Nick Austin utilises mundane objects and materials from which he creates works that defy easy interpretation. Though there is a poetic and multi layered reading which reward with observation and thought.
Nick Austin gained a BFA from AUT’s School of Art and Design in 2001 and a MFA from Elam School of Fine Arts at the University of Auckland in 2004. Since graduating Austin has exhibited widely within in Australasia and more recently, in Europe. Austin was a member of the Auckland artists’ collective Gambia Castle.

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