Charlotte Fisher
Charlotte Fisher | |
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| Born | 1959 (age 66–67) |
| Alma mater | University of Auckland, Elam School of Fine Arts |
| Occupation | Sculptor |
| Spouse | Robert Fisher |
Charlotte Fisher (born 1959) is a contemporary sculptor from Aotearoa New Zealand, born in Whangārei.[1]
Career
She began her art career by completing a Bachelor of Arts in Art History in 1981 and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture at the University of Auckland and Elam School of Fine Arts in 1989.[1][2][3] Fisher started exhibiting both solo and group exhibitions after her studies, with much influence coming from her Elam lecturers Greer Twiss and Christine Hellyar.[1][2][3]
Her practice can be identified through her explorations of abstracted shapes, and the use of found and organic materials, such as recycled wood and jetsam rescued from coastlines.[1][3] The sea and boats are recognised as key symbols throughout her works.[3]
Fisher has taken on multiple public art commissions for Auckland Council including but not limited to works for Grey Lynn Park, Oranga Community Centre, Alison Park on Waiheke Island, and a 1996 Sky City commission entitled Arrival for the hotel's Sculpture Court.[2] Likewise her pieces are held in a variety of national collections, such as the Treasury, Victoria University, Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand, Christchurch Art Gallery, and Whangārei Art Museum.[2] She is also a supporter of the Wellington Sculpture Trust.[4]
Exhibitions
| Date | Title | People | Medium | Location | Source |
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| 1991 | The Letter Box Show | Andrew Bull, Bill McKay, Charlotte Fisher, Donna Hoyle, Gary Hunt, Gavin Chilcott, Grey Linn, Hurricane Brand, Jane Greensmith, Jane Zusters, Jeff Thomson, Joanna Klein, John Hughes, John Papas, John Reynolds, Kalvin Collins, Mal Bartlett, Malcolm Taylor, Malcolm Walker, Michael Fisher, Neil Kirkland, Pete Bossley, Peter Rogers, Philippa Blair, Pip Cheshire, Rewi Thompson, Richard Priest, Rick Pearson, Rudi Schwarz, Sarah McKenny, Todd Strathdee, Valeska Campion, and Warren Viscoe | Sculptural Installation | Te Tuhi | [5] |
| 2003 | - - - | Jee-Young Kim, Julia Holderness, Oli Perkins, Jesse Watson, Gretchen Albrecht, Chiara Corbelletto, Geoff Dixon, Charlotte Fisher, Allan Maddox, Peter Panyoczki, James Ross, and Wayne Seyb | - - - | Bath Street Gallery | [6] |
| 2003 | - - - | Charlotte Fisher and Phil Murray | - - - | Bath Street Gallery | [6] |
| 2004 | - - - | Tom Sladden, Helen Calder, Clare Noonan, Kim Pieters, Jo Bruce-Smith, Alice Blackley, Virginia King, Julia Holderness, Mary McIntyre, Charlotte Fisher, and Mary Barker | - - - | Bath Street Gallery | [6] |
| 2005 | - - - | Charlotte Fisher, Chiara Corbelletto, Virginia King, Christine Hellyar, and Katrina Beekuis | - - - | Bath Street Gallery | [6] |
| 2006 | - - - | Jee-Young Kim, Fane Flaws, Leon van den Eijkel, Kim Pieters, Harvey Benge, Simon Ogden, Kathryn Stevens, Mark Braunias, James Ross, Geoff Dixon, Gregor Kregar, Denys Watkins, Charlotte Fisher, Riduan Tomkins, Malcolm Terry, James Robinson, Grant Beran, Gill Gatfield, Katie Thomas, Barbara Bailey, Christine Hellyar, Jo Bruce-Smith, Peter Gibson Smith, Louise Purvis, Peter Panyoczki, and Kazu Nakagawa | - - - | Bath Street Gallery | [6] |
| 2007 | - - - | Charlotte Fisher and Louise Purvis | - - - | Bath Street Gallery | [6] |
| 2007 | Auckland Art Fair exhibition | Charlotte Fisher, Gregor Kregar, James Robinson, James Ross, Leon van den Eijkel, and Denys Watkins | - - - | Bath Street Gallery/Auckland Art Fair | [6] |
| 2008 | - - - | Mark Braunias, Charlotte Fisher, Peter Gibson Smith, Robert Jahnke, Jonathan Jones, Jee-Young Kim, Kazu Nakagawa, Simon Ogden, Louise Purvis, James Robinson, James Ross, Kathryn Stevens, Katie Thomas, Leon van den Eijkel, and Denys Watkins | - - - | Bath Street Gallery | [6] |
| 2013 | - - - | Charlotte Fisher and Tony Bond | - - - | Bath Street Gallery | [6] |
| 2014 | - - - | Mark Braunias, Katie Thomas, Lang Ea, Adrian Jackman, Kazu Nakagawa, Mary-Louise Brown, Charlotte Fisher, Peter Gibson Smith, Peter Panyoczki, Dianne Scott, Jon Tootill, Roger Boyce, Robert McLeod, Jade Moulden, and Denys Watkins | - - - | Bath Street Gallery | [6] |
