Known for Ceramics Awards ONZM (2004) | Name Christine Boswijk | |
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Full Name Christine Lynn McDowell Born 1939 Christchurch, New Zealand Website Christine Boswijk Workshop Alma mater Otago Polytechnic, National Art School | ||
Christine Lynn Boswijk ONZM (née McDowell, born 1939) is a New Zealand ceramicist.
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Early life and family
Boswijk was born in Christchurch in 1939, the daughter of Edna Frances (née King) and the Reverend Matthew Alexander McDowell. She married the Dutch-born pioneering Nelson cafe owner Eelco Boswijk in Nelson in 1962.
Career
She graduated from Otago Polytechnic School of Fine Art with a diploma in ceramics in 1977. She also holds a postgraduate diploma with honours from the National Art School, East Sydney Technical College, from where she graduated in 1988. She received funding for this study through a Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council grant.
Major exhibitions she has participated in include Treasures of the Underworld at the 1992 Seville World Expo, Kisses, Crosses and Flowers in 2007 at Milford Galleries, Queenstown and Before Words, in 2010 at Woollaston Estate, Nelson.
Her work is held in the collections of Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, The Dowse Art Museