New Zealand video artist and photographer Marie Shannon was born in Nelson in 1960. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Auckland in 1983, the year of her first solo exhibition in Auckland. Since then she has held solo exhibitions throughout New Zealand, and participated in group exhibitions from 1979. She received a Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council grant in 1989, and a grant from Creative New Zealand in 1997. She represented New Zealand at the Asia Pacific Triennale, Queensland Art Gallery in 1996 and also exhibited that year at the Australian Centre for Photography in Sydney. In 2000 she was included in the exhibition ACProjects, New York, Five Shows, Five Curators. Marie Shannon lives and works in Auckland.
Our database records art auction sales of works by Marie Shannon from 1999 and in total 62 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 38 (61%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $6,169 for Andrew's Pirate Hat sold by International Art Centre in August 2024. This year 2 works have been offered for sale. Works by Marie Shannon are held by the Museum Of New Zealand, Auckland Art Gallery and a further three major public national galleries (see list below).
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