Attended: Ohaeawai Primary School, Sacred Heart College Lower Hutt, Wellington Polytechnic, School of Design, 1963,
Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland 1964-65 and Chelsea Art School, Hammersmith, London 1978.
Public Commissions : Awards : Solo Exhibitions : Selected Exhibitions :
Selected Bibliography
2007- 2008
David Lange Memorial, Otahuhu, Auckland.
2007
Forest Echoes, Radiology Clinic, 101 Remuera Rd, Auckland
2005
Feather and Fern, Telstra Clear Pacific Events Centre,
Manukau City.
2002 - 2004
Reed Vessel, Melbourne Docklands Sculpture Competition, Docklands Park, Melbourne.
2001
Nikau Vessel, Market St. Sculpture Competition. Hastings CBD, Hawkes Bay.
2000
Five Fronds, Massey University Arts Building Atrium, Albany;
Kauri Forest Canopy and Forest Floor,The Conservatory, Botany Town Centre, East Tamaki.
1999
Aramarama Millennium Footbridge in association with City Design,Mission Bay, Auckland.
Leaf Vessel, St Cuthbert’s College, Auckland.
1998
Pacific Star, Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Centre, New Caledonia.
Tree of Life, Oncology Unit, Auckland Hospital
1997
Limpet Coracle, Air New Zealand and United Airlines, Departure Lounge, Auckland International Airport;
Kauri Tree, Ronald McDonald House (Stage II) Auckland.
1996 - 1997
Amphitheatre Earthwork Sculpture, Tole St Park, Ponsonby, Auckland
Rewarewa Creek Footbridge Design, in association with City Design
Edge to Edge, Kristin College, Albany, Auckland.
1996
Tree of Memory, Oncology Unit, Auckland Hospital;
Nikau, Ronald McDonald House (Stage I) Auckland.
1995 - 1996
Fishbone, Tree of Life, A.I.T. Restaurant and Hotel Studies Building ( now AUT ) Auckland.
1995
Fifty Bronze Fish, Air New Zealand, Auckland Airport,
Singing Tree, Air New Zealand, Sydney Airport, Australia.
1994
Tree of Life - Pacific Palm, Ronald McDonald House foyer, Auckland.
2011
Lookout / Pacific Radiolaria, Peoples Choice Award, Headland, Sculpture on the Gulf, Waiheke Island.
2008
Pupu Harakeke, Stoneleigh, Peoples Choice Award, Botanic Gardens,Inaugural Exhibition
David Lange Memorial, Best Public Sculpture, Metro Magazine Annual Award, Dec. 2008
2007
Nautilus Whispers, Peoples Choice Award, Sculpture on the Gulf, Waiheke Island.
2006
Chelsea Flower Show, London, Silver-Gilt Award, Tourism New Zealand
2005
Gleem Light Festival 2005 / Wallace Art Award, Waitakere City
2003
Matiatia Frond, Sculpture on the Gulf, Waiheke Island, People’s Choice Award
2002 - 2003
West Wave Aquatic Centre, Creative Spaces Award, Creative New Zealand,
2000
Rewarewa Creek Footbridge, NZIA Regional Award in association with City Design Architects, New Zealand Institute of Architects.
Melbourne International Garden & Flower Show, Gold Medal in association with Tourism NZ & Ellerslie Flower Show
1999 - 2000
Antarctic Artist Fellowship, Artists to Antarctica programme, Antarctica New Zealand, Creative New Zealand and SONY New Zealand.
1999
Ellerslie Flower Show, Gold Medal in association with Landscape Design Company.
Rewarewa Creek Footbridge, Creative Spaces Award, Creative New Zealand
1998
Limpet-Shrine: The Jane Campion Memory Award,Site Specific Sculpture, Sculpture by the Sea, Cultural Olympiad, Sydney.
Rewarewa Creek Footbridge, (In association. with City Design), New Zealand Institute of Architects.
2007
Nautilus Whispers, Sculpture, light and soundPacific Series, Pataka Gallery, Porirua.
2005
Fathom, book launch and exhibition, Whitespace Gallery, Auckland.
2002
Hidden Currents, Window Work, Auckland Art Gallery.
2001 - 2008
Antarctic Heart, sculpture and video, national tour of Public Art Galleries. Support by Antarctica New Zealand, Creative New Zealand, SONY New Zealand.
1999
Tideline, Sculpture / a ten year survey
Whangarei Art Museum, Whangarei.
1998
Colony, Sculpture Artis Gallery, Auckland.
1997
Styx (Sticks), Sculpture and Video, Archill Gallery, Auckland.
1995
Passage, Sculpture and Video, Artis Gallery, Auckland, with support from Creative New Zealand. Hawkes Bay Museum and Art Gallery, Napier, Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North
Raft, installation with archival slides, Lopdell House Gallery,
Waitakere City.
