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Born 1977. Known for: Sculpture.
Rohan Wealleans is known for layering paint, colour upon colour, then carving into it. The Auckland-based artist is obsessed with paint’s literal, material qualities, but he is equally concerned with... Read full biography
Rohan Wealleans is known for layering paint, colour upon colour, then carving into it. The Auckland-based artist is obsessed with paint’s literal, material qualities, but he is equally concerned with metaphor. In his work, paint is always transforming, becoming something else. Wealleans completed a... Read full biography
Rohan Wealleans is known for layering paint, colour upon colour, then carving into it. The Auckland-based artist is obsessed with paint’s literal, material qualities, but he is equally concerned with metaphor. In his work, paint is always transforming, becoming something else. Wealleans completed a Master of Fine Arts in painting at the University of Auckland in 2003 and in the same year won the Waikato Art Prize. In 2006 he was the winner of the 15th Annual Wallace Art Award. Since 2001,... Read full biography
Rohan Wealleans is known for layering paint, colour upon colour, then carving into it. The Auckland-based artist is obsessed with paint’s literal, material qualities, but he is equally concerned with metaphor. In his work, paint is always transforming, becoming something else. Wealleans completed a Master of Fine Arts in painting at the University of Auckland in 2003 and in the same year won the Waikato Art Prize. In 2006 he was the winner of the 15th Annual Wallace Art Award. Since 2001, Wealleans has exhibited regularly both in New Zealand and internationally. Wealleans’ work is in the collections of the Auckland Art Gallery, Te Papa Tongarewa The Museum of New Zealand, Wellington, The Govett-Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth and the... Read full biography
Rohan Wealleans is known for layering paint, colour upon colour, then carving into it. The Auckland-based artist is obsessed with paint’s literal, material qualities, but he is equally concerned with metaphor. In his work, paint is always transforming, becoming something else. Wealleans completed a Master of Fine Arts in painting at the University of Auckland in 2003 and in the same year won the Waikato Art Prize. In 2006 he was the winner of the 15th Annual Wallace Art Award. Since 2001, Wealleans has exhibited regularly both in New Zealand and internationally. Wealleans’ work is in the collections of the Auckland Art Gallery, Te Papa Tongarewa The Museum of New Zealand, Wellington, The Govett-Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth and the Chartwell Collection as well as private collections in Australia and New Zealand.