Stephen Bambury Explained

Stephen Bambury
Birth Date:1951
Birth Place:Christchurch
Occupation:painter

Stephen Bambury (born 1951) is a Christchurch-born, Auckland-based abstract painter.[1] [2]

Career

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. Bambury was the first recipient of the Moët & Chandon Fellowship in 1989, leading Bambury to travel to France, where he was based for the next three years.[3]

Initially Bambury showed with the Petar/James Gallery as its youngest artist and later was to have a long-running relationship with Andrew Jensen,[4] whose gallery hosted a number of exhibitions featuring Bambury.[5] [6] His abstract oils have "no decorative, naturalistic, metaphoric or autobiographical references or intents"[7]

He is widely held in public art museums in New Zealand, with Te Papa having 15 pieces and correspondence,[8] Auckland Art Gallery having 12 pieces[9] and Christchurch Art Gallery 3 pieces.[10]

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CV098910 - Stephen Bambury - JENSEN GALLERY . 2010-05-26 . 2014-01-24 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100526102814/http://jensengallery.com/artist/?at=Stephen+Bambury&a=1&bio=y . May 26, 2010 .
  2. Web site: Stephen Bambury . Jonathan Smart Gallery . 2014-01-24.
  3. Book: Contemporary New Zealand Art 1 . Elizabeth . Caughey . John . Gow . 1997 . 1-86953-218-X . Everbest Printing . 26.
  4. Web site: Leading NZ artist in High Court scrap - Business - NZ Herald News . Nzherald.co.nz . 2013-12-04 . 2014-01-24.
  5. Web site: Resumes by Name . Six degrees of Separation at Jensen Gallery | The Big Idea | Te Aria Nui . The Big Idea . 2004-10-22 . 2014-01-24 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140202195051/http://www.thebigidea.co.nz/node/27360 . 2014-02-02 .
  6. Web site: Hurrell. John. 9 October 2006. Bambury. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130218160721/http://artbash.co.nz/forums/reviews/light-is-right. February 18, 2013. December 4, 2013. Artbash.
  7. Web site: Stephen Bambury's Colour Paintings . Art-newzealand.com . 2014-01-24.
  8. Web site: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa . Bambury, Stephen - Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa . Collections.tepapa.govt.nz . 2014-01-24.
  9. Web site: Open daily 10am - 5pm except Christmas Day . Stephen Bambury . Auckland Art Gallery . 2014-01-24.
  10. Web site: "Bambury" in The Entire Site | Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna O Waiwhetu . Christchurchartgallery.org.nz . 2014-01-24.

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