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Peata Larkin BIOGRAPHY
Born 1973. Known for: Painting.
Peata Larkin graduated with a Master of Fine Art from RMIT, Melbourne in 2009, after receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland (2004). Peata... Read full biography
Peata Larkin graduated with a Master of Fine Art from RMIT, Melbourne in 2009, after receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland (2004). Peata Larkin’s paintings explore the conjunctions between painting, weaving, and digital technology.... Read full biography
Peata Larkin graduated with a Master of Fine Art from RMIT, Melbourne in 2009, after receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland (2004). Peata Larkin’s paintings explore the conjunctions between painting, weaving, and digital technology. Larkin’s language is that of geometric abstraction and pattern deeply informed by Maori culture. She is equally aware of the consequent linkages between past and present, craft and art, two-dimension and... Read full biography
Peata Larkin graduated with a Master of Fine Art from RMIT, Melbourne in 2009, after receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland (2004). Peata Larkin’s paintings explore the conjunctions between painting, weaving, and digital technology. Larkin’s language is that of geometric abstraction and pattern deeply informed by Maori culture. She is equally aware of the consequent linkages between past and present, craft and art, two-dimension and three-dimension. Acrylic paint is pushed through a weave substrate, and in doing so, the works acquire sculptural characteristics. Individual dots or mounds of colour (shaped by volume) are presented in an abstract pattern (based on Maori weaving... Read full biography
Peata Larkin graduated with a Master of Fine Art from RMIT, Melbourne in 2009, after receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland (2004). Peata Larkin’s paintings explore the conjunctions between painting, weaving, and digital technology. Larkin’s language is that of geometric abstraction and pattern deeply informed by Maori culture. She is equally aware of the consequent linkages between past and present, craft and art, two-dimension and three-dimension. Acrylic paint is pushed through a weave substrate, and in doing so, the works acquire sculptural characteristics. Individual dots or mounds of colour (shaped by volume) are presented in an abstract pattern (based on Maori weaving designs), and so the further the viewer gets away from the surface, the more the pattern coalesces. In all Larkin... Read full biography
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Peata Larkin graduated with a Master of Fine Art from RMIT, Melbourne in 2009, after receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland (2004).
Peata Larkin’s paintings explore the conjunctions between painting, weaving, and digital technology. Larkin’s language is that of geometric abstraction and pattern deeply informed by Maori culture. She is equally aware of the consequent linkages between past and present, craft and art, two-dimension and three-dimension.
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