Natalie Couch
Natalie Couch | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1976 |
| Nationality | Māori |
| Known for | printmaking and landscape architecture |
Natalie Couch (born 1976) is a New Zealand artist and landscape architect. Her artwork is held in the permanent collection of the Auckland Art Gallery.[1]
Biography[edit]
Couch graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Elam School of Fine Arts in 1998 and began exhibiting in 2003.[2] She trained as a printmaker and is a member of the Māori print collective Toi Whakataa.[1][3] She completed further study graduating with a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture in 2017.[4]
Much of her artwork is in graphite on board.[5] Couch's art explores how people respond to the tangible and intangible elements of their natural surroundings.[1]
Couch is of Māori (Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Te Arawa), Scottish, English and French descent.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Natalie Couch". Auckland Art Gallery. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ "Natalie Couch". Kura Gallery: Maori and New Zealand Art + Design. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ "Mua Ki Muri - Looking Back to the Future - Taupō District Council". www.taupodc.govt.nz. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ Borell, Nigel (16 March 2022). Toi Tū Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori Art. Penguin Group. ISBN 978-0-14-377673-4.
- ^ "Artists". Toi Whakataa Press. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ "Natalie Couch - Maori mythology and magic | Scoop News". www.scoop.co.nz. Retrieved 26 April 2023.