Artist
Chris Heaphy
- Name
- Chris Heaphy
- Iwi/Ethnicity
- Ngāi Tahu/Kāi Tahu/Māori
- Date of Birth
- 1965
- Place of Birth
- New Plymouth/Taranaki (region)/New Zealand
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Biography
After completing a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the Ilam School of Fine Arts, Canterbury University, in 1991, Chris Heaphy spent time exhibiting and practising in Aotearoa New Zealand before completing a Master of Fine Arts at RMIT University, Melbourne, in 1998. He received the Olivia Spencer Bower Fellowship in 1995.
Incorporating symbols, signs and anamorphic figures inspired by everyday objects, pop art and traditional Māori rock drawings, Heaphy’s paintings traverse cultural divides to explore concepts relating to culture and identity.
Incorporating symbols, signs and anamorphic figures inspired by everyday objects, pop art and traditional Māori rock drawings, Heaphy’s paintings traverse cultural divides to explore concepts relating to culture and identity.
Artworks by Chris Heaphy (10)
Tepu No. 1
Chris Heaphy
1995
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Untitled (The Brothers)
Chris Heaphy
2002
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Untitled Red Pink Yellow
Chris Heaphy
2002
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Untitled Pink Red Green
Chris Heaphy
2002
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