Michael Reed
Edition 1/5 & 2/5 available
Looking Back, Looking Forward, is held in the Coin and Medal collection of the British Museum.
It was first exhibited in my solo show, Business as Usual, at the McDougall Contemporary Art Annex, the predecessor to Christchurch Art Gallery, in 2000 and at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery, in 2001.
In 2001 it was selected for the 4th New Zealand Jewellery Biennale, grammar: subjects and objects Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt, 2001, a show that then toured nationally.
In 2010 it was included in Printmakers Go to War, McCabe Library, Swarthmore College, Philadelphia, USA. This was an anti war exhibition and part of Philagraphica, an international print event held in many venues around Philadelphia, USA.
In 2011 it was part of Collateral, Printmaking as Social Commentary curated by Elizabeth Rankin, AU. A group show with a printmaking focus, it included Daniel Heyman, USA, Michael Reed, NZ, Sandra Thomson, NZ & Diane Victor, South Africa, and was held at the Gus Fisher Gallery, University of Auckland, Auckland, NZ.
2014 - 2017 Giving Voice/The Art of Dissent, an ethnically diverse group show curated by Yvonne Rees Pagh opened at the Long Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart, Australia. From there it travelled to galleries in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia, before returning to Devonport Regional Gallery, Tasmania, Australia.
In 2016 it was included in Medals of War, Protest and Peace: The New Approach, at the Contemporary Medallic Art Research Centre, Medialia Gallery, New York, USA.