Dita Angeles
Curriculum vitae:
(b.1982, New Zealand) Dita Angeles comes from a strong background in portraiture which evolved over the years into an existential examination of social presentation. She specialises in conceptual photorealist oil paintings and especially likes to use themes centred around behaviour, ego, identity, and anonymity.
Angeles has been a professional artist since 2002. She has a BFA from Whitecliffe College 2004, and spent most of her career living in various places around Asia Pacific before returning to New Zealand in 2023.
EDUCATION:
2004, BFA - Painting, Whitecliffe College of Arts & Design, Auckland, NZ.
AWARDS:
2024, [Highly Commended] Stuff Art Aotearoa Gold Award. The Auckland Art Show, NZ.
2024, [Finalist] Lethbridge 20000. Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, Australia.
2024, [Finalist] The Adam Portraiture Award. New Zealand Portrait Gallery, Wellington, NZ.
2023, [Recipient] 2023 New Emergence Art Award. UK.
2023, [People's Choice Award + Merit Award] NZ Fellowship of Artists 2023 Art Award, Gifford Gallery, Auckland, NZ.
2022, [Finalist] Clayton Utz Art Award. Clayton Utz, Brisbane, Australia.
2022, [Highly Commended] Lethbridge 20000. Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, Australia.
2021, [Finalist] Brisbane Portrait Prize Salon des Refusés. Petrie Terrace Gallery, Brisbane, Australia.
2021, [Highly Commended] Lethbridge 20000. Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, Australia.
2021, [Finalist] Clayton Utz Art Award. Clayton Utz Office, Brisbane, Australia.
2020, [Finalist] Brisbane Portrait Prize. Brisbane Powerhouse, Brisbane, Australia.
2020, [Finalist] Queensland Figurative. Petrie Terrace Gallery, Brisbane, Australia.
2003, [Recipient] Studio Art Supplies 3rd Year Painting Prize, Whitecliffe College of Arts & Design, Auckland, NZ.
EXHIBITIONS:
17 - 19 October, 2025, Queenstown Art Show, Te Pūāhuru, Frankton, NZ.
15 - 21 September, 2025, Art in the Park, Eden Park, Auckland, NZ.
27 - 29 June, 2025, Auckland Art Show, Viaduct Event Centre, Auckland, NZ.
23 - 19 June, 2025, Creative Matters Group Show, Kumeū Arts, Tāmaki Makaura, NZ.
25 - 27 April, 2025, Christchurch Art Show, Te Pae, Christchurch, NZ.
May 2025, Compositions of Identity, Boyd-Dunlop Gallery, Napier, NZ.
15 March, 2025, Artists in Eden Day, Mt Eden Village Centre, Auckland, NZ.
28 Feb - 2 March, 2025, Wellington Art Show, Tākina Event Centre, Wellington, NZ.
20 Feb - 13 April 2025, The Adam Portraiture Award, Arts House Trust Pah Homestead, Auckland, NZ.
10 December 2024, Anniversary Show, Boyd-Dunlop Gallery, Napier, NZ.
23 November 2024, Artists in Eden, Mt. Eden Village Centre, Auckland, NZ.
3 - 14 September 2024, (Solo) #Iconograph, The Grey Place, Auckland, NZ.
30 August - 13 October, 2024, The Adam Portraiture Award, Percy Thomson Gallery, Stratford, NZ.
2024, The Auckland Art Show Viaduct Events Centre, Auckland, NZ.
2024, Lethbridge 20000. Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, Australia.
2024, Small Works Art Prize. Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, Australia.
2024, The Adam Portraiture Award, New Zealand Portrait Gallery, Wellington, NZ.
2024, (Solo) #Iconograph, Studio One, Auckland, NZ.
2024, Artists in Eden, Mt. Eden Village Centre, Auckland, NZ.
2023, Waitakere Arts Trust 36th Art Award, Corban Estate Art Centre, Auckland, NZ.
