Christine Boswijk

Christine Boswijk
Born Christine Lynn McDowell
1939
Christchurch, New Zealand
Alma mater Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin
National Art School, Sydney
Known for Ceramics
Awards ONZM (2004)
Website Christine Boswijk Workshop

Christine Lynn Boswijk ONZM (née McDowell, born 1939) is a New Zealand ceramicist.

Early life and family

Boswijk was born in Christchurch in 1939, the daughter of Edna Frances (née King) and the Reverend Matthew Alexander McDowell. She married the Dutch-born pioneering Nelson cafe owner Eelco Boswijk in Nelson in 1962.[1][2]

Career

She graduated from Otago Polytechnic School of Fine Art with a diploma in ceramics in 1977.[3] She also holds a postgraduate diploma with honours from the National Art School, East Sydney Technical College, from where she graduated in 1988. She received funding for this study through a Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council grant.[4]

Major exhibitions she has participated in include Treasures of the Underworld at the 1992 Seville World Expo, Kisses, Crosses and Flowers in 2007 at Milford Galleries, Queenstown and Before Words, in 2010 at Woollaston Estate, Nelson.[4][5]

Her work is held in the collections of Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, The Dowse Art Museum, the Bishop Suter Gallery in Nelson, the Museum of Taipei, and the Aberystwyth University ceramics collection.[1][5][6]

In the 2004 Queen's Birthday Honours, she was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to ceramic arts.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Christine Boswijk (New Zealand)". Prifysgol Aberystwyth. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "Married". Nelson Photo News (20). 23 June 1962. p. 29. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "Curriculum vitae". Christine Boswijk workshop. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  4. 1 2 Schamroth, Helen (1998). 100 New Zealand Craft Artists. Auckland: Random House. p. 9. ISBN 1869620364.
  5. 1 2 "Christine Boswijk Workshop". Christine Boswijk Workshop. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  6. ↑ "Object: A forest of nikau [1-64]". Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  7. ↑ "Queen's Birthday Honours List 2004". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
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