Elliot Collins is a poetic painter who operates in what he describes as a “world of free associations”, frequently employing words to “visualise the stuff of thoughts” and explore the process of mark and meaning making.
Read MoreCollins’ completed his Master of Arts and Design in 2007. He has exhibited steadily since then and has been included in several public gallery exhibitions including an exhibition of emerging painters at Christchurch Art Gallery (2009), and shows at City Gallery Wellington (2010) and Te Tuhi, Pakuranga (2011) where he produced large site-specific wall works. In 2011 Collins undertook artist residencies at the Camac Art Centre in Marnay, France and at the Duende Studio in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Elliot Collins is a poetic painter who operates in what he describes as a “world of free associations”, frequently employing words to “visualise the stuff of thoughts” and explore the process of mark and meaning making.
Collins’ completed his Master of Arts and Design in 2007. He has exhibited steadily since then and has been included in several public gallery exhibitions including an exhibition of emerging painters at Christchurch Art Gallery (2009), and shows at City Gallery Wellington (2010) and Te Tuhi, Pakuranga (2011) where he produced large site-specific wall works. In 2011 Collins undertook artist residencies at the Camac Art Centre in Marnay, France and at the Duende Studio in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.