Elizabeth Thomson (artist)

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Elizabeth Thomson
Born (1955-10-17) 17 October 1955 (age 68)
Titirangi, Auckland, New Zealand
NationalityNew Zealander
EducationElam School of Fine Arts
Known forPainting

Elizabeth Thomson (born 17 October 1955) is a New Zealand artist.

Background[edit]

Thomson was born 1955 in Titirangi, Auckland.[1] She graduated from the Elam School of Fine Arts in 1988 with a Master of Fine Arts.[2] Thomson is based in Wellington.[3]

Career[edit]

Batocera longhorns & Goliath (1996), Te Manawa, Palmerston North

Thomson is a painter and sculptor utilising botanical, entomological or molecular forms and incorporating them into abstract geometric compositions.[4] She uses various tools and mediums to create her works, including sculpture and miniatures.[2][5]

In 1998, Thomson won the Paramount Award in the Wallace Arts Awards with her piece 'Southern Cross Paterre'.[6] In 1987 and 1989 she received grants from the Arts Council of New Zealand.[3]

Thomson is represented by Page Blackie Gallery.[7]

Works by Thomson are held in the public collections of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa[8] and Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.[9]

Exhibitions[edit]

  • 2017, The Black-and-whites, Page Blackie Gallery, Wellington
  • 2017, Invitation to Openness, Two Rooms, Auckland
  • 2017, Landscape 2017, Page Blackie Gallery, Wellington (group show)
  • 2016, Freedom and Structure | Navigating the Zone, Page Blackie Gallery, Wellington
  • 2016, Subliminal, Two Rooms, Auckland
  • 2015, Botanical Studies, Page Blackie Gallery, Wellington
  • 2015, Body of the Sentient, Two Rooms, Auckland
  • 2015, Between Memory and Oblivion, Page Blackie Gallery, Wellington
  • 2014, Transitive States, Two Rooms, Auckland
  • 2014, Hanene - Breathing Gently, Page Blackie Gallery, Wellington
  • 2014, Voyage Sauvage, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney
  • 2014, Elysian Fields, Pataka Art + Museum, Porirua
  • 2013, Landscape, Page Blackie Gallery, Wellington
  • 2013, Auckland Art Fair
  • 2013, Line/Form/Colour/Intention - An Exhibition Exploring Abstraction, Blackie Gallery, Wellington
  • 2012, The Ocean of Eden, Two Rooms, Auckland
  • 2012, Islands of Dodonaea, RH Gallery, Upper Moutere, Nelson
  • 2011, Colour/Field, City Gallery Wellington, Wellington
  • 2010, Another Green World, Tauranga Art Gallery, Tauranga
  • 2009, Le Planete Sauvage, Two Rooms, Auckland
  • 2009, Tonight in the Mystic Garden, Black Barn Gallery, Havelock North
  • 2008, Astrophysics and the Thomson Effect, Mark Hutchins Gallery, Wellington
  • 2008, Supposition, Two Rooms, Auckland
  • 2008, Horoeka, RH Gallery, Upper Moutere, Nelson
  • 2007, Relativity and the Fourth Dimension, Mark Hutchins, Wellington
  • 2007, Studies for the Bigger Picture, Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland
  • 2006, Elizabeth Thomson: My Hi-Fi, My Sci- Fi, touring show, curated by Gregory O’Brien for City Art Gallery, Wellington[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Elizabeth Thomson". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Art, Life, Music - Elizabeth Thomson". Radio New Zealand. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Elizabeth Thomson". Page Blackie Gallery. Archived from the original on 23 February 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Elizabeth Thomson". Ocula. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  5. ^ Dunn, Michael (2002). New Zealand sculpture: a history (1. publ ed.). Auckland: Auckland Univ. Press. pp. 158, 159. ISBN 978-1-86940-277-8.
  6. ^ "Archives". Wallace Arts Trust. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  7. ^ "Artists at Page Blackie Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand". Page Blackie Gallery. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  8. ^ "Elizabeth Thomson". Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  9. ^ "Elizabeth Thomson". Auckland Art Gallery. Retrieved 14 December 2017.

Further reading[edit]

Artist files for Elizabeth Thomson are held at:

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