Karen Rubado and Krystina Kaza, play_station space, Wellington
http://playstationspace.com/such-a-lightweight-vivienne-worn-krystina-kaza-karen-rubado-190319-60419
2019 Molly Morpeth Canaday Award Painting and Drawing, Whakatāne
2019 163m3, DEMO, Auckland
http://www.artsdiary.co.nz/124/3001.html
2019 New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Award, Hamilton
2018 Looking in, breathing out, with Hannah Valentine, Enjoy Gallery, Wellington
http://enjoy.org.nz/looking-in-breathing-out
2018 Never an Answer, curated by Linda Tyler and Lucinda Bennett, The Vivian Gallery, Matakana
2018 State of Play II, The Vivian Gallery, Matakana
2017 Elam Grad Show, Elam School of Fine Arts
https://elamartists.ac.nz/projects/seeking-thinking-and-citing-through-paint
2017 Graduate Art Fair, Guangzhou, China, for Elam School of Fine Arts
2017 Back to Fore,George Fraser Gallery, Auckland
2017 The Annual Wallace Art Awards, finalist, TSB Bank Wallace Arts Centre, Auckland
2017 Re-reading Laurencin, Window Gallery, Auckland, (solo)
http://windowgallery.co.nz/exhibitions/re-reading-laurencin
2017 Henrietta and Lola Anne Tunbridge Scholarship Exhibition, Elam Projectspace Gallery, Auckland
2016 Elam Grad Show, Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland
http://elamartists.ac.nz/projects/here-after
2015 It Falls Down Easily, George Fraser Gallery, Auckland
http://www.artsdiary.co.nz/70/1866.html
2014 Saloon des Ferrari, FUZZYVIBES, Auckland
2014 New Beginnings are in the Offing, FUZZYVIBES, Auckland
2013 Blackmarket, RM, Auckland
2013 That, That Was and Wasn't, Second Storey, Auckland
2013 Open Studio New Works, Auckland
2011 Raw Festival of Art and Design, Graduating Exhibition AUT University, Auckland
2011 Volume, St Paul's Street Gallery 3, Auckland
2010 Two Ten, Shed^10, Auckland
Education
Master of Fine Arts (First Class Honours), Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland, 2017
Bachelor of Visual Arts, AUT University, Auckland, 2011
Bachelor of Visual Arts, AUT University, Auckland, 2011
Awards
Finalist The Annual Wallace Art Awards, touring exhibition, 2019
Finalist Molly Morpeth Canaday Award Painting and Drawing, 2019
Finalist New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Award, 2019
Finalist The Annual Wallace Art Awards, 2017
Finalist Henrietta and Lola Anne Tunbridge Scholarship Exhibition, Auckland, 2017
Studio Art Supplies Prize, Graduating Exhibition AUT University, Auckland, 2011
Finalist Molly Morpeth Canaday Award Painting and Drawing, 2019
Finalist New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Award, 2019
Finalist The Annual Wallace Art Awards, 2017
Finalist Henrietta and Lola Anne Tunbridge Scholarship Exhibition, Auckland, 2017
Studio Art Supplies Prize, Graduating Exhibition AUT University, Auckland, 2011
Collections
The NZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Collection, New Zealand
The University of Auckland Art Collection, New Zealand
The James Wallace Arts Trust, New Zealand
The University of Auckland Art Collection, New Zealand
The James Wallace Arts Trust, New Zealand