Stuart Page

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Stuart Page (born 2 November 1957) is a New Zealand photographer, designer, filmmaker and drummer.

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Early life and education

Page was born on 2 November 1957. [1]

He graduated from Ilam School of Fine Arts in Christchurch with a Diploma in Fine Arts (Hons) in Photography in 1980.[ citation needed ]

Work

Page has worked with artists on the Flying Nun label and many lesser known counterculture groups of his country.[ citation needed ]

After travel to U.S.A. (May-Nov 1982) his screenprinting work took on a new vigour that brought him into contact with many lo-fi music groups. Apart from his photography and printing work, his main concern has been documentary film-making and his music group The Axemen. He has produced and directed over forty 16mm and digital music videos & shot several 16mm and digital short films and digital video documentaries, as well as 16mm and 35mm TVCs.

His work is held in collections of Museum of New Zealand, [2] Auckland Art Gallery, [1] Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, [3] Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Museum of Modern Art N.Y.C., Auckland Public Library, Auckland School of Architecture, Dowse Gallery, Manawatu Art Gallery, and others.[ citation needed ]

Awards

In 2009 his documentary film Shustak won "Best New Zealand Feature Documentary" award, and he was awarded "Best Emerging New Zealand Film-Maker" at the 2009 DocNZ International Film Festival Awards. An eight–page photographic portfolio of NZ Rock 'n Roll appeared in Landfall 219.[ citation needed ]

Page was awarded a "Prix Spécial du Jury" at FIFO 2017 (Festival International du Film Documentaire Océanien) for the 52-minute documentary How Bizarre - The Story of an Otara Millionaire. [4] "This is the story of Paul Fuemana, the Māori/Niuean artist who shot to fame in 1995 with the song that was New Zealand's biggest selling record."

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References

  1. 1 2 "Stuart Page". Auckland Art Gallery. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "Stuart Page". Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "The Opposition wins top prize at Tahiti FIFO". RNZ . 13 February 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2020.

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