Eve Armstrong
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Eve Armstrong, an artist, (born 1978) was raised in Upper Hutt, Wellington.[2][3] Armstrong worked as assistant editor on the teen and children's pages for the Evening Post, Wellington, then studied textiles in Nelson.[4] She studied fine arts at Elam School of Fine Arts in Auckland, graduating in 2003.[1]
Education
Armstrong went to Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology, Nelson, New Zealand from 1999 through 2001 and received a Diploma in Visual Arts.
Armstrong graduated in 2003 with A Bachelor of Fine Arts Diploma from Elam School of Fine Arts, The University of Auckland in New Zealand.[4]
Right out of college in 2003 Armstrong received the Senior Scholarship in Fine Arts, from Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland, New Zealand.[5]
Career
Armstrong was one of the 2006 recipients of the Arts Foundation of New Zealand New Generation Award.[4] Armstrong wrote the book in 2007, How to Hold A Trading Table: A Manual for Beginners.[6] In 2008 Armstrong was selected for an Asia New Zealand Foundation artist residence in Hong Kong, where she spent a month working with a group of 7 artists.[4][7] Armstrong was an artist-in-residency at the McCahon House in Auckland between March and June of 2009.[8]
Armstrong was a resident at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery Visiting Artist Programme during the "summer of 2016-17."[9] She exhibited a monumental installation called China and Hardware which was made during this residence at the gallery in 2017.[9]
