Susan Skerman
Susan Skerman | |
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| Born | Susan Catherine Martin Skerman 8 November 1928 Te Awamutu, New Zealand |
| Died | 9 November 2025 (aged 97) Waikanae, New Zealand |
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| Known for | Painting |
Susan Catherine Martin Skerman (8 November 1928 – 9 November 2025) was a New Zealand artist.
Early life and education
[edit | edit source]Skerman was born in Te Awamutu on 8 November 1928.[1][2] She was educated at Nga Tawa Diocesan School and the Ilam School of Fine Arts at the University of Canterbury. She then attended the Central School of Art and Craft in London between 1953 and 1955.[3]
Career
[edit | edit source]Skerman's first solo exhibition was in Hamilton, 1955.[3] She has also exhibited with:
- Auckland Society of Arts[4]
- New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts[5][6]
- The Group[7][8] in 1971[9]
- the Print Council of New Zealand Fifth National Touring Exhibition 1974–1975[10]
Her works were included in the 'bush walk' at Expo '70, a world's fair held in Osaka, Japan. Following the exhibition, the pieces were hung in the New Zealand parliament's Beehive building in Wellington.[11] Skerman also exhibited the works in 2014 at the Waikato District Health Board's Older Persons and Rehabilitation Building, where the pieces remain on permanent display.[3][12]
Works by Skerman are held in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.[13]
Death
[edit | edit source]Skerman died in Waikanae on 9 November 2025, at the age of 97.[14]
References
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Further reading
[edit | edit source]Artist files for Skerman are held at:
- E. H. McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
- Hocken Collections Uare Taoka o Hākena
- Te Aka Matua Research Library, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Also see:
- Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists, McGahey, Kate (2000) Gilt Edge
- Prints and Printmakers in New Zealand Peter Cape (1974) Collins
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- 1928 births
- 2025 deaths
- New Zealand women artists
- New Zealand women painters
- Ilam School of Fine Arts alumni
- People associated with the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
- People from Te Awamutu
- Alumni of the Central School of Art and Design
- People associated with the Auckland Society of Arts
- People educated at Nga Tawa Diocesan School
- People associated with The Group (New Zealand art)
- New Zealand painter stubs