Chris Heaphy - Artist Info

About Chris Heaphy

  • Biography

    Chris Heaphy was born in New Zealand in 1965 and is of Ngai Tahu and European extraction. He attended the Canterbury school of Fine Art graduating in 1991 with a BFA in painting. In 1998 he graduated from the RMIT University in Melbourne Australia with an MFA in painting. Heaphy has been successful in securing a number of grants and fellowships including Te Waka Toi grants in 1993 and 1994, the Olivia Spencer Bower Fellowship in 1995, two Creative New Zealand grants in 1999, and a research grant from WINTEC which enabled him to undertake a residency at Melbourne’s RMIT University.

    In 2000-2001 Heaphy undertook a residency at the Cite Internationale des Arts in Paris as well as the Veuve Cliquot Ponsardin Residency in Chahttp://www.gowlangsfordgallery.co.nz/artists/...

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