Gregor Kregar
b. 1972, Slovenia
Lives in Auckland
Operating in a wide range of materials, scales and forms, Gregor Kregar has forged a reputation as one of New Zealand’s leading contemporary sculptors. Born in Slovenia in 1972, Kregar exhibits regularly throughout Australasia and Europe. Highlights of his exhibition history include involvement in the Cairo Biennale and the 29th Ljubljana Biennale in 2011, and a solo exhibition at Tin Shed Gallery as a collateral event to Sydney Bienniale in 2008.
Kregar works with an extensive range of media, from stainless and cor-ten steel, glazed porcelain, and cast glass through to bronze and fiberglass. He states, “my work is not confined to any single medium or material. In my sculptural practice I often combine a wide variety of materials such as stainless steel, plastic, cardboard, ceramic, glass, video and photography.” Kregar’s skill in managing this wide range of materials is mirrored in the diversity of his subject matter. Abstract geometries are as much a part of his repertoire as figures of sheep, humans and gnomes. “I am interested in how the familiar subject can be represented in a way that displaces the original meaning and imbues the subject with new and unfamiliar meanings,” he says.
Kregar runs a large-scale industrial workshop where he produces most of his work. This facility is frequented by architects and engineers as much as curators and gallerists, and it has been central to his production of numerous large-scale ambitious art works and installations for public and private contexts.
Kregar is the recipient of many awards and prestigious commissions, including the Melbourne-based 2015 Southern Way McClelland Commission (2013), the Lexus Premier Award as well as People’s Choice Awards at Headland Sculpture on the Gulf (2013), Paramount Award, Wallace Art Awards (2000), a permanent installation at the Christchurch International Airport (2012), the Art Omni Residency at McColl Art Centre New York, USA (2006) and a commission for a permanent work at the Lekhwiya Sports Stadium in Doha.
His work is held in significant public collections including Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand, The Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki and Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū. Kregar has a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Academy of Fine Arts, University of Ljubljana, 1996) and a Masters of Fine Arts (Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland, 1999).
Gow Langsford Gallery has represented Gregor Kregar since 2009.
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Infinite Loop, 2024
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Oh No Thinker Gnome, 2024
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Black/Purple Duochrome Thinker, 2023
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Purple/Green Duochrome Thinker, 2023
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Bronze Thinker, 2022
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Claw Hammer - white, 2022
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Crystal Helmet - blue, 2022
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Crystal Helmet - grey/pink, 2022
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Crystal Helmet - orange, 2022
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Crystal Pickaxe - orange, 2022
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Crystal Pickaxe - pink, 2022
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Crystal Shovel - brown, 2022
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Crystal Shovel - Lagoon, 2022
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Large Crystal Pallet, 2022
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Mallet - multi, 2022
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Nail Chandelier 1, 2022
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Prosaic Lullaby, 2022
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Reflective Lullaby - Oh No, 2022
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Small Crystal Pallet - orange/pink/aqua/blue, 2022
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Small Hammer - green/uranium, 2022
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Small Hammer - lagoon, 2022
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Thinker Gnome, 2022
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Diplodocus, 2021
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Fragmented Echo, 2014
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Aotearoa Art Fair 2024
Booth G15 & U30 18 - 21 Apr 2024 OffsiteGow Langsford at Aotearoa Art Fair 2024, showing works by Grace Wright, Sara Hughes, Virginia Leonard, Sara Hughes, David McCracken, Julian Schnabel and more.Read more -
Fragile Construction
Gregor Kregar 21 Sep - 15 Oct 2022 Auckland CityGregor Kregar’s diverse and expansive career has received attention and critical acclaim for over two decades. Curator Rhana Devenport describes Kregar’s artwork as ‘invitational, spatially alert and socially complex.’ Always generous to the viewer, Kregar’s installations are materially rich, displaying his mastery in different media. In his body of new work, Fragile Construction, Kregar transforms a series of tools into fragile, cast lead-crystal counterparts. The familiar spade, hammer or construction hat take on an absurdity in glass. Stripped of their functionality, Kregar questions our progress by marking its fragility. This body of work continues Kregar’s long-standing interest in transforming mundane and aesthetically invisible objects into the focus of our attention.Read more -
