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Spotswood College Alumni Trust

Award Name:

Visual Arts

Criteria:

Ceramics, Fashion Design, Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Weaving

1965

Marianne Muggeridge

Artist:Painting
The only artist to have won the prestigious “Adam Portrait Award” twice.
2000 "Lucy in her Green Dress"
2002 "Meren and Josie".
Her works are held in numerous public and private collections throughout New Zealand.

1966

Christine Thacker

Ceramicist:
Christine is an established Ceramicist with an international reputation for innovative form and approach to the medium.
In 1992 she took up residency at the International Ceramics Studio in Kecskemet, Hungary. She has received numerous grants and awards.
Her work is held in numerous private, corporate and public collections.

1966

Ashley Grant

Architect, Artist & Sculptor:
Primarily known for his work as a sculptor and artist.

1968

David Hallett

Photography:
Long time Press photographer. Worked for Taranaki Daily News and the Auckland Star.
Specialised in Natural History and Landscapes.
An awe-inspiring wildlife photographer. One of New Zealand’s finest bird photographers.
1997 - "Moods of N.Z. Fly Fishing
2003 - "Classic Fly Fishing in N.Z Rivers"
2004 - Montana Book of the Year Award “Classic Fly Fishing-In N.Z. Rivers”
2008 - "Fiordland"
2010 – Best Single picture Award, Qantas Media Awards
2011 - "Fly Fishing in N.Z. Lakes"
2012 – N.Z. Geographic Photographer of the Year
2014 – “Native Birds of New Zealand”
2015 - “Seasons of Erewhon”
2016 - "Tales from the Backroad"

1973

Philippa Guthrie

Photography:
1999 Best Photograph “Work of N.Z’s Rural Women” – Rural Media Awards

1976

Chris Hill

Photography:
2010 & 2011- NZIPP IRIS Awards - Commercial & Advertising Photographer of the Year.

1978

Glenn Jeffrey

Photography:
Staff photographer at N.Z Herald 1989-2009
Qantas Award winner

1979

Philippa Devonshire

Weaver:
2016 – Matariki $1 N.Z. Stamp displays her Kete

1984

Yvonne Shaw

2018 & 2019 Finalist in N.Z. Photobook of the Year Award
2018 2nd Runner-Up Wallace Arts Awards

1985

Jacqueline Roper

Fashion Designer:
Debut "Jacqueline-Anne Couture"
2019 N.Z. Fashion Week

1988

Chauncey Flay

Visual Artist:
2019 “Vestiges” Exhibition
2023 "One Million Marks" Exhibition

1989

Harmony Gaw

Artist: Painting “Then, Now and in Between Exhibition

1992

Shannon Novak

Artist: Painting
2019 - “17 Years’ Exhibition

1994

Tim Brown

Spatial Designer & Artist:
2014 – “Mind’s Eye Spatial Art Show”

2001

Andrew Steel

Contempory Street Artist:
Part of the street art duo “BMD.

2001

Damin Radford-Smith

Contempory Street Artist:
Part of the street art duo “BMD”.
Has travelled internationally using the moniker “Milarky”.
2015 – “No Fixed Abode’ Exhibition

2005

Ryan Ballinger

Artist: Painting
2014 – Artist in residence 30upstairs gallery in Wellington.

2005

Beren Hughes

Photography:
2024 - Winner National IHC Photography competition.
"Friends Sharing Lunch".
The competition is for New Zealanders who
have an intellectual disability.

2007

Tori Green

Fashion designer:
2014 Prime Minister’s Scholarship for Asia, in a unique N.Z.-India fashion education collaboration.

2008

Sophia Smolenski

Artist:
2013 N.Z. Secondary Schools Top Art Exhibition
2014 Finalist in the National Contemporary Art Awards

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