Painter and printmaker Stanley Palmer is well known for his depictions of a rugged New Zealand landscape. Often featuring the coastline or off-shore islands, Palmer’s distinctive prints are produced through a combination of bamboo engraving and lithography. His early prints feature a signature fractured picture plane – a characteristic of working with bamboo.
The artist has been exhibiting since 1958 and has exhibited widely in New Zealand and internationally.
In 2009 the book ‘East: Stanley Palmer’ was published by Craig Potton Publishing featuring a selection of works spanning four decades.
Stanley Palmer’s works feature in a number of collections including: Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand, The University of Auckland, City Art Gallery, Auckland, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth and the Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch.
Biography
Education
Born 1936, Turua, Thames
1958, Attended Auckland Teacher’s College, NZ
1959, Specialist Art Training, Dunedin Teachers College, NZ
Lives and works in Auckland, NZ
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
2008
Chathams paintings, Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland, NZ
Akeake paintings, Janne Land Gallery, Wellington, NZ
Chathams Eastward, paintings, Salamander Gallery, NZ
2010
New prints and paintings, Milford Gallery, Queenstown, NZ
2012
Rags and Shreds, Melanie Roger Gallery, Auckland, NZ
2013
Prints and Paintings, Milford Gallery, Queenstown, NZ
Other Islands, Solander Gallery, Wellington, NZ
2015
Return-Otago Peninsula, Melanie Roger Gallery, Auckland, NZ
2015
Gallipoli, Melanie Roger Gallery, Auckland, NZ
Gallipoli Rembered, Solander Gallery, Wellington, NZ
2016
Chart Of the Far North, Melanie Roger Gallery, Auckland, NZ
Shall be my brother-Gallipoli Remembered, Millenium Public Art Gallery, Blenheim, NZ
2017
Printmaking, Melanie Roger Gallery, Auckland, NZ
2018
Chart Of Aotearoa, Melanie Roger Gallery, Auckland, NZ
Chart Of Aotearoa, Solander Gallery, Wellington, NZ
2019
Chart of Aotearoa: Part II, Melanie Roger Gallery, Auckland, NZ
Study for Chart of Aotearoa: Part II, Solander Gallery, Wellington, NZ
2021
Chart of Aotearoa III, Melanie Roger Gallery, Auckland
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
2021
Matiu Somes: The Next Chaper, Artist Residency Project, Solander Gallery, Wellington, NZ
2013
Stanley Palmer/Layla Walter, Melanie Roger Gallery, Auckland, NZ
2015
Your Friend, the Enemy, Anzac Touring Exhibition, Ilery, Australia
Summer, Melanie Roger Gallery, Auckland, NZ
The Royal Queenstown Easter Show, Milford Galleries, Queenstown,
2016-2017
The Earl Street Journal, Milford Galleries, Queenstown, NZ
2017-2018
Glimpse Panorama: Landscape Aspects in Contemporary NZ Art, The CentralArt Gallery, Christchurch, NZ
2018-2019
Stanley Palmer and Company, The Central Art Gallery, Christchurch, NZStaging Post: Landscape & Sculpture, Milford Galleries, Queenstown, NZ
2019
New Works Show, The Central Art Gallery, Christchurch, NZSummer, Melanie Rogers Gallery, Auckland, NZ
2021
Mark Mitchell & Stanley Palmer, The Central Art Gallery, Christchurch, NZ
