Chrissie Calvert is a New Zealand based Artist
Calvert uses her knowledge of house paints and commercial coatings to test their material limits, while problem solving surface and aestheticising unconventional application with the trending colours found in paint recycling bins.
Paint recycling bins provide an accurate representation of current colour trends, and commercial colour labelling provide the context needed to determine which areas where painted the colours and when.
Her knowledge of how house paints 'work', provide her the ability to deliberately apply the materials in a way they were not intended. This is part of her investigation into what constitutes a paint failure or success.
Her works test the materials’ affordances and perceived value while also investigating current colour trends.
Chrissie Calvert, Biscotti Baking Trays 1-4. Super Gloss Enamel Black, Paua Low Sheen, Biscotti Low Sheen Topped with Alabaster Ceiling Flat on a cooling rack.
Education
2022-2023
MFA Whitecliffe College of Art and Design
2019-2021
BFA Whitecliffe College of Art and Design
Exhibitions
2023 MFA end of year show, Whiteliffe Gallery, Auckland
2022 MFA end of year show, Whiteliffe Gallery, Auckland
2022 Everything-In-Between
The Tuesday Club, Auckland
2021 BFA end of year show
Whitecliffe Gallery, Auckland
2021 Juice Box
With Toni Mckeon, Shamus Sargent and Lamatul Firdus
Form Gallery, Auckland
2021 BFA mid year show
Whitecliffe Gallery, Auckland