Elizabeth Thomson | |
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Born | (1955-10-17) 17 October 1955 (age 69) Titirangi, Auckland, New Zealand |
Nationality | New Zealander |
Education | Elam School of Fine Arts |
Known for | Painting |
Elizabeth Thomson (born 17 October 1955) is a New Zealand artist.
Background
Thomson was born 1955 in Titirangi, Auckland. She graduated from the Elam School of Fine Arts in 1988 with a Master of Fine Arts. Thomson is based in Wellington.
Career
Thomson is a painter and sculptor utilising botanical, entomological or molecular forms and incorporating them into abstract geometric compositions. She uses various tools and mediums to create her works, including sculpture and miniatures.
In 1998, Thomson won the Paramount Award in the Wallace Arts Awards with her piece 'Southern Cross Paterre'. In 1987 and 1989 she received grants from the Arts Council of New Zealand.
Thomson is represented by Page Blackie Gallery.
Works by Thomson are held in the public collections of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.
Exhibitions
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- 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
References
- "Elizabeth Thomson". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
- ^ "Art, Life, Music - Elizabeth Thomson". Radio New Zealand. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
- ^ "Elizabeth Thomson". Page Blackie Gallery. Archived from the original on 23 February 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
- ^ "Elizabeth Thomson". Ocula. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
- Dunn, Michael (2002). New Zealand sculpture: a history (1. publ ed.). Auckland: Auckland Univ. Press. pp. 158, 159. ISBN 978-1-86940-277-8.
- "Archives". Wallace Arts Trust. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
- "Artists at Page Blackie Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand". Page Blackie Gallery. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
- "Elizabeth Thomson". Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
- "Elizabeth Thomson". Auckland Art Gallery. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
Further reading
Artist files for Elizabeth Thomson are held at:
- Angela Morton Collection, Takapuna Library
- E. H. McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
- Robert and Barbara Stewart Library and Archives, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu
- Fine Arts Library, University of Auckland
- Hocken Collections Uare Taoka o Hākena
- Te Aka Matua Research Library, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
- Macmillan Brown Library, University of Canterbury
Also see:
- Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists McGahey, Kate (2000) Gilt Edge