2023, New Zealand Fellowship of Artists 2023 Art Award, Gifford Gallery, Auckland, NZ.
2022, Clayton Utz Art Award. Clayton Utz, Brisbane, Australia.
2022, Lethbridge 20000. Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, Australia.
2022, Small Works Art Prize. Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, Australia.
2021, Brisbane Portrait Prize Salon des Refusés. Petrie Terrace Gallery, Brisbane, Australia.
2021, Clayton Utz Art Award. Clayton Utz Office, Brisbane, Australia.
2021, Fifty Squared. Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, Australia.
2021, Lethbridge 20000. Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, Australia.
2020, Brisbane Portrait Prize. Brisbane Powerhouse, Brisbane, Australia.
2020, Queensland Figurative. Petrie Terrace Gallery, Brisbane, Australia.
2019, (Solo) Me & my Little Friends, Bloodhound Bar, Brisbane, Australia.
2019, (Solo) The Works of Dita Angeles, Living Room Seoul, Seoul, Korea.
2017, (Solo) Danjelita the Portraitist, Chez Raymond de Paris, Sai Kung, Hong Kong.
2014, (Solo) A Case of Broken Mould Syndrome, Corban Estate Art Centre, Auckland, NZ.
2011, Il Mercante di Sogni, Primo Piano Living Gallery, Lecce, Italy.
2010, (Solo) Others & Sisters, Gyoha Art Centre, Paju, South Korea.
2010, (Solo) Prohibition, Berlin Lounge, Seoul, South Korea.
2010, Blooming Itaewon, Gallery Through, Seoul, South Korea.
2009, Daegu International Art Fair, Gallery Em, Daegu, South Korea.
2006, (Solo) Self Connoisseur, Disrupt Gallery, Auckland, NZ.
2006, (Solo) Egoschism, McPherson Gallery, Auckland, NZ.
2005, 100x100 200x200, McPherson Gallery, Auckland, NZ.
2004, (Solo) Paintings for the Television, Randolph Street Gallery, Auckland, NZ.
2004, (Solo) Conversation Piece, Ardor Gallery of Contemporary Art, Auckland, NZ.
PUBLICATIONS:
2024. Dita Angeles - #iconograph - 03/09/2024 by Sait Akkirman, Artsdiary.
2024. Creative Matters with Dita Angeles Episode 139 by Mandy Jakich, Creative Matters podcast.
2024. Chris Knox: Baby You’re a Rich Man by Graham Reid, June 1, Elsewhere Magazine.
2024. Lowdown: Shining Lights Of Success by the Editor, April 18 The Big Idea.
2023. Noir By SU4IP, pg.44-45.
2023. New Zealand Fellowship Art Awards 2023 By Jane Heim, Sept-Oct 2003, pg.1, & 4, Artsletter.
2023. Artist Feature, Issue #10, pg. 93, Artistcloseup Magazine.
2023. Dita Angeles Interview by Adelé Kotzé, Artistcloseup Blog.
2023. Dita Angeles: #Iconograph by Richard Bright Interalia Magazine.
2022. #Iconograph Art Book by Dita Angeles.
2021. A World of One's Own by Erin Irwin. Issue 30, pg. 92-95, Art Edit Magazine.
2010. Featured Artist, Artist a Day.
COLLECTIONS:
Various Private Collections in: Hong Kong, South Korea, France, USA, UK, Canada, Australia, French Polynesia, and New Zealand.
TIMELINE:
1982 Born, New Zealand
2002 Became a professional painter
2004 Graduation, BFA, Painting
2006 Moved to Seoul, Korea
2012 Learnt Photography
2014 Expanded into text & illustration
2015 Moved to Hong Kong, China
2018 Disabled after corrective surgery
2019 Moved to Brisbane, Australia
2021 Further corrective surgery - titanium leg
2022 "Pacific Adventure"
2023 Return to Auckland, New Zealand