- Judy Millar
Judy Millar (born 1957) is a
New Zealand artist, who lives inAuckland andBerlin, Germany .Education
Judy Millar received a BFA in 1980 and an MFA from Auckland University's
Elam School of Fine Arts in 1983. As recipient of a Scholarship from the Italian Government in 1990, she spent a year in Turin, Italy, where she studied Italian arts of the 1960s and 1970s.Awards
*1994 - Moet & Chandon Fellowship, Avize, France
*2002 - winner of the Wallace Art Award (NZ) [http://www.wallaceartstrust.org.nz]
*2006 - inaugural winner of the McCahon House Residency (NZ) [http://www.mccahonhouse.org.nz/residency]Exhibitions
Millar has participated in numerous group exhibitions in both New Zealand and Europe and found critical acclaim in the international press. Her painterly style was described as "energetic and overwhelmig", [ Angelika Affentrager-Krichrath in: Neue Zuericher Zeitung, September 14, 2005.] and Andrea Hilgenstock calls her paintings "spectacular" [Andrea Hilgenstock, "Jeder Künstler abstrahiert." In: Die Welt, August 4, 2006, [http://www.welt.de/print-welt/article233620/Jeder_Kuenstler_abstrahiert.html] ] .Further references can be found in recent publications on New Zealand art. [Cf. Brian Butler (ed.), Speculation, Auckland, Zurich: JRP/Ringer, 2007, pp. 62 - 67, p 206] [Leonhard Emmerling (ed.), IS/NZ (Ingólfur Arnarsson, Stephen Bambury, Tumi Magnússon, Judy Millar) , with an interview by Susanne Kaeppele, Heidelberg, Kehrer Publisher, 2005, ISBN 978-3-936636-47-5 http://www.artbooksheidelberg.com/html/detail/de/isnz-978-3-936636-47-5.html] [Lopdell House Gallery (ed.), Keeping You You Keeping Me Me, ISBN 0-9582284-3-4] [CAP Art Limited, Dublin, Ireland (ed.), "CAP Collection", Dublin 2005, ISBN 2-88100-052-5, S. 184-187, 347]
Her works can be found in the collections of the Kunstmuseum
St. Gallen ,Dunedin Public Art Gallery and theAuckland Art Gallery .She will, along with
Francis Upritchard , represent New Zealand at the 53rd Venice Biennial in 2009 [http://www.nzatvenice.com] .Current
Millar is represented by Gow Langsford Gallery in
Auckland , Gallery Mark Müller inZurich and Hamish Morrison Gallery inBerlin .She works on the Venice project with curator Leonhard Emmerling, director of St Paul St Gallery, Auckland, and Bruce Edgar.
References
External links
* [http://www.kunstmuseumsg.ch/home.html Kustmuseum St. Gallen]
* [http://www.gowlangsfordgallery.co.nz Gow Langsford Gallery]
* [http://www.markmueller.ch Gallery Mark Müller]
* [http://www.spielhaus-morrison.com Hamish Morrison Gallery]
* [http://www.stpaulst.aut.ac.nz St Paul St Gallery]
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