The Frances Hodgkins Fellowship, established in 1962, is one of New Zealand's premier arts residencies. The list of past fellows includes many of New Zealand's most notable artists.
The position is based at the
University of Otago
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Dunedin
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New Zealand
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, and is awarded annually. The fellowship was created ''to encourage painters and sculptors in the practice and advancement of their art, to associate them with life in the University, and at the same time to foster an interest in the arts within the University.''
The Frances Hodgkins Fellowship is named after the
New Zealand
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painter
Frances Hodgkins
Frances Mary Hodgkins (28 April 1869 – 13 May 1947) was a New Zealand painter chiefly of landscape and still life, and for a short period was a designer of textiles. She was born and raised in New Zealand, but spent most of her working l ...
(1869–1947) who was born in Dunedin.
Frances Hodgkins Fellows
The artists who have received this award are as follows:
* 1966
Michael Illingworth
* 1967
Tanya Ashken
Tanya Ashken (born 1939 in London, England) is a New Zealand silversmith and sculptor. She was one of a number of European-trained jewellers who came to New Zealand in the 1960s and transformed contemporary jewellery in that country, including J ...
* 1968
Derek Ball
* 1969
Ralph Hotere
Hone Papita Raukura "Ralph" Hotere (11 August 1931 – 24 February 2013) was a New Zealand artist. He was born in Mitimiti, Northland and is widely regarded as one of New Zealand's most important artists. In 1994 he was awarded an honorary do ...
* 1970
Michael Smither
Michael Duncan Smither (born 29 October 1939) is a New Zealand painter and composer.
Background
Smither was born in New Plymouth and was educated at New Plymouth Boys' High School and Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland. While studying he wor ...
* 1971/1972
Marté Szirmay
* 1973
Ray Thorburn
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* 1974
Marilynn Webb
Marilynn Lois Webb (11 September 1937 – 16 August 2021) was a New Zealand artist, noted for her contributions to Māori people, Māori art and her work as an educator. She was best known for her work in printmaking and pastels, and her work ...
* 1975
John S. Parker
* 1976
Ian Bergquist
* 1977
Jeffrey Harris
* 1978
Grahame Sydney
Sir Grahame Charles Sydney (born 1948) is a New Zealand visual artist, based in the South Island region of Central Otago. Since beginning his professional art life in 1974 he has worked as a painter (in egg tempera, oil and watercolour), prin ...
* 1979
Matthew Pine
* 1980
Andrew Drummond
* 1981
Gretchen Albrecht
Gretchen Albrecht (born 7 May 1943) is a New Zealand painter and sculptor.
Early life and education
Albrecht was born in Onehunga in 1943, the daughter of Reuben John and Joyce Winifred Fairburn (née Grainger) Albrecht. She attended the Unive ...
* 1982
Chris Booth
* 1983
Joanna Margaret Paul
Joanna Margaret Paul (14 December 1945 – 29 May 2003) was a New Zealand visual artist, poet and film-maker.
Early life and education
Paul was one of four daughters of pioneering New Zealand publisher Blackwood Paul and artist and writer Ja ...
* 1984
Michael Armstrong
* 1985
Dennis O'Connor
* 1986
Ian C. McMillan
* 1987
Kendal Heyes
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* 1988
Julia Morison
Julia Morison (born 1952) is a New Zealand artist working across a wide range of media including painting, sculpture, photography, installation and recently ceramics.
Education
Morison completed a Diploma in Graphic Design from Wellington Poly ...
* 1989
Shona Rapira Davies
Shona Rapira Davies (born 1951) is a sculptor and painter of Ngātiwai ki Aotea tribal descent. Currently residing in Wellington New Zealand.
Education
Rapira Davies first studied at the Auckland College of Education, majoring in art, and lat ...
* 1990
Siegfried Koglmeier
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The German name has the Old Norse cognate ''Sigfriðr, Sigfrøðr'', which gives rise to Swedish ''Sigfrid' ...
* 1991
Christine Webster
Christine Webster (born 1958) is a New Zealand visual artist and photographer.
Background
Webster was born in 1958 in Pukekohe, Auckland. She currently lives in the United Kingdom.
Webster has a Diploma in Photography from Massey Universit ...
* 1992
Neil Frazer
* 1993
Peter Gibson Smith
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* 1994
Nicola Jackson
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Swimming career
In 1999, Jackson won a silver medal at the World Short Course Championships in the 4×200-metre fre ...
