SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
ELIZABETH THOMSON - CELLULAR MEMORY: A Survey Exhibition 1989-2017, Hastings City Art Gallery, Hastings, New Zealand
Lateral Series, The Central Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
2021
Cubist Encounters, Page Galleries, Wellington, New Zealand
Lateral Theories, Two Rooms, Auckland, New Zealand
ELIZABETH THOMSON - CELLULAR MEMORY: A Survey Exhibition 1989-2017,, The Aigantighe Art Gallery, Timaru, New Zealand
ELIZABETH THOMSON - CELLULAR MEMORY: A Survey Exhibition 1989-2017,, The Ashburton Art Gallery, Ashburton, New Zealand
ELIZABETH THOMSON - CELLULAR MEMORY: A Survey Exhibition 1989-2017,, Eastern Southland Gallery, Gore, New Zealand
ELIZABETH THOMSON - CELLULAR MEMORY: A Survey Exhibition 1989-2017,, Forrester Gallery, Oamaru, New Zealand
2020
Out on the Plane: Synthetic Cubism, The Central Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
ELIZABETH THOMSON - CELLULAR MEMORY: A Survey Exhibition 1989-2017, The Suter Art Gallery, Nelson, New Zealand
2019
Coda Phenomena, Page Galleries, Wellington, New Zealand
Waking Up Slowly: Elizabeth Thomson and Len Lye, Govett Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
2018
Elizabeth Thomson: The Greening of New Blueland, Pataka Art + Museum, Porirua, New Zealand
Relativity and the Structure of Things, The Central Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
White Coda Blue Coda, Two Rooms, Auckland, New Zealand
2017
ELIZABETH THOMSON - CELLULAR MEMORY: A Survey Exhibition 1989-2017, Aratoi Wairarapa Museum of Art and History, Masterton, New Zealand
The Black-and Whites, Page Blackie Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Invitation to openness, Two Rooms, Auckland, New Zealand
2015
Between Memory and Oblivion, Page Blackie Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Body of the Sentient, Two Rooms, Auckland, New Zealand
2014
HANENE - Breathing Gently, Page Blackie Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Invitation to Openness - Substantive and Transitive States, The Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Transitive States, Two Rooms, Auckland, New Zealand
Voyage Sauvage, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Elysian Fields, Pataka Art + Museum, Porirua, New Zealand
2013
Elizabeth Thomson: Transitive States, Pataka Art + Museum, Porirua
2012
The Ocean of Eden, Two Rooms, Auckland
Over and Above, Black Barn Gallery, Havelock North
Islands of Dodonaea, RH Gallery, Upper Moutere, Nelson
2011
Colour/Field, City Gallery Wellington, Wellington
2010
Another Green World, Tauranga Art Gallery, Tauranga
2009
Le Planete Sauvage, Two Rooms, Auckland
Tonight in the Mystic Garden, Black Barn Gallery, Havelock North
2008
Astrophysics and the Thomson Effect, Mark Hutchins Gallery, Wellington
Supposition, Two Rooms, Auckland
Horoeka, RH Gallery, Upper Moutere, Nelson
2007
Relativity and the Fourth Dimension, Mark Hutchins, Wellington
Studies for the Bigger Picture, Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland
Elizabeth Thomson - my hi-fi my sci-fi, Waikato Museum of Art and History, Hamilton; Te Tuhi - Centre for the Arts, Auckland; Rotorua Museum of Art and History, Rotorua; Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin
2006
Interference, Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland
Elizabeth Thomson - my hi-fi my sci-fi, City Gallery Wellington, Wellington
Mondo Tondo, Mark Hutchins Gallery, Wellington
A Night and a Day, Nadene Milne Gallery, Arrowtown
2005
The Black and Whites, Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland
Aerial, Mark Hutchins Gallery, Wellington
2004
Love Me Tender, Mark Hutchins Gallery, Wellington
Aviatrix, Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland
2003
My Hi Fi, My Sci Fi, Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland
Horoeka and Antequera: Observations on Home and Abroad, Michael Hirschfeld Gallery, City Gallery Wellington, Wellington
2002
Horoeka and Antequera, Anna Bibby Gallery Auckland
1999 - 2000
Naenae Parterre: A Garden of Optics from the Intermillenium Series (1991-1996), Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt
1997 - 1998
Fringe of Heaven: Ten Year Survey, Lopdell House Gallery, Auckland
1997
Purple Parterre, Artis Gallery, Auckland
Paraterre, Brooker Gallery, Wellington
1996
Elizabeth Thomson: Collected Works 1986-1996, Hawke's Bay Exhibition Centre
Waking Up Slowly, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland
From the Natural Abstraction Series 1991-1996, Fox Gallery, Auckland
1995
Sensillae, Jensen Gallery, Wellington
1994
Phantoms of the Night, Te Manawa Museum Gallery Science Centre, Palmerston North
1991
The Winged and the Wingless, Fox Gallery, Auckland
Denizens of the Deep, window installation, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland
1990
Manukau Heads, Lopdell House Gallery, Auckland
The Winged and the Wingless, Catherine Scollay Gallery, Wellington
1989
The Fearless Five Hundred, Fox Gallery, Auckland
1988
Natural Aspects, George Fraser Gallery, University of Auckland, Auckland
1987
Emerging Artists Series, Govett-Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth
New Zealand Print Survey, City Gallery Wellington, Wellington
New Work: Etchings and Bronze, Southern Cross Gallery, Wellington
1986
Etchings, Southern Cross Gallery Wellington
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015
Kermadec: 9 Artists from the South Pacific, Tjibaou Cultural Centre, Noumea, New Caledonia
2014
Editions, Page Blackie Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
2013
Kermadec, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Santiago, Chile
Kermadec: Lines in the Ocean, Hastings City Art Gallery, Hastings, New Zealand
2012
