Bio

Judith Kunzlé

Drawing dancers at rehearsals and performances:

2010

Buenos Aires, Tango

2006

Tahiti, Tuamotus, Marquesas: Polynesian dance

2005

Chicago: Jump Rhythm Jazz Project

Julia Rhoads' Lucky Plush Productions

2004

Samoa, Tonga: Polynesian dance

Fiji, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea:
Melanesian dance

Berne, Switzerland: Nina Stadler's Modern Dance, Emotions Hip-Hop Group, Salsa Dancers

2003

Fiji, Tonga, Cook Islands, Tuamotus, Marquesas, Easter Island: Polynesian dance

Hololulu: Hula at Kamehameha High School.

2002

San Francisco: ODC contemporary dance group

2001

Auckland: Black Grace contemporary dance group

2000

New York: Paul Taylor Dance Company

1999

San Francisco: ODC San Francisco,

Alonzo King’s Lines Ballet

San Francisco Ballet

Oakland Ballet

1998

New York: Risa Jaroslow and Dancers

Work experience:

2009

Art and history tour to China.
Study of Chinese Painting.

2007

Guest lecturer at Massey University School of Creative Arts, Auckland

1990-96

Employed as the illustrator for the Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, drawing Cook Islands flora and fauna, designing publications.

1988-2004

Illustrated school journal stories and books for the New Zealand Ministry of Education.

1988

Commenced to study and draw Cook Islands dance, working with dancers in the studio and sketching at the rehearsals and performances of troupes.

1987-89

Designed and illustrated pamphlets and posters for several Cook Islands government departments: Public Health, Agriculture, Marine Resources and Conservation.

1986-87

Designed and illustrated curriculum materials for a United Nations Development Program project for the Cook Islands Department of Education in Rarotonga.

1985-86

Assisted in sewing- and pattern-making-project for rural women with YWCA in Western Samoa.

1977-84

Designed and illustrated for different advertising agencies in Berne, Switzerland.

1972-77

Studied graphic arts and illustration at the School of Applied Arts in Berne, including live and portrait drawing.

1956

Born in Switzerland

Solo-Exhibitions:

2008

"11 Biuder" (11 Paintings) at UBS Solothurn, Switzerland.

2006

"Dance on Paper" at the Reef Gallery in Auckland, 25 paintings and drawings.

2005

"Dancing on Paper" at the Beachcomber Gallery, Rarotonga, 40 paintings and drawings.

1998

“Cook Islands Dance”at the Cook Islands National Museum, 48 paintings and drawings in gouache, pastel and acrylic.

1994

“The Cook Islands in Watercolour and Pastel” at the Cook Islands National Museum, 50 paintings featuring scenes of the Cook Islands, still-lives, paintings of people making canoes, weaving and dancing.

 

Group-Exhibitions:

1991-2009

Group Exhibitions on Rarotonga, Cook Islands

2006

Pacific Artists Group Show at Lane Gallery in Auckland.

2004

“Ura Piani”, four Cook Islands artists at the Reef Gallery in Auckland.