Debra Bustin

Debra Kaye Bustin (born 1957) is a New Zealand artist.[1] Her work is in the permanent collections of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, the Sarjeant Gallery and the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery.[2][3][4][5]

Bustin was born in Wellington in 1957.[3] Her art is characterised by bright colours and plastic materials, often covering whole walls and floors of a space.[1]

In 2010, Bustin worked with children living in Wellington City Council's Te Ara Hou housing estate to redesign the area's playground as part of a major redevelopment of the neighbourhood.[6] She has also designed public outdoor sculptural art for the Paraparaumu Library.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b Strathdee, Barbara (1983). "Debra Bustin". Art New Zealand (27). Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Debra Bustin". Auckland Art Gallery. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Debra Bustin". Museum of New Zealand te Papa Tongarewa. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Debra Bustin". Sarjeant Gallery Whanganui. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  5. ^ "Works by Debra Bustin". Govett-Brewster Art Gallery. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  6. ^ Burgess, Dave (5 November 2010). "Council tenants proud to call their modernised flats home". Dominion Post. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  7. ^ "Art in the libraries". Kapiti Coast District Council. Retrieved 21 May 2018.


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