Kermadec, Voyager New Zealand Maritime Museum, Auckland, City Gallery Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand; New Zealand High Commission, Nuku'alofa, Tonga; Rapa Nui, Easter Island
Transitive States, Mark Hutchins Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
2011
Not Far From Home: Gretchen Albrecht and Elizabeth Thomson, Nadene Milne Gallery, Arrowtown, New Zealand
Kermadec, Tauranga Art Gallery, Tauranga, New Zealand
Mystic Garden - Elizabeth Thomson and Megan Jenkinson, Mark Hutchins Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Call Waiting - A Celebration of the New Gallery 1995-2011, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Chroma, Mark Hutchins Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
2010
Elizabeth Thomson, John Reynolds, Darren George, RH Art Gallery, Nelson, New Zealand
Islandsong, Nadene Milne Gallery, Arrowtown, New Zealand
2009
2 + 2 - A Dialogue: Geoff Thornley, Elizabeth Thomson, Mark Hutchins Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Fixated: Photography Through History, Puke Ariki, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Secondary Practice, Mark Hutchins Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
… And Light, RH Art Gallery, Nelson, New Zealand
Elizabeth Thomson and Russell Moses, Nadene Milne Gallery, Arrowtown, New Zealand
Isolation, Illumination and Intimacy, RH Art Gallery, Nelson, New Zealand
2008
He Korowai o te Wai: The Mantle of Water, Rotorua Museum of Art and History, Rotorua, New Zealand
Cross Talk, Two Rooms Gallery, Auckland
2007
Significant Other, Mark Hutchins Gallery, Wellington
Group Show, Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland
2005
Winter 05, Ngaumatau Gallery, Arrowtown
Ties that Bind, Mark Hutchins Gallery, Wellington
Maquette 05: Small studies and works on paper, Mark Hutchins Gallery, Wellington
2004
Opening Exhibition, Mark Hutchins Gallery, Wellington
Landscape: 7 New Zealand Artists, Anna Bibby Gallery Auckland
Opening Exhibition, Centre of Contemporary Art, Cairns, Australia
Project 04 Contemporary New Zealand Sculpture, Webb's, Auckland
2003
Opening Exhibition, Black Barn Gallery, Havelock North
2002 - 2003
Conversation Pieces: Collaborative Works, Michael Hirschfeld Gallery, City Gallery Wellington, Wellington
2002
Red, Black, White, Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland
Recent Contemporary Acquisitions, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland
Botanica, Gus Fisher Gallery, University of Auckland, Auckland
2001
Botanica, Adam Art Gallery, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington
The Fourth Perspective: New furniture from collaborations with other artists, Judith Anderson Gallery, Auckland
1997
Leading Lights, Artis Gallery Auckland
Elizabeth Thomson: Gerda Leenards, Wellington Maritime Museum
1994
Elizabeth Thomson and Anne Noble, Janne Land Gallery, Wellington
The Nature of Things: Contemporary still life, Artis Gallery, Auckland
Barbeque at the Corral, ASA Gallery, Auckland
1993
X7 Artists Multiples, ASA Gallery, Auckland
1992
Sacred Way, City Gallery Wellington, Wellington
Distance Looks our Ways, City Gallery Wellington, Wellington; Auckland City Gallery, Auckland; Stelling Gallery, Leiden, the Netherlands; International Pavilion, Fabellon de las Arte Expo, Seville, Spain
1990
Distance Looks Our Way, Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui
Home Made Home, City Gallery Wellington, Wellington
Heart + Land: Contemporary Works on Paper from Aotearoa New Zealand, New Zealand Art Directors Council (toured regional Australian galleries)
Made in Metal: Touring 10 Women Sculptors, Waikato Museum of Art and History, Hamilton; Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North; Hawke's Bay Art Gallery & Museum, Napier
Prints Exponents: Travelling Exhibition of Contemporary New Zealand Prints, ASA Gallery, Auckland; ASA Gallery, Christchurch; Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin
Art on Architecture on Art, Fox Gallery, Auckland
Review 90: Survey of Recent Works by Auckland Artists, Te Tuhi, Auckland
1988
Young Artists: Elizabeth Thomson, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth
Fact and Desire, Real Pictures, Auckland
Photographs and Extensions of the Photograph, Southern Cross Gallery Wellington
Contemporary New Zealand Art from the Permanent Collection of the Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland
Fremantle Print Award Exhibition, Fremantle, Australia
10th Anniversary of Portfolio Gallery: Contemporary New Zealand Printmakers, Auckland
1987
Seven Artists, Roz MacAllan Gallery, Brisbane
International Black and White Print Exhibition, Portfolio Gallery, Auckland
Young Contemporaries Exhibition, CSA Gallery, Christchurch
Elizabeth Thomson, Peter Ransom: 1987 Print Series, City Gallery Wellington, Wellington
1986
Ninth International Print Biennale, Cartwright Hall, Bradford, England; Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
1983
New Energy in Bronze, Denis Cohn Gallery, Auckland
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
The High Court, Wellington
The University of Auckland, Auckland
UNITEC Institute of Technology, Auckland,
Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland
James Wallace Trust
Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand, Wellington
The Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt
Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Logan College, Queensland, Australia
Australian National Gallery, Canberra, Australia
Department of Conservation
Ministry of Forestry
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
National Bank of New Zealand
Te Manawa Art Gallery, Palmerston North
Massey University, Palmerston North
Johnson's Wax Collection, United States of America
Westpac, New Zealand
Chapman Tripp, Wellington
Rutherford Trust, Wellington