ElIZa glyn 

Born in 1975, Eliza Glyn grew up in Dorset, UK and studied visual art and contemporary dance and choreography at Bennington College, USA. Her studies and work took her around the globe where these experiences have fed into her extensive painting practice.  Her oil on board paintings use landforms as abstractions.  Forms appear to float within a colour field of rich earth tones. In contrast, her work on paper, mostly studio still lifes, explores a more physical technique of expression in moment by moment markmaking that imbues the image with vigor and presence. Eliza has recently begun a series of self portraits that overlay the faces of formative figures in her life with her own reflected image.  Her work has featured in Art New Zealand and shown in many prestigious awards including Cleveland, Hope and Sons and the Aspiring Art Award, of which she was a runner up in 2023. She resides with her partner and two daughters in Dunedin and works fulltime from her studio in Port Chalmers.