Artist
Shane Cotton
- Name
- Shane Cotton
- Iwi/Ethnicity
- Ngāpuhi/MāoriNgāti Rangi/MāoriNgāti Hine/MāoriTe Uri Taniwha/Māori
- Date of Birth
- 03 Oct 1964
- Place of Birth
- Upper Hutt/Wellington (region)/New Zealand
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Biography
Shane Cotton completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of Canterbury’s Ilam School of Fine Arts in 1988 and a Graduate Diploma in Teaching from the Christchurch College of Education in 1991. In 1993, Cotton joined Robert Jahnke in lecturing on Massey University’s Toioho ki Āpiti Bachelor of Māori Visual Arts programme.
His painting practice examines Māori and Pākehā cultural histories to prompt conversations about nationhood and biculturalism, often referencing early nineteenth-century Māori folk art and its intersection with Christianity.
In 1988, Cotton was the Frances Hodgkins Fellow at the University of Otago; in 1999 he was awarded a Te Tohu Mahi Hou a Te Waka Toi/Te Waka Toi Award for New Work; and he became an Arts Foundation Laureate in 2008.
His painting practice examines Māori and Pākehā cultural histories to prompt conversations about nationhood and biculturalism, often referencing early nineteenth-century Māori folk art and its intersection with Christianity.
In 1988, Cotton was the Frances Hodgkins Fellow at the University of Otago; in 1999 he was awarded a Te Tohu Mahi Hou a Te Waka Toi/Te Waka Toi Award for New Work; and he became an Arts Foundation Laureate in 2008.
Artworks by Shane Cotton (12)
Southern Cross
Shane Cotton
2002
Artwork
Eden to Ohaeawai
Shane Cotton
1998-2000
Artwork
Te Waiwhariki
Shane Cotton
2005
Artwork
Free Fall
Shane Cotton
2006
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