1994
Winter Trees, Warwick Brown Gallery, Auckland.
1992
Vessels of the Spirit, 'Tree of life Sculptures,' Chiaroscuro Gallery, Auckland.
1991
Matter & Spirit, A.S.A. Gallery, Auckland.
1989
Recent Work, Aberhart North Gallery, Auckland.
1986
Broken Images, Artspace Gallery, Federal Street, Auckland.
1983
Moving Plates, R.K.S. Art, Auckland, with support from
QEII Arts Council
1978
Painting and Prints, Denis Cohn Gallery, Auckland.
2011
Current, October Gallery, Bloomsbury, London WC1N 3AL Contemporary Oceanic Art, Curated Exhibition
Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe Beach, Perth
2010
Transfield Distinguished Invited Artist, Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, Sydney
Shortlisted, Katherine Mansfield Sculpture Project: WST, KMS and WCC
Selected Artist, Headland, SOTG, Waiheke Island 2011
2009
Floating Land Symposium, Invited Artist, Noosa, Queensland
Art in the Contemporary Pacific, Curated exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
2008 - 2009
The Maui Dynasty, Fifth Contemporary Art Exhibition 2008, Goodman-Suter Gallery, Nelson
2007
Permanent Collection, Hawaii HSFCA, Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.
Stoneleigh Sculpture Exhibition, Inaugural Exhibition, Botanic Gardens, Manuera
Sculpture on the Gulf, Selected Artist, Waiheke Island
Invited Artist, Sculpture exhibition, Whitespace Gallery, Auckland
2006
Sliver, Inaugural exhibition 2007, Brick Bay Sculpture Trail, Brick Bay, Matakana
Piha Leaf, Fern and Limpet Artworks created for Chelsea Flower Show, London
Shapeshifter, Essential New Zealand Sculpture, Lower Hut;
Wearable Art Awards, Invited to Judges, Wellington
2005
Fathom, Exhibition and Book launch, Whitespace Gallery Ponsonby
2004
Shortlisted, New Zealand Memorial, Hyde Park Corner, London;
Sculpture on the Shore, curated exhibition Women’s Refuge, Devonport;
Public Spaces Symposium, Wellington Sculpture Trust. Panel member,
2003 – 2004
Tower of Words / Tower of Silence, private commission, Omaru Bay, Waiheke Island.
2003
Oioi Bridge, private commission, Connells Bay, Waiheke Island; Sculpture on the Gulf Matiatia Walkway, Waiheke Island.
2003 – 2004
Points of Entry, curated exhibition, New Zealand, Australia and Canada.
2002
Hidden Currents, Auckland Art Gallery, Window Work.
2000 - 2002
Westwave Aquatic Centre, Henderson, Waitakere City - in association with Creative Spaces, Architects, Auckland.
2001
Koru earthwork sculpture and Raupo Rattler Footbridge,
private commission, Brick Bay, Matakana.
Digital ’01, Selected image, ASCI, Art and Science Collaboration Exhibition, Technology Gallery, Hall of Science, New York;
Interdigitate, Commissioned Artist, Moving Image Centre, Auckland.
1999 - 2000
Artist to Antarctica Fellowship, Creative New Zealand and Antarctica New Zealand;
Hot Offerings, curated exhibition, Uxbridge Gallery, Howick
1999
III Asia Pacific Triennia, Video Styx (Sticks) purchased Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane.
Volume & Form Singapore '99, curated exhibition, Singapore;
'So you want to know what I really look like' Self Portraits, photographic exhibition.
1998
Opening exhibition, Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Centre, Noumea, New Caledonia.
1997
Thinking About Contemporary Art, Christchurch Arts Festival, CoCA, Christchurch;
Video Release Styx (Sticks), Archill Gallery, Auckland;
Rewarewa Creek Footbridge Design, Waitakere City, Design in association with City Design Architects.
1996
II Asia Pacific Triennial, Video Passage, Brisbane Art Gallery, Australia
Earth Rhythms, curated exhibition, Uxbridge Gallery, Howick
Sculpture 96 Artis Gallery, Auckland (invited artist);
Passage, exhibition and video, Manawatu Public Art Gallery, Palmerston North, and Hawke’s Bay Museum and Art Gallery, Napier;
Art on the Beach, sand sculpture at Piha, curated by Lopdell House Gallery, Waitakere City
1995
Eco Art Symposium, Waitakere City (selected artist)
1994
Artist in Residence short term, Taradale Polytechnic, Napier.
