2025 NZPPA

Dunedin artist Lynn Taylor (Dip Tch, BEd, BFA, MFA) is known for nautical and historically themed work focusing on mapping, memory, and the poetics of place which transcribe into creating layered artworks. Lynn approaches her art practice with a ‘printmaker’s sensibility’, utilising various research methodologies, focused on discovering links between ideas and materiality, integrating techniques between disciplines, and responding to graphic surprises. This also parallels her philosophy of seeking more sustainable practices through repairing, using safer materials, and reinterpreting prints. Teaching and arts facilitation form a dual career path, combining work in the Architectural Studies and School of Art departments at Otago Polytechnic with collaborative research in Sci-Art @ Otago University and facilitating workshops in the community. Contributions to the research environment include presentations, judging roles, and writing articles, the most recent being published in Scope 2024. Her work is exhibited nationally and internationally and is regularly commissioned and held in public and private collections. She has received several scholarships, awards, and residencies that have offered international experiences in Japan, South Korea, Newfoundland, and locally at the Caselberg House, Quarantine Island, and A Gallery in Whanganui (Summer 2024-25). She is an active participant in the Aotearoa NZ Print Council.   Mark Braunias is a full-time New Zealand artist. He graduated with a BFA from Canterbury University, Ilam School of Fine Arts, Christchurch in 1988. Braunias was the inaugural winner of the national TheArts House Trust Art Award in 1992 and received a Fulbright NZ Scholar-Visual Arts scholarship to complete an artist residency at Headlands Centre For The Arts in San Francisco during 2011. He has also completed artist residencies at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery (2002), William Hodges Fellowship, Invercargill (2005), Tylee Cottage, Whanganui (2007) and the Dunedin School of Art (2019). In 2021, Braunias was awarded the national Parkin Drawing Award. Mark Braunias has appeared in curated public gallery exhibitions including A very peculiar practice (City Gallery, Wellington, 1995), Gruesome (Robert McDougal Art Gallery, Christchurch, 1999), The Cartoon Show (Auckland Art Gallery, 2002), Field of Vision: A survey of Mark Braunias (The Arts House Trust, Pah Homestead, Auckland, 2016) and Ena Snuggles (Objectspace, Auckland, 2020). His work is held in public gallery and private collections including : Te Papa Museum, Christchurch Art Gallery, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Sarjeant Art Gallery, Tauranga Art Gallery, Invercargill Art Gallery and Museum, Ashburton Art Gallery, Auckland University, Canterbury University, Massey University, Lincoln University, Fletcher Trust Collection, Art House Trust Collection and the State Library Of Queensland. Braunias was a part-time lecturer at Unitec School of Design, Auckland (1993-2013) and Wintec School of Art, Hamilton (2014–2019). He was on the judging panel for The Arts House Trust annual Art Award in 2001, 2003 and 2018 Mark Braunias artwork is represented by: Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch, Brett McDowell Gallery, Dunedin, SPA_CE Gallery, Napier and Ann Parker Gallery, Whanganui. For further information visit : https://markbraunias.com