About the Artist

About

(b.1982, New Zealand) Dita Angeles comes from a strong background in portraiture which evolved over the years into an existential examination of social presentation. She specialises in conceptual photorealist oil paintings and especially likes to use themes centred around behaviour, ego, identity, and anonymity.

Angeles has been a professional artist since 2002, and has spent much of her career living in various places around Asia Pacific before returning to New Zealand in 2023.

Awards

2025, [Finalist] Tasman National Art Awards. Ma, NZ.

2025, [Finalist] National Contemporary Art Award. Te Whare Taonga o Waikato Museum & Gallery, NZ.

2024, [Highly Commended] Stuff Art Aotearoa Gold Award. The Auckland Art Show, NZ.

2024, [Finalist] Lethbridge 20000. Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, Australia.​

2024, [Finalist] The Adam Portraiture Award. New Zealand Portrait Gallery, Wellington, NZ.

2023, [Recipient] 2023 New Emergence Art Award. UK.​

2023, [People's Choice Award + Merit Award] NZ Fellowship of Artists 2023 Art Award, Gifford Gallery, Auckland, NZ.​

2022, [Finalist] Clayton Utz Art Award. Clayton Utz, Brisbane, Australia.​

2022, [Highly Commended] Lethbridge 20000. Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, Australia.​

2021, [Finalist] Brisbane Portrait Prize Salon des Refusés. Petrie Terrace Gallery, Brisbane, Australia.​

2021, [Highly Commended] Lethbridge 20000. Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, Australia.​

2021, [Finalist] Clayton Utz Art Award. Clayton Utz Office, Brisbane, Australia.​

2020, [Finalist] Brisbane Portrait Prize. Brisbane Powerhouse, Brisbane, Australia.​

2020, [Finalist] Queensland Figurative. Petrie Terrace Gallery, Brisbane, Australia.​

2003, [Recipient] Studio Art Supplies 3rd Year Painting Prize, Whitecliffe College of Arts & Design, Auckland, NZ.

Exhibitions

August 2025, featured artist (for the month of August) at Music in Eden, Eden Arts, Auckland, NZ.

17 - 19 October, 2025, Queenstown Art Show, Te Pūāhuru, Frankton, NZ.

20 September 2025 Tasman National Art Awards. Mapua Community Hall, Mapua, NZ.

15 - 21 September, 2025, Art in the Park, Eden Park, Auckland, NZ.

27 - 29 June, 2025, Auckland Art Show, Viaduct Event Centre, Auckland, NZ.

23 - 19 June, 2025, Creative Connections, Kumeū Arts, Tāmaki Makaura, NZ.

2025, Christchurch Art Show, Te Pae, Christchurch, NZ.

2025, Compositions of Identity, Boyd-Dunlop Gallery, Napier, NZ.

2025, Artists in Eden, Mt Eden Village Centre, Auckland, NZ.

Wellington Art Show, Tākina Event Centre, Wellington, NZ.

2025, Adam Portraiture Award, Arts House Trust Pah Homestead, Auckland, NZ.

2024, Anniversary Show, Boyd-Dunlop Gallery, Napier, NZ.

2024, Artists in Eden, Mt. Eden Village Centre, Auckland, NZ.

2024, (Solo) #Iconograph, The Grey Place, Auckland, NZ.

2024, The Adam Portraiture Award, Percy Thomson Gallery, Stratford, NZ.

2024, The Auckland Art Show Viaduct Events Centre, Auckland, NZ.

2024, Lethbridge 20000. Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, Australia.​

2024, Small Works Art Prize. Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, Australia.​

2024, The Adam Portraiture Award, New Zealand Portrait Gallery, Wellington, NZ.

2024, (Solo) #Iconograph, Studio One, Auckland, NZ.​

2024, Artists in Eden, Mt. Eden Village Centre, Auckland, NZ.

 2023, Waitakere Arts Trust 36th Art Award, Corban Estate Art Centre, Auckland, NZ.​

2023, New Zealand Fellowship of Artists 2023 Art Award, Gifford Gallery, Auckland, NZ.

2022, Clayton Utz Art Award. Clayton Utz, Brisbane, Australia.​

2022, Lethbridge 20000. Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, Australia.​

 2022, Small Works Art Prize. Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, Australia.​

2021, Brisbane Portrait Prize Salon des Refusés. Petrie Terrace Gallery, Brisbane, Australia.​

2021, Clayton Utz Art Award. Clayton Utz Office, Brisbane, Australia.​

2021, Fifty Squared. Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, Australia.​

2021, Lethbridge 20000. Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, Australia.​

2020, Brisbane Portrait Prize. Brisbane Powerhouse, Brisbane, Australia.​

2020, Queensland Figurative. Petrie Terrace Gallery, Brisbane, Australia.​

2019, (Solo) Me & my Little Friends, Bloodhound Bar, Brisbane, Australia.​

2019, (Solo) The Works of Dita Angeles, Living Room Seoul, Seoul, Korea.

2017, (Solo) Danjelita the Portraitist, Chez Raymond de Paris, Sai Kung, Hong Kong.

2014, (Solo) A Case of Broken Mould Syndrome, Corban Estate Art Centre, Auckland, NZ.

2011, Il Mercante di Sogni, Primo Piano Living Gallery, Lecce, Italy.

2010, (Solo) Others & Sisters, Gyoha Art Centre, Paju, South Korea.

2010, (Solo) Prohibition, Berlin Lounge, Seoul, South Korea.​

2010, Blooming Itaewon, Gallery Through, Seoul, South Korea.

2009, Daegu International Art Fair, Gallery Em, Daegu, South Korea.

2006, (Solo) Self Connoisseur, Disrupt Gallery, Auckland, NZ.

2006, (Solo) Egoschism, McPherson Gallery, Auckland, NZ.

2005, 100x100 200x200, McPherson Gallery, Auckland, NZ.

2004, (Solo) Paintings for the Television, Randolph Street Gallery, Auckland, NZ.

2004, (Solo) Conversation Piece, Ardor Gallery of Contemporary Art, Auckland, NZ.