Michael Mahne Lamb

b. 1988, Aotearoa New Zealand (Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa)

EDUCATION

2022 Master of Fine Arts, University of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
2014 Bachelor of Design with Honours (Photography), Massey University

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024 Through Points, curated by Stephen Cleland, Te Wai Ngutu Kākā Gallery, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
2024 Through Points, curated by Aaron Lister, City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington
2022 Prototypes, Bartley & Company Art, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington
2019 Courting Frustration, Precinct 35, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023 Community, Envy6011, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington
2023 With No End In Mind, These Days, Los Angeles
2022 Mā Wai Rā: New Māori Photobooks, co-curated with Tessa Williams, Photospace Gallery, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington
2022 Notes From a Detour, Joseloff Gallery, Hartford, CT
2020 Short Memory, two-person exhibition with Hamish Coleman, Bartley & Company Art, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

PUBLICATIONS

2020 Field Studies #9, Bad News Books. Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington
2018 Complements, Bad News Books. Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

GROUP PUBLICATIONS

2021 UNKNOWN OUTCOME/OUTCOME UNKNOWN, University of Hartford MFA Photography. Hartford, CT

AWARDS AND GRANTS

2022 Fred Wilson Installation Award
2021 University of Hartford Merit Scholarship
2020 University of Hartford Merit Scholarship
2018 RT Nelson Emerging Artist Award
2018 Finalist, NZ Photobook of the Year Award

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Wellington City Council Collection, Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Wellington

LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS

2024 Artist Talk, Massey University Toi Rauwhārangi, Wellington
2023 Critique Guest and Presentation, Massey University Toi Rauwhārangi, Wellington
2022 Workshop, MFA Massey University Toi Rauwhārangi, Wellington

SELECTED PRESS AND INTERVIEWS

2024 Hurrell, John, ‘Optical & Spatial Ambiguities Galore’, EyeContact, 8 October
2024 Sleigh, Thomasin, ‘Photography creeps out of the frame’, The Dominion Post, 10 February
2023 Culy, Harry, ‘Michael Mahne Lamb in conversation’, PhotoForum