MANZ - Medal Art New Zealand
Works
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MANZ - Medal Art New ZealandAbout Bees, 2019by Christine Massey
Bronze13 x 7 cm -
MANZ - Medal Art New ZealandAbout Face, 2019by Llew Summers
Bronze8.5 x 1 cm -
MANZ - Medal Art New ZealandBesieged Mothers, 2018by Marté Szirmay
Cast bronze14 cm diameter -
MANZ - Medal Art New ZealandCanary Girls, 2018by Marté Szirmay
Cast bronze10.5 x 10.5 x 1 cm -
MANZ - Medal Art New ZealandHolding Tight & Letting Go, 2017by Marian Fountain
Cast bronze14 x 8 x 1 cm -
MANZ - Medal Art New ZealandHūmārire, 2022Bronze
by Michael Reed10.5 x 10.5 cm -
MANZ - Medal Art New ZealandKōtuku, 2019Bronze
by Michael Reed10.2 x 10.2 cm -
MANZ - Medal Art New ZealandLent #1, 2023by Christine Massey
Lost wax bronze15 x 8 cm -
MANZ - Medal Art New ZealandLent #2, 2023by Christine Massey
Lost wax bronze16 x 6 cm -
MANZ - Medal Art New ZealandLove Medal, 2019by Margaret Lovell
Bronze63 cm diameter -
MANZ - Medal Art New ZealandMahara/ Remembrance, 2022Bronze
by Michael Reed10.5 x 10.5 cm -
MANZ - Medal Art New ZealandMoment 2 - Nagasawa Japan, 2018by Michael Reed
Cast bronze10.3 cm diameter -
MANZ - Medal Art New ZealandPerseverance - Pohutukawa, 2017by Jim Wheeler
Bronze28 x 18.5 x 1.5 cm -
MANZ - Medal Art New ZealandSorry (Te Tatau-o / Big King) , 2021by Christine Massey
Bronze7.2 x 6.5 cm -
MANZ - Medal Art New ZealandSorry (Te Tatau-o / The Girdle of Riukiuta) , 2021by Christine Massey
Bronze7.5 x 7.5 cm -
MANZ - Medal Art New ZealandTui and the Kowhai, 2023Ceramic
By Bill Hayes9.5 x 9.5 cm -
MANZ - Medal Art New ZealandWaterways & Trees, Life Blood & Lungs, 2019by Fiona Garlick
Bronze8 x 8 cm -
MANZ - Medal Art New ZealandWhen We Disappear, 2014by Marian Fountain
Cast bronze7.3 x 4.5 x 1.2 cm
Biography
'Our Nature' 2023 exhibition in ARTIS Gallery
ARTIS Gallery is the host gallery for Medal Art New Zealand (MANZ) – a group of New Zealand’s leading contemporary sculptors. The group first exhibitied with ARTIS Gallery in 2017 and continue to hold bi-annual exhibitions. The latest was 'Our Nature' on display March 2023.
MANZ aims to nurture the medal art form within contemporary art practice in New Zealand. Exhibitions are held annually in New Zealand and members also participate in the bi-annual exhibitions held in international locations by the Federation International de la Medaille (FIDEM), the international member based group for medal makers.
"The making of medals in the past evolved from the early traditions of metal coinage. Today it is an increasingly diverse practice, in subject matter, form, techniques and materials. This diversity is demonstrated in the works that make up this exhibition and is also reflective of the varied practices of the members of Medal Art New Zealand and the invited guest exhibitors.
A compact art form, the medal can address history, commemorate an illustrious person, a significant event, or act as a personal memento. Regardless of the subject matter or technique, the contemporary medal demonstrates a concentration of the maker’s mind and a honing of information down to the essential – made for handling and contemplation."
- Michael Reed, 2019
Members of the MANZ group include:
Frances Battersby, Nigel Brown, Bronwynne Cornish, Bing Dawe, Louise Dentice, John Edgar, Fatu Feu'u, Marian Fountain, Fiona Garlick, David Guerin, Paul Hartigan, Bill Hayes, Christine Hellyar, Samantha Lissette, Christine Massey, Richard Mathieson, Hamish McWhannell, Michael Reed, Oliver Stretton-Pow, Terry Stringer, Joanna Sullivan, Llew Summers, Wallace Sutherland, Marte Szirmay, Greer Twiss, Chris Van Doren, Jim Wheeler and Matthew Williams.
Frances Battersby, Nigel Brown, Bronwynne Cornish, Bing Dawe, Louise Dentice, John Edgar, Fatu Feu'u, Marian Fountain, Fiona Garlick, David Guerin, Paul Hartigan, Bill Hayes, Christine Hellyar, Samantha Lissette, Christine Massey, Richard Mathieson, Hamish McWhannell, Michael Reed, Oliver Stretton-Pow, Terry Stringer, Joanna Sullivan, Llew Summers, Wallace Sutherland, Marte Szirmay, Greer Twiss, Chris Van Doren, Jim Wheeler and Matthew Williams.
The Offical MANZ website: https://www.medalartnz.nz
Exhibitions
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Medal Artists New Zealand
Origins 10 - 30 March 2025This exhibition celebrates the existence of the Medal Art New Zealand Group for 35 years. In 2015 the Group acknowledged their 25th year with a retrospective exhibition at the Pah...Read more -
MANZ - Medal Art New Zealand
Our Nature 14 March - 3 April 2023ARTIS Gallery is the host gallery for Medal Art New Zealand (MANZ) – a group of New Zealand’s leading contemporary sculptors. This 2023 biennial exhibition has thirty artists presenting medals and /or small sculptures.Read more -
MANZ - Medal Art New Zealand
A Place to Stand 30 March - 18 April 2021This 2021 biennial exhibition has thirty-one artists presenting medals and /or small sculptures. A diversity is demonstrated in the works that make up this exhibition and is also reflective of...Read more -
MANZ - Medal Art New Zealand
About Face 19 March - 14 April 2019ARTIS Gallery is the host gallery for Medal Art New Zealand (MANZ) – a group of New Zealand’s leading contemporary sculptors. This 2019 biennial exhibition has thirty-four artists presenting medals...Read more
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