Ella Sutherland is a New Zealand artist currently based in Sydney.

Her work involves the analysis and activation of complex systems of reading and navigation within both the built environment and print media. She explores the interpretive devices of gesture and narrative with a view to displacing habitual ways of understanding language, space and information.

2019     Objectspace, Auckland : Recto Verso
2019     Ilam Campus Gallery, Christchurch : Carte Blanche
2018     Enjoy Public Art Gallery, Wellington : Margins & Satellites
2016     The Dowse Art Museum, Wellington : Slow seeing and attention to make
2015     North Projects, Christchurch : Boring month start to finish
2014     ST Paul St Gallery, Auckland : The Right Here and the Moving
2014     Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin : The Comedy Loop
2013     The Physics Room, Christchurch : An Unbearded Athletic Youth
2013     SoFA Gallery, Christchurch : Madness in the Crowd

2015     Rockies, Auckland : DEKA (with Imogen Taylor)
2015     Ramp Gallery, Hamilton : Speaking Places: How to work (with Matthew Galloway)
2015     TCB, Melbourne : Princess x sleeping muse (with Dawn)
2014     Fuzzyvibes, Auckland : One hot line spinning through time (with Dawn)
2014     Window, Auckland : Doghaus (with Dog Park)
2013     Split/fountain, Auckland : Seeing Which Way The Wind Blows (with Matthew Galloway)
2012     Dog Park, Christchurch : This That (with Dave Marshall)

2019     Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne : Bookworks
2019     Ramp Gallery, Hamilton : Present Tense : Wāhine Toi Aotearoa
2018     12th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju: Imagined Borders
2016     Objectspace, Auckland : Beauty is in the Street
2015     RM, Auckland : International Artist Initiated
2013     Slopes, Melbourne : The Knock-off Show
2012     Artspace, Auckland : New Artists Show
2012     The Physics Room, Christchurch : Happiness Sprinkle
2011     ABC, Christchurch : Feeding Time

2018     Enjoy Public Art Gallery, Wellington : Margins & Satellites
2017     Enjoy Public Art Gallery, Wellington : Look Out, Fred!
2016     Biennale of Sydney, Sydney : with a body always but but still drying
2016     North Projects, Christchurch : Pale Like a Fish
2015     Ramp Gallery, Hamilton : Speaking Places: Hamilton 2015
2013     split/fountain, Auckland : SF Leisure Time Volcano
2012     Artspace, Auckland : Popular Brands to Steal

2016     Assay / Essay : Feel Good Success in the Transitional City
2015     Speaking Places: Hamilton 2015 : In a Riot of Bubbles
2014     UN magazine 8.2 : Bomber Jacket for Marilyn Waring: Glossary terms A and C
2013     Work Book : Building with the ghost bitch
2012     Points of Departure : For Christchurch, with love

2013     Master of Fine Arts with Distinction, University of Canterbury
2011     Bachelor of Fine Arts with First Class Honours, University of Canterbury
2010     Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Canterbury

2017     Finalist, John Fries Award, Sydney
2017     Finalist, Redlands Konica Minolta Art Prize, Sydney
2016     Merit Award, National Contemporary Art Award, Hamilton

2020     Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris : Art Gallery of New South Wales’ Moya Dyring Memorial Studio
2018     Banff Centre, Banff : The Evolving Book Residency
2018     Enjoy Public Art Gallery, Wellington : Summer Resident

2019     Sophie Davis, ‘Collating language: typographic fragments and Ella Sutherland’s Carte Blanche,‘ Ilam Campus Gallery, Exhibition Essay
2018     Owen Connors, ‘the life of az,‘ Enjoy Public Art Gallery, Exhibition Essay
2018     Kirsty Baker, ‘Shaped by hands and words: queer publishing, a visual gesture,‘ Art and Australia, Review
2018     Jane Wallace, ‘Words Cut Loose,’ Sailent, Review
2015     Kim Paton, ‘Speaking Places,’ Speaking Places: How to Work, Exhibition Essay
2015     Keir Leslie, ‘Pondering the Puzzles Page,’ EyeContact, Review
2013     Keir Leslie, ‘Thinking about the Ancient Greeks,’ EyeContact, Review
2012     Mark Harvey, ‘Part 1 of Artspace’s Survey,’ EyeContact, Review
2012     Ashlin Raymond, ‘Dark Auckland Streets,’ The New Artists Show pt.1., Exhibition Essay