| 2014 | - - - | Mark Braunias, Charlotte Fisher, Peter Gibson Smith, Island6, Robert Jahnke, Kazu Nakagawa, Peter Panyoczki, Louise Purvis, Bronwyn Taylor, and Denys Watkins | - - - | Bath Street Gallery | [6] |
| 2015 | - - - | Roger Boyce, Jude Broughan, Mark Braunias, Iain Cheesman, Charlotte Fisher, Peter Gibson Smith, Claudia Jowitt, Jae Kang, Kazu Nakagawa, Simon Ogden, Anton Parsons, Peter Panyoczki, Jessica Pearless, Joe Prisk, Dane Taylor, Jon Tootill, Vaimaila Urale, Leon van den Eijkel, and Denys Watkins | - - - | Bath Street Gallery | [6] |
| 2015 | Sydney Contemporary exhibition | Mark Braunias, Charlotte Fisher, Peter Gibson Smith, Robert Jahnke, Claudia Jowitt, Kazu Nakagawa, Peter Panyoczki, Anton Parsons, Jessica Pearless, Louise Purvis, Jon Tootill, Leon van den Eijkel, and Denys Watkins | - - - | Bath Street Gallery/Sydney Contemporary | [6] |
| 2016 | - - - | Roger Boyce, Mark Braunias, Chiara Corbelletto, Charlotte Fisher, Peter Gibson Smith, Robert Jahnke, Claudia Jowitt, Kazu Nakagawa, Simon Ogden, Peter Panyoczki, Anton Parsons, Jessica Pearless, Louise Purvis, Jon Tootill, Leon van den Eijkel, and Denys Watkins | - - - | Bath Street Gallery | [6] |
| 2016 | Auckland Art Fair exhibition | Mark Braunias, Charlotte Fisher, Jessica Pearless, Louise Purvis, Jon Tootill, Denys Watkins, and Peter Panyoczki | - - - | Bath Street Gallery/Auckland Art Fair | [6] |
| 2024 | Lovers & Castaways | Gretchen Albrecht, Philippa Blair, Nigel Brown, Debra Bustin, Gavin Chilcott, Gordon Crook, Julian Dashper, Moyra Elliot, Charlotte Fisher, Tony Fomison, Dick Frizzell, Joan Grehan, Bill Hammond, Philip Heath, Pat Hanly, Christine Hellyar, Louise Henderson, Ralph Hotere, Alexis Hunter, Michael Illingworth, Megan Jenkinson, Emily Karaka, Richard Killeen, Diana Lee Gobbitt, Ron Left, Allen Maddox, Joanna Margaret Paul, Buck Nin, John Reynolds, Michael Smither, Terry Stringer, Marte Szirmay, Alan Taylor, Kura Te Waru Rewiri, Greer Twiss, Jim Vivieare, Mervyn Williams, Brent Wong, et al. | - - - | Pah Homestead | [7][8] |
| Date | Title | Medium | Location | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Homage to Polynesian Navigators | Australian hardwood, driftwood | The Arts House Trust Collection | [9] |
| 1991 | Reflected Pools | Sculpture | Te Ngākau / Civic Square, Wellington Central | [10] |
| 1991 | The Sculptor's Workshop | Window Work | Auckland Art Gallery | [11] |
| 1993 | - - - | Three large sculptural works in stone, steel and found objects | Fisher Gallery, Pakuranga, Manukau City | [12] |
| 1994 | Untitled | Paint, copper, wood | The Arts House Trust Collection | [13] |
| 1996 | Arch | Wood sculpture | Grey Lynn Park, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland | [1] |
| 1996 | Landsong | Wood, Copper, Bronze, Paint in Sculpture | School of Architecture and Design, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington | [14] |
| 1998 | Red Head | Kauri, Australian hardwood | Janne Land Gallery Wellington collection | [15] |
| 1999 | Siren | Driftwood, Australian hardwood, acrylic paint | Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū | [16] |
| 2000 | Sentinel | Bronze, stone | The Hub Information Centre, Dent St, Whangārei | [17] |
| 2001 | Sculpture 2001 | Eight sculptures | Auckland Domain | [1] |
| 2003 | Rock | Bronze | The Arts House Trust Collection | [18] |
| 2004 | Arc | Granite and bronze sculpture | Edmiston Trust Collection, Auckland Domain Sculpture Walk | [1][2] |
| 2004 | Rarotonga Gateway | Corten steel, granite | Oranga Community Centre in Fergusson Domain | [19] |
| 2007 | Slit | Steel, paint | Alison Park, Waiheke Island | [20] |
| 2007 | Sculpture on the Gulf exhibition | - - - | Church Bay coastal walkway, Matiatia | [21] |
| 2006 | 9 Billion | - - - | For NZ Sculpture OnShore, Fort Takapuna Historic Reserve, Vauxhall Road, Devonport | [22][23] |
| 2010 | - - - | - - - | Bath Street Gallery | [6] |
| 2013 | My how you've grown | Coral, baby teeth, wood | The Arts House Trust Collection | [24] |
| 2015 | Line Drawing: The Abyss | Digital print on Ilford gallerie smooth cotton rag | The Arts House Trust Collection | [25] |
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Arc (2004), Charlotte Fisher, Granite and bronze
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Plaque for Arch, Grey Lynn Park, Auckland, Charlotte Fisher, 1996.
