Michael Parekowhai New Zealand, 1968-.
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About Michael Parekowhai
Contemporary Maori sculptor Michael Parekowhai was born in Wellington in 1968 and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1990 and a Mastr of Fine Arts in 2000 from Auckland University's Elam School of Fine Arts. His work has been included in many important exhibitions, including the Asia Pacific Triennial (2006-2007), the Gwangju Biennale (2004); Sydney Biennale (2002), Headlands, Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney (1992); and the major art fairs in Basel, Art Basel (2006, 2007) and Liste Art Fair Basel (2007). He was the Arts Foundation of New Zealand Laureate in 2001 and in 2011 represented New Zealand at the Venice Biennale. Parekowhai was given an Arts Foundation Laureate Award, and a major survey of his work, 'The Promised Land', was staged at GOMA, Brisbane, in 2015. Michael Parekowhai is an Associate Professor at Auckland's Elam School of Fine Arts.
Our database records art auction sales of works by Michael Parekowhai from 2003 and in total 294 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 251 (85%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $1,917,001 for A Peak in Darien sold by Art+Object in November 2021. This year 4 works have been offered for sale. Works by Michael Parekowhai are held by the Auckland Art Gallery, Queensland Art Gallery and a further five major public national galleries (see list below).
Michael Parekowhai is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- McGahey, Kate. The Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists Painters Printmakers Sculptors, Gilt Edge Publishing, Wellington, New Zealand, 2000. Page 193
- The Find New Zealand Artists web site: a database of artist names that directs researchers to the rich resources found in New Zealand's libraries, art society exhibition histories and published sources.
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