Christine Webster

Christine Webster
Born1958 (age 65–66)
Pukekohe, Auckland
NationalityNew Zealander
EducationMassey University, Glasgow School of Art
Known forPhotography

Christine Webster (born 1958) is a New Zealand visual artist and photographer.

Background

Webster was born in 1958 in Pukekohe, Auckland.[1] She currently lives in the United Kingdom.[2]

Webster has a Diploma in Photography from Massey University[3] and an MFA from Glasgow School of Art.[2]

Career

Webster is a photographer and visual artist. Her work explores society's accepted boundaries and the human psyche, specifically relating to gender and identity.[2][4]

In 1991 Webster was awarded the Frances Hodgkins Fellowship.[5]

She has received a Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council Grant (1988), Polaroid Small Projects Grant (1989).[2]

Webster has taught at the ASA School of Art, Auckland, Unitec Institute of Technology, and Elam School of Fine Art, and currently is a senior lecturer at the Cambridge School of Art.[2][4]

Her work is held in the collections of Bibliothèque nationale de France, LA County Museum of Art, George Eastman Museum, Museum Ludwig, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Queensland Art Gallery,[citation needed] Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa,[6] and Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.[7]

Exhibitions

  • 2015, Truth + Fiction, Trish Clark Gallery, Auckland (group show)[8]
  • 2016, The XX Factor, Trish Clark Gallery, Auckland (group show)[9]

References

  1. ^ "Christine Webster". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Christine Webster". nz-artists.co.nz. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Christine Webster CV". www.christinewebster.co.uk. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Christine Webster". Trish Clark Gallery. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  5. ^ "The Frances Hodgkins Fellowship". University of Otago. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  6. ^ "Christine Webster". Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  7. ^ "Christine Webster". Auckland Art Gallery. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  8. ^ "Truth + Fiction". Trish Clark Gallery. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  9. ^ "The XX Factor". Trish Clark Gallery. Retrieved 11 December 2017.

External links

  • Official website
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