 | "Domestic Activity and the small rituals that are part of everyday life are the focus of Megan Huffadine's mixed media work, and she brings a questioning, thoughtful analysis to her highly individual pieces." (1)
"In the end, objects become the only remaining indicator of an individual, carrying the manner of their making, their passage through lives and the accumulated history of those journeys. The objects we gather become symbols for a private language of memory, longing and desire." (2)
"Viewing, touching and arranging enables the retelling and reconstruction of memory. Sometimes these objects are displayed for public viewing and lay out to the world a face that the gatherer wishes to be seen. However the reading of this by others may differ from the intent. At other times the collections are secret and hidden, eliciting moments of private joy.” (3)
Born in Invercargill, 1955, Megan Huffadine graduated with a Bachelor of Arts, University of Otago (1977); Post Graduate Diploma in Anthropology, University of Otago (1978); Diploma in Teaching (1979); and a Bachelor of Fine Arts University of Canterbury in 1987. Megan Huffadine has exhibited in group exhibitions and solo exhibitions throughout New Zealand. In 1993 Huffadine was awarded the Emerging Artist Grant from the QEII Arts Council.
(1) 100 New Zealand Craft Artists, Helen Schamroth, Godwit publication, Random House NZ, 1998.
(2) Megan Huffadine, Artist Statement, "a box of forgotten touches" 2007.
(3) Ibid | |
