Neil Emmerson

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Neil Emmerson (born 2 November 1956 [1] ) is an Australian artist and printmaker based in Dunedin, New Zealand. His work often addresses personal identity, as well as the experiences and politics of being a gay man, both in Western culture, as well as in China and East Asia. [2]

Emmerson's work is collected in the National Gallery of Australia, [3] the National Gallery of Victoria, [4] Queensland Art Gallery, [5] the Art Gallery of New South Wales [6] and the Auckland Art Gallery, [7] and he is featured in the 2012 book, 101 Contemporary Australian Artists. [8] [9] Until 2021, Emmerson was a senior lecturer, and head of Dunedin School of Art's print studio. [10] [11] In 2006 he won the Fremantle Print Award. [12]

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