1973 Born, Auckland (Ngāti Rangitihi, Ngāi Tūhoe, Tuhoūrangi)
1997 Elam School of Fine Arts, The University of Auckland, Bachelor of Fine Arts
2000 Post Graduate Diploma of Teaching, The University of Auckland

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2016 Worlds of Wearable Arts, Wellington, New Zealand
2016 Page Blackie Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
2016 The Night Flowers, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney, Australia
2016 The End, Christchurch Art Gallery, New Zealand
2015 The Aroma of Black, Milford Galleries Queenstown, New Zealand
2015 Seasoned Pass, Corbans Estate Arts Centre
2015 ANZ GAYtm, Ponsonby Road, Auckland, New Zealand
2014 The Golden Promise, Permanent sculpture celebrating the 50th Heritage Jubilee Year of Massey University,
          Alabany Campus, Auckland, New Zealand
2014 The Golden Bearing at the Rhododendron Dell for for TSB Festival of Lights, Pukekura Park, New Plymouth
2014 Thanks Darkness, Benalla Art Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2014 Seek to Find to Yield, Vibrant Laneways, Brisbane, Australia
2014 Seek to Find to Yield , Vibrant Laneways, Brisbane, Australia
2013 Thanks Darkness, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney, Australia
2013 Earth, Wind & Fire, Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2013 Seek to Yield to Find, Brisbane City Council Vibrant Laneways, Edison Lane, Brisbane, Australia
2013 Te Pūtahitanga ō Rehua, Christchurch Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
2012 Pleasure Seekers, Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne
2012 Twice Upon A Time, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2012 Bottled Lightening, Peloton Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2012 House of Rainbow, Milford Galleries, Dunedin New Zealand
2012 Bottled Lightning, Gus Fisher Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2011 Gazillion Swirl! Te Mahi Toi o Reuben Paterson, Education Centre installation, Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand
2011 FLOW, Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2011 Muscles and Ice Cream, WORLD Store, Auckland, New Zealand
2011 Te Pūtahitanga ō Rehua, Te Manawa, Palmerston North, New Zealand
2011 She Beauty, He Beast, Pataka Museum, Porirua, New Zealand
2010 Dear Beauty, Dear Beast, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2010 Aere e Akamotu – Start to Finish, BCA Gallery, Rarotonga, New Zealand
2010 Whakapapa: get down upon your knees, Tauranga Art Gallery, Tauranga, New Zealand
2010 The Water Between Us, Milford Galleries, Dunedin, New Zealand
2008 Peep Show, Milford Galleries, Queenstown, New Zealand
2008 The Painter’s Lot, Milford Galleries, Dunedin, New Zealand
2007 Reverie, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2007 When the Sun Rises and the Shadows Flee, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, New Zealand
2007 64zero3 Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
2006 He Aha te Mea Nui? What is the Greatest thing? Dunedin Public Art Gallery, New Zealand
2006 Square2, Wellington City Gallery, New Zealand
2005 He Aha te Mea Nui?  What is the Greatest thing? Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia
2005 Narcissus, Gow Langsford Gallery Auckland, New Zealand
2004 Recent Painting, Gow Langsford Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2004 The Customs of Tripping, Milford Galleries, Dunedin, New Zealand
2004 Everything that glitters is not gold, Milford Galleries, Queenstown, New Zealand
2003 Recent Painting, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2003 When Paradise is not enough, Dunedin Public Art Gallery Window Project, Dunedin, New Zealand
2003 Reuben Paterson, Milford Galleries, Dunedin, New Zealand
2001Cameo Project, Te Tuhi – The Mark, Auckland, April 17 – July 1