* 1995
Jeffrey Thomson
* 1996/1997
Fiona Pardington
Fiona Dorothy Pardington (born 1961) is a New Zealand artist, her principal medium being photography.
Early life and education
Pardington was born Fiona Dorothy Cameron in Devonport, and was brought up on Auckland's Hibiscus Coast, where she ...
* 1998
Shane Cotton
Shane William Cotton (born 3 October 1964) is a New Zealand painter whose work explores biculturalism, colonialism, cultural identity, Māori spirituality, and life and death.
Life
Cotton was born in Upper Hutt with Ngāpuhi iwi affiliations ...
* 1999
Séraphine Pick
Séraphine Pick (born 23 May 1964, in Kawakawa, New Zealand) is a New Zealand painter. Pick has exhibited frequently at New Zealand public art galleries; a major survey of her work was organised and toured by the Christchurch Art Gallery in 2009 ...
* 2000
Jim Speers
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Speers works as a businessman and part-time farmer. He was elected to Armagh City and District Council in 1977 for the Ulster Unionist ...
* 2001
Ava Seymour
Ava Seymour (born 1967) is a New Zealand artist known for her photocollages.
Biography
Seymour was born in Palmerston North in 1967. She attended the Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE in Prahran in 1988. Seymour was based in Berlin for two y ...
* 2002
Scott Eady
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* 2003
Sara Hughes
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* 2004
Mladen Buizumic
* 2005
Rohan Wealleans
* 2006
Sarah Munro
* 2007
Ben Cauchi
Ben Cauchi (born 1974, Auckland, New Zealand) is a New Zealand fine art photographer, specialising in the use of early photographic techniques, most notably the wet collodion or ambrotype process.
Cauchi was taught at Massey University from where ...
* 2008
Heather Straka
* 2009
Eddie Clemens
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*Eddy (fluid dynamics), the swirling of a fluid and the reverse current created when the fluid flows past an obstacle
*Eddie (text editor), a text editor originally for BeOS and now ported to Linu ...
* 2010
Joanna Langford
Joanna Langford (born 1978) is a New Zealand artist, born in Gisborne, New Zealand.
Langford gained a Master of Fine Arts in Painting at the University of Canterbury in 2004.
Career
Langford's sculptural works are made from found and recycled ...
* 2011
Kushana Bush
Kushana Bush (born 1983) is a New Zealand artist based in Dunedin. She is best known for her paintings which typically blend historic and contemporary styles. Bush has won several awards for her works and has held international exhibitions.
Wo ...
* 2012
Nick Austin
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* British slang for being arrested
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Place ...
* 2013
Zina Swanson
* 2014
Patrick Lundberg Patrick may refer to:
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* Patrick (surname), list of people with this name
People
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*Gilla Pátraic (died 1084), Patrick o ...
* 2015
John Ward Knox
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John may also refer to:
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* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Second ...
* 2016
Miranda Parkes
* 2017
Campbell Patterson Campbell may refer to:
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* 2018
Louise Menzies
Louise Menzies (born 1981) is a New Zealand artist based in Auckland. Her works are held in the Auckland Art Gallery collection.
Menzies is known for her installations and artists books, and uses a cross-media practice which often incorporates f ...
* 2019
Imogen Taylor
* 2020 & 2021
Bridget Reweti
Bridget Reweti (active since 2000s) is a New Zealand photographer and moving image artist of Ngāti Ranginui and Ngāi Te Rangi descent. Reweti is a member of the artist group Mata Aho Collective.
Education
Reweti holds a Masters in Māori ...
* 2022
Sorawit Songsataya
References
External links
Frances Hodgkins Fellowship
See also
*
Robert Burns Fellowship
The Robert Burns Fellowship is a New Zealand literary residency. Established in 1958 to coincide with bicentennial celebrations of the birth of Robert Burns, it is often claimed to be New Zealand's premier literary residency. The list of past ...
*
Mozart Fellowship
The Mozart Fellowship is a composer residency attached to the Music Department of the University of Otago, one of the fivArts Fellowshipsat the university. It is the oldest full-time composition residency in New Zealand and is currently the only ...
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New Zealand art awards
Awards and prizes of the University of Otago
1962 establishments in New Zealand