(b. 1977, b. 1975)
Since 2000, Hannah and Aaron Beehre have collaborated on artistic projects for exhibitions and festivals throughout New Zealand and overseas, combining Hannah’s fine arts training with Aaron’s background in commercial design. Hannah gained her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Canterbury in 2000 and received the Olivia Spencer Bower Trust Award in 2004. Aaron lectures in design at the University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts. Recent projects include SF.11.05 at SOFA Gallery, Christchurch in 2005.
Essays, Articles and Reviews
- Su Ballard, ‘Distraction and Feedback: Sound, Noise and Movement in Aotearoa, New Zealand’, Mesh 19, www.experimenta.org.
- Margaret Duncan, ‘Originality to the Fore’, The Press, 8 June 2005, p. D2.
- —, ‘Christchurch’, Art New Zealand 105, Summer 2002/3, pp. 50–51.
- Robyn Peers, ‘Crisp, Neat, Geometric: Paintings by Hannah and Aaron Beehre at the Jonathan Smart Gallery’, The Press, 21 August 2002, p. C3.
- Jamie Richardson, SF.11.05, SOFA 33, University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts Gallery, The Arts Centre, 2005.
- Andrew Paul Wood, Populuxe, Jonathan Smart Gallery, 2005, unpaginated.
