George Watson is an artist based in Tūranganui-a-Kiwa, with Ngāti Porou and Ngāti Mutunga whakapapa and Moriori hokopapa. George has a Bachelor of Media Arts from Waikato Institute of Technology, Honours in Art History from the University of Auckland, an MFA from Elam School of Fine Arts, and in 2019 completed the Maumaus Independent Study Programme in Lisbon, Portugal. In 2024 George was an artist-in-residence at the McCahon House Artist Residency. 

Recent solo exhibitions include: Apologia, Robert Heald, Wellington (2025); The Farm, Coastal Signs, Auckland (2025); Beauty Incarnate, City Gallery Wellington (2023); Filial, Envy6011, Wellington (2022); and Kōtiro Emepaea, Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery (2022).

Recent group exhibitions include: What thrives on these soils, Hastings Art Gallery Te Whare Toi o Heretaunga (2025); Like a broth, like a cure, The Physics Room, Christchurch (2024); Aotearoa Contemporary, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki (2023) and Hau Whakatonu, Govett Brewster Art Gallery, Ngāmotu New Plymouth (2023).

 

Artist photo credit: Chelsea Ostler