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1946 Born Budapest, Hungary, 1957 Arrived in New Zealand, 1960-64
Auckland Girls’ Grammar School, 1968 Graduated DFA (Hons)
University of Auckland,
Elam School of Fine Arts, 1969 Dip.Teaching, Auckland College of
Education.
REFERENCE /
ARCHIVES
International
Women's Art Archives,
Mass.,
USA
International
Sculpture Centre,
Washington DC, USA
The Hocken Library,
Dunedin, NZ
The Turnbull
Library,
Wellington, NZ
Women's Art
Archives, National Gallery,
Wellington,
NZ
Art History Dept,
Auckland University,
NZ
Art Diary Pub
Milan, Italy
Dictionary of
International Biography,
Cambridge,
UK
NZ Education
Department/University Entrance Board, NZ painting, sculpture,
architecture film / tapes
NZSSPA "Artists'
Talk" Videotape. Distributed via Education Department.
NZ Education
Department/ University Entrance Board Video slide set.
AWARDS
1967 - DFA Senior
Scholar Fine Arts, University of Auckland, NZ
Air New Zealand
Sculpture Award, Smirnoff Sculpture Award
1971, 72 - Frances
Hodgkins Fellow, University of Otago, Dunedin, NZ
1973, 78, 82 - NZ
QE II Arts Council Awards
1982 - Visiting
artist, Johnson Atelier, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
1983 - Visiting
artist,
Governors State University,
Illinois, USA
1994 - Selected as
a Woman of the Year, International Biographical Centre, USA
1997 - Honorary
Selection, Art Addiction, Sweden, International Miniature Art
Exhibition.
1998 - Honorary
Selection, Art Addiction, Venice, International ‘Masks in Venice”
Exhibition
2000 - Merit award,
World Festival of Art on Paper, Kranj-Slovania
MEMBERSHIPS
Federation of
International Medallists, France.
International
Sculpture Centre,
Washington DC, USA
Artist's Alliance,
Auckland, NZ
Art Educators of
Aotearoa, NZ
Friends of ACAG
INTERNATIONAL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2000, 01 - World
Festival of Art on Paper, Kranj-Slovania
2000 - Federation
of International Medallists, Weimar, Germany
1998 - Federation
of International Medallists, The Hague, Holland
1998 - Simmons
Gallery,
London,
UK
1996 - Federation
of International Medallists, Switzerland
1994 - Federation
of International Medallists Hungary
1993, 95, 96,
98,99, 01 - Art Addiction, Sweden and Italy
1992 - Federation
of International Medallists, London, UK
1990 - Federation
of International Medallists Helsinki, Finland
1988 - Orthodox
Academy, Crete
1985 - Tokyo,
Japan
1985 - Taiwan,
International Print Biennial
1984 - Kahurangi
New Zealand Crafts Council, Los Angeles, USA
1983 - Drawing
'83, 6th International Drawing Biennale, Cleveland, United Kingdom
1982 - ARTEDER '82
International Drawing Exhibition, Spain
1970, 73 - Mildura
Sculpture
Triennial,
Victoria,
Australia
REPRESENTED
Public and Private
collections in New Zealand, Australia, USA, Britain, Hungary,
Sweden.
COMMISSIONS
1997 -
Commemorative Presentation Medal, Consulate of the Republic of
Hungary, NZ
1993 - Mr & Mrs K
Gosling,
Auckland;
Mr & Mrs J Matthews, New Plymouth
1992 - Glendowie
College, Auckland
1990 - Mr & Mrs P
Cross, Auckland;
Mr & Mrs J Hood, Auckland
1987 - Hawkins Dev.
Hurstmere Plaza, Takapuna, Auckland; Chase Corporation, Stock
Exchang Plaza, Auckland
1986 - Mr & Mrs
Gellert,
Auckland;
Mrs Giltrap, Auckland; Auckland City Art Gallery Survey Exhibition
I
1985 - A and J
Gibbs, Auckland; Hawkins Development,
Auckland
1984 - NZ Peace
Foundation, Media Peace Prize; Bexley Dev, Marac House, Manukau
City
1982-83 - NZ
Foreign
Affairs Department,
Singapore
1979 - NZ Housing
Corporation Building; Manukau City Centre, Wiri
1976 - Auckland
Architectural Association (Monier Awards)
1975-76 - Otago
Medical School, Dunedin; Auckland Medical School
1974 - St
Cuthbert's College,
Auckland
1972 - St Paul's
Cathedral, Dunedin
1969 - Newmarket
Borough Council, Auckland (Smirnoff Award)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2000 - World of
Art Special Issue 2000, Contemporary Art Lexicon, Artist
Portfolio, Pg 46-47
2000 - NZ Who is
Who Aotearoa, The Millennium Year 2000 Special Edition, Editor
Alister Taylor, NZ Who is Who Aotearoa Publishing Ltd.
