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ALUMNI FEATURE
ISAM MATHERS - ARTIST
face to face with drawings and paintings by artists such as well be because his works are a journey back to the Picasso, Dali and Guido Reni amongst others. In particular, memory of a place and time, the iconic, the familiar,
the odd and the quirky. He is fascinated by the back- story
– the cultural history and the well-known images along
A contemporary artist, Sam explores these ideas playing with scale, depth, text, current and old media, languages, currencies and slang to create multi-layers of meaning
‘My works are a visual diary of my travels in New Zealand and aroundtheworld–thewayIseeandexperiencetheseplaces’.
Raglan born and raised Sam attended Southwell School
in Graphic Design. While living in London Sam worked for
to return to New Zealand and paint.
Upon returning to New Zealand Sam took up painting
Director who commissioned him to paint a mural for the ad a full time artist had begun.
Since then Sam has exhibited throughout New Zealand and
‘Inspiration comes from having a good time and enjoying
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