Ava Seymour

Ava Seymour is a New Zealand artist born in Palmerston North in 1967.[1][2] She attended the Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE in Prahran in 1988.[3] Seymour was based in Berlin for two years, where she began producing her photocollages. She returned to New Zealand in 1994 and had her first exhibition in 1995.[3] In 2001, Seymour was appointed a Frances Hodgkins Fellow. During this fellowship, she focused on Central Otago imagery.[4] In 2009, Seymour received a McCahon House Artist residency, during which she developed work that was included in The Kauri Project: A Delicate Balance at Te Uru Contemporary Gallery, April 2015.[5]

Ava Seymour
Born1967 (age 52–53)
Palmerston North, New Zealand
EducationNorthern Melbourne Institute of TAFE
Known forPhotocollage
WebsiteOfficial website

Seymour's Health, Happiness and Housing is a suite of 15 photographic montages of New Zealanders and their state housing, described as a "perceptive and astringent portrait of New Zealand" by Ron Brownson.[6] It was exhibited at Artspace NZ in Auckland[7] and The Physics Room in Christchurch[8] in 1997 and 1998, and was subsequently acquired by Auckland Art Gallery.[6]

Seymour's work is included in the collections of Auckland Art Gallery, Te Papa Tongarewa, The National Gallery of Australia, The National Gallery of Victoria, and Queensland Art Gallery.[3]

References
  1. Ireland, Peter (Autumn 2007). "Ava's Amazing Adventure: Ava Seymour's The White House Years". Art New Zealand. 122: 60–62.
  2. "Auckland Art Gallery". www.aucklandartgallery.com/explore-art-and-ideas/artist/5532/ava-seymour. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  3. "Ava Seymour • McLeavey Gallery". mcleaveygallery.com. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  4. Friday; December 2001, 21; Unknown, 9:39 am Press Release. "Dunedin Arts and Cultural Events Dec–Jan | Scoop News". scoop.co.nz. Retrieved 16 February 2019.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. "Ava Seymour, McCahon House Artists Residency". mccahonhouse.org.nz. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  6. Brownson, Ron (29 December 2013). "OUTPOST: Ava Seymour". OUTPOST. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  7. "ARTSPACE – Ava Seymour". artspace.org.nz. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  8. "Ava Seymour: The Physics Room : Project Space: 1998". physicsroom.org.nz. Retrieved 15 February 2019.


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