Ava Seymour | |
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Born | 1967 (age 56–57)
Palmerston North, New Zealand |
Education | Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE |
Known for | Photocollage |
Website | Official website |
Ava Seymour (born 1967) is a New Zealand artist known for her photocollages.
Seymour was 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 Waitākere Contemporary Gallery in April 2015. [5]
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]