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⚫ Mark Colin Braunias (20 August 1955 — 17 December 2024) was a ] semi-abstract painter who experimented with quilt making and glass blowing. He won the $25,000 Parkin Drawing Prize (2021) and two ], and his work is held in important national art collections including ] Museum, ], ] and the ]. Braunias lived and worked in the coastal town of ], and the city of ]. His younger brother is the writer ].
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⚫ '''Mark Colin Braunias''' (20 August 1955 – 17 December 2024) was a New Zealand semi-abstract painter who experimented with quilt making and glass blowing. He won the $25,000 Parkin Drawing Prize (2021) and two ], and his work is held in important national art collections including ] Museum, ], ] and the ]. Braunias lived and worked in the coastal town of ], and the city of ]. His younger brother is the writer ].
⚫ == Personal life ==
⚫ Mark Braunias was born in ]. His father was Johann Braunias, an Austrian-born housepainter. Mark attended Mt Maunganui College, and later worked at the Waterfront Industry Commission offices at Mt Maunganui wharf. After extensive travel, he returned to New Zealand to attend the Ilam School of Art in Christchurch. He graduated with a BFA from Canterbury University, Ilam School of Fine Arts, in 1988, the year of his first solo exhibition. <ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=30 December 2024 |title=Steve Braunias: Well-known painter Mark Braunias dies |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/well-known-painter-mark-braunias-dies/VCY3LMAB3VEERDIXT5H6RIELBQ/ |access-date=30 December 2024 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref> <ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=18 December 2024 |title=Prolific artist Mark Braunias dies |url=https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/prolific-artist-mark-braunias-dies |access-date=30 December 2024 |website=Otago Daily Times Online News |language=en}}</ref>


⚫ ==Personal life==
⚫ As a child Braunias was inspired by the art his father created in his spare time. His brother Steve describes these as "conservatively painted landscapes." <ref>{{Cite web |date=18 December 2024 |title=Prolific New Zealand artist Mark Braunias dies |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/537063/prolific-new-zealand-artist-mark-braunias-dies |access-date=30 December 2024 |website=RNZ |language=en-nz}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web |date=1 March 2019 |title=Steve Braunias: when the family home is up for sale |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/steve-braunias-when-the-family-home-is-up-for-sale/UNCPYQGTSYSRL4QTFGSWQ3TJCU/ |access-date=30 December 2024 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref> Steve described his brother's death of a brain bleed in 17 December 2024, in an obituary in the ]. <ref name=":1" />
⚫ Braunias was born in ] on 20 August 1955, one of four sons to Johann Braunias, an Austrian-born house painter.<ref name="Herald241230"/> He attended ], and later worked at the Waterfront Industry Commission offices at ] wharf. After extensive travel, he returned to New Zealand to attend the ] in Christchurch. He graduated with a BFA from the ], Ilam School of Fine Arts, in 1988, the year of his first solo exhibition.<ref name="Herald241230">{{Cite web |last=Braunias |first=Steve |date=30 December 2024 |title=Well-known painter Mark Braunias dies |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/well-known-painter-mark-braunias-dies/VCY3LMAB3VEERDIXT5H6RIELBQ/ |access-date=30 December 2024 |website=]}}</ref><ref name="ODT241218">{{Cite web |last=Solomon |first=Serena |date=18 December 2024 |title=Prolific artist Mark Braunias dies |url=https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/prolific-artist-mark-braunias-dies |access-date=30 December 2024 |website=Otago Daily Times}}</ref>


⚫ As a child Braunias was inspired by ''Mad'' magazine artists, in particular the legendary Bill Elder. His father Johann was also a painter. His brother Steve described his father’s work as "conservatively painted landscapes." <ref>{{Cite web |last=Solomon |first=Serena |date=18 December 2024 |title=Prolific New Zealand artist Mark Braunias dies |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/537063/prolific-new-zealand-artist-mark-braunias-dies |access-date=30 December 2024 |website=]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1 March 2019 |title=Steve Braunias: when the family home is up for sale |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/steve-braunias-when-the-family-home-is-up-for-sale/UNCPYQGTSYSRL4QTFGSWQ3TJCU/ |access-date=30 December 2024 |website=The New Zealand Herald}}</ref>
⚫ == Career ==
⚫ Mark Braunias lived and worked in a former ] building in Kawhia, which he bought in 1996. He used the bank vault as his storeroom for canvasses. <ref name=":1" />


===Illness and death===
⚫ He was a prolific artist who exhibited frequently for more than three decades. He showed at the ] 13 times and the Jonathan Smart Gallery ten times. He also exhibited at Anna Miles Gallery, ], Bath Street Gallery, Ilam Campus Gallery, Gregory Flint Gallery, ], ], the ], ] ], The ], The ] and the ], among others. <ref>{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://markbraunias.com/about#/exhibition-history-mark-braunias |access-date=30 December 2024 |website=Mark Braunias |language=en-US}}</ref>
Braunias and three of his brothers suffered from ], a condition causing an unsteady heartbeat. The combination of high blood pressure and the blood-thinning agents, which he needed for his condition, led to a high potential risk of a ].<ref name="Herald241230"/>


Braunias died from a cerebral haemorrhage at ] on 17 December 2024, at the age of 69.<ref name="Herald241230"/><ref name="ODT241218" />
⚫ Jonathan Smart, owner of the Jonathan Smart Gallery in Christchurch, said Braunias made paintings "that lean towards abstraction that are also deeply human." <ref name=":0" />


⚫ ==Career==
⚫ Braunias also worked as an art tutor at ] in Auckland between 1993 and 2013. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Lowdown: Shock Farewells & End Of An Era |url=https://thebigidea.nz/stories/lowdown-shock-farewells-end-of-an-era |access-date=30 December 2024 |website=thebigidea.nz |language=en}}</ref>
⚫ Braunias lived and worked in a former ] building in ], which he bought in 1996. He used the bank vault as his storeroom for canvases.<ref name="Herald241230"/>


⚫ He was a prolific artist who exhibited frequently for more than three decades. He showed at the ] 13 times and the Jonathan Smart Gallery ten times. He also exhibited at Anna Miles Gallery, ],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dignan |first=James |date=31 October 2021 |title=Art seen: October 31 |url=https://www.odt.co.nz/entertainment/arts/art-seen-october-31 |access-date=31 December 2024 |website=Otago Daily Times}}</ref> Bath Street Gallery, Brett McDowell Gallery,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dignan |first=James |date=3 October 2024 |title=Art seen: October 3 |url=https://www.odt.co.nz/entertainment/arts/art-seen-october-3 |access-date=31 December 2024 |website=]}}</ref> Ilam Campus Gallery, Gregory Flint Gallery, ], ], the ], ], ], ], the ], and the ], among others. His last exhibition was at the Ann Packer Gallery in ], in November 2024. <ref>{{Cite web |title=About – Exhibition History |url=https://markbraunias.com/about#/exhibition-history-mark-braunias |access-date=30 December 2024 |website=Mark Braunias}}</ref>
⚫ == Awards ==
⚫ 1992: Paramount Award, the Wallace Art Awards <ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=31 July 2021 |title=Revealed: 'Vibrant' work wins Parkin Drawing Prize 2021 |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/mark-braunias-work-wins-2021-parkin-drawing-prize/EUND4WTAGLBE5JPD6V4A6ITKYM/ |access-date=30 December 2024 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref>


⚫ Jonathan Smart, owner of the Jonathan Smart Gallery in Christchurch, said Braunias made paintings "that lean towards abstraction that are also deeply human."<ref name="ODT241218"/>
2010: Fulbright-Wallace Arts Trust Award


⚫ Braunias also worked as an art tutor at ] in Auckland between 1993 and 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 December 2024 |title=Lowdown: Shock Farewells & End Of An Era |url=https://thebigidea.nz/stories/lowdown-shock-farewells-end-of-an-era |access-date=30 December 2024 |website=The Big Idea |language=}}</ref>
⚫ 2021: Parkin Drawing Prize <ref name=":2" />


⚫ ==Awards==
⚫ == Art residencies <ref>{{Cite web |title=BRAUNIAS, Mark |url=https://collection.artshousetrust.co.nz/persons/191/braunias-mark |access-date=30 December 2024 |website=The Arts House Trust |language=en}}</ref> ==
⚫ *1992: Paramount Award, the Wallace Art Awards<ref name="Herald210731">{{Cite web |last=Trigger |first=Sophie |date=31 July 2021 |title=Revealed: 'Vibrant' work wins Parkin Drawing Prize 2021 |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/mark-braunias-work-wins-2021-parkin-drawing-prize/EUND4WTAGLBE5JPD6V4A6ITKYM/ |access-date=30 December 2024 |website=The New Zealand Herald}}</ref>
⚫ ]
*2010: Fulbright-Wallace Arts Trust Award<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daly-Peoples |first=John |author-link=John Daly-Peoples |date=25 April 2022 |title=Two-faced portrait wins Wallace Art Awards |url=https://www.nbr.co.nz/two-faced-portrait-wins-wallace-art-awards/ |access-date=31 December 2024 |website=]}}</ref>
2002: Dunedin Public Art Gallery
⚫ *2021: Parkin Drawing Prize<ref name="Herald210731"/>


==Art residencies==
⚫ 2005: William Hodges Fellowship, Invercargill <ref>{{Cite web |title=as others see us... • Invercargill Public Art Gallery |url=https://www.invercargillpublicartgallery.nz/exhibitions/past-exhibitions/as-others-see-us/ |access-date=30 December 2024 |website=www.invercargillpublicartgallery.nz}}</ref>
⚫ ]
*2002: Dunedin Public Art Gallery<ref name="Artshouse&quot;">{{Cite web |date= |title=BRAUNIAS, Mark |url=https://collection.artshousetrust.co.nz/persons/191/braunias-mark |access-date=30 December 2024 |website=The Arts House Trust}}</ref>
⚫ *2005: ], Invercargill<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017 |title=as others see us... |url=https://www.invercargillpublicartgallery.nz/exhibitions/past-exhibitions/as-others-see-us/ |access-date=30 December 2024 |website=Invercargill Public Art Gallery}}</ref><ref name="Artshouse" />
⚫ *2007: ], Whanganui<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 March 2021 |title=Tylee Cottage |url=https://sarjeant.org.nz/tylee-residency-2/ |access-date=30 December 2024 |website=Te Whare o Rehua Sarjeant Gallery |language=en-NZ}}</ref><ref name="Artshouse" />
⚫ *2011: Fulbright/Wallace scholarship for a residency at the ], San Francisco.<ref name="Artshouse" />
⚫ *2019: ] <ref>{{Cite web |title=BRAUNIAS, Mark |url=https://collection.artshousetrust.co.nz/persons/191/braunias-mark |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=The Arts House Trust |language=en}}</ref>


⚫ ==Collections==
⚫ 2007: Tylee Cottage, Whanganui <ref>{{Cite web |date=30 March 2021 |title=Tylee Cottage |url=https://sarjeant.org.nz/tylee-residency-2/ |access-date=30 December 2024 |website=Te Whare o Rehua Sarjeant Gallery |language=en-NZ}}</ref>
⚫ The work of Mark Braunias is held in public gallery and private collections including Te Papa Tongarewa National Museum of New Zealand, Christchurch Art Gallery, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, The Sarjeant Art Gallery, Tauranga Art Gallery, Invercargill Art Gallery and Museum, Ashburton Art Gallery, University of Auckland, University of Canterbury, Massey University, Lincoln University, The Fletcher Trust Collection, Art House Trust Collection and the State Library of Queensland.


⚫ ==References==
⚫ 2011: Fulbright/Wallace scholarship for a residency at the Headlands Centre for the Arts, San Francisco.
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2019: Dunedin School of Art


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Latest revision as of 01:34, 7 January 2025

New Zealand painter (1955–2024)

Mark Braunias
BornMark Colin Braunias
(1955-08-20)20 August 1955
Tauranga, New Zealand
Died17 December 2024(2024-12-17) (aged 69)
Hamilton, New Zealand
Alma materUniversity of Canterbury Faculty of Arts
StyleAbstract
WebsiteOfficial website

Mark Colin Braunias (20 August 1955 – 17 December 2024) was a New Zealand semi-abstract painter who experimented with quilt making and glass blowing. He won the $25,000 Parkin Drawing Prize (2021) and two Wallace Art awards, and his work is held in important national art collections including Te Papa Museum, Christchurch Art Gallery, Dunedin Public Art Gallery and the Sarjeant Art Gallery. Braunias lived and worked in the coastal town of Kawhia, and the city of Hamilton. His younger brother is the writer Steve Braunias.

