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 Fair, Paper 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