Richard Killeen is a significant New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 painter

Painting

Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...

, sculptor and digital art

Digital art

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ist.

Richard Killeen was educated at the Elam School of Fine Arts

Elam School of Fine Arts

The Elam School of Fine Arts, founded in 1890 by John Edward Elam is a part of Auckland University. Students study degrees in fine art with an emphasis on a multidisciplinary approach.-History:...

, where his lecturers included Colin McCahon

Colin McCahon

Colin John McCahon was a prominent New Zealand artist. During his life he also worked in art galleries and as a university lecturer...

, before graduating in 1966. He has won a number of awards, including the QE2 Arts Fellowship, and has been the subject of several major exhibitions.

He is particularly famous for his arranged collections of aluminium 'cut outs' hung on walls, from 1978 onwards, and has continued arrangements of objects in this style.

Further reading

• Francis Pound, The Escape from the Frame: Richard Killeen's Cut-Outs, in Art New Zealand magazine (No.20: Winter 1981)
• Book of the Hook, Christchurch Art Gallery

External links

• Richard Killeen home page
• Works at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
• Richard Killeen at Fishers Fine Arts
• Richard Killeen at Ivan Anthony