Otago Polytechnic Master of Fine Arts student, Fiona van Oyen, has just won the inaugural Zonta Ashburton Female Art Award with her largescale lino print I think this is part of our garden.
The work is one from a series of prints that will make up Fiona’s Masters exhibition/examination in the Dunedin School of Art Gallery from April 3-6. It is inspired by Ngaire, her mother, who suffered from Alzheimer’s disease.
Fiona was announced the Premiere award winner on Friday, ahead of 42 other finalists. The award was presented by the Zonta Club of Ashburton in partnership with the Ashburton Art Gallery.
March 8, 2017
