The Mount Making Project
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A project exploring object making and object support in Aotearoa NZ, led by mount maker and artist Sophia Smolenski in collaboration with 22 artists from around Aotearoa. Made possible with the help from Creative New Zealand.
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John Ward Knox
In 2015, John Ward Knox was awarded Otago University’s Frances Hodgkins Fellowship. Since then, Ward Knox has relocated to Ōtepoti and lives one hour north in Karitane. Originally from Tāmaki Makaurau, Ward Knox graduated from Elam School of Fine Arts in Auckland with a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Master of Fine Arts.
His work is delicate and deliberate; layers of silk painted and compiled, wooden sculpture with the Japanese technique of yakisugi applied to them - or simply his work with bees and ecology. In 2020, his silk painting of Jacinda Ardern was included in the Art Gallery of New South Wales’ Archibald Prize exhibition.
The mount John Ward Knox chose:
