Marion Towns APANZ
www.mariontowns.co.nz
Marion Towns has been a finalist and exhibitor in over 190 exhibitions in over 35 years of her art career. Her pastel paintings are shown here in her studio, Art Vault Takaka, The Langford Store Bainham , Tukurua living Art Gallery, Kiwi Art House Wellington, Saatchi Art Gallery website USA and Luguna Art gallery USA.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION, TAIWAN
In 1997 Marion was the sole New Zealand artist finalist to be selected from 10,000 entries worldwide for the ‘8th Biennial Printing & Drawing Exhibition” Taipei-Taiwan.
READERS DIGEST
In 1999 ‘Cactus Bay’ featured on the international July edition of The Readers Digest
AWARDS:
Hubbard Merit Prize-1990 Waiheke Art Fair
3rd Prize-1991 Waiheke Art Fair
Best Drawing Prize-1994’Fact Fiction & Fantasy’Art Awards Waiheke Island
Te Rau Award-1996 Waiheke Art Awards
Associate of PANZ,2004 Pastel Artist of NZ ltd
Landscape Prize-2004 Sothern Pastel Artist, Invercargill
2nd Prize,2005 Visual Illusion Art Competition, Wanaka
Excellence Award-Medial 2 Art Biennial,2007 UK
1st Prize Winner-2012 Southlands ‘Positively Pastels” competition
OVERSEAS EXHIBITIONS
New York & Earth Eco Network, Russia & New York-1997
8th Biennial Print & Drawing Exhibition, Taiwan 1997
Swann Exhibition,Tapp Gallery,Sydney Australia-1998
The Village Studios, Malibou USA -2000
Bergamont Station Cafe, Santa Monica USA -2001
Medial 2 Art Biennial UK and Arts Alive 2007
FINALIST:
Waiheke Art Fair-1989,1990,1991,1996,1997.
Telecom Art Awards Auckland-1992
Nola Holnwood Portrait Exhibition,ASA Auckland -1994
Molly MorPeth Canady Art Awards-1993,1994,1995,1996
Birkenhead Trust Art Awrds-1993,1996
Academy Fine Arts, Wellington-1995,1996,1997,1998
North Shore Art Awards,Mairangi Bay-1995,1997,1998
Tokoroa Art Awards, Tokoroa-1996
Lion Brewery Art Awards,Cambridge-1996
Small Works Exhibition,Warkworth 1996
8th biennial Print & Drawing exhibition,Taiwan-1997
Harrison’s gallery Opening Exhibition,Tauranga-2004
Positively Pastels, Invercargill-2004
Visual IllusionArt Competition, Wanaka-2005
Women’s Art Exhibition,Gisborne-2005
PANZ Art Awards, Nelson=2006
Celebration of Art, Ponsonby, Auckland
Medial 2 Art Biennial, UK 2007
Arts Alive USA, 2007
SOLO Exhibitions:
Waikeke Island 1991,Portfolio Gallery Auckland 1992,Harrison’s Gallery Tauranga 1997,Portfolio Gallery Auckland 1998,Waiheke Community Gallery 1998,Harrisons Gallery Tauranga 1999,Arts Desire Warkworth 1999,Heritage Gallery Cambridge 1999,The Village Studios, Malibou USA 2000,Harrison’s Gallery Tauraga 2000,Bergamont Station Cafe,Santa Monica, USA 2001,Mapua, Nelson 2003,Red Gallery Nelson 2004 Tasman Open studio Day 2007
