Stella Corkery – Wikipedia
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New Zealand artist
Stella Corkery (born 1960) is a New Zealand visual artist and drummer, born in Tuatapere, New Zealand.[1] Corkery’s work is experimental and reflective, often commenting on contemporary ideas. She currently lives and works in Auckland, New Zealand.
Education[edit]
Corkery attended the Elam School of Fine Art (University of Auckland) where she received a BFA (Hons) First Class Honors in 2012 and Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in 2013.[2]
Visual art[edit]
Corkery’s paintings use traditional processes, such as oils, although she doesn’t restrict herself to a particular style.[3] Her visual works include Smoke and Butterfly (2015) and Gas Light (2015).
In 2013 Corkery was selected to be part of the exhibition Freedom Farmers: New Zealand Artists Growing Ideas at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki.[4] This exhibition showcased twenty New Zealand contemporary artists from various media, reflecting on concept such as utopia, sustainability, and artistic freedom.[5]
Corkery’s recent exhibitions in New Zealand include: Necessary Distraction: a painting show (Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, 2015, with Saskia Leek, Julian Hooper, Nicola Farquhar, Kirstin Carlin, and James Cousins);[6]Porous Moonlight (Papakura Art Gallery, 2013); and Episodic Nomadic (Gloria Knight, Auckland, 2013).[7][2] She has held several exhibitions at the Michael Lett gallery including: Theme for a Science Fiction Vampire (2017), Sparks (2015), Kicking Against The Pricks (2014),[7] and a joint show with Jim Allen & Dan Arps (2016).[8][9] Corkery has also exhibited outside New Zealand including Caravan (2014)[10] at the Station Gallery in Melbourne, Australia, Patches (2017)[11][12] and Keep Smiling the Boss Loves Idiots (2016), at Poppy’s in New York, USA.[13][14]
Corkery is a self-taught drummer and has been involved in the underground music scene since the late 1980s. She has been part of experimental, noise and lo-fi bands including Angelhead, Queen Meanie Puss, and White Saucer.[15] Her first band, The Pleats, was formed in Dunedin around 1980 with Rachel Shearer (Lovely Midget, which Corkery was also a member of) and Debbie Hinden (Indigo Underworld).[16]
Labels[edit]
In the early 1990s she started the Pink Air and Girl Alliance record labels with her partner Alan Holt.[17] Both labels were created to support musicians in Auckland, with The Pink Air label focusing experimental and psychedelic music and Girl Alliance part of the riot grrrl movement.
Discography[edit]
| Band | Album | Date | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Saucer | Phoenix EP[18] | Drums | |
| White Saucer | Black Patrol[19] | 2009 | Drums |
| Arrows | Ashes[16] | 2008 | Drums |
| Arrows | Holiday 93[16] | 2008 | Drums |
| Queen Meanie Puss | 25th Anniversary Box Set[16] | 2007 | Drums |
| White Saucer | Mars Attax Remix[16] | 2006 | Drums |
| Queen Meanie Puss | Tard & Furthered[16] | 2005 | Drums |
| Queen Meanie Puss | Where In The World Is Wendy Broccoli? (compilation – song ‘Contracts’)[20] | 2005 | Drums, written by |
| Fake Purr | Bad Horsey[21] | 2002 | Drums, vocals |
| Lovely Midget | Lovely Midget[22] | 2000 | Synthesizer |
| White Saucer | White Saucer[23] | 1999 | Drums, artwork, synth |
| Sweetcakes (solo project) | Pink Drums[24] | 1997 | Percussion |
| White Saucer | Untitled tape – song ‘HB Soul Practice (Edit)’[25] | 1997 | Drums |
| Sooty and Sweet | Shrew’d (compilation – song ‘Inch Deep’)[26] | 1993 | Drums |
| Queen Meanie Puss | The Darkling[27] | 1992 | Drums |
| Queen Meanie Puss | The Beauty of Dogs[28] | 1991 | Drums |
| Queen Meanie Puss | I heard the Devil call my Name[16] | 1991 | Drums |
| Angelhead | Eat[29] | 1990 | Drums |
References[edit]
Further reading[edit]
Artist files for Stella Corkery are held at:
Also see:
- Stella Corkery: Abandon All Complaints – The Social Life of Painting (2013) Henry Babbage, Auckland Art Gallery Toi O Tamaki (produced for the exhibition Freedom Farmers, New Zealand Artists Growing Ideas)
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