Grahame sydney biography
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Grahame sydney biography
Grahame Sydney
New Zealand artist (born 1948)
Sir Grahame Sydney KNZM | |
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Sydney in 2021 | |
| Born | Grahame Charles Sydney 1948 (age 76–77) Dunedin, New Zealand |
| Nationality | New Zealander |
| Alma mater | University of Otago |
| Known for | Painter |
Sir Grahame Charles SydneyKNZM (born 1948) is a New Zealand visual artist, based in the South Island region of Central Otago.[1] Since beginning his professional art life in 1974 he has worked as a painter (in egg tempera, oil and watercolour), printmaker (etching and lithography), photographer and writer.
Biography
Born in Dunedin in 1948, the youngest of three children, Sydney gained a degree in English and Geography at University of Otago. In 1971 he began work as a secondary school teacher, and after two years spent time in London and Europe before returning to begin his career as an artist in May 1974.
Four years later, in 1978 he was awarded the Francis Hodgkins Fellowship by the