Enforce One has been practising visual art in Auckland for the past ten years and has built an impressive portfolio across many creative disciplines, with experience working as a freelance graphic designer, curator, art director and stencil artist.

He has a passion for site-specific projects, and is probably most well known for his stylized stencil works of animals that have been appearing in public spaces throughout Auckland in recent years. “The animal reference has been a recurring theme in the works I create for the streets and gallery shows,” says Enforce One. “It comes from a fascination for something beautiful or ugly and an urge to make marks out of a thought or an idea.”

His work blurs the boundaries between disciplines, relevant both on the street and in a gallery setting. He believes the distinction between ‘high’ and ‘low brow’ art is overrated, “I like to think outside of a labeled art practice, creating art for the sake of it. The subject matter of my work can usually fit within in a gallery space or be placed on the street. What’s different is the presentation…Art in public spaces is about adding to the site but when exhibiting in a gallery, a new presentation must be designed. I find this to be an intriguing process and will keep exploring new possibilities.”

Enforce One has a long exhibition history and has been involved in a number of high profile projects as a co-organizer and curator.

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EXHIBITION HISTORY

PUBLIC ACCESS 2010 – Auckland City Art Gallery, March 2010
SPLORE 2010 – Cut Collective Art Installation, February 2010
HAM WINE AND HANGOVERS – CCHQ, December 2009
SPRING CLEAN – CCHQ, September 2009
OUT OF THE CAN – Momentum Gallery, Ponsonby, May 2009
PAPER SCISSORS STOCK – CCHQ, Auckland May 2009
COMMON GROUND – The New Dowse, Lower Hutt, February 2009
UP THERE ARTS – 145 K Road, Auckland, June 2007
PUBLIC ACCESS (REVISITED) – Aveia Gallery, Auckland, April 2007
PRE-AK 07 ART SHOWCASE – Khuja Lounge, Auckland, March 2007
PUBLIC ACCESS – MIA Gallery, Napier, January 2007
ALL THE RULES WRECKED – Disrupt Gallery, Auckland, December 2006
JUNGLISM SOLO SHOW – Khuja Lounge, Auckland, June 2006
STRICTLY STENCILISED – Disrupt Gallery, Auckland, August 2005
PONSONBY FRINGE FEST – Artstation, Auckland, April 2005
ARTBEATZ ACTIVATE – Auckland Art Gallery, March 2005
EASTERN TRANSLATION – Khuja Lounge, Auckland, October 2004
ENTER OUT OF SIGHT – Odeon Lounge, Auckland, April 2004
SUBLIMINAL VANDALISM 2 – Crummer Road, Auckland, November 2003
FREEZE FRAMED LOVE – Khuja Lounge, Auckland, November 2003
PELVIC TRUST – Crummer Road, Auckland, April 2003
SUBLIMINAL VANDALISM – Rip Shit and Bust, Auckland, March 2003
PELVIC TRUST #1 – Crummer Road, Auckland, March 2002
CITY GALLERY LAUNCH – Brown Street, Ponsonby, December 2001