Stephen Bambury - Artist Info

About Stephen Bambury

  • Biography

    Stephen Bambury is a Christchurch-born, Auckland-based abstract painter. After graduating from the Elam School of Fine Art at the University of Auckland, Bambury received two Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council Grants and a residency at Victoria College, in Melbourne, Australia.

    He had a long-running relationship with Andrew Jensen, who's gallery hosted a number of exhibitions featuring Bambury.

    His abstract oils have "no decorative, naturalistic, metaphoric or autobiographical references or intents".

    His work is widely held in public art museums in New Zealand, with Te Papa having 15 pieces and correspondence, Auckland Art Gallery having 12 pieces, and Christchurch Art Gallery 3 pieces.

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