1999 - World
Sculpture News Spring 1999, Mark Kirby, Marte Szirmay at The
Drawings Gallery P.73
1998 -
Contemporary NZ Sculpture - Themes and Issues, by Priscilla Pitts,
David Bateman pub.1998
1997 - Colin Mc
Cahon , The Man and the Teacher, by Agnes Wood, Pub. David Ling
1997
1996 - Art New
Zealand No.79 Reimke Ensing, All Things Flow P. 58, 59, 83
1996 - Another 100
New Zealand
Artists Warwick Brown Godwitt Press, 1996
1995 - Art News
Auckland Winter/Spring 15(2); Helen Schamroth, When art works go
missing P.49
1993 - Craft NZ
issue 43 Wiremakers Award J Daly-Peoples
1992 - A Sculpture
and a drawing book Christine Hellyar Fine Arts Elam School of Fine
Arts, Auckland
1991 - Art New
Zealand No. 60 Darian Mansfield, Sculptural Practice P. 74-77.
1991 - NZ Women Artists, Anne Kirker Reed Methven, Auckland Women
& the Arts in NZ
1989 - Woman's Art
Journal, Nov. 1989 issue. Article by Barbara Mare U.S.A. Pub. Art
News No 6 Vol. 10 Pub. ASA
1987 - Antic.2
March, Lita Barrie, further toward a deconstruction of phallic
univocality: deferrals, P.18-47
1987 - Public and
Private Worlds; Women in contemporary NZ Ed Shelgh Cox, Allen &
Unwin NZ Ltd; Chapter 5 Anne Kirker
1986 - Art New
Zealand No. 39p 32-4 An Interview, P Pitts
1986 - Forty works
36-86' Liz Eastmond & Merimeri Penfold Penguin Books, Auckland
1986 - Johnston,
Alexa M Marte Szirmay. Aspects of recent New Zealand art:
sculpture 1 (catalogue). Auckland City Art Gallery
1984 - Art New
Zealand No. 32 pg. 16 Reviews/C Southerain
1981 - "Please
Touch" Peter Cape, Pub. Collins NZ Ltd, pgs 44, 45, 46, 47, 54
1981 - Art New
Zealand No. 20 pgs 27 Images of men, E Eastmond
1981 - Art New
Zealand No. 21 pgs 18 Sculpture as object & material, P Leech
1980 - Art New
Zealand No. 15 pgs
20 Aotea Square
water sculpture, P. Little Art New Zealand No. 16 pgs 18 Tabletop
& hand sculptures, GH Brown
1981 - Art New
Zealand No. 17 pgs 23 Women in the Arts, P Pitts Auckland Festival
catalogue pgs22
1981 - NZ Trade &
Industry Craftware export catalogue
1979 - Essay on NZ
Women artists, J Paul, B Strathee, Pub. Allen & Unwin Bulletin of
NZ Art History,
Auckland
University
1978 - Art New
Zealand No. 10 pgs 20 Small sculpture SG Brown
1977 - Art New
Zealand No 4 Pub Art Magazine Press Ltd, Auckland, pgs 13, RJ
Collins
1977 - Art New
Zealand No 7 pgs 22 Young Contemporaries L Bell
1977 - 'Education'
No 6 Dept of Education, NZ Gov, Pub pgs 24-26
1977 - 'Education'
No 8 pgs 27-30. Recent Developments ASG Green
1977 - NZ Listener
February 12, 1977 Monuments to our artistic worth, J Tarlton
1977 -
Architectural Association of Auckland Bulletin No. 81, February
1973 - 'Islands'
NZ Quarterly, No. 3 Autumn 73 Vol 2, No 1, pgs 79, 80
1972 - Arts &
Community Vol 8 No 2 pgs 6 Prof ASG Green
1971 - NZ Woman's
Weekly, 26th July article by C Moir, pgs 37, 38 "Review"
University of Otago Student Assoc. Bulletin pgs 41, 44 Arts &
Community, Harland Baker Pub. Ltd, Wellington Vol 7, No 11 pgs 4,
5
1968 - "Craccum"
Auckland University News 8th April, pgs 8, 9, 2nd September |
