The 2009 TOPMARK Award runner up is Vivien Atkinson.
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Title of the works:
Suite: Illusions Materials: Sugar Paste, Royal Icing, Tulle, Sterling Silver
VIVIEN ATKINSON
Vivien-Atkinson@xtra.co.nz
EDUCATION
2007 BAppA, Whitireia Community Polytechnic Porirua
2006 Dip. Jewellery Design, Whitireia Community Polytechnic Porirua
2005 MFA, RMIT, Melbourne
2003 BFA (Hons) Massey University, Wellington
EXHIBITIONS
2009 Once upon a time, Group Show, Pataka Gallery, Porirua,
2008 Graduate Metal Show, JMGA Conference, Adelaide, SA.
2008 Tossed and Found, Group Show, Pataka Gallery, Porirua,
2008 Performance Workshop Project, Enjoy Gallery, Wellington
2007 One Place After Another, Performance/Installation, Fish Bowl Gallery, New Plymouth,
2007 Whiteboard, National Jewellery Exhibition, Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington,
2007 Trash to Treasure, Performance/Installation, Cuba Mall,
2007 Material Concerns, Group Show, Corbans Estate Art Centre, Waitakere
2007 Cite Sight Site, Group Show, Pataka Gallery, Porirua,
2006 Journey, Group show, Whitireia, Porirua,
2006 Working Title, Group show, Show Gallery,
2006 Who am I, Where am I? , Performance/Installation, Blue Oyster Gallery, Dunedin,
2006 How to remember, Performance, Blue Oyster Gallery, Dunedin,
2006 Origins, Group show, Pataka Gallery, Porirua,
2005 Dark Room-Light Travels, Group show. Square Gallery, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.
2005 Unhomely, Performance/Installation, Show Gallery, Wellington
2005 At Home (In Transit), Enjoy Gallery, Wellington
2005 Making Time, Group show, Show Gallery, Wellington,
2005 Buy 100 Show, Group show, Enjoy Gallery Wellington,
2004 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, NSW Australia,
2004 Surface Tension, Group show, Show Gallery, Wellington,
2004 Performance, Who am I, Where am I ? Enjoy Gallery, Wellington,
2004 Buy 100 Show, Enjoy Gallery Wellington,
2003 Somewhere, Massey final year sculpture show, Bresilino’s, Wellington
2003 Massey University Graduate Show,
Awards:
Massey Scholar, 2003
Finalist. Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, NSW Australia, 2004
Research Residency, SCA, Sydney, Australia 2009
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