Sarah Munro is a New Zealand artist born in 1970. She attended Elam School of Fine Arts, where she earned a Doctorate in Fine Arts.[1] In 2006, Munro was appointed a Frances Hodgkins Fellow.[2]

Sarah Munro
Born1970 (age 53–54)
New Zealand
EducationElam School of Fine Arts
Known forsculpture
WebsiteOfficial website

Munro combines digital technology with painting to explore the spatial aspects and manual creation of the work.[3] She has created large scale sculptures, but her more recent series Trade Items uses embroidery to reference a 1769 sketch by Tupaia, a Tahitian navigator on Captain Cook's voyages, exploring themes of environmental impacts and cultural significance of trade.[4]

Munro's work is featured in the James Wallace Trust Collection, University of Auckland Art Collection, Hocken Collection, and the Real Art Road-Show Trust Collection.

References

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  1. ^ "Sarah Munro biography". Page Blackie Gallery. Archived from the original on 15 February 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  2. ^ "The Frances Hodgkins Fellowship, Otago Fellows, University of Otago, New Zealand". www.otago.ac.nz. Archived from the original on 16 February 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  3. ^ Thompson, Grant (Winter 2008). "Making Painting: The Art of Sarah Munro". Art New Zealand. 127: 38–41.
  4. ^ Hacking, Lily (Summer 2018). "A good medium for living" (PDF). Art News New Zealand: 70–73. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 February 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2019.