Art Qualifications
2008 Master of Arts (Art and Design) First Class Honours, Auckland University of Technology
2005 Bachelor of Visual Arts (Painting), Auckland University of Technology
2002 Certificate in Visual Arts, Manukau Institute of Technology
Exhibitions
2015 BSA Tutors Show, Browne School of Art, Auckland
2015 One’s Own Trade, The Crate, Wynyard Quarter, Auckland
2014 DUST 1.6, Circle Gallery, Auckland
2013 DUST 1.5, Wallace Gallery, Morrinsville
2013 Code and Reverie, Black Asterisk Gallery, Auckland
2013 New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Awards, WSA, Hamilton
2013 The January Show, The Vivian Gallery, Matakana
2012 Monochrome, CEAC, Auckland
2012 21st Annual Wallace Art Awards, The Pah Homestead, TSB Bank Wallace Arts Centre, Auckland
2012 DUST 1.4, Northart, Auckland
2011 In/formal, Rm, Auckland
2011 Artstation Tutors Show, Artstation, Auckland
2011 DUST 1.3, Wallace Gallery, Morrinsville
2011 New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Awards, WSA, Hamilton
2010 Julian Dashper (1960-2009): It Is Life, MINUS SPACE, Brooklyn, New York
2009 18th Annual Wallace Art Awards, Aotea Centre, The Edge, Auckland / TheNewDowse, Wellington
2009 Northtec Tutors Show, Hokianga Art Gallery: an initiative of the Hokianga Arts Project, Hokianga
2009 DUST 1.2, ST PAUL Street Gallery Three, AUT, Auckland
2009 DUST Dispersion, Artstation, Auckland
2008 Theatre of Painting, MA Graduating Exhibition, ST PAUL St Gallery One, AUT, Auckland
2008 Lightweight, Rm 103, Auckland
2008 When the Dust Settles, ST PAUL Street Gallery Three, AUT, Auckland
2007 16th Annual Wallace Art Awards, Aotea Centre, The Edge, Auckland / TheNewDowse, Wellington
2007 The Snowbird Gallery Project, Rm103, Auckland
2007 Between Tides, A JERSEY Event, Westmere Beach, Auckland
2006 Maintenance of Order, Artstation, Auckland
2006 Best in Show, Objectspace, Auckland
2005 Slow Time, BVA Graduating Exhibition, AUT, Auckland
2005 117301, PILOT Project, X-Space Gallery, AUT, Auckland
2003 Middle Ground, Small Dog Gallery, The Depot Artspace, Auckland
2002 Flux, CVA Graduating Exhibition, The Depot Artspace, Auckland
Art Awards
2011 Merit, New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Award
2008 AUT Research Excellence Scholarship (Art and Design)
2007 Wallace Arts Trust, Most Promising First Year Masters Student (Visual Arts), Highly Commended
2005 Best in Show, Objectspace. Curated exhibition selected from 2005 graduate shows
2002 The Depot Awards, Painting
Art Employment
2008-Present Artstation / Studio One, AUT University (Bachelor of Visual Arts), Browne School of Art
Art Affiliations
The DUST Art Collective http://www.dustartcollective.net
Thesis
Roche, L. (2008) Masters Thesis: Theatre of Painting: a structural exploration of the forming of an image through paint. AUT University Scholarly Commons http://aut.researchgateway.ac.nz/handle/10292/469
Publications
2013 Code and Reverie, Black Asterisk Gallery, Auckland http://www.blackasterisk.co.nz/exhibitions/code-and-reverie
2009 Material Thinking as Document, Studies in Material Thinking (Volume 3, 2009) https://www.materialthinking.org/papers/21
Selected Presentations
2010 Visualising Research, AUT UniversityDUST Art Collective, an Auckland based artist initiative
2008 Theatre of Painting, AUT University