WAIKATO’S HOME OF FINE ART
a gallery
member of
Gerry Nigro
1918 – 1994
Born: Gennaro Angelo Nigro
in Auckland 1918
Educated: Auckland Grammar School
Elam School of Fine Arts
Lived in Australia: 1947 – 1950
1963 – 1964
Travelled extensively in Pacific including Japan in 1962
Also, Europe, England, and USA 1965 and 1976
Exhibitions in New Zealand and Australia
Auckland City Art Gallery ASA 1939
Auckland City Art Gallery ASA 1940
Sydney Contemporary Art Society
‘Australian Group Exhibition’ 1947
Sydney Contemporary Art Society
‘New Zealand Painting Today’ 1949
Palmerston North Gallery ‘Drawings by NZ Artists’ 1967
ASA Galleries ‘Invited Artists’ 1967
Centre Gallery Wellington 1968
Finalist in Benson and Hedges Art Award 1968, 70, 72, 74
ASA ‘Invited Auckland Painters’ 1971
ASA ‘Festival Exhibition’ 1972
Barry Lett Gallery ‘Invited Drawings’ 1972
National Art Gallery, Christchurch
‘Contemporary New Zealand Painting’ 1972
Moller’s Gallery Auckland Invited Exhibition 1972
Sydney, Holdsworth Galleries; Australian Group Exhibition 1972
Manawatu Art Gallery ‘Playthings’ 1973
Studio Gallery, Hamilton ‘Major New Zealand Painters’ 1973
Gerry and Jan Nigro North Island Touring Exhibition 1973
Sydney, Holdsworth Galleries; Solo Exhibition 1974
Guest Artist New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts
Wellington 1976
Canterbury Society of Arts Festival Exhibition ‘Land’ 1976
ASA Auckland Arts Festival Exhibition 1978
New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts ‘Paintings from 1984’
National travelling Exhibition 1984
Te Awamutu Arts Festival Exhibition 1979
Te Awamutu Arts Festival ‘Visual Impact’ 1981
Waiheke Arts Council ‘Island Statements’ 1985
National Gallery Travelling Exhibition 1987
Treebeard Gallery “Works from an Artist’s Studio’ 1988
Gerry Nigro
1918 – 1994
Public and Corporate Collections
The National Gallery Te Papa, Wellington
Dowse Gallery, Upper Hutt
Rotorua Art Gallery
Aigantihe Gallery, Timaru
Manawatu Art Gallery
Victoria University Wellington
Todd Collection, Wellington
Winditch Collection U.S.A.
Publications
Auckland Society of Arts Centennial History 1970
New Zealand and the European Community 1970
Artists and Galleries of Australia and New Zealand
Max Germain 1976
Notable New Zealanders Paul Hamlyn 1979
Contemporary Capper Prints 1980
Who’s Who Aotearoa 1981
An Apple for the Teacher by Jan Nigro 1996
Concise Dictionary of NZ Painters by Kate McGahey 2000