Curriculum Vitae

  • Born: 1970, Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland), Aotearoa (New Zealand)

  • Lives and works: Whakatū (Nelson), Aotearoa (New Zealand)

  • Continues Below

Larisse Hall the artist, wearing glasses, a red cardigan, and a patterned top sits on a chair in front of one of her colorful artworksbehind her.
Larisse Hall Award Winning Light Artist and Art Classes New Zealand

    • The Suter Store, The Suter Art Gallery Te Aratoi o Whakatu, Bridge Street, Nelson.

      Jewellery - silver kinetiic earrings (Balance, Harmony and Equilibrium)

    • Born: 1970, Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland), Aotearoa (New Zealand)

    • Iwi: Waikato Tainui

    • Lives and works: Whakatū (Nelson), Aotearoa (New Zealand)

  • 2022

  • 2021/22

    • Sculpture in the Gardens, Tamaki Makarau. (Auckland Botanic Gardens) Selected to exhibit.

                          'The night we met'   https://www.youtube the night we met

    2021  

    • Changing Threads Art Awards, Nelson. Shortlisted for Finalist Exhibition

      2019

    • Waiheke Small Sculpture 2019, Selected to exhibit.

    • Changing Threads Art Awards, Nelson   Selected to exhibit.

      2018

    • Waiheke Small Sculpture 2018, Selected to exhibit.

      2016

    • Parkin Drawing Award 2016, NZAFA Wellington. Selected to exhibit as one of 90 finalists

    • Molly Morpeth Canaday Art Award 2016, Selected to exhibit

    • Changing Threads Art Awards, Nelson   Selected to exhibit

      2015

    • Molly Morpeth Canaday Art Award 2015, Selected as one of 69 from 224 to exhibit. 

    • Edinburgh Realty Art Awards, Otago Art Society, Dunedin Railway Station (Selected)        

      2014

    • Molly Morpeth Canaday Art Award 2014, Selected to Exhibit.

    • Cliftons Art Exhibition / Award, Wellington, NZ. Selected as Finalist

    • Christchurch Art Show 2014 Art Award, One of 11 Finalists, ChCh

    • The Hope and Sons Art Awards. Otago Art Society, Dunedin Railway Station, Dunedin

      2013

    • City of Dunedin Art Awards, Dunedin Railway Station, Anzac Square, Dunedin 

    • Aspiring Art Prize, Holy Trinity School, Wanaka

    • ILT (Invercargill Licensing Trust) Annual Art Awards, City Gallery, 28 Don St, Invercargill

    • 15th Biennial North Otago Art Society Art Awards Exhibition, Forrester Gallery, Oamaru

      2012 

    • Aspiring Art Prize, Holy Trinity School, Wanaka
      2011        

    • City of Dunedin Art Awards, Dunedin Railway Station, Anzac Square, Dunedin

  • 2023

    • The Suter Art Gallery Te Aratoi o Whakatū, Nelson, NZ 28 June - 24 September 2023,  Contemplation Gallery, 'Yes - Let's'

      2022

    • Time is. Of the essence. The Central Art Gallery, The Arts Centre, Christchurch  23 June - 24 July 2022.   

      2021

    • Of the essence... Installation (view web link) Alcove Gallery, Hastings City Art Gallery  Te Whare Toi o Heretaunga,

      201 Eastbourne Street East, Hastings (31 July - 14 November)

    • 'Smell the roses...'  The Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts Gallery (Formerly The Calder & Lawson Gallery),

      University of Waikato Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato (13 March - 11 June)

      Curated by Sarah McClintock (The Suter Te Aratoi o Whakatu, Nelson)

      2019

    • 'Smell the roses...'  G-Space Gallery, NMIT Nelson (3 - 18 December)

      2018

    • 'Smell the roses...'  GREY SPACE, 37 Scanlan St, Grey Lynn, Auckland  https://www.thegreyplace.nz/exhibitions/smell-the-roses/

    • 'Lemonade' DEPOT ARTSPACE, Devonport, Auckland http://www.depotartspace.co.nz/event/larisse-hall-lemonade/

      2017

    • 'Innuendo... cont'd ' (NSAS) McKEE Gallery, The Suter Art Gallery, Nelson, NZ - http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/lifestyle-entertainment/89208473/Transformative-light-works-captivate

