Louise Menzies Explained

Louise Menzies (born 1981) is a New Zealand artist based in Auckland. Her works are held in the Auckland Art Gallery collection.^[1]

Menzies is known for her installations and artists books, and uses a cross-media practice which often incorporates film and print into performances and installations.^[2] She has produced a wide range of print-based works. Menzies has contributed writing to The Distance Plan, an exhibition platform and journal focusing on contemporary art and climate change.^[3]

Awards and fellowships

• Iris Fisher Scholarship from Te Tuhi, 2012.^[4]
• University of Connecticut, 2014.^[5] In this residency, Menzies created an exhibition inspired by archival materials from The Alternative Press Collection from the Dodd research center at the University of Connecticut. Her exhibition was titled Time to Think Like a Mountain, and was presented in three ways: a series of works made from handmade paper with ephemera re-forged into a single document; works treating paper materials photographically; and a 16mm film.^[6]
• McCahon House Residency, May–July 2016.
• Frances Hodgkins Fellowship, 2018.^[7] Through this fellowship, Menzies explored two historical figures from Dunedin's art world - Frances Hodgkins and Joanna Margaret Paul, using the Hocken's collection of archives and ephemera.^[8] The fellowship culminated in her show, In an orange my mother was eating.

Exhibitions

• In an orange my mother was eating, Hocken Collections, 2019.^[9]
• Gorgon Malkin Witch, Te Uru, 2017–2018.^[10]
• Freedom Farmers: New Zealand Artists Growing Ideas (group show), Auckland Art Gallery, 2013-2014.^{[11] [12]}
• World, Business, Lifestyle, Sport, The Physics Room, 2013.^[13]
• Sculpture/Metal, Te Tuhi, 2012.
• Letters to Students of the Radiant Life, Adam Art Gallery, 2010.^[14] In conjunction with this exhibition, Menzies produced a book titled The Pursuit of an Ideal.^[15]
• Break: Towards a Public Realm (group show), Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, 2008–2009.^[16]
• The Blue Room: 13 Artists Respond in a Psychic Way (group show), Blue Oyster art project space, 2008.^[17]
• Sparkling Duets, The Physics Room, 2007.^[18]
• Shelter or Marquee, Enjoy, 2007.^[19]
• Every Now and Then (group show), Enjoy, 2006. Menzies' work in this show explored her feelings about the fountain located in Oriental Bay, Wellington.^{[20] [21]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Louise Menzies. 2022-02-21. Auckland Art Gallery. en.
2. Web site: Louise Menzies: McCahon House. 2022-02-20. mccahonhouse.org.nz. en.
3. Web site: TheDistancePlan Louise Menzies. 2022-02-21. thedistanceplan.org.
4. Web site: TeTuhi. 2022-02-21. tetuhi.art.
5. News: Fox. Rebecca. 2018-06-21. The luxury of time. Otago Daily Times.
6. Web site: 2014-10-09. Artist Inspired by Alternative Press Collection. 2022-02-21. UConn Today. en-US.
7. Web site: The Frances Hodgkins Fellowship, Otago Fellows, University of Otago, New Zealand. 2022-02-20. www.otago.ac.nz.
8. Web site: Otago. University of. 5 February 2019, Fruitful fellowship culminates in an exhibition not to be missed. 2022-02-21. University of Otago. en-nz.
9. Pickens. Robyn Maree. 2019-03-29. We are Recirculated Assemblages: Louise Menzies at Hocken Collections. The Pantograph Punch.
10. Web site: Louise Menzies: Gorgon Malkin Witch - Te Uru. 2022-02-21. www.teuru.org.nz.
11. Web site: 2013-10-15. Freedom Farmers: New Zealand Artists Growing Ideas. 2022-02-21. CIRCUIT Artist Film and Video Aotearoa New Zealand. en.
12. 2013-11-01. Freedom Farmers. Art Monthly Australia. 5. 265. ProQuest.
13. Web site: World, Business, Lifestyle, Sport The Physics Room. 2022-02-21. physicsroom.org.nz.
14. News: Roughan. Greg. 2010-09-18. A fallen icon. Stuff.
15. Garrie. Barbara. Davis. Sophie. 2014. Artists' Books in UC Collections: A Scoping Study. en. 19.
16. Web site: Break: Towards a Public Realm Govett-Brewster Art Gallery Len Lye Centre. 2022-02-21. govettbrewster.com.
17. Web site: 13 Artists Respond in a Psychic Way - Blue Oyster Art Project Space. 2022-02-21. www.blueoyster.org.nz.
18. Web site: 2007-11-21. Couples come together for Sparkling Duets. 2022-02-21. The Big Idea. en.
19. Web site: Shelter or Marquee Enjoy Contemporary Art Space. 2022-02-21. enjoy.org.nz.
20. Book: Wellington : a city for sculpture. 2007. Victoria University Press in association with Wellington Sculpture Trust. Jenny Harper, Aaron Lister, Bruce Connew, Wellington Sculpture Trust. 978-0-86473-570-6. Wellington [N.Z.]. 126. 174080777.
21. Web site: Every Now, & Then Enjoy Contemporary Art Space. 2022-02-21. enjoy.org.nz.