Artist CV — Daegan Wells

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Because of where I live
What thrives on these soils (group)
Finest Fuchsias
Local Makers—Riverton
Local Makers
Bush Coat
A Gathering Distrust
Private Lodgings

Artist CV

Daegan Wells is an artist living and working in Ōraka Colac Bay, Aotearoa. Through his archival and sculptural practice, Wells uses narrative to explore political, environmental, social and cultural events from recent history.

daeganwells@gmail.com
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Artist CV

Daegan Wells

Exhibitions

2015—Masters of Fine Arts with Distinction, University of Canterbury, Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa
2012—Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours, University of Canterbury, Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa
2011—Bachelor of Fine Arts, Whitecliffe College of Art and Design, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Aotearoa

Collections

The Dowse Art Museum, Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai, Lower Hutt
Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, Ōtautahi Christchurch
William Hodges Fellowship Collection, He Waka Tuia

Awards, grants & residencies

2025—Creative New Zealand Development Grant
2024—Creative New Zealand Fellowship Fund
2023—William Hodges Fellowship
2020—Creative New Zealand Grant, Researching Southland Made Textiles
2020—The Enjoy Summer Residency
2017—The Olivia Spencer Bower Award and Residency
2016—Ethel Susan Jones Fine Arts Scholarship

Solo and two-person exhibitions

2025—Because of Where I Live, Gus Fisher Gallery, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
2024—Made for the Home, Laree Payne Gallery, Kirikiriroa Hamilton
2023—Finest Fushias, William Hodges Fellowship Exhibition, Waihōpai Invercargill
2023—Local Makers (Riverton), Community hall, Aparima Riverton
2022—Local Makers (The Project, curated by Micheal Do), Aotearoa Art Fair, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
2019—Bush Coat, Enjoy Contemporary Art Space, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington
2018—Hut for a Sensuous Gold Miner, with Sophie Bannan, Meanwhile, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington 2018—A Gathering Distrust, Ilam Campus Gallery, Ōtautahi Christchurch
2016—Private Lodgings, Blue Oyster, Ōtepoti Dunedin
2015—Signatures in Space, with Joshua Harris, Man Friday, Ōtautahi Christchurch
2014—Kissing the Wall, with Michael Lee, North Projects, Ōtautahi Christchurch

Group exhibitions (selection)

2025—What thrives on these soils (group, curated by Sophie Davis), Te Whare Toi o Heretaunga Hastings Art Gallery, Heretaunga Hastings
2024—Living Room (group, curated by Kim Paton and Caroline Billing), Objectspace Sir Miles Warren Gallery, Ōtautahi Christchurch
2022—Text Tile (group, curated by Tia Ansell), Caves Gallery, Naarm Melbourne
2022—Twisting, Turning, Winding, Objectspace, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
2022—Outside In, Laree Payne Gallery, Kirikiriroa Hamilton
2022—She She: Contemporary Wool Craft, (group, curated by Dr Bronwyn Lloyd), The Dowse, Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai, Lower Hutt
2021—World made of Steel, made of Stone, (group, curated by Abby Cunnane), The Physics Room, Ōtautahi Christchurch
2021—Caught; slack and taut, Laree Payne Gallery, Kirikiriroa Hamilton
2019—Start with a Vase (curated by Sebastian Clarke) Hastings City Gallery, Heretaunga Hastings
2019—Catch (curated by Becky Richards) Tinning Street Presents, Naarm Melbourne
2018—The Cost of Living, RM Gallery, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
2018—The Tomorrow People, curated by Christina Barton, Adam Art Gallery Te Pataka Toi, Te Whanganui-a- Tara Wellington
2016—Contemporary Christchurch, Centre of Contemporary Art, Ōtautahi Christchurch
2016—House Studies, curated by Sophie Bannan, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Ōtautahi Christchurch
2015—Faux Fair, c3 Art Space, Naarm Melbourne
2015—National Contemporary Art Award Finalist Exhabition, Waikato Museum, Kirikiriroa Hamilton
2015—Persistency, curated by Melanie Oliver, The Physics Room, Ōtautahi Christchurch