Divided We Fall
Gregor Kregar 9 - 26 Sep 2020I came to New Zealand 23 years ago and I experienced many barriers that emigrants face, from language barriers to the awareness of being other. There is a period of...Read more -
A Sound of Thunder
Gregor Kregar 18 Oct - 11 Nov 2017 Lorne StreetGregor Kregar, A Sound of Thunder exhibition at Gow Langsford Gallery, 2017Read more -
Lost World
Gregor Kregar 11 Nov - 5 Dec 2015 Lorne StreetIn Lost world sculptor Gregor Kregar combines structures made from recycled glass with large stylized bronze dinosaurs. Through this unusual juxtaposition the artist creates an environment to surprise and engage the viewer. Kregar’s interest in dinosaurs was sparked by observing his four year old’s fascination for these creatures. Intrigued by reading him dinosaur books before bed each night and finding plastic replica all over the house, the artist was spurred to create his own setting in which to bring these prehistoric animals to life.Read more -
International Sculpture
Group Exhibition 23 Jan - 23 Feb 2013 Lorne StreetInternational Sculpture at our Lorne St Gallery is an exhibition of international sculpture including works by Henry Moore, Tony Cragg, Katsuyo Aoki and Bernar Venet alongside local sculptors Gregor Kregar, Paul Dibble and David McCracken. Timed to coincide with the International Sculpture Symposium, the exhibition offers a rare opportunity to see works of this calibre, from such diverse studios, alongside each other in Auckland.Read more
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Gregor Kregar: Between Ridiculous and Sublime
2005Paperback, 48 pagesRead more
Publisher: Gregor Kregar
ISBN: 0-473-10779-1
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Gregor Kregar: Reflective Lullaby
2018Hardback, 272 pagesRead more
Publisher: Gow Langsford Gallery And Gregor Kregar
ISBN: 978-0-9941276-3-1
Dimensions: 285 x 235mm
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Sara Hughes and Gregor Kregar in AA Directions Autumn 2022
May 31, 2022Sara Hughes and Gregor Kregar feature in the Autumn issue of the AA Directions magazines with their two sons Luka and Niko talking about how...Read more -
Gregor Kregar Double Twist - Public Opening
June 18, 2019Join us on Sunday 30 June from 11am - 1pm to celebrate the completion of Gregor Kregar’s sculpture Double Twist, commissioned by Todd Property for...Read more -
Gregor Kregar's 'Thinker' Gnome Returned
January 16, 2019After three weeks since Gregor Kregar's Thinker (2018) was stolen from outside the gallery on Christmas Eve, it was returned safely on Tuesday 15 January....Read more -
Gregor Kregar Sculpture Stolen from Gallery on Christmas Day
January 14, 2019In the small hours of Christmas Day, a bronze sculpture was stolen from outside the Gallery. “Thinker” by renowned artist Gregor Kregar is a bronze...Read more -
Gregor Kregar in Te Papa's Curious Creatures and Marvellous Monsters
October 2, 2018Gregor Kregar's latest installation features an immersive Anthropocene Shelter made of recycled timber, tinfoil and neon, and stainless steel dinosaurs atop of folded aluminium rocks...Read more -
Gregor Kregar in SCAPE Public Art 2017 Season
October 20, 2017The 2017 SCAPE Public Art Season has begun and Gallery artist Gregor Kregar has a big presence in this year's line up. The most significant...Read more -
Headland Sculpture on the Gulf 2017 Artist Annoucement
July 1, 2016Three of our talented artists have been selected to create sculptures for the 2017 headland Sculpture on the Gulf at Waiheke Island. David McCracken and...Read more
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Aotearoa Art Fair 2022 | Booth B7
16 - 20 Nov 2022This year, Gow Langsford Gallery will be presenting works by American artist Peter Halley, Judy Millar, Tony Cragg and Jacqueline Fahey. New works by Gregor Kregar and Paul Dibble will be exhibited in the outdoor Sculpture Space.Read more -
Sydney Contemporary 2018 | Booth B02
13 - 16 Sep 2018Gow Langsford Gallery will be exhibiting a selection of works from New Zealand and international artists at this years Sydney Contemporary held at Carriageworks. Visit Booth B02 to see works by Tony Cragg, Paul Dibble, Leah Emery, Dale Frank, Rosalie Gascoigne, Andre Hemer, Michael Hight, Sara Hughes, Gregor Kregar, Colin McCahon, David McCracken, Toby Raine, Lisa Roet, Ugo Rondinone and Bernar Venet.Read more -
Sydney Contemporary 2015
Booth B02 10 - 13 Sep 2015We are excited to be participating in Sydney Contemporary 2015. Visit us at Booth B2 and see new works by Judy Millar, Andre Hemer, James Cousins, Graham Fletcher, Dale Frank and Paul Dibble alongside works by Colin McCahon, Gordon Walters, Jono Rotman and Tony Cragg.Read more -
Melbourne Art Fair 2012
1 - 5 Aug 2012This year at the Melbourne Art Fair we exhibited new works by James Cousins, Sara Hughes, Michael Hight, Dick Frizzell, Reuben Paterson, Chris Heaphy , Karl Maughan, John Pule, John Walsh, Gregor Kregar, Judy Millar, Dale Frank and Max Gimblett alongside works by Damien Hirst.Read more -
Auckland Art Fair 2009
Booth 18 1 - 3 May 2009For the 2009 Auckland Art Fair, Gow Langsford presented a selection of new works by our represented artists.Read more