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Amy Howden-Chapman

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Amy Howden-Chapman (born 1984) is a New Zealand artist and writer based in the United States. Her works are held in the collection of the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.

Early life

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Amy Howden-Chapman was born in 1984 in Wellington, New Zealand.

Education

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Howden-Chapman studied at Victoria University of Wellington and graduated with a master's degree in creative writing and an Honours degree in Art History. She later studied at the California Institute of the Arts, and graduated with a master's degree in Fine Arts.[1]

Career

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Howden-Chapman has exhibited extensively in New Zealand, the United States and Europe. Using performance, photography, video and print, Howden-Chapman's work investigates moments of cultural, environmental and political change. Many of her works focus on climate change and environmental protection.

Howden-Chapman is co-founder (with Abby Cunnane) of TheDistancePlan.org, an organisation that seeks to promote climate change discussion within the arts.[2]

Major commissions:

  • The Apologies, an installation developed with writer Andrew Gorin for the 2022 show Better than This at East Quay gallery in Watchet, UK.[3]
  • The Flood, My Chanting, a work commissioned as part of One Day Sculpture 2008, a series of temporary public artworks around New Zealand.[4]
  • Meanwhile, a film work for Hue & Cry (2012).[5]

Notable exhibitions:

Fellowships and awards

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References

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  1. ^ a b "McCahon House > Residency > Meet the Artists > Amy Howden Chapman". www.mccahonhouse.org.nz. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  2. ^ "The Distance Plan". LIBRARYSTACK∎. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Past exhibition: BETTER THAN THIS". www.eastquaywatchet.co.uk. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Amy Howden-Chapman, The Flood, My Chanting / 2008". Situations. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Hue & Cry". hueandcry.org.nz. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Since the Great Depression - Raised by Wolves | The Physics Room". www.physicsroom.org.nz. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  7. ^ "Amy Howden-Chapman: They Say Ten Thousand Years - Te Uru". www.teuru.org.nz. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  8. ^ "Artspace Aotearoa - In response to the exhibition: Amy Howden-Chapman, Advice for our Aerial Ocean". www.artspace.org.nz. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  9. ^ "Living art museum » Sad Problems". Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  10. ^ "Brick Fall, Glass Wall | The Physics Room". www.physicsroom.org.nz. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  11. ^ "HOLA Welcomes Summer 2015 Artists in Residence". holapublicartproject. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  12. ^ "New Artist in Residence: Amy Howden-Chapman — PIK Research Portal". www.pik-potsdam.de. Retrieved 10 March 2019.