Stella Corkery

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Stella Corkery, Vinaigrette, 2022, oil on canvas, 320 x 255mm

Stella Corkery, Molecules Will Collide, 2022, oil on canvas, 600 x 500mm

Stella Corkery, Molecules Will Collide, 2022, as part of the exhibition ‘wiggling together, falling apart’ Installation view, Michael Lett

Stella Corkery, Horse, 2021, oil on canvas, 2021, 400 x 300mm

Stella Corkery, Closer, 2021, oil on canvas, 500 x 400mm

Stella Corkery, In a Gown (at a distance), 2021, oil and gesso on canvas, 605 x 505mm

Stella Corkery, Hot Wire, 2021, oil on canvas, 605 x 455mm

Stella Corkery, Untitled, 2021, oil on canvas, 255 x 200mm

Stella Corkery, Threads, 2021, oil and gesso on canvas, 400 x 300mm

Stella Corkery, In a Gown, 2021, oil and gesso on canvas, 500 x 400mm

Stella Corkery, Buckle, 2021, oil on canvas, 600 x 400mm

Stella Corkery, Paradises, 2020 Installation view, Michael Lett

Stella Corkery, Lost Weekend, 2020, oil and gesso on canvas, 910 x 610mm

Stella Corkery, War Horse, 2020, oil and gesso on canvas, 1000 x 800mm

Stella Corkery, Congregation, 2020, oil, iridescent acrylic and gesso on canvas, 910 x 610mm

Stella Corkery, Untitled, 2018, oil and spray on canvas, 910 x 610mm

Stella Corkery, Gold Tops, 2017, oil on velvet, 450 x 360mm

Stella Corkery, Michael Lett at Spring 1883, 2015

Stella Corkery, Aim High, 2015, oil and gesso on canvas, 1250 x 1000mm

Stella Corkery, Cat, 2019, oil and gesso on canvas, 600 x 510mm

Stella Corkery, Coincidence, 2013, oil and spray-paint on pre-made canvas stretcher, 910 x 610mm

Stella Corkery, Datura Flower, 2017, oil on velvet, 450mm x 360mm

Stella Corkery, Escape to the Country, 2016, oil and gesso on canvas, 1350mm x 950mm

Stella Corkery, White Saucer, 2010, sound performance, High Street Project Gallery, Christchurch

Stella Corkery, Knap Sack, 2017, oil, grasses and black sesame seed on velvet, 360mm x 450mm

Stella Corkery, Theme for a Science Fiction Vampire: breath on breathing, 2017, spray paint, oil paint, oil pastel, tea, varnish and collage elements on canvas, 1300 x 7500mm

Stella Corkery, Sparks, 2015, kikuyu grass and oil on canvas board, 300 x 400mm

Stella Corkery, Twin Infinities, 2017, oil, oil pastel and gesso on canvas, 610 x 460mm

Stella Corkery, you had fun experience, 2019, Installation view, George Fraser Gallery, Auckland

Stella Corkery, Molecules Will Collide, 2022, oil on canvas, 600 x 500mm

Stella Corkery, Horse, 2021, oil on canvas, 2021, 400 x 300mm

Stella Corkery, In a Gown (at a distance), 2021, oil and gesso on canvas, 605 x 505mm

Stella Corkery, Untitled, 2021, oil on canvas, 255 x 200mm

Stella Corkery, In a Gown, 2021, oil and gesso on canvas, 500 x 400mm

Stella Corkery, Paradises, 2020 Installation view, Michael Lett

Stella Corkery, War Horse, 2020, oil and gesso on canvas, 1000 x 800mm

Stella Corkery, Untitled, 2018, oil and spray on canvas, 910 x 610mm

Stella Corkery, Michael Lett at Spring 1883, 2015

Stella Corkery, Cat, 2019, oil and gesso on canvas, 600 x 510mm

Stella Corkery, Datura Flower, 2017, oil on velvet, 450mm x 360mm

Stella Corkery, White Saucer, 2010, sound performance, High Street Project Gallery, Christchurch

Stella Corkery, Theme for a Science Fiction Vampire: breath on breathing, 2017, spray paint, oil paint, oil pastel, tea, varnish and collage elements on canvas, 1300 x 7500mm

