Frances Hodgkins Fellowship
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The Frances Hodgkins Fellowship, established in 1962, is one of New Zealand's premier arts residencies. The list of past fellows includes many of New Zealand's most notable artists.
The position is based at the University of Otago
in Dunedin
, New Zealand
. The fellowship was created to encourage painters and sculptors in the practice and advancement of their art, to associate them with life in the University, and at the same time to foster an interest in the arts within the University.
The Frances Hodgkins Fellowship is named after the New Zealand
painter Frances Hodgkins
(1869–1947) who was born in Dunedin.
The position is based at the University of Otago
University of Otago
The University of Otago in Dunedin is New Zealand's oldest university with over 22,000 students enrolled during 2010.The university has New Zealand's highest average research quality and in New Zealand is second only to the University of Auckland in the number of A rated academic researchers it...
in Dunedin
Dunedin
Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago Region. It is considered to be one of the four main urban centres of New Zealand for historic, cultural, and geographic reasons. Dunedin was the largest city by territorial land area until...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. The fellowship was created to encourage painters and sculptors in the practice and advancement of their art, to associate them with life in the University, and at the same time to foster an interest in the arts within the University.
The Frances Hodgkins Fellowship is named after the New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
painter Frances Hodgkins
Frances Hodgkins
Frances Mary Hodgkins was a painter chiefly of landscape and still life, and for a short period was a designer of textiles. She was born in New Zealand, but spent most of her working life in Britain...
(1869–1947) who was born in Dunedin.
Frances Hodgkins Fellows
- 1966 Michael Illingworth
- 1967 Tanya Ashken
- 1968 Derek BallDerek BallDerek Ball is an American sound engineer. He won an Academy Award for Best Sound for the film Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. He worked on 40 films between 1968 and 1987.-External links:...
- 1969 Ralph HotereRalph HotereHone Papita Raukura "Ralph" Hotere is a New Zealand artist of Māori descent . He was born in Mitimiti, Northland and He is widely regarded as one of New Zealand's most important living artists...
- 1970 Michael SmitherMichael SmitherMichael Duncan Smither, CNZM is a New Zealand painter and composer.He was born in New Plymouth and was educated at New Plymouth Boys' High School and Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland...
- 1971/72 Marte Szirmay
- 1973 Ray ThorburnRay ThorburnRaymond William "Ray" Thorburn was an Australian politician. Born in Sydney, he was educated at Sydney Technical College before becoming an electrical engineer...
- 1974 Marilynn Webb
- 1975 John Parker
- 1976 Ian Bergquist
- 1977 Jeffrey Harris
- 1978 Grahame SydneyGrahame SydneyGrahame Sydney, ONZM is a New Zealand artist, based in the southern South Island region of Otago. His landscapes, which concentrate largely on sparse elements of human impact on Otago's wild natural beauty and the loneliness of individuals in this scenery, possess a style which could be described...
- 1979 Matthew Pine
- 1980 Andrew DrummondAndrew Drummond (artist)Andrew Drummond is a New Zealand painter and sculptor. Born in 1951 in Nelson, New Zealand, he attended University of Waterloo in Canada, graduating in 1976. He was a Frances Hodgkins Fellow in 1980....
- 1981 Gretchen AlbrechtGretchen AlbrechtGretchen Albrecht, CNZM, is a major New Zealand painter.Gretchen Albrecht was born in Onehunga, and attended the University of Auckland Elam School of Fine Arts, graduating in 1963. She received grants from the QE II Arts foundation in 1976, 1978 and 1986, and travelled and worked extensively in...
- 1982 Chris Booth
- 1983 Joanna Paul
- 1984 Michael Armstrong
- 1985 Dennis O'Connor
- 1986 Ian C. McMillan
- 1987 Kendal Heyes
- 1988 Julia Morison
- 1989 Shona Rapira DaviesShona Rapira DaviesShona Rapira Davies is a Great Barrier Island-based sculptor and painter of Ngati Wai Māori descent. She first studied at the Auckland College of Education, majoring in art, and later in Dunedin at Otago Polytechnic, graduating with a Diploma in Fine Arts in 1983...
- 1990 Siegfried Koglmeier
- 1991 Christine Webster
- 1992 Neil Frazer
- 1993 Peter Gibson Smith
- 1994 Nicola JacksonNicola JacksonNicola Jackson is a British swimmer, who won two world championships in relay events.In 1999, Jackson won a silver medal at the World Short Course Championships in the 4×200 metre freestyle relay...
- 1995 Jeffrey Thomson
- 1996/97 Fiona Pardington
- 1998 Shane CottonShane Cotton]Shane Cotton is a major New Zealand painter. Born in Upper Hutt with Ngapuhi iwi affiliations, he studied at the Ilam School of Fine Arts in Christchurch, graduating in 1988. He then lectured at Massey University in Palmerston North....
- 1999 Seraphine Pick
- 2000 Jim Speers
- 2001 Ava Seymour
- 2002 Scott Eady
- 2003 Sara Hughes
- 2004 Mladen Buizumic
- 2005 Rohan Wealleans
- 2006 Sarah Munro
- 2007 Ben Cauchi
- 2008 Heather Straka