Greg Yee
Biography
Greg Yee was born in Oamaru in 1965. A second generation Chinese-New Zealander, his great grandfather moved to New Zealand from Taishan, China in 1920. After spending his childhood years in Oamaru, Greg moved to Christchurch where he is currently based in Lyttelton.
In 2008 Greg Yee completed a Bachelor of Design, majoring in sculpture, at Ara Institute of Technology. His work “China Cityscape”, shown in his graduate exhibition, received the Mortlock McCormack Art Award. In 2011 he furthered his studies at the University of Canterbury and was awarded a Bachelor of Fine Arts with First Class Honours. Most recently in 2017, he was awarded a Master of Fine Arts with Distinction from Canterbury University.
Exhibitions
Shared Lines, Birdo Flugas Gallery, Sendai, Japan, 2020
Wallace Art Award, Salon des Refuses, Pah Homestead, October, 2019
Parkin Drawing Prize, Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington, September, 2019
New Year, New Beginning, Tacit Gallery, Hamilton, February, 2019
Pick, NZ artbroker, Christchurch, December, 2018
Celestials, NEXT Gallery, Christchurch, August 2017
Fata Morgana, Art Box, Christchurch, May 2016
Wood stack, Sculpture on the Peninsula, Christchurch, November 2015
Signing, Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington, 2014
Lean to (revised), Sculpture on the Peninsula, Christchurch, 2013
Scattershot, Julia Holden’s Studio, Christchurch, November 2013
Reconstructions, Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington, April 2013
Lost Souls, City Art, Christchurch, December 2012
Gild Hall Album, City Art, Christchurch, September 2012
Christchurch Art Exchange Show, Sendai, Japan, June 2012
Chinese Laundry, The National, Christchurch, June 2012
Gum Saan (Gold Mountain), Sculpture on the Peninsula, Christchurch, November 2011
Self, SoFA Gallery, Christchurch 2011
Heavy Pattern, SoFA Gallery, Christchurch 2011
Bicultural Foundations, Casting Room, Christchurch 2011
Assemble, Little River Gallery, Christchurch, May 2011
Lean-to, The National, Christchurch, August 2010
Mortlock McCormack Law Award Retrospective, COCA, Christchurch, August 2010
Mirror Mirror, Quiqcorp, Christchurch, March 2010
Basement revisited, NG Gallery, November 2008
Ripe, Christchurch Convention Centre, November 2008
Basement, NG Gallery, Christchurch, July 2008
Awards
Ethel Susan Jones Fine Arts Travelling Scholarship, Canterbury University, 2020
Finalist, Wallace Art Award, 2019
Finalist, Parkin Drawing Prize, 2019
Winner, Mortlock and McCormack Art Award, 2008
Mortlock and McCormack Art Award, 2008
Qualifications
2017: Master of Fine Arts – Distinction
University of Canterbury
2011: Bachelor of Fine Arts – First Class Honours
University of Canterbury
2008: Bachelor of Design – Visual Arts
Ara Institute of Canterbury