      2016

    • 'Innuendo...' STUDIO ONE TOI TU (Gallery 2), Ponsonby, Auckland, NZ. http://artsdiary.co.nz/82/2139.html

      2015  

    • 'prelude...' SALT Gallery, 27 Vanguard St, Nelson, NZ         

    • 'Whole' Wallace Gallery (East Wall, Main Gallery), Morrinsville, NZ 

    • 'together...' Artspost Gallery (Ida Carey Gallery), Waikato Museum, Hamilton, NZ  
      http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/entertainment/8934298/Exhibition-opens-at-Waikatos-Artpost-Gallery

      2011

    • 'Pulse' Salamander Art Gallery, Christchurch, NZ. UNFORTUNATELY CANCELLED DUE TO FEB 22nd 2011 EARTHQUAKE 

      2010

    • 'Life on Paper' Refinery Artspace (Outer Space), Halifax St, Nelson, NZ 

    • 'Breathe' Art @ 203, 203 Trafalgar St, Nelson, NZ 

      2009

    • 'Love' The Independent Theatre and Arts Centre, Church St, Nelson, NZ 

      2007

    • 'Kiss' Momentum Gallery, Equilibrium, Church St, Nelson, NZ

  • 2023 / 25

    • The Sculpture Park at Waitakaruru Arboretum, Cambridge, NZ (The night we met)

      2022

    • The Sculpture Park at Waitakaruru Arboretum, Cambridge, NZ   'Stories in the Landscape 2022' (Nov 22 – Feb 23)

    • Diversion Gallery, Picton (10 Sept – 15 October) 'Earth, Light' Group show

      2021

    • McKee Gallery, The Suter Art Gallery Te Aratoi o Whakatu, Nelson   

      6 - 25 July 2021   Time... Ephemeral    Installation 

    • The Central Art Gallery, The Arts Centre, Christchurch    20 May - 20 June 2021    'Hine Auaha' Group show celebrating Female Artists

    • Changing Threads, Refinery Artspace, Nelson (Selected as finalist to exhibit)

      2020/21

    • Sculpture in the Gardens, Auckland Botanic Gardens, Tamaki Makarau 'the night we met...'Water/Light/Time Installation (View youtube video)

    • The Central Art Gallery, The Arts Centre, Christchurch    26 Nov 2020 - 31 January 2021 

      2020

    • The Central Art Gallery, The Arts Centre, Christchurch    18 June - 19 July 2020      Sustaining the Local

      2019 

    • Nelson Suter Art Society Autumn Exhibition

    • Changing Threads, Refinery Artspace, Nelson (Selected as finalist to exhibit)

      2018

    • New Zealand Sculpture On Shore, Fort Takapuna, Auckland (3 - 18 November)

    • Art in a Garden, Hawerden, Christchurch

    • Light Nelson 2018 (July)  The Fantastical Tea Party‍ ‍https://thebigidea.nz/stories/mixing-professional-and-community-art-practise     & Lets Dance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o8Hao-UPE4

    • MOTAT Night Lights (‘I've got your back’ and ‘Seven Sisters’)

    • Parker Gallery, Nelson. Lumen Exhibition

    • Refinery Art Space, Nelson  ‘Expect to Reflect’                

    • Changing Threads, Refinery Art Space, Nelson

    • Atkins Gallery, Nelson ‘Essence’

      2017

    • Art of Technology, Tauranga     AOT17

    • MOTAT Night Lights (Installation)  

    • Focus on Abstract, Atkins Gallery, Nelson  https://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news/101392032/focus-on-abstract-art-at-nelsons-atkins

    • Frameworks (Invited to exhibit)     

    • NSAS Autumn Exhibition, The Suter Art Gallery, Nelson

    • Headland Pavillion, Headland Sculpture on the Gulf, Waiheke Island   http://sculptureonthegulf.co.nz/

      2016

    • Summer 'Cash 'n' Carry' Exhibition, NSAS McKEE Gallery, The Suter Art Gallery, Bridge Street, Nelson 

    • Tahunanui Beach Sculpture Walk (December '16 - Jan '17)
      New Zealand Sculpture OnShore Indoor Gallery, Devonport Auckland

    • Atelier Art Exhibition, Kristin, Auckland

    • LIGHT NELSON 2016      (5.30pm - 9.30pm, 8 - 12th July, Queens Gardens and NMIT, Nelson, New Zealand)

