Victoria Edwards (born 1948) is a New Zealand artist, printmaker and art educator.
Her work is in the permanent collection of the
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki is the principal public gallery in Auckland, New Zealand. It has the most extensive collection of national and international art in New Zealand and frequently hosts travelling international exhibitions.
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Life
Edwards was born in
Auckland
Auckland ( ; ) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. It has an urban population of about It is located in the greater Auckland Region, the area governed by Auckland Council, which includes outlying rural areas and ...
in 1948. She studied at the
Elam School of Fine Arts
The Elam School of Fine Arts, founded by John Edward Elam, is part of the University of Auckland Faculty of Creative Arts and Industries, Faculty of Creative Arts and Industries at the University of Auckland. It offered the first Bachelor of ...
, Auckland and lectured in printmaking at the school from 1978 to 1981.
In 2006 Edwards completed a PhD; her project was titled ''NightWatch...moving image sequences in installation 2005-2006.''
The following year, Edwards began a collaborative art practice with
Ina Johann, and in 2016 a joint work by the pair titled ''On the Seam of Things - Constellations # 5'' won the New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Award.
References
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1948 births
Living people
Elam Art School alumni
20th-century New Zealand artists
Artists from Auckland
New Zealand printmakers
New Zealand women artists
New Zealand women art educators