Jeff Thomson
Sculpture

MAP LOCATION: #15
12 Awaroa Road
Helensville.

Jeff Thomson was born in Castor Bay, Auckland, New Zealand in1957. He has worked predominantly with corrugated iron since he became a fulltime sculptor in 1986. Often working on a large scale and outdoors, his sculptures explore the landscape they inhabit with playfulness and spontaneity. In 1995, Thomson was awarded the Frances Hodgkins Fellowship at the
University of Otago, Dunedin and in 2000 he was the Tylee Cottage Artist in Residence Wanganui.
Between 2000 and 2004 a solo exhibition of Thomson’s toured Public Art Museums and Art Galleries in several German Cities including Remscheid, Berlin, Lubbecke Wuppertal and Plauen.
In 2013, The Tauranga Art Gallery instigated a nationally touring survey exhibition of Thomson’s work with the book “Corrugations- The Art of Jeff Thomson published to coincide with the exhibition. Ten of his sculptures are part of Allan Gibb’s internationally renowned Kaipara Sculpture Park, known as “The Farm”. Thomson has participated in all nine of the “Sculpture on the Gulf” biennial exhibitions held on Waiheke Island. Thomson lives and works in Helensville, Auckland.
 
Recent Exhibitions
2016
50 Years of the Frances Hodgkins Fellowship
Hocken Library Gallery, Dunedin
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin 
2017 and 2019
Sculpture on the Gulf, Waiheke Island, Auckland
2019
Sculpture in the Botanic Gardens, Auckland
2020
Bowen Galleries, Wellington
ArtHaus, Orakie, Auckland
2021
NorthArt, Northcote, Auckland (Three Person Exhibition) with Bev Goodwin and Colin Harris
Arthaus, Orakie, Auckland

Selected Public Collections
Te Papa Tongarewa, Museum of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand
Christchurch Public Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, New Zealand
The Govett Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Hocken Library collection, Dunedin, New Zealand
Frances Hodgkins Fellowship collection, University of Otago, Dunedin
Heidi Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, Australia
Tarrawarra Museum of Art, Victoria, Australia
Vogtland Museum, Plauen, Germany
Woolongong Public Art Gallery, NSW, Australia
University of Auckland, New Zealand
Deutscher MieterBund, Berlin, Germany
Zoologischer Garten, Berlin, Germany

Website: https://www.jeffthomson.co.nz/
​Represented by:
Bowen Galleries
Phone: +64 4 381 0351
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.bowengalleries.co.nz