Personal life

Braunias was born in Tauranga on 20 August 1955, one of four sons to Johann Braunias, an Austrian-born house painter. He attended Mount Maunganui College, and later worked at the Waterfront Industry Commission offices at Mount Maunganui wharf. After extensive travel, he returned to New Zealand to attend the Ilam School of Art in Christchurch. He graduated with a BFA from the University of Canterbury, Ilam School of Fine Arts, in 1988, the year of his first solo exhibition.

As a child Braunias was inspired by Mad magazine artists, in particular the legendary Bill Elder. His father Johann was also a painter. His brother Steve described his father’s work as "conservatively painted landscapes."

Illness and death

Braunias and three of his brothers suffered from atrial fibrillation, a condition causing an unsteady heartbeat. The combination of high blood pressure and the blood-thinning agents, which he needed for his condition, led to a high potential risk of a cerebral haemorrhage.

Braunias died from a cerebral haemorrhage at Waikato Hospital on 17 December 2024, at the age of 69.

Career

Braunias lived and worked in a former Bank of New Zealand building in Kawhia, which he bought in 1996. He used the bank vault as his storeroom for canvases.

He was a prolific artist who exhibited frequently for more than three decades. He showed at the Peter McLeavey Gallery 13 times and the Jonathan Smart Gallery ten times. He also exhibited at Anna Miles Gallery, Dunedin School of Art, Bath Street Gallery, Brett McDowell Gallery, Ilam Campus Gallery, Gregory Flint Gallery, City Gallery Wellington, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, the Auckland Art Gallery, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Southland Museum and Art Gallery, Tauranga Art Gallery, the Sarjeant Gallery, and the Christchurch Art Gallery, among others. His last exhibition was at the Ann Packer Gallery in Whanganui, in November 2024.

Jonathan Smart, owner of the Jonathan Smart Gallery in Christchurch, said Braunias made paintings "that lean towards abstraction that are also deeply human."

Braunias also worked as an art tutor at Unitec in Auckland between 1993 and 2013.

Awards

  • 1992: Paramount Award, the Wallace Art Awards
  • 2010: Fulbright-Wallace Arts Trust Award
  • 2021: Parkin Drawing Prize

Art residencies

An exhibition by Braunias at Headlands Center for the Arts in San Francisco during the artist's residency in 2011. Braunias is the man on the right. Photograph by Heidi De Vries.

Collections

The work of Mark Braunias is held in public gallery and private collections including Te Papa Tongarewa National Museum of New Zealand, Christchurch Art Gallery, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, The Sarjeant Art Gallery, Tauranga Art Gallery, Invercargill Art Gallery and Museum, Ashburton Art Gallery, University of Auckland, University of Canterbury, Massey University, Lincoln University, The Fletcher Trust Collection, Art House Trust Collection and the State Library of Queensland.

References

  1. ^ Braunias, Steve (30 December 2024). "Well-known painter Mark Braunias dies". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
  2. ^ Solomon, Serena (18 December 2024). "Prolific artist Mark Braunias dies". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
  3. Solomon, Serena (18 December 2024). "Prolific New Zealand artist Mark Braunias dies". Radio New Zealand. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
  4. "Steve Braunias: when the family home is up for sale". The New Zealand Herald. 1 March 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
  5. Dignan, James (31 October 2021). "Art seen: October 31". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  6. Dignan, James (3 October 2024). "Art seen: October 3". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  7. "About – Exhibition History". Mark Braunias. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
  8. "Lowdown: Shock Farewells & End Of An Era". The Big Idea. 19 December 2024. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
  9. ^ Trigger, Sophie (31 July 2021). "Revealed: 'Vibrant' work wins Parkin Drawing Prize 2021". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
  10. Daly-Peoples, John (25 April 2022). "Two-faced portrait wins Wallace Art Awards". National Business Review. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  11. "BRAUNIAS, Mark". The Arts House Trust. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
  12. "as others see us..." Invercargill Public Art Gallery. 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
  13. ^ Cite error: The named reference Artshouse was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  14. "Tylee Cottage". Te Whare o Rehua Sarjeant Gallery. 30 March 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
  15. "BRAUNIAS, Mark". The Arts House Trust. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
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