Bryce Galloway
Fine Arts Kaiārahi/Mentor, Senior Lecturer
Bryce Galloway is the undergraduate Kaiārahi/Mentor for all Fine Arts students, offering academic advice and pastoral care. Bryce teaches into the core Art Studio courses, the Printed Matter elective, Communication for Makers, and Drawing the Body. Bryce’s art practice focuses on DIY, lo-fi, the autobiographical everyday, and satirical comedy. He’s the author of Aotearoa’s longest running zine* Incredibly Hot Sex with Hideous People; is the founding member of the annual Kirikiriroa Hamilton Zinefest; and is a member of the Wellington Zinefest Board. Bryce is also known for his musical output, drawing, writing and video.
*self-published short-run print media
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Expertise
Zines, DIY, the Autobiographical Everyday, Comedy, Satire, Drawing, Music
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Recent research successes
Kiss Me Hardy (but not like that) (2021)
Bryce had artwork included in Kiss Me Hardy (but not like that), a group exhibition that explored absurdity in art at The Suter Gallery, Nelson. Curated by Sarah McClintock. The exhibition included audio sculpture A Late of Zanies, a collaboration with Richard Reddaway, and single-channel video Untitled (2021 Google search ‘how to pronounce oeuvre’). Bryce also ran a public programme zine-making workshop, participated in the closing panel, and wrote the catalogue essay On Tristan Tzara and Steve Bannon. A reworked version of this essay will appear in the forthcoming issue of Counterfutures: left thought Aotearoa.
Kirikiriroa Hamilton Zinefest (est. 2014)
Bryce is a founding member and co-organiser of the annual Kirikiriroa Hamilton Zinefest (established 2014).
Incredibly Hot Sex with Hideous People (since 2002)
Bryce’s quarterly zine Incredibly Hot Sex with Hideous People - was started in 2002 and has since become a local cult classic. Made available through various Australasian retailers, zinefests, comics symposium, and exhibition contexts, the zine is a comedic autobiographical chronicle of the ups and downs of urban life in the early 21st Century
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Qualifications
- MFA (University of Auckland)
- BFA (University of Auckland)
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Professional affiliations or service roles
Ōtepoti Zinefest, Ōtautahi Zinefest, Wellington Zinefest Inc. Soc., Palmy Zinefest, Whanganui Zinefest, Kirikiriroa Hamilton Zinefest, Tauranga Zinefest, Auckland Zinefest, Sticky Institute (Melbourne), Te Matatiki Toi Ora/Christchurch Arts Centre, The Australasian Humour Studies Network, The Suter Gallery (Nelson), Circuit - Artist Moving Image Aotearoa, Massey University Press, Urban Dream Brokerage/Letting Space, Counterfutures - Left thought & practice Aotearoa (Victoria University)