    • NOCTURNE - a collaborative project with artist Lori Davis celebrating NZ's Nocturnal Native's. This installation highlights the role of the 

    • Brook Waimarama Sanctuary 'fence of protection'. Involving community - art class students, school groups & the public 

      http://brooksanctuary.org/sites/default/files/newsletters/BWS%20Newsletter%20Spring%202016%20web_0.pdf​

    • 'Tribe' Woods & Co Gallery, Upper Moutere, Tasman

      2015

    • Kings College Art Fair, Auckland (Invited to exhibit wall hung light sculpture)

    • Edinburgh Realty Art Awards, Otago Art Society, Dunedin Railway Station

    • ILLUMINATE NELSON, 'Flirt' - Farmers window, opposite Starbucks, Trafalgar St, Nelson

    • Baradene Art Show, 'The Creative Altruists' The Refinery Artspace, Halifax St, Nelson 

      2014

    • NZ Sculpture On Shore, Fort Takapuna, Devonport, Auckland. 

    • Kings College Fine Art Sale, Otahuhu, Auckland. 

    • See.MeTakeover2014, Times Square, NY City     https://www.facebook.com/SeeMe/photos/a.820442821313870.1073741896.111327998892026/821924514499034/?&theater

    • Light Nelson Queens Gardens, Bridge St, Nelson

    • The Hope and Sons Art Awards. Otago Art Society, Dunedin Railway Station, Dunedin.

      2013

    • Art Takes Miami 2013, See.Me

    • 'The Story of The Creative' See // Exhibition space, 26-19 Jackson Avenue, Long Island City, New York 11101, USA 

    • The Refinery Artspace, Outer and Inner Space, Nelson.Lee Woodman and Anne Braunsteiner

    • City of Dunedin Art Awards, Dunedin Railway Station, Anzac Square, Dunedin 

      2012

    • Aspiring Art Prize, Holy Trinity School, Wanaka 

      2011

    • City of Dunedin Art Awards, Dunedin Railway Station, Anzac Square, Dunedin 

    • Regional Art Exhibition RED ART Gallery, Bridge St. Nelson

    • ILT(Invercargill Licensing Trust)Annual Art Awards, City Gallery, 28 Don St, Invercargill 

    • 15th Biennial North Otago Art Society Art Awards Exhibition, Forrester Gallery, Oamaru 

      2010

    • 'Art in a Garden' Flaxmere, 128 Westenra's Rd, Hawarden 

    • 'Stepping Out' 4 Nelson Artists Go West (Larisse Hall, Sally Reynolds, Lynette Graham & Lynn Price)Left Bank Gallery,Greymouth

      2009

    • 'Six in the City' McKee Gallery, Suter Art Gallery, Bridge St, Nelson 

      2009 – 2011

    • Art @ 203, 203 Trafalgar St, Nelson.  Co Founding Member/ Art Director/ Exhibitor, Voluntary set up & start of an art co-op including Manning of Art Gallery for one day a week, exhibition, hanging, gallery organisation and customer skills / sales, cleaning…

    • 2026 – present     Te Ramaroa (formerly Light Nelson) Board Member‍

    • 2022 – 2023          ASM (Academic Staff Member), Arts and Media Tutor (Te Pukenga NZ Institute of Skills & Technology, ‍

      formerly NMIT (Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology))‍

    • 2020 – present     Nelson Suter Art Society Life Member‍

    • 2020                       Awarded NSAS Life Member Nelson Suter Art Society (NSAS) President  Stuff.co.nz NSAS bold new show

    • 2015 – 2023           ACE (Adult Community Education) Pattern Drafting Tutor (Te Pukenga NZ Institute of Skill &

      Technology, ‍formerly NMIT (Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology)) ‍

    • 2008 – 2015          Various Tutoring Roles at The Suter Art Gallery and Impressions Art Supplies

    • 2007 – 2020          Nelson Suter Art Society (NSAS) Working Artist Member        

    • 1992: AUT (Auckland University of Technology) DAT, DA

    • 1989: BA Art History (8 papers)

    • Ronald McDonald House, Wellington, NZ. 'Optimism' 

    • MOTAT (Museum of Transport and Technology, Auckland)             'Seven Sisters' Installation

    • Talleys Art Collection (Motueka, New Zealand)                                   'Ocean'

    • Christchurch Cancer Society                                                                 ‘Time is…  a flirt’