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Walters Prize
The Walters Prize is New Zealand's largest contemporary art prize. Held biennially since 2002, the prize aims to 'make contemporary art a more widely recognised and debated feature of cultural life'. The prize is named in honour of New Zealand abstract painter Gordon Walters and the founding benefactors and principal donors are Erika and Robin Congreve and Dame Jenny Gibbs. The prize is organised by and held at Auckland Art Gallery. Four artists are nominated each year by a panel of four New Zealand-based jurors for a work or body of work exhibited in the previous two years. The four artists are invited to install the nominated works (or version of their nominated show) at the Auckland Art Gallery in a public exhibition. The prize is awarded by a visiting international judge. The winner receives $50,000. The prize attracts significant media coverage every year. The 2016 nominees were considered notable, as three of the four nominees are of Māori descent. Recipients and finali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Walters
Gordon Frederick Walters (24 September 1919 – 5 November 1995) was a Wellington-born artist and graphic designer who is significant to New Zealand culture due to his representation of New Zealand in his Modern Abstract artworks. Education Gordon Walters was born and raised in Wellington, where he went to Miramar South School and Rongotai College. From 1935 to 1939 he studied as a commercial artist at Wellington Technical College under Frederick V. Ellis. Early influence and experiences Walters applied to join the army during World War II but was turned down due to medical problems. He took up a job in the Ministry of Supply doing illustrations. Walters traveled to Australia in 1946 and then visited photographer and painter Theo Schoon in South Canterbury, who was photographing Māori rock art at Opihi River. This visit was central to Walters work as he began using Māori cultural themes in his painting. In 1950 Walters moved to Europe where he became influenced by Piet M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Robinson (artist)
Peter Robinson (born 1966 in Ashburton) is a New Zealand artist of Māori ( Kāi Tahu) descent. He is an associate professor at the Elam School of Fine Arts at the University of Auckland. Biography Robinson studied sculpture at the Ilam School of Fine Arts at the University of Canterbury between 1985 and 1989. Exhibitions Robinson quickly established an exhibiting career after graduating from art school, and was included in a number of international exhibitions including the Asia Pacific Triennial and the São Paulo Art Biennial (1996), the Biennale of Sydney (1998), the Lyon Biennale (2000), and the Baltic Triennale (2002). In 2001 Robinson and Jacqueline Fraser were New Zealand's co-representatives at the Venice Biennale, the first time New Zealand participated with a national pavilion at the event. Robinson's biennale work, ''Divine Comedy'', was originally developed while he was artist in residence at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery in New Plymouth. In 2006 Robinson first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhana Devenport
Rhana Jean Devenport (born 1960) is an Australian-born art curator and museum professional. She was director of the Auckland Art Gallery from 2013 to 2018, and is director of the Art Gallery of South Australia in Adelaide. Early life Devenport was born and grew up in Brisbane, Australia. Career Devenport began her career as an art and theatre teacher, and a practising artist. From 1994 to 2004 she was senior project officer with the Asia Pacific Triennial at the Queensland Art Gallery. She was visual arts manager with the Sydney Festival in 2004, an independent curator, curator in residence at Artspace, Auckland for three months in 2005, manager of public programmes and publications with the Biennale of Sydney in 2005-2006. Devenport was appointed as director of the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery in New Plymouth in 2006. In this role she led the fundraising effort for the development of the Len Lye Centre. She was appointed director of the Auckland Art Gallery in 2013. In 2015, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alicia Frankovich
Alicia may refer to: People * Alicia (given name), list of people with this name * Alisha (singer) (born 1968), US pop singer * Melinda Padovano (born 1987), a professional wrestler, known by her ring name, Alicia Places * Alicia, Bohol, Philippines * Alicia, Isabela, Philippines * Alicia, Zamboanga Sibugay, Philippines * Alicia, Arkansas Biology * ''Alicia'' (sea anemone), a genus of sea anemones in the family Aliciidae * ''Alicia'' (plant), a genus of plants in the family Malpighiaceae * ''Drosera aliciae'', carnivorous plant native to South Africa of the family Droseraceae Others * ''Alicia'' (album), a 2020 album by Alicia Keys * ''Alicia'' (film), a 1974 Dutch film * Alicia (submarine), 6-seater submarine * ''Alicia's Diary'', short story by Thomas Hardy * Hurricane Alicia, devastating hurricane in 1983 See also * Alisha * Alycia Alycia is a female given name. The name is variant of Alicia, a form of Alice, and is ultimately from the Germanic name Adalheidis (A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Newby
Kate Newby (born 1979) is an artist from New Zealand. Background Newby was born in 1979 in the Auckland region of New Zealand. She attended the Elam School of Fine Arts, receiving a BFA in 2001, an MFA in 2007, and a PhD in 2015. The title of her doctoral thesis was ''Casualness: it's not about what it looks like it's about what it does''. Newby lives and works in Brooklyn, New York and Auckland. Career Newby is a mixed materials installation artist. She creates her installations based on their site and setting, often disused urban environments. Using commonplace materials such as pebbles, nails, and rope, her work explores the details of everyday life. Newby was a member of the Auckland artist space Gambia Castle. She is represented in New York by the Laurel Gitlen gallery and in Auckland by Michael Lett. Newby's work was exhibited at the 21st Sydney Biennale (2018), at the Brussels Biennal (2008), among other important arts festivals. Work by Newby is held by the Auck ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mami Kataoka
