Christine Webster

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

Christine Webster
Born1958 (age 61–62)
Pukekohe, Auckland
NationalityNew Zealander
EducationMassey University, Glasgow School of Art
Known forPhotography

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, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa,[6] and Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.[7]

Exhibitions
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  • 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. "Christine Webster". nz-artists.co.nz. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  3. "Christine Webster CV". www.christinewebster.co.uk. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  4. "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.
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