Natalie Couch

Natalie Couch (born 1976) is a New Zealand artist and landscape architect. Her artwork is held in the permanent collection of the Auckland Art Gallery.[1]

Biography

Couch was born in 1976.[2] She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Elam School of Fine Arts in 1998 and began exhibiting in 2003.[2] She trained as a printmaker and is a member of the Māori print collective Toi Whakataa.[1][3] She completed further study graduating with a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture in 2017.[2]

Much of her artwork is in graphite on board,[4] however in addition to drawing she also uses sculpture, painting, design and adornment in her practice.[2] Couch's art explores how people respond to the tangible and intangible elements of their natural surroundings.[1][2]

Couch is of Māori (Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Te Rangiita and Te Arawa),[2] Scottish, English and French descent.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Natalie Couch". Auckland Art Gallery. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Borell, Nigel (16 March 2022). Toi Tū Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori Art (in English and Māori). Auckland: Penguin Group. ISBN 978-0-1437767-3-4. OCLC 1296712119. Wikidata Q120560720.
  3. ^ "Mua Ki Muri - Looking Back to the Future - Taupō District Council". www.taupodc.govt.nz. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Artists". Toi Whakataa Press. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Natalie Couch - Maori mythology and magic | Scoop News". www.scoop.co.nz. Retrieved 26 April 2023.