Matt Gauldie

Artist Bio

Matt Gauldie is a multidisciplinary artist based on the Kāpiti Coast, who deeply embeds his work in New Zealanders’ lived experiences and environments. Working across bronze, oil painting, printmaking, and illustration, his art reflects a genuine philosophy: “paint what you know,” drawing on the people and places he has encountered as a visual diary of his life.

“I felt inspired to see the reactions in art to social, political and religious issues over the years. Art movements that have helped a fledging country identify its own unique culture – defining our ‘New Zealandness’”. – Matt Gauldie

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