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June 10, 2009

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Take a virtual tour with Waka Huia through the streets of Venice

Watch as Te Waka Huia file through the streets of Venice towards Piazzo St Marco.

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October 23, 2009
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Hi there, found your blog on the internet and this is a cool Kiwi blog. Cheers!

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2009 artist: Judy Millar

Judy Millar will be 'taking over' the interior of the Neo-Classical structure La Maddalena, the only circular church in Venice, designed by Tommaso Temanza and built in 1780. The largest piece in Millar's exhibition will be a painting in the round, bulging and intruding into the viewer's space in three dimensions.

2009 artist: Francis Upritchard

The installation Save Yourself by Francis Upritchard includes clusters of figures situated on table-like wooden platforms extending out from the base of giant antique mirrors in three chambers within the Fondazione Claudio Buziol at Palazzo Mangilli-Valmarana overlooking the Grand Canal.

Who are your bloggers?

Creative New Zealand's Venice Biennale Blog is written by our ten Attendants in Venice, as well as invited guest bloggers. The Attendants will be at the New Zealand venues on the dates indicated below throughout the five months of the Biennale.

Veronica Green

Veronica Green

10 May - 5 Dec

Veronica is a Fine Art graduate with experience assisting, installing and managing in galleries such as City Art Gallery, New Dowse, Te Papa, Govett Brewster and Adam Art Gallery in New Zealand, as well as galleries overseas. After winning an arts residency in Venice in 2008, Veronica became a full time painter.

Simon Glaister

Simon Glaister

11 May - 22 June

Simon has a background in both art and engineering and is currently a practicing artist based in Auckland. Simon’s experience as an engineer has seen him work as technician at ST PAUL ST Gallery in Auckland and with Antony Gormley in the UK. As well as being one of New Zealand’s attendants, Simon will help install both Judy Millar and Francis Upritchard’s work at the Venice Biennale.

Julia Holderness

Julia Holderness

1 June – 13 July

After completing her Fine Arts Degree in 2002, Julia worked at the High Street Project in Christchurch as Gallery Co-ordinator. A stint in Kyoto was followed by a move to the Bartley Nees Gallery in Wellington. Julia is now Marketing Co-ordinator for City Gallery Wellington and is currently focussed on the Gallery’s re-opening in September. Julia has also worked as an exhibition designer and a location scout, and produces performance works with collaborative Fitts & Holderness.

Marnie Slater

Marnie Slater

11 July – 31 August

Marnie was born in 1980 in Wellington, New Zealand, and is currently based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands where she is working towards a Masters of Fine Art with the Piet Zwart Institute. Marnie is a visual artist, with a practice that encompasses writing, publishing, curation, artist project-space governance, collaboration and solo exhibiting.

Robyn Pickens

Robyn Pickens

19 June – 17 Aug

Robyn is a Masters graduate in Art History with extensive experience in the Christchurch arts community, having previously managed 64zero3, been Acting Director of The Physics Room and Coordinator of the High St Project. Robyn has also participated in extensive research projects on contemporary art in Spain and Turkey, and was recently announced as the recipient of the coveted ARTSPACE 2009 Curatorial Internship.

Thomasin Sleigh

Thomasin Sleigh

14 Aug - 28 Sept

Thomasin lives in Wellington, where she divides her time between working at the Adam Art Gallery and writing her Masters thesis in Art History. She is also a freelance art writer who regularly contributes to publications throughout New Zealand and Australia.

Shelley Jahnke-Bishop

Shelley Jahnke-Bishop

28 Aug – 26 Oct

Shelley currently works at artist Judy Millar’s representative gallery in New Zealand, Gow Langsford, and has developed an intimate knowledge of Judy’s work, as well as Gow Langsford’s other exhibiting artists. Shelley also plans and coordinates the Auckland and Melbourne Art Fairs.

Frances Loeffler

Frances Loeffler

25 Sept – 1 Nov

Curator and writer Frances has worked at a number of arts organisations both in New Zealand and internationally. She recently underook a Curatorial Internship at Creative Time in New York and is currently Visiting Curator at the commissioning and research programme Situations in Bristol. She holds a Master of Arts in Art History from Victoria University of Wellington.

Serena Bentley

Serena Bentley

23 Oct – 25 Nov

Serena is a Masters graduate in Art History with previous experience in New Zealand’s representation at the Venice Biennale, working on site at La Pietà in 2005 as New Zealand Patron’s Guide. Serena has previously worked at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki and in dealer galleries including Starkwhite and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney. Serena is a regular contributor to publications including Reading Room, the Auckland Art Gallery Journal and White Fungus.

Karl Chitham

Karl Chitham

Oct – 25 Nov

Karl Chitham has a degree in Jewellery and a Master’s in Sculpture. Over the past 10 years he has been involved in a range of activities in the arts including artist run initiatives, arts advocacy and education. After a period as the Programme Coordinator at Objectspace, Karl took up a position as Programme & Education Coordinator at the Whakatane District Museum & Gallery. He has since been working as a lecturer in design and developing freelance curatorial projects.