Biography
Tony Guo (1999) is a painter born in Aotearoa who grew up in Northeast China. He migrated to Tāmaki Makaurau in 2012 by himself, spending his teen years with host families while adapting to multiculturalism. Vested in modes of figurative oil paintings, Guo’s work projects queer allegory in a psycho-theatre, as moments of whimsy mask a journey into a captive dilemma.
He completed an MVA at AUT in 2022 and continues to expand his conceptual and technical realms through research and practice.
Employment
2023 Part-time Tutor, Bachelor of Visual Arts (Painting), AUT
Education
2022 Master of Visual Arts, AUT
2020 Bachelor of Visual Arts, AUT
Awards
2023 Molly Morpeth Canaday Award, Merit Award
2022 Walker & Hall Waiheke Art Award, Michael Evens Award
2020 Emergent: See, Runner-Up Award
2017 National Youth Art Award, Breakthrough Award
Solo Show
2023 Dogtooth, Paper Anniversary Gallery, Auckland
Selected Group Shows
2023
- Aotearoa Art Fair, Paper Anniversary Gallery, Auckland
- The Dinner Party, RM Gallery, Auckland
- Molly Morpeth Canaday Award Finalist Exhibition, Whakatāne Library and Exhibition Centre, Whakatāne
2022
- Walker & Hall Waiheke Art Award Finalist Exhibition, Waiheke Community Art Gallery, Auckland
- New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Award Finalist Exhibition, Hamilton Gardens Pavilion, Hamilton
2021
- Beyond Borders, Beresford Square, Auckland
2020
- Layers: Filling the Void, Pah Homestead, Auckland.
- Emergent: See, Lake House Arts Centre, Auckland
2019
- Accept Each Word Spoken with Love, Northart Gallery, Auckland
- Molly Morpeth Canaday Award Finalist Exhibition, Whakatāne Library and Exhibition Centre, Whakatāne
2018
- 3.15 Westlake Art Show, Lake House Arts Centre, Auckland
- Greater Auckland Art Award Exhibition, Corban Estate Arts Centre, Auckland
2017
- National Youth Art Award Finalist Exhibition, Waikato Society of Arts, Hamilton