Mami Kataoka (Japanese: 片岡 真実) is an art curator and writer. Early life and education Kataoka was born in 1965 in Nagoya. She received a BA from Aichi University of Education in 1988. Career Since 2003, Kataoka has been the Chief Curator of the Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan. The Mori Art Museum is a contemporary art museum in Roppongi Hills in Tokyo. During her tenure at the Mori Art Museum, Kataoka has curated a number of exhibitions, including: “Ai Weiwei: According to What?” (2009), which is touring in the United States from 2012 onwards, and “Lee Bul: From Me, Belongs to You Only” (2012), the first large-scale solo exhibition of Asia's leading female artist. In addition to overseeing the activities of the curatorial department at the Mori, she has curated diverse exhibitions such as "Roppongi Crossing: New Visions in Contemporary Japanese Art 2004", which provided an overview of the recent art scene in Japan; "Ozawa Tsuyoshi: Answer with Yes and No!" (2004), whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Denny (artist)
Simon Denny (born 1982, in Auckland) is a contemporary artist based in Berlin. He represented New Zealand at the 2015 Venice Biennale. Since 2018 he is a professor for time based media at the HFBK Hamburg. Education Denny studied at the University of Auckland’s Elam School of Fine Arts from 2001 to 2005 and Meisterschule, Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main from 2007 to 2009. Career Denny makes sculptures and installations that take his research into the practices and aesthetics of technology companies and products as their starting point. His subject matter has included the redesign of the New Zealand passport, German technology conferences, and internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom. Denny has produced three exhibitions under the title ''The Personal Effects of Kim Dotcom'', in which the artist presented replicas and stand-ins for the items seized from Kim Dotcom's home in a raid carried out by New Zealand Police. The exhibition was first presented at Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maddie Leach
Maddy or Maddie is a shortened form of the feminine given names Madeleine, Madelyn, Madison, etc. People * Maddy Crippen (born 1980), American medley swimmer * Maddy English (1925–2004), American professional baseball player * Maddy Evans (born 1991), American soccer player * Maddy Hill (born 1990), English actress * Maddie Moate (born 1988), English TV presenter and YouTube filmmaker * Maddie Poppe (born 1997), American singer-songwriter, 16th winner of ''American Idol'' (2018) * Maddy Prior (born 1947), English folk singer * Maddie Rooney (ice hockey) (born 1997), American ice hockey player * Maddy Rosenberg (born 1956), American artist and curator * Maddy Scott (born 1991), Canadian person who has been missing since 2011 * Maddie Ziegler (born 2002), American dancer Fictional characters * Madalyn "Maddie" Bishop, main character of the 2018 show ''Siren'' * Madeline "Maddie" Kendall-Buckley, a 9-1-1 dispatcher on American television series ''9-1-1'' * Maddie Fenton, on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke Willis Thompson
Luke Willis Thompson (born 1988) is a New Zealand artist of Fijian and European descent, currently working primarily in film. He lives in London. Education Thompson was born in Auckland. He completed a BFA (2009) and MFA (2010) at the Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland, and studied at the Städelschule, Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Frankfurt am Main, in 2013–2014. Career Since graduating from Elam School of Fine Art, Thompson has exhibited extensively in New Zealand and internationally. Solo exhibitions at public galleries include ''Luke Willis Thompson: Misadventure'' at the Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane (2016), ''Autoportrait'' at the Chisenhale Gallery and ''Luke Willis Thompson'' at the Adam Art Gallery (2018). His work has been included in major art festivals and group exhibition, including the 2015 New Museum Triennial ''Surround Audience'', the 8th Asia-Pacific Triennial at the Queensland Art Gallery (2016), La Biennale de Montréal 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tina Barton
Christina Joy Barton (born 1958), known as Tina Barton, is a New Zealand art historian, curator and gallery director. She is currently director of the Adam Art Gallery. Education Barton completed a Masters of Art in art history at the University of Auckland in 1987. Her thesis topic was the history of post-object art in New Zealand between 1969 and 1979. Career After completing her MA, Barton joined the Auckland Art Gallery as a research assistant. She worked as Assistant Curator at Auckland Art Gallery from 1988 to 1992, and as Curator of Contemporary New Zealand Art at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa from 1992 to 1994. During her time at Te Papa Barton curated ''Art Now'', a major survey exhibition of contemporary New Zealand art practice intended to become a biennial event, a hope which did not materialize. She also co-curated, with Deborah Lawlor-Dormer, ''Alter / Image: Feminism and representation in New Zealand art 1973–1993'', an exhibition organised to ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Esche
Charles Esche (born 1962, in England) is a museum director, curator and writer. His focus is on art and how it reflects, provokes and influences changes in society. He lives between Edinburgh and Eindhoven. Career Since 2004, he has been director of the Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands. In 2012, he established together with 6 other European museums the L'Internationale confederation that aims to establish a European modern and contemporary art institution by 2017. He curated Power and Other Things: Indonesia and Art 1835-today at BOZAR, Brussel in 2017 together with Riksa Afiaty. He is also professor of curating and contemporary art at the University of the Arts London and is co-editorial director of ''Afterall Journal'' and Afterall Books with Mark Lewis. Afterall is a contemporary art publisher which was launched in 1998 and is based at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. London. It publishes a respected journal and the Exhibition Histories and One Work of Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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