b. 1930, New Zealand

Don Driver Biography

Throughout his career Don Driver has used found material as the subject for both oblique and disturbing narratives and for their surfaces, shapes, textures and colours.  

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Living in New Plymouth, in the North Island of New Zealand since childhood, Driver is a self-taught artist with his work both idiosyncratic and international in its influences.  His practice has evolved from relief paintings in the early 1970s, (sharing much in common with artists, Don Peebles and Kenneth Noland), to 'arte povera', constructing narratives that seem distinctly familiar with materials that reference the lives of ordinary New Zealanders. 

However, whether inspired by American abstraction or undermining household objects such as pipes, strips of rubber, prams, or leather and plastic in a single work, Driver constructs images that are disturbing, entertaining and highly memorable. 

Driver’s work was included in the survey exhibition of New Zealand Art, Headlands in 1992. Examples of his work are held in the collections of the Auckland Art Gallery and Museum of New Zealand - Te Papa Tongarewa

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Directions by Don Driver contemporary artwork mixed media
Don Driver Directions, 1996 Mixed media
60 x 63 x 11 cm
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Circle 6 by Don Driver contemporary artwork mixed media
Don Driver Circle 6, 1990 Mixed media
54 x 54 x 11 cm
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Striated Planes by Don Driver contemporary artwork mixed media
Don Driver Striated Planes, 1996 Mixed media, acrylic paint
130 x 130 x 20 cm
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Tooled Diptych by Don Driver contemporary artwork sculpture, mixed media
Don Driver Tooled Diptych, 1996 Mixed media, wood. 2 panels
163 x 163 cm
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Alphabet Pockets by Don Driver contemporary artwork mixed media, textile
Don Driver Alphabet Pockets, 1983 Mixed media on banner
181 x 183 cm
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Large Stripe by Don Driver contemporary artwork textile
Don Driver Large Stripe, 1977 Mixed media on banner
174 x 283 cm
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Flag Pocket by Don Driver contemporary artwork mixed media
Don Driver Flag Pocket, 1981 mixed media assemblage
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Mystery by Don Driver contemporary artwork painting
Don Driver Mystery, 1996 Collage
76 x 58 cm
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