Tania Patterson

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Tania Patterson
Born1969
Nationality New Zealand
OccupationJeweller

Tania Patterson (b 1969) is a New Zealand jeweller. She graduated from Auckland's UNITEC Institute of Technology in 1989 with a Diploma in Craft and Design. [1]

Since graduating, Patterson has worked as a self-employed jeweler. [2] Her work is often made of moving parts which she says, 'explores the complexities of recreating a simple event in nature'. [3]

In 2000 her work was included in Risk, an exhibition curated by Kelly Thompson at The Suter Art Gallery in Nelson. [4] In 2002/3 Tania received funding from Creative New Zealand to develop a new series of kinetic jewellery. [5]

Patterson's work, Flowers in the Sky was exhibited in the 2015 Headland Sculpture on the Gulf which takes place on Waiheke Island. [6] She has exhibited widely throughout New Zealand including The Dowse Art Museum and the major applied arts and crafts galleries of New Zealand such as Quoil, Fingers (gallery), Masterworks, Royal Jewellery, and Form Gallery. [2] [3] [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Schamroth, Helen (1998). 100 New Zealand Craft Artists. Auckland: Random House. ISBN   1 86962 030 5.
  2. 1 2 "Tania Patterson". Quoil: New Zealand Contemporary Jewellery Gallery. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  3. 1 2 Crowe, Deborah (2001). 4th New Zealand Jewellery Biennale. Lower Hutt: The Dowse Art Museum. ISBN   0-9583414-5-1.
  4. ↑ Thompson, Kelly. Risk: Transformative Practices. Nelson: The Suter.
  5. ↑ "Creative New Zealand Funding" (PDF). Creative New Zealand. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  6. ↑ "Headland artists announced". Waiheke Marketplace. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  7. ↑ "Tania Patterson". Fingers: Contemporary New Zealand Jewellery. Retrieved 9 February 2015.


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