Catherine Manchester
Catherine Manchester | |
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| Born | 1957 (age 68–69) Auckland, New Zealand |
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| Awards | Rita Angus Residency (1987) |
Catherine Manchester (born 1957) is a New Zealand painter.[1] She works in oils, acrylics and watercolours.[2] One of her artworks is held in the permanent collection of Aigantighe Art Gallery.[3]
Biography
[edit]Manchester was born in Auckland and completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in literature at Victoria University of Wellington. She studied at the Ilam School of Fine Arts at the University of Canterbury from 1979 and graduated with a Diploma in Fine Arts from Otago Polytechnic in 1984.[4]
In 1986, Manchester was a recipient of a Creative New Zealand Grant, and in 1987, she was awarded the Rita Angus Residency.[1]
In 2023, she moved to Christchurch and became involved with Arts Canterbury’s Open Art Studio programme.[5]
In 2024, Manchester was being treated for cancer, but was writing a novel. The laptop containing her work was stolen from her home and she was forced to begin writing again. The book titled Sunshine Road was published in 2026. It is a semi-autobiographical work set in Christchurch and Eastbourne, Lower Hutt during the 1960s and 1970s.[6]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Manchester, Catherine, 1957–". National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
- ↑ "Catherine Manchester New Zealand, 1957–". Australian and New Zealand Art Sales Digest. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
- ↑ "Catherine Manchester – Chambers Art Gallery". Retrieved 28 April 2025.
- ↑ "Catherine Manchester". Ferner Galleries. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
- ↑ Meakin, Victoria (23 May 2024). "Cancer sufferer's novel lost after laptop stolen". The Press. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
- ↑ Meakin, Victoria (24 March 2026). "Two years after manuscript stolen during cancer treatment, Christchurch artist publishes novel". The Press. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
- 1957 births
- Living people
- 20th-century New Zealand women painters
- Artists from Auckland
- Victoria University of Wellington alumni
- Ilam School of Fine Arts alumni
- Otago Polytechnic alumni
- 20th-century New Zealand painters
- 21st-century New Zealand painters
- 21st-century New Zealand women painters
- 21st-century New Zealand novelists
- 21st-century New Zealand women writers