Michael Charlton Harrison New Zealand, 1961-.
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About Michael Charlton Harrison
Michael Harrison was born in 1961 in Auckland. He studied at Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland, graduating in 1985 with a bachelor's degree in fine arts, and in 1997 with a masters degree. He worked as a part-time senior tutor there from 1995 to 1998 before becoming a full-time artist. Working mainly in acrylic and watercolour on paper he creates small scale whimsical works, and held his first solo exhibition was in Auckland in 1988. Since then he has exhibited regularly at galleries throughout New Zealand and Australia. His work was included in the Wellington City Gallery biennial exhibition in 2001 and a survey show of his workNew Zealand in 2002-3. In 2004 a selection of his work was included in the 14th Sydney Biennale. Michael Harrison currently lives and works in Auckland.
The total number of works by Michael Harrison offered for sale by auction since 1996 is 76, of which 46 (61%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $15,169 for Opportunity sold by Webb's in November 2017. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023. Works by Michael Harrison are held by the Museum Of New Zealand, Auckland Art Gallery and Christchurch Art Gallery.
Michael Charlton Harrison 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 109
- 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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