Stella Corkery, Twin Infinities, 2017, oil, oil pastel and gesso on canvas, 610 x 460mm

Stella Corkery

Born 1960, Tuatapere (NZ). Lives and works in Auckland (NZ)

Stella Corkery makes work which considers a critical history of painting together with ideas surrounding feminism. References within her paintings can touch on art history, contemporary art, cinema as well as musical influences such as post-punk and improvised sound. Experimental music projects both solo and as part of the duo White Saucer, maintain a direct line to her visual practice. Although Corkery creates bodies of work that might seem to belong to disparate systems, in fact each operates within a unique, coherent and conceptually unified network of ideas.

Corkery is currently a Doctoral candidate at Massey University College of Creative Arts, Wellington. Previously she graduated from the Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland with a Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours in 2012, and a Master of Fine Arts in 2013. In 2015 her work was included in a major exhibition of contemporary New Zealand painting, Necessary Distraction: A painting show at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. Solo exhibitions include: Michael Lett at Sydney Contemporary (2021); Paradises, Michael Lett, Auckland (2020); Year of the Head, Olga, Dunedin (2020); I’ve Seen Sunny Days, Goya Curtain, Tokyo (2018) and Keep Smiling the Boss Loves Idiots, Poppy’s Gallery, New York City (2016).

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Stella Corkery, Vinaigrette, 2022, oil on canvas, 320 x 255mm

Stella Corkery, Molecules Will Collide, 2022, oil on canvas, 600 x 500mm

Stella Corkery, Molecules Will Collide, 2022, as part of the exhibition ‘wiggling together, falling apart’ Installation view, Michael Lett

Stella Corkery, Horse, 2021, oil on canvas, 2021, 400 x 300mm

Stella Corkery, Closer, 2021, oil on canvas, 500 x 400mm

Stella Corkery, In a Gown (at a distance), 2021, oil and gesso on canvas, 605 x 505mm

Stella Corkery, Hot Wire, 2021, oil on canvas, 605 x 455mm

Stella Corkery, Untitled, 2021, oil on canvas, 255 x 200mm

Stella Corkery, Threads, 2021, oil and gesso on canvas, 400 x 300mm

Stella Corkery, In a Gown, 2021, oil and gesso on canvas, 500 x 400mm

Stella Corkery, Buckle, 2021, oil on canvas, 600 x 400mm

Stella Corkery, Paradises, 2020 Installation view, Michael Lett

Stella Corkery, Lost Weekend, 2020, oil and gesso on canvas, 910 x 610mm

Stella Corkery, War Horse, 2020, oil and gesso on canvas, 1000 x 800mm

Stella Corkery, Congregation, 2020, oil, iridescent acrylic and gesso on canvas, 910 x 610mm

Stella Corkery, Untitled, 2018, oil and spray on canvas, 910 x 610mm

Stella Corkery, Gold Tops, 2017, oil on velvet, 450 x 360mm

Stella Corkery, Michael Lett at Spring 1883, 2015

Stella Corkery, Aim High, 2015, oil and gesso on canvas, 1250 x 1000mm

Stella Corkery, Cat, 2019, oil and gesso on canvas, 600 x 510mm

Stella Corkery, Coincidence, 2013, oil and spray-paint on pre-made canvas stretcher, 910 x 610mm

Stella Corkery, Datura Flower, 2017, oil on velvet, 450mm x 360mm

Stella Corkery, Escape to the Country, 2016, oil and gesso on canvas, 1350mm x 950mm

Stella Corkery, White Saucer, 2010, sound performance, High Street Project Gallery, Christchurch

Stella Corkery, Knap Sack, 2017, oil, grasses and black sesame seed on velvet, 360mm x 450mm

Stella Corkery, Theme for a Science Fiction Vampire: breath on breathing, 2017, spray paint, oil paint, oil pastel, tea, varnish and collage elements on canvas, 1300 x 7500mm

Stella Corkery, Sparks, 2015, kikuyu grass and oil on canvas board, 300 x 400mm

Stella Corkery, Twin Infinities, 2017, oil, oil pastel and gesso on canvas, 610 x 460mm

Stella Corkery, you had fun experience, 2019, Installation view, George Fraser Gallery, Auckland