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Terraces
Bronze
158 x 158 mm
Signed verso
Ed. 4/12 -
Little Strath
Sand cast bronze on grey Tundra marble
220 x 110 x 100 mm
Signed
Series of 7 -
At the same time as the spiral is going forward, it is returning
Lost wax and sand cast bronze
100 mm in diameter
Signed
Edition of 2 -
Funnel
Lost wax bronze
65 x 130 mm
Signed
AP -
Lockdown Doodles / little stacks
Cedar & Oak
380 x 150 mm & 230 x 200 mm
Signed
Unique -
Green Valley
Sand cast bronze, stained Oak
165 x 195 x 360 mm
Signed
Edition 3/7
Richard Mathieson was born in 1957 in Featherston, New Zealand and moved to Taranaki in 1962. Here he attended New Plymouth Boys High School from 1971-75 and attended art classes by Tom Kreisler.
From 1980-85 Mathieson studied sculpture at the Elam School of Fine Arts in Auckland with his tutors including Greer Twiss and Christine Hellyar. From 1986 for 5 years he was the director of Star Art Gallery in Karangahape Road, Auckland and in 1989 he received a QEll Arts Council Grant for his first solo exhibition. In 1999 he joined the New Zealand Medallion Group becoming the convener from 2001-2007. In 2006 he was the Artist Coordinator for the inaugural Sculpture in the Gardens held at the Auckland Botanic Gardens and has played an ongoing role in these exhibitions.
Mathieson has exhibited widely in New Zealand dealer and public galleries and has undertaken commissions for public spaces in Auckland, including Auckland Botanic Gardens and Orewa College. His work has also been shown in Europe and the United States.