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Arch, Charlotte Fisher, Grey Lynn Park
Secondary projects
- Publication: Signs and Markers: a Sculpture Survey, published 1998[26]
- In mid December 2023 as former NZ Nature Fund chair, Fisher went on a subantarctic and Chatham Islands voyage for 16 days on the Heritage Adventurer with her husband Robert, and friend Kim Hill.[27]
Residencies
- 1993: Rita Angus Artist-in-Residence, Wellington[12]
Recognition
- On the 20th February 1991 the Press newspaper reported Fisher as being one of eight New Zealand artists chosen by writer and art critic Ian Wedde for "The South of the World: the other contemporary art" exhibition in Sicily, Rome and Milan. Her artwork and writing were both included in the exhibition and its catalogue alongside the contributions of Chris Booth, Robert Jahnke, Tony Lane, Lisa Reihana, Barbara Strathdee, and Ruth Watson.[28]
- Regarding her 1993 Sculpture Court exhibition Te Tuhi recognised Fisher has a "significant young contemporary sculptor."[12]
- The 2007 edition of Art+Object's art catalogue includes work by Fisher, as well as Billy Apple, Neil Dawson, Bronwynne Cornish, Don Driver, Michael Illingworth, Bill Hammond, Tony Fomison, Colin McCahon, Don Binney, and Ralph Hotere.[29]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Charlotte Fisher". Public Art Heritage Aotearoa New Zealand. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
- ^ a b c d e "Arc - Edmiston Trust". www.edmistontrust.org.nz. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
- ^ a b c d "New Zealand Outdoor Art - Charlotte Fisher". outdoorart.nz. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
- ^ "WELLINGTON SCULPTURE TRUST ANNUAL REPORT. For the year ended 31 March 2015" (PDF). Wellington Sculpture Trust. 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
- ^ "The Letter Box Show". Te Tuhi. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Exhibitions". Bath St Gallery. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
- ^ "Lovers & Castaways". Artnow. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
- ^ "Lovers & Castaways". The Arts House Trust. 6 March 2024. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
- ^ "Homage to Polynesian Navigators". The Arts House Trust. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
- ^ "Reflected Pools, Charlotte Fisher". Wellington City Libraries. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
- ^ "Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki Exhibition History" (PDF). Auckland Unlimited. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
- ^ a b c "Charlotte Fisher". Te Tuhi. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
- ^ "Untitled". The Arts House Trust. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
- ^ "Landsong". publicart.nz. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
- ^ "Charlotte Fisher - Red Head". Dunbar Sloane. 3 December 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
- ^ "Siren". Christchurch Art Gallery. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
- ^ Fisher, Charlotte (1 January 2000). ""Sentinel"". DigitalNZ. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
- ^ "Rock". The Arts House Trust. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
- ^ Art, Auckland Public. "Charlotte Fisher". Auckland Public Art. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
- ^ "Charlotte Fisher". Auckland Public Art. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
- ^ "Sculpture Exhibition Attracts Record Entries | Scoop News". www.scoop.co.nz. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
- ^ "NZ Sculpture OnShore | A Gallery from Nine To Noon | RNZ National". RNZ. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
- ^ "NZ Sculpture Onshore 2006". thebigidea.nz. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
- ^ "My how you've grown". The Arts House Trust. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
- ^ "Line Drawing: The Abyss". The Arts House Trust. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
- ^ "Signs & markers : a sculpture survey : Charlotte Fisher". Auckland Libraries. 1998. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
- ^ "Subantarctic Voyage – Exciting, enthralling and out of this world. | NZ Nature Fund". nznaturefund.org. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
- ^ "NZ Art Tours Italy". Press. 20 February 1991. p. 22. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
- ^ "Art+Object - Auction for Important Paintings & 3D Sculptures". Art+Object. Retrieved 20 January 2026.