studio catherine griffiths


 

 

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03 other in(ter)ventions



TypeSHED11
an international typography symposium, Wellington, NZ

typ gr ph c
a series of compact workshops, Karekare, NZ



installations, exhibitions

Catherine Griffiths: Out of Line
Griffith University Art Museum, Meanjin Brisbane, Australia
24 February — 16 May 2026

Catherine Griffiths: Walk With Me
Te Wai Ngutu Kākā Gallery, Auckland University of Technology, Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa NZ
30 July — 24 October 2025

Catherine Griffiths: Out of Line
The Design Gallery, University of Melbourne, Naarm, Australia
19 May — 27 June 2025

Iterations/Alterations
Enjoy Contemporary Art Space, Chapter 1, Aotearoa NZ
15 February — 29 March 2025 [extended to Chapter 2]

What is my threshold now?
Manifesto vs Manifest, PLATES #1, 2024, New York, USA

7/7, 14 views
Te Tuhi Project Wall, Aotearoa NZ
20 August – 22 October 2023

Self-preservation
Offering It Up, Adam Art Gallery, Aotearoa NZ
24 August — 29 October 2023

The Phone Book: Club de Conversation (2012): deconstructed (2019), suspended (2022)
Counterparts // Part one: Where To From Here?, No Vacancy, Naarm Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
12 – 31 July 2022

catherine griffiths : SOLO IN [ ] SPACE
The Space Gallery, Shanghai, CHINA
13 October – 1 December 2019

Work/Space
Shanghai Art and Design Exhibition, CHINA
3 – 13 December 2017

A whakapapa, two lines of women, an installation drawing
All Lines Converge, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery Aotearoa NZ
2016

Installation with mirror and line
transitionalfieldwork, an exhibition, Aotearoa NZ
2016

only U know ...
collaboration, Lela Jacobs AW17 Auckland, and SS17 Paris collection, Aotearoa NZ + FR

Constructed/Projected
installation, Typojanchi 2015, 4th International Typography Biennale, Seoul, KR
November 2015

The Tuwhare Poster Project
fund-raiser for the Hone Tuwhare Trust Writers Residency, Aotearoa NZ
2014

memento :: motif
Proyecto de Arte Contemporáneo Alzheimer, Valparaíso, Chile
23 September — 23 August 2012

The Phone Book
a maquette, for the Club de Conversation project, Aotearoa NZ
2012

Club de Conversation at S/F with Dino Chai, Auckland, Aotearoa NZ
14 July – 18 August 2012

Club de Conversation: Keyhole Series and Dials
rug series, Dilana Workshop, Aotearoa NZ
June — July 2012

Sound Tracks
installation, The Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt, Aotearoa NZ
2011

The Jets
short film, Paris, France
2010

 


posters, protest, statements

SHREDDED
[LUXON QUOTES] RUBBISH COLLECTION, six [type specimen] posters, 2026, Aotearoa NZ

The Best Design Awards
three [type specimen] posters, 2018, Aotearoa NZ

Labour of Love
another word-play poster, 2018, Aotearoa NZ

W in black
drawings in progress, 2017, Aotearoa NZ/FR

The Alphabet
front page takeover of the Sentinel & Enterprise newspaper for 26 days, Fitchburg, USA

The Brexit Series
a word-play [type specimen] poster series in response to Brexit, Aotearoa NZ

Raising the Flag
contemplative, suggestive — design unravelled, Aotearoa NZ

Protest Vessel 1/2 PRICE
a collaboration with ceramic artist Raewyn Atkinson, Aotearoa NZ

 


Work/Space, 2017



Shanghai Art and Design Exhibition, Liu Haisu Art Museum, 3 – 13 Dec 2017

Curated by Rong Chen (Associate Professor of Shanghai Institute of Visual Art, a leading Chineses type and graphic designer, curator) and Yibing Xu (Associate Professor of Shanghai Institute of Visual Art, a leading motion graphic designer, and design curator), the Shanghai Art & Design Exhibition 2017 is a festival-based exhibition supported by Shanghai Institute of Visual Art, University of the Arts London, Musashino Art University, Prohelvetia, and D&AD Awards.

Exhibitions included Global Visual Art & Design 15 (which I was part of), Mitsuo Katsui’s Visual Arts, Moving Poster Design & Arts, D&AD Best Work of 2017, Design Forum & Speech, and Design Retrospective Show of Shanghai Institute of Visual Art.

The exhibition was open to the public at Liu Haisu Art Museum, one of the leading art museums and multi-functional institutions in Shanghai.

 

Organizer:
Committee of Shanghai Art & Design Exhibition; Shanghai Institute of Visual Art; Liu Haisu Art Museum

Members of Committee:
Tong ZHANG, Gang ZHU, Ping YE, Naishu SUN, Xijia FAN,
Rong CHEN, Yibin XU, Shaojun ZHANG

Academic Adviser:
Mitsuo Katsui (Japan), David Robert (UK), Ming WANG,
Xiangyang LI, Jieming HU

Curatorial Team:
Curators: Yibing XU, Rong CHENG
Secretariat: Jing AI, Yiliao ZOU, Feng DING, Peng SUN
Guidance: Shanghai Creative Design Professional Association
Organizer: Visual and Information Design Department, Shanghai Institute of Visual Art

Supporters: Pro Helvetia; Seoul Institute of The Arts; Musashino Art University; Chelsea College of Arts; University of the Arts London Design School; Southeast University; School of Art and Design, Shanghai Institute of Technology; D&AD Global Association for Creative Advertising & Design Awards

Visual Design: UXU/DESIGN


related links

Liu Haisu Art Museum




 

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