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Lee Harper BCA (Hons.), Dip. Art, Craft & Design

B: Melbourne, Australia

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Bachelor of Contemporary Arts (First Class Honors), SVPA, University of Tasmania, 2011

Bachelor of Contemporary Arts -Visual Arts, SVPA, University of Tasmania, 2011

Diploma Art, Craft & Design, 2009

New Zealand Certificate IV in Creativity, 2017

Certificate IV Visual Arts and Contemporary Craft, < 2009

Certificate IV Arts Administration, < 2009

Certificate IV Business Administration (Community Engagement), < 2009​​​​

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Winner - Best Contemporary Quilt, Great New Zealand Quilt Show (Aotearoa Quilters), May 2025

Winner - #QUILT - Best in Show, Juried, Christchurch Quilters, Arts Centre, Christchurch, August 2019

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Finalist - Changing Threads Awards 2022, Arts Council Nelson, The Refinery, New Zealand, March 2022

Finalist - ZONTA Ashburton Female Art Award 2021, Ashburton Gallery, New Zealand, March 2021

Finalist - ZONTA Ashburton Female Art Award 2020, Ashburton Gallery, New Zealand, March 2020

Finalist - ZONTA Ashburton Female Art Award 2019, Ashburton Gallery, New Zealand, March 2019

Finalist - Changing Threads Awards 2019, Arts Council Nelson, The Refinery, New Zealand, March 2019

Finalist - Material Girl, Regional Arts Tasmania, Moonah Arts Centre, June 2012

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​​​​​​Solo Exhibitions

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A Seamstress of Sorts, August 2018, Art Box, Christchurch Central, New Zealand

Slumber, Ten Days Window Experiment, Hobart, Tasmania, January 2015

Spinous Process - Mils Gallery, Sydney, August 2014

Spinous Process - Blindside Gallery, Melbourne, June 2014

...and the sorrow - Sawtooth ARI, Launceston, December 2013

...and the sorrow - 146 Gallery, Arts Tasmania. Hobart, October 2013 

Somoar - M16 ARI Canberra, March-April 2013

Spinous Process - Sawtooth ARI, Launceston, Tasmania, November 2012

Somoar - Objects Of Memory, Side Space Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania, 2012

Under - Grad, Power House Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania, 2011

The Redundant Art Exhibition - UTAS SVPA Gallery A, Launceston, Tasmania, 2007​​​

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​​​Group Exhibitions

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`Let there be spaces in your togetherness' Kahlil Gibran. The Art Associates Aotearoa, Chambers Art Gallery, 

19th Nov 2025 - 13th Dec 2025

Lee Harper, Susanne van Tuinen, Peter Gibson, Chambers Art Gallery, 29th January 2025 - 22nd February 2025.

Percipience, The Associates, Chambers Art Gallery, Christchurch NZ, May 2024

Lyrical, The Associates, Chambers Art Gallery, Christchurch NZ, May 2023

Place,  The Associates, Art on the Quay, Kaiapoi, NZ, 6- 13 July 2022.

Related to and arising from..., The Associates, The Columbo, Christchurch NZ, 10 Nov. - 5 Dec. 2021

A stone to strike and a rock to stumble over, The Associates, Ashburton Gallery, 18 April-18 June 2021

Associated-Center of Contemporary Art CoCA, Christchurch, December through January 2019

​CAT Members Exhibition, CAT Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania, December 2018

Ka Awatea - the time of awakening, Lyttelton, Christchurch, September through December 2018

CAT Members Exhibition, CAT Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania, December 2017

PSUSI Demolition Exhibition, Christchurch, NZ, November 13th & 18th, 2017

CAT Members Exhibition, CAT Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania, December 2016

Skulltopia- Christchurch, New Zealand, 12-14 August 2016

Sawtooth Members Exhibition, Launceston, Tasmania, 2015

... StrANGE BEDfeLLOWs..... Project Lyttelton, In The Body Festival-Christchurch

11th October 2015, St Saviors at Holy Trinity Church, Lyttelton, New Zealand

CAST Members Exhibition, CAST Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania, December 2015

Sawtooth Members Exhibition 2014

CAST Members Exhibition, CAST Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania, December 2014

Sawtooth Members Exhibition 2013

CAST Members Exhibition, CAST Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania, December 2013

Come to Life, Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery & CAST Gallery, Launceston July 2012- Feb. 2013

CAST Members Exhibition, CAST Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania, December 2012

Establishment, CAST Gallery Hobart, July 2012

Material Girl, Regional Arts Tasmania, Moonah Arts Centre, June 2012

CAST Members Exhibition, CAST Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania, December 2011

Out of Hand, Stitching and Beyond, Rosny Barn, Hobart, December 2011

LOCO, UTAS SVPA Graduate Show, Launceston, December 2011

Stitched Science, London Science Museum, Stitchit London, England, June 2011

Stitching & Beyond, Wooden Boat Festival, Hobart, Tasmania, February 2011

Best of the SVPA Summer School, UTAS SVPA, Summer School, Launceston, January 2011

The F Word, Stitching and Beyond, Regional Arts Tasmania, Touring 2010 & 2011

CAST Members Exhibition, CAST Gallery, December, Hobart, Tasmania, December 2010

Make Me a Sandwich, UTAS SVPA Grad. Show, UTAS Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania, December 2010

From the Heart to the Jewel,  Junction 2010, Australian Regional Arts Conference, Tasmania, 2010

Who am I?, London Science Museum, Stitchit London, England, June 2010

In-Style, Contemporary Textile Artists UTAS, SVPA, Launceston, February 2010

CAST Members Exhibition, CAST Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania, December 2009

TAFE Tasmania, Student Show, SVPA Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania, 2007 & 2008

Pivotal Moments, Drysdale House, Launceston, Tasmania, 2007

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​​​Publications​

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Changing Threads - Contemporary Fibre Art Awards 2022, Refinery ArtSpace, Nelson New Zealand 2022

The Associates- A stone to strike and a rock to stumble over, Ashburton Gallery,  New Zealand 2021

ZONTA Ashburton Female Art Award 2021, Ashburton Gallery, New Zealand. March 2021

ZONTA Ashburton Female Art Award 2020, Ashburton Gallery, New Zealand. March 2020

Changing Threads - Contemporary Fibre Art Awards 2019, Refinery ArtSpace, Nelson, New Zealand 2019

Associated, Centre of Contemporary Art, 2018.Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 978-0-473-46645-9

International Arrivals, Thorne, N. 2018. Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 978-0-473-45657-3

Gallery Ten Window Experiment, Ten Days on The Island, 2015, Hobart, Tasmania.

Spinous Process, Bourke E & Deeth J, Harper L, 2013, Launceston, Tasmania​​​​​

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​Collections

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 'Joy' - Community Quilt, Emergency Department, Health New Zealand – Te Whatu Ora Christchurch, 2024

'Beyond Blue' - Community Quilt, Launceston City Council, Tasmania, Australia, December 2014

 

Private works - 2008-2024

Public - Launceston General Hospital, DHHS Launceston, Tasmania

 

Donations of Works 

2013       Sawtooth ARI, Launceston, TAS  

2013       Launceston City Council Cancer Council

2012       Sawtooth ARI, Launceston, TAS                                 

2012       In-Flight ARI, Hobart, TAS.

2011        Arts Alive/Sawtooth ARI, Launceston, TAS.                    

2010       Enchanted Makeovers- Recipes of Hope, Kansas City, USA.                              

2008      Prudence Mapplethorpe Pink Project Auction, AUS.                             

 

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