Michael Mahne Lamb (b. 1988, Aotearoa) is an artist currently living and working in Te Whanganui-a-Tara. He holds a Bachelor of Design (Honours) from Massey University and is currently pursuing an MFA in photography at the University of Hartford. His first book Complements, published by Bad News Books in 2018, is an exploration of visual thinking. In particular, how images can stimulate the mind through the activation of amodal perception. Lamb's 2019 exhibition Courting Frustration, built upon the language of Complements, and asked the question 'can a photograph look at us?'.

Contact

studio@michaelmahnelamb.com

︎ @michaelmahnelamb

Education

Master of Fine Arts candidate, University of Hartford, CT, USA, anticipated completion 2022
Bachelor of Design (Photography) with Honours, Massey University, Wellington, NZ, 2014

Awards

University of Hartford, Merit Scholarship, 2020
RT Nelson Emerging Artists Award, 2018
The People's Choice Award, NZ Art Show, finalist, 2018
NZ Photobook of the Year Award, finalist, 2018

Publications

Field Studies #9
Bad News Books. New Zealand, 2020
24 pages, 20 black and white plates, 135 × 195 mm
Edition of 100

Complements
Bad News Books. New Zealand, 2018
72 pages, 66 colour plates, 200 × 280 mm
Edition of 50, NZ Photobook of the Year finalist

Exhibitions

Short Memory (Group)
19 August – 12 September 2020
Bartley + Company
Wellington, New Zealand

Courting Frustration
13 June – 7 July 2019
Precinct 35
Wellington, New Zealand

NZ Art Show (Group)
June 2019
TSB Bank Arena
Wellington, New Zealand

Emergent, NZ Art Show (Group)
June 2018
TSB Bank Arena
Wellington, New Zealand

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