Liz Maw (born 1966) is an artist from New Zealand.
Background Maw was born in 1966 in Wellington, New Zealand. She graduated from the Elam School of Fine Arts in 2002. She lives with her partner, fellow painter Andrew McLeod in Mount Eden.
Career Maw is primarily a painter, working in oils. Drawing on her Catholic background, Maw's work melds religious iconography and contemporary issues. She also references European old masters but takes celebrities and modern characters as her subjects, including notable portraits of Francis Upritchard, David Attenborough, and Michael Jackson. Her fantasy figures often depict women and explore the idea of the femme fatale.
Selected exhibitions by Maw include: evil genius miscellaneous, 2010 Peter McLeavey Gallery (Wellington) What I Did Last Summer, 2011, group show at Peter Mcleavey Gallery (Wellington) For Oscar, 2011, group show at Peter Mcleavey Gallery (Wellington) New Paintings, 2011, Ivan Anthony Gallery (Auckland) The Montgomery Twins Dead End and Avercamp Machine Man Winter Scene, 2012, Peter McLeavey Gallery (Wellington) Pandora rides the noon day demon and I feel sorry for you, no, I really do, 2013, Ivan Anthony Gallery (Auckland) A Different View: Artists address pornography, 2013, Gus Fisher Gallery, University of Auckland, group exhibition summer field, Mary, Jacinda, and an English Artist from a magazine, 2014, Robert Heald Gallery (Wellington) Voicing the Visible: feminist art from the University Collection, 2014, Gus Fisher Gallery, University of Auckland, group exhibition Sam and Dani, Debi’s secret and The Future is Not what it used to be, 2016, Robert Heald Gallery (Wellington) Maw is represented in Auckland by the Ivan Anthony Gallery and in Wellington by the Peter McLeavey Gallery.
Works by Maw are held in several public collections, including at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Chartwell Collection, James Wallace Arts Trust, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, and the University of Auckland.
References
Further reading Artist files for Nicola Farquhar are held at: Angela Morton Collection, Takapuna Library Robert and Barbara Stewart Library and Archives, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu Fine Arts Library | Te Herenga Toi The University of Auckland Libraries and Learning Services E. H. McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki Hocken Collections Uare Taoka o Hākena Macmillan Brown Library, University of Canterbury Te Aka Matua Research Library, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
External links Official website