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Phillip Luxton

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Phillip Luxton (b 1959) is a New Zealand ceramicist.[1] He is self-taught and has been producing large scale works by hand since his early 20s. He is on the board of Ngā Taonga a Hineteiwaiwa A Treasury of New Zealand Craft Resources.[2]

In 1988 he received a significant QEII Arts Council Grant and in the early 1990s Luxton collaborated with New Zealand painter Max Gimblett.[1] In 2002 he exhibited with Barry Brickell at the Grantham Galleries in Auckland.[3] The following year Luxton exhibited alongside Paratene Matchitt, David Trubridge and Jeff Thompson at the Art Out There exhibition held at the Ellerslie Flower Show.[4]

He has work in the James Wallace Art collection and in 2001 won the Manukau Sculpture and Vessel Award.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Schamroth, Helen (1998). 100 New Zealand Craft Artists. Auckland: Random House. ISBN 1-86962-030-5.
  2. ^ "Board Members". Ngā Taonga a Hineteiwaiwa. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  3. ^ Falconer, Pheobe. "Need To Know". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  4. ^ Hart, Steve. "Added flower power at the New Zealand Flower Show". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  5. ^ "Phillip Luxton". Pacific Eyes. Retrieved 10 February 2015.