Atkinson was born in Australia but is now based in Wellington, New Zealand. Her studies in Fine and Applied Arts inform her practice. Projects often deal with memory, identity, social history and are resolved through a variety of media.
Atkinson was a board-member of the Wellington Sculpture Trust from 2001-16. She is a member of TheSeeHere and Occupation: Artist and was selected for HandShake 4 and 5.
Education
- Bachelor of Visual Arts and Design: Whitireia New Zealand 2007
- MA Fine Art, RMIT, Melbourne 2005
- BFA (1st class Hons), Massey University, Wellington 2003
Residencies
- Whitireia Artist in Residence 2014
- SCA Research Residence, Sydney College of the Arts, 2009
Memberships
- Co-founding member of TheSeeHere, artist-run window gallery 2010 ongoing
- Co-founding member of Occupation: Artist
Selected group shows
2025
- Hacked, Nelson Jewellery Week
- Give and Take, Nelson Jewellery Week
2024 Give and Take, Radiant Pavilion, Smith and Gertrude Gallery, Melbourne
2023
- Reflect, Nelson Jewellery Week, Nelson
- Push Play, Te Auaha, Wellington
- Textile/adjacent, Kingsroy Gallery, New Plymouth
2022
- Textile/adjacent, Back Gallery, Anvil House Wellington
- delimit, Thistle Hall, Wellington
2020 Wrapping Up, Te Auaha Gallery, Wellington
2019
- HandShake 5 at Te Uru, Te Uru Gallery, Auckland
- HandShake 5 at CODA, CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, Netherlands
- The Neck, Project Space, Sydney
Selected solo shows
- 2025 Dark Days, TheSeeHere
- 2024 Confabulations, TheSeeHere
- 2023 The Missing Piece, TheSeeHere
- 2022 Where I Lay My Head, TheSeeHere
- 2019 Destined to Meet by Chance, public Performance, Radiant Pavilion, Melbourne
- 2019 A bene pacita, TheSeeHere
- 2018 The R Matrix, TheSeeHere
- 2017 Tipple, TheSeeHere
- 2016 Women, business and the law, TheSeeHere
2015
- Salon Rouge, Melbourne, performance
- Des Refuses, Salon Rouge, performance, Auckland City Art Gallery
- At Home, performance, Toi Poneke, Wellington
- Untitled, TheSeeHere
Occupation: ARTIST 