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Biography

Tony Guo (1999) is a painter born in Aotearoa New Zealand who grew up in Northeast China. He migrated to Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland 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

Part-time Tutor, Bachelor of Visual Arts (Painting), AUT, 2022 - Now

Education

Master of Visual Arts, AUT, 2021-22

Bachelor of Visual Arts, AUT, 2018-20

Awards

2023   

NZ Painting and Printmaking Award, Main Painting Prize

Molly Morpeth Canaday Award, Merit Award

Cleveland National Art Award, Youth Artist 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

Sand, Jhana Millers Gallery, Wellington   

Dogtooth, Paper Anniversary Gallery, Auckland

Selected Group Shows

2023   

Aotearoa Art FairPaper Anniversary Gallery, Auckland

The Dinner Party, RM Gallery, Auckland

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

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