1993
Pinus Radiarta Symposium, Taradale Polytechnic, Napier;
River Styx Project and group exhibition, Canberra, Australia;
From Liquid Darkness, Dunedin Public Art Gallery (invited artist);
Opening up the Book, Manawatu Public Art Gallery, Palmerston North.
1987 - 1990
Stone Sculpture Symposium, Western Springs, Auckland.
1986
Independent Exhibition, Art for Peace, Gifu, Japan;
Face to Face, permanent collection, Crete, Greece.
1985
Ansart Book Exhibition, Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland.
2010
Artlink, Art in the Public Arena, Contemporary Art of Australia and the Asia-Pacific. Vol. 30 no.3. Robin Woodward.
World Collections, Edition 15, Patrick Smith
Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2010 Exhibition Catalogue.
2009
The Maui Dynasty, Exhibition Catalogue, Goodman- Suter Gallery, Nelson
2008
New Zealand Sculpture, Michael Dunn, Updated Edition AUP, Auckland University Press.
FADA Catalogue, Los Angeles Art Show.
Venice Magazine, Dec 2007- Jan 2008 Edition.
Metro Magazine, December 2008.
2007
Brick Bay Sculpture Trail, Exhibition Catalogue.
Connells Bay Centre for Sculpture, ISBN 978-0473-12589
Nautilus Whispers Exhibition Catalogue, Pataka Gallery Porirua
Nautilus Whispers Art News, Essay Robin Woodward.
2006
Brick Bay Sculpture Trail, Exhibition catalogue, Essay Robin Woodward
2005
Virginia King Sculpture, Paul Bateman Ltd. Albany New Zealand
ISBN 1-86953-615-0
Art Destination, Integrated Art Program 2005, VicUrban, Melbourne Docklands, Victoria, Australia.
Art News, Volume 25 Number 1
Urbis landscapes Issue 2, Nov/Jan
2004
Urbis landscapes, Issue 1, Aug/Oct
2003
Points of Entry, Moving Image Centre and Contemporary Art Services, Tasmania
Urbis Magazine, Autumn, Edition 19, Te Puna O Waiwhetu
Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna Waiwhetu, Winter Bulletin 133
2002
Gallery News, Auckland Art Gallery, Toi o Tamaki, June July August, Kendrah Morgan;
Interiors Magazine, Nov/Dec Helen Schamroth.
A History of New Zealand Sculpture, Michael Dunn,
Auckland University Press.
2001
Bèrètara, Contemporary Pacific Art, Susan Cochrane, Halstead Press, NSW, Australia Published in English and French.
Antarctic Heart, Exhibition Catalogue
2000
Hot Offerings, Exhibition Catalogue,Limited Edition.
New Zealand Herald, "Heart of Ice", Gilbert Wong, Sept 11.
The National Business Review, Top Investment Artists, Oct 13
1999
Les Collections du Centre Culturel Tjibaou, Postcard Package Collection, Noumea, New Caledonia.
PRODESIGN, Commissioning Process, Helen Schamroth, Oct/Nov
North & South, Tideline Review, July, Whangarei Art Museum
Tideline, Virginia King a ten year survey, Exhibition Catalogue, Paul Judge and Helen Schamroth
Sunday Star Times, Tideline Review, Bede Scott, June 20
Volume & Form, Singapore "99, Exhibition Catalogue, 3D only Art Consultancy, Singapore.
The Northern Advocate, Exhibition Review, Anne Philbin
1998
Contemporary New Zealand Sculpture, Pricilla Pitts
Virginia King, Catalogue
The National Business Review, John Daly-Peoples, Colony Review, April.
The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia, October.
Pacific Wave, Inflight Magazine, March
PRODESIGN, Rewarewa Creek Footbridge, Helen Schamroth, April
New Zealand Official Yearbook – Rewarewa Creek Footbridge
1997
PRODESIGN, Bankers Trust Artwork, (Deutsche Bank,)
Nov/DecArt News, Spring Edition.
Creative New Zealand On Arts Issue 8, Nov
LA.E. Volume 12 No 3 Dec
Ronald McDonald House, Special Edition.
Pacific Wave, Inflight Magazine, Air New Zealand, April
Christchurch Arts Festival, Program
Another 100 New Zealand Artists – Warwick Brown
1996
Art Link, Australia – Susan Cochrane, Spring.
Next Magazine, February
1995 - 1996
Art New Zealand, Number 77– Paul Judge, Summer 95/96
1995
Art New Zealand, Number 75, Winter
Art News, Vol V No. 1, Auckland, Autumn
1994
Art New Zealand, Number 70, Autumn, Gregory O’Brien
New Zealand Home & Building– Helen Schamroth, Oct/Nov
1993
Pinus Radiarta Sculpture Symposium, Publication, Taradale Polytechnic Hawkes Bay
1992
Craft NZ, Spring Edition