Ava Seymour (born 1967) is a New Zealand artist known for her photocollages.
Biography
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]
^Ireland, Peter (Autumn 2007). "Ava's Amazing Adventure: Ava Seymour's The White House Years". Art New Zealand. 122: 60–62.
^"Auckland Art Gallery". www.aucklandartgallery.com/explore-art-and-ideas/artist/5532/ava-seymour. Archived from the original on 16 February 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
