MARK BRAUNIAS
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Mark Braunias is an esteemed contemporary New Zealand painter. He graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Ilam School of Fine Arts, the University of Canterbury in 1988 and has maintained an active exhibition presence throughout New Zealand since. The inaugural winner of the James Wallace Art Award in 1992, Braunias also received a Wallace/Fulbright scholarship to complete an artist residency at Headlands Center For The Arts in San Francisco (2011). He has also completed artist residencies at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery (2002), William Hodges Fellowship, Invercargill (2005), and Tylee Cottage, Whanganui (2007). His works have been curated into multiple public gallery exhibitions including 'A very peculiar practice' (City Gallery, Wellington, 1995), 'Gruesome' (Robert McDougal Art Gallery, Christchurch, 1999), 'The Cartoon Show' (Auckland Art Gallery, 2002) and 'Field of Vision: A survey of Mark Braunias' (Wallace Arts Centre, Auckland, 2016). He has published numerous catalogues and has works widely held in both public and private collections.
Braunias completed a series of lithographs at Auckland Print Studio in 2012. The prints are examples of his characteristic use of familiar yet warped forms and figures as well as expert handling of line and colour executed with a degree of wit. Braunias is represented by Anna Miles Gallery in Auckland, McLeavey Gallery in Wellington and Jonathan Smart Gallery in Christchurch. | |||
