Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, John Pusateri moved to New Zealand in 2004 to undertake a Master of Fine Arts degree at the Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland.
John Pusateri’s, work reflects the interest he has in the culture of animal preservation, taxidermy, scientific classification, speciation and extinction. Pusateri’s aim is to re-contextualize these scientific specimens in a broad and abstract sense of place, space and time–to ‘unpack’ them in a manner so to extend and shift their reading and meaning.
In 2008 John founded Auckland Print Studio, which specialises in stone lithography, producing limited edition, fine art and architectural prints.
Biography
Education
2005
MFA (Hons), National Institute of Creative Arts and Industries, Elam School of Fine Art
2001
BFA, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Syracuse University, USA
Solo Exhibitions (selected)
2017
Nyctophobia, Brandstater Gallery, La Sierra University, California
2016
Head Trip, Corban Estate Arts Centre, Auckland, New Zealand
2015
Metamanagement, Seed Gallery, Auckland, NZ
… And Counting, Papakura Art Gallery, Papakura, NZ
2014
Silhouettes, Seed Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Phase Transition, Solander Gallery, Wellington, NZ
2013
Fallen, Bledisloe Walkway Light Boxes Exhibition, Auckland, NZ
Night, Night, Night, Day, Seed Gallery, Auckland, NZ
2012
fOWL, Seed Gallery, Auckland, NZ
2010
Skin and Bone, Seed Gallery, Auckland, NZ
Group Exhibitions (selected)
2018
Last Nights Dream, Whitespace Contemporary Art, Auckland, NZ
New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Awards, Hamilton Gardens Pavilion, Hamilton, NZ
Editions: a selection of new prints, Solander Gallery, Wellington, NZ
New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Awards, Hamilton Gardens Pavilion, Hamilton, NZ
2017
Mono: the painterly print, New Zealand Steel Gallery, Franklin Arts Centre, Auckland, NZ
2016
8 painters, Solander Gallery, Wellington, NZ
Natural Causes, Cass Gallery, Tampa, Florida, USA
2015
Resident Artists Join Exhibition, Barry Room, Taipei Artist Village, Taipei, Taiwan
Drawing is/not Building, Te Pataka Toi, Adam Art Gallery, Wellington, NZ
2014
Spine of the Land | Te Ua o Te Whenua, Papakura Art Gallery, Auckland, NZ
The Skull Show, the Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA
2013
Don’t Shoot the Messenger, Solander Gallery, Wellington, NZ
Gerald and James, hOWL collab with Lazerian, NYCxDesign New York, USA
GeraLDN, Southbank Centre, London, UK
2012
12 Days, Seed Gallery, Auckland, NZ
Public Collections
Artists Image Resource, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Auckland Art Gallery Library, Auckland, NZ
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Collection of James Wallace Arts Trust, Auckland, NZ
Edinboro University, Edinboro, Pennsylvania, USA
Interlochen Center for the Arts, Interlochen, Michigan
Lewis Tanner Moore Collection, Warrington, Pennsylvania
LaFayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, Skillman Library Special Collections
National Taiwan Normal University, National Printmaking Center, Taipei, Taiwan
Seton Hill University, Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, Bird Library Special Collections, Martin Luther King Library
Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica La Sierra University, Riverside, California
Zuckerman Museum of Art, Kennesaw State University, Georgia, Southern Graphics Council International archives
Awards (selected)
2018
Supreme Award, The New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Award
2015
Asia New Zealand Foundation: awarded on Arts Grantto Taipei Artist Village Residency
2007
Internal Research and Advanced Practice Fund, grant from Unitec New Zealand
2006
Team McMillan BMW Art Awards
Media
2016
Pricco, Evan. “John Pusateri.” Juxtapoz Wild, Gingko Press, Inc., 2016.
2015
McNamara, T.J., “Chopping up pieces of paint” The New Zealand Herald. 5 Sept. 2015
The Art Market. Denizen Magazine.Issue 15, Winter 2015, pg 68.
2013
Mullins, K., “Every Picture Tells a Story: explore the relationships between historic and contemporary artworks held in New Zealand galleries.” NZ Life & Leisure, pg 162.
