Phillip Luxton
Phillip Luxton (b 1959) is a New Zealand ceramicist.[1] He is self-taught and has been producing large scale works by hand since his early 20s. He is on the board of Ngā Taonga a Hineteiwaiwa A Treasury of New Zealand Craft Resources.[2]
In 1988 he received a significant QEII Arts Council Grant and in the early 1990s Luxton collaborated with New Zealand painter Max Gimblett.[1] In 2002 he exhibited with Barry Brickell at the Grantham Galleries in Auckland.[3] The following year Luxton exhibited alongside Paratene Matchitt, David Trubridge and Jeff Thompson at the Art Out There exhibition held at the Ellerslie Flower Show.[4]
He has work in the James Wallace Art collection and in 2001 won the Manukau Sculpture and Vessel Award.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Schamroth, Helen (1998). 100 New Zealand Craft Artists. Auckland: Random House. ISBN 1-86962-030-5.
- ^ "Board Members". Ngā Taonga a Hineteiwaiwa.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help) - ^ Falconer, Pheobe. "Need To Know". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
- ^ Hart, Steve. "Added flower power at the New Zealand Flower Show". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
- ^ "Phillip Luxton". Pacific Eyes. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
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