Shane Cotton New Zealand, 1964-.
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About Shane Cotton
Born in Wellington, New Zealand in 1964, Shane Cotton studied at the Canterbury School of Fine Arts before teaching in the Maori Studies Department at Massey University. Of dual Maori and European descent, his works borrow from both cultures. Solo exhibitions of his work have been held almost annually since 1990 throughout New Zealand and in Sydney and Melbourne. His work has been included in international exhibitions including Turbulence, The 3rd Auckland Triennial in 2007, Paradise Now? Contemporary Art from the Pacific at the Asia Society Museum in New York in 2004 and he was New Zealand’s representative at the Prague Biennial in 2005. A major retrospective exhibition of his work was held at City Gallery Wellington and Auckland Art Gallery in 2003.
Shane Cotton is one of the most prolific of the artists listed in our database, with the number of works offered for sale by auction since 1996 of 609, of which 360 (59%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $575,100 for Kaua E Raweke I Te Manu sold by Art+Object in November 2021. This year 10 works have been offered for sale. Works by Shane Cotton are held by the Christchurch Art Gallery, Museum Of New Zealand and a further six major public national galleries (see list below).
Shane Cotton 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 53
- 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.
The Australian Art Sales Digest is a database of over 610,000 works by more than 12,000 artists who are listed as having either lived or worked in Australia or New Zealand, and an additional 36,000 foreign and other artists, offered for sale by auction in Australia and New Zealand from the early 1970s to the present day.
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