MANDY HAGUE

 

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Artist Statement

Always driven by an interest in the natural world my work stems from close observations of creatures I have encountered or objects collected. Often these works present as dark or even disturbing as I convey my melancholic perceptions of the decline of our natural surroundings through deforestation, pollution, overpopulation and global warming. The wondrous and beautiful are often juxtaposed with an element of death and decay.  Other times they are simply a celebration of the myriad of beautiful or bizarre examples of our natural world.

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Art Qualifications

2013 Advanced Diploma in Art & Creativity

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Exhibitions and Awards

Feb 2017   Group Exhibition, Parliament Buildings, Wellington The Real Opotiki

Jan 2017   Best Local Artist Award, Peoples Choice & Finalist Molly Morpeth Canaday Art Award

June 2016   Group Exhibition Whakatane Museum Gallery Arts Revealed

March 2016   Merit Award Winner Estuary Art Awards, Auckland

July 2015   Supreme Winner Rotorua Museum Art Awards

Sept 2015   Group Show Tauranga Art Gallery The Supremes: Winners of the Miles Art Award

Dec 2014 – Jan 2015   Artist run space – Hang 8 Gallery, Whakatane

Oct 2014   Braveheart Exhibition, Auckland

Dec 2013   Graduates Exhibition TLC Wellington

Sept 2012   Ex Ovo, Solo Exhibition, Whakatane Museum Gallery

Dec 2010   Supreme Winner Miles Art Award Tauranga Art Gallery

Nov 2008   Winner Tauranga Art Awards

July 2008   Winner Furnishings & Art Forms Category, Opotiki Fibre & Fleece Festival

Sept 2004   Solo Exhibition Bethlehem Gallery Tauranga

March 2004   Solo Exhibition Whakatane Museum Gallery

April 2003   Participant Melbourne Art Festival, Juried Show, Melbourne Florida, USA

Finalist Molly Morpeth Canaday Art Awards 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017 including Local Artist Award Winner 2009, 2017 and Winner Best portrait 2003, 2004, 2006.

 

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