Greer Twiss graduated with honours from Elam School of Fine Arts in the 1950’s. There he became very interested in cast metals and in 1965 he was awarded a QEII Arts Council Travel Grant that enabled him to travel to Britain and Europe where he studied the lost-wax process. He has worked in a number […]
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Born in Napier, Phil graduated in sculpture from the University of Auckland’s Elam School of Fine arts. He also holds a master of Arts, honours degree from Nepean, West Sydney University. In 1968/69 Phil’s experience as a member of the foundation group From Scratch Orchestra (London) galvanised his intermedia approach to art and music making. […]
Jeff Thomson completed a BFA at the University of Auckland’s Elam School of Fine Arts, majoring in painting and has worked full time as a sculptor since 1986. Best known for his corrugated iron sculptures, he has used this common building material in a myriad of very imaginative ways: cut into strips and woven, screen-printed, […]
Marté Szirmay was born in Budapest, Hungary and arrived in New Zealand in 1957. She graduated from the University of Auckland’s Elam School of Fine Arts with a DFA (Hons) in 1968, and gained a Teaching Diploma from Auckland Secondary Teachers College in 1970. In 1971 and 1972 Szirmay was the Frances Hodgkins Fellow at the University […]
Michael Parekōwhai was born in Porirua, in 1968, of European and Māori descent. He graduated with a BFA (1990) and MFA (2000) from Auckland University’s Elam School of Fine Arts. He is also Associate Professor in Fine Arts at the University of Auckland. His exhibition history spans two decades of practice. In 2001 Michael was […]