Biography

Jamie Chapman was born in the United Kingdom. His family immigrated to New Zealand and settled
in Whangarei when he was 2 years old.
Chapman studied his first year of a Fine Arts degree at Whitecliffe College, Auckland before
travelling to Europe. He returned to Auckland to pursue and complete his Master’s degree at Elam,
School of Fine Arts in 2012.
In 2012 Chapman was the recipient of the Joe Raynes Scholarship, University of Auckland and in
2013 was the winner of the National Youth Art Award run by ArtsPost, 120 Victoria Street, Hamilton.

Education

2012 Masters of Fine Arts, Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland
2011 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours), Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland
2005 Certificate of Arts and Design, Whitecliffe College of Arts & Design, Auckland

Solo Exhibitions

2024

Drift, Scott Lawrie Gallery, Edinburgh, UK

The Saturday Evening Post, Arthaus Contemporary, Orakei, Auckland

2023

Cloud watchers, Foenander Gallery, 455 Mt Eden rd, Mt Eden, Auckland

2022

A Time for Play, The Grey Place, Scanlan street, Grey Lynn, Auckland

2020

#isoseries, Lockdown Project, timelapse videos online over a 50 day period

2017

Second Screening, Blikfang, 130 Queen St, Northcote Point, Auckland

2016

Rear Window, Pah Homestead, 72 Hillsborough rd, Auckland

2015

Waiting for Return, Circle Gallery, Station Square, Broadway, New Market

2014

2.39:1 Y&Art Gallery, City Works Depot, 90 Wellesley St West, Auckland

2013

Hangover, Geoff Wilson Gallery, 51 Raumanga Valley Rd, Whangarei

Group Exhibitions

2025

I felt like some watcher, divining skies, Hangar art gallery, Regent, Whangarei

Artists on Artists, Studio One Toi Tū, 1 Ponsonby rd, Auckland

2024

THIS IS NO SAFE SPACE: Art in Capitalist Realism, Granton Station, Edinburgh

Summer Show, Arthaus Contemporary, Orakei Basin

2023

Take a look at me now, Kumeu Arts, 300 main rd, Kumeu

2022

Sensation 22, Scott Lawrie gallery, Shed 10, 13 Coles Ave, Auckland

2021

Smoke and Cinder, Foenander Gallery, 455 Mt Eden rd, Mt Eden, Auckland

2020

Mug shots and The Convention of Physiognomy, 14 Cross Street, Regent, Whangarei

Semicolon, UP Real Estate offices, 162 Jervois Road, Herne Bay

#isoseries, Foenander Gallery, 455 Mt Eden rd, Mt Eden, Auckland

2019

Spoken Quietly from a Distance, Foenander Gallery, 455 Mt Eden rd, Auckland

2016

Showtime, Boyd-Dunlop Gallery, 4 Hastings st, Napier

FishMilk, Pierre Peeters gallery, Parnell, Auckland (group)

2015

Much of a Muchness, Morrinsville Wallace Gallery, Morrinsville

Reaching the Horizon and Beyond, Uxbridge, Uxbridge Rd, Howick, Auckland

Reaching the Horizon and Beyond, Studio One – Toi Tu, Ponsonby rd, Auckland

2014

“The Next Station Is…” Circle Gallery, Station Square, Broadway, New Market

Double Take: Double Portraits from the Wallace Arts Trust Collection (Part two) The Pah Homestead, Hillsborough rd, Auckland

2013

Painting Now: Out of Elam, The Long Gallery, The Pah Homestead, Hillsborough rd, Auckland

The Religious Experience, Orexart, 15 Putiki Street, Arch Hill, Auckland

Painting Now: Out of Elam, The Vivian, 39 Omaha Valley rd, Matakana

Re-Generate, Orexart, 15 Putiki Street, Arch Hill, Auckland

Portraits, Pah Homestead, 72 Hillsborough rd Hillsborough, Auckland

2012

Raising Lazarus, Elam Graduation Exhibition, University of Auckland

Gordon’s Walters Award Exhibition, Snake Pit Gallery, Auckland

Art to Aid the Cuban 5, Satellite Gallery, Auckland

2011

Another Truth, Studio 8, Auckland

January, Elam Graduation Exhibition, University of Auckland

Competitions

2023

Walker and Hall Waiheke Art Awards, (Finalist), Waiheke Community Art Gallery, 2 Korora rd Waiheke Island (group)

2022

Walker and Hall Waiheke Art Awards, (Finalist), Waiheke Community Art Gallery, 2 Korora rd Waiheke Island (group)

National Painting and Printmaking Awards, (Finalist), Hamilton Gardens Pavilion, Hamilton

2021