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2016 Contemporary Pacific and Asian Art, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
2016 Black Heart, The Vivian Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2016 Visiting Asia, Hastings City Art Gallery, Hastings, New Zealand
2015 Imagine Asia, Pataka Art and Museum, Porirua, Wellington, New Zealand
2014 This is No Fantasy, Dianne Tanzer Galleryt and Nellie Caston Projects
2013 New Works, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2013 E Tū Ake, Musee de la Civilisation, Quebec City, Canada
2013 Architecture of the Heart, Hawkes Bay Museum, New Zealand
2013 Contemporary Pacific and Asian Art, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
2013 Flow Riders, Rotorua Museum, New Zealand
2012 E Tū Ake, Museo Nacional Ias Culturas, Mexico City
2011 E Tū Ake, Musee du quai Branly, Paris, France
2011 CURRENT, October Gallery, London, UK
2011 Manstyle, National Gallery of Victoria, Australia
2011 E Tū Ake, Te Papa Tongarewa, Museum of New Zealand
2011 Close Encounters: The Next 500 Years, Plug In, Institute of Contemporary Art Winnipeg, Canada
2010 The Beauty of Distance: Songs of Survival in a Precarious Age, The 17th Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, Australia,
2010 Putiputi: The Flower in Contemporary New Zealand Art, Hastings City Art Galllery, New Zealand
2009 The 6th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia
2009 Together Alone: Australian and New Zealand Fashion, National Gallery of Victoria, Australia
2009 Blue Planet, Christchurch Art Gallery, New Zealand
2009 Am I Scared, Boy (eh): collection works from then and now, Govett Brewster Art Gallery,New Zealand
2008 Dispelling the Myth: a look at changing attitudes towards death, Te Manawa Museum, Palmerston North, New Zealand
2008 Dateline: Contemporary Art from the Pacific, Govett Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
2008 Dateline: Contemporary Art from the Pacific, Galerie der Stadt Sindelfingen, Maichingen, Germany
2008 Dateline: Contemporary Art from the Pacific, Stadtgalerie Kiel, Germany
2007 Pacifica Styles, Cambridge University of Anthropology and Archaeology, Cambridge, England
2007 Dateline: Contemporary Art from the Pacific, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, Germany
2007 Of Deities and Mortals, Christchurch City Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
2007 News from Islands, Campelltown Arts Centre, Campbelltown, Australia
2006 nEUclear Reactions, CAB Centro de Arte Caja De Burgos, Burgos, Spain
2006 Te Hue Ipu – Artifact and Artwork, Pataka, Porirua, New Zealand
2006 Te Hue Ipu – Artifact and Artwork, Whangarei Art Museum, Whangarei
2005 nEUclear Reactions, International Biennale of Contemporary Art, National Gallery, Prague
2005 Parallel Practices, Hawkes Bay Exhibition Centre, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
2005 Tau Ana, Waikato Museum, New Zealand
2005 YMCA, Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui, New Zealand
2005 The Walters Show, Pataka, Porirua, New Zealand
2004 Iki and thanks for all the IKA, Artspace, Auckland, New Zealand
2004 Wish You were Here Hazelhurst Regional Art Gallery and Centre, Sydney, Australia
2004 Love and Love Song, Adam Art Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
2004 26th Biennial de Sau Paulo, Oscar Niemayer Pavillion, Brazil
2004 9th Pacific Biennale, Palau Islands, Micronesia
2004 Flower Power, Pataka Museum, Porirua, New Zealand
2004 We Fought Fashion and Lost: World 1989-2004, Auckland Museum, New Zealand
2004 True Love, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, New Zealand
2004 Art and Industry, Christchurch Biennial, Riccarton House, Christchurch, New Zealand
2003 Portraiture: The Art of Social Commentary, Te Tuhi – The Mark, Auckland, New Zealand June 7 – July 20
2003 Lisa Reihana, Hemi McGregor and Reuben Paterson, Whangarei Art Museum, Whangarei, New Zealand
2003 Flaunt: Art, Fashion and Culture, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2003 Iki and thanks for all the IKA, Rarotongan Cultural Centre, Cook Islands
2003 Iki and thanks for all the IKA, Siuolaikinio Meno Centre, Lithuania
2002 Taiaawhio: Te Tiimatanga, Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand
2002 The Koru and the Kowhaiwhai: Contemporary Renaissance of Kowhaiwhai Painting, Pataka Art Museum, Porirua, New Zealand
2001 Techno Maori, City Gallery Wellington and Pataka Art Museum, Wellington, New Zealand
2001 Purangiaho: Seeing Clearly, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2001 Mana Tangata, Te Wa –  the space, Whanganui, New Zealand
2000 Biennale dArt Contemporian: The 8th Festival of Pacific Arts, Tijibaou Arts and Cultural Centre, Noumea, New Caledonia

SELECTED AWARDS, RESIDENCIES AND COMMISSIONS

2016 Public Art work Commission, Me Rongo: Walk in Rainbows, Ronwood Ave Car Park, Manukau, City, Auckland, New Zealand
2014 Artist in Residence, Gouyong, Korea (Forthcoming)
2013 Public art work commission for the Newmarket Railway Station, Auckland, New Zealand
2013 Artist in Residence Govett Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth
2010 Artist in residence, BCA Gallery, Rarotonga, New Zealand
2009 There Goes the Moon, commission for TV series New Artland, New Zealand
2007 Artspace Billboard, Karangahape Road, Auckland, New Zealand
2006 International Studio Curatorial Program, three month residency as part of the James Wallace Art Awards Development Prize, Manhattan, New York
2005 Ikaria, Greece, two month residency to create permanent installation at The Art Cafe, Kampos
2005 Finalist, Castteleon City Arts Council Arts Prize, Spain
2004 Punatapu Lodge, two month residency, Queenstown, New Zealand
2003 New Zealand Fashion Week, in collaboration with WORLD, Auckland
1997 Möet et Chandon Fellowship, two month residency, Avize, France

COLLECTIONS

University of Waikato, Hamilton
AIgantighe Art Gallery, Timaru District Council
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
Auckland City Art Gallery, Toi o Tamaki, Auckland, New Zealand
Auckland University Collection, Auckland, New Zealand
Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, New Zealand
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand
The Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Sky City Casino Penthouse, Auckland, New Zealand
Govett–Brewster, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Christchurch City Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
James Wallace Arts Trust, Auckland, New Zealand
Otago Museum, New Zealand

CATALOGUES

2014 Meredith Robertshaw, Reuben Paterson: Published in association with the exhibition Reuben Paterson: The Golden Bearing,
          Govett Brewster Art Gallery
2014 Reina Whaitiri & Robert Sullivan. Puna Wai Kōrero: An Anthology of Māori Poetry in English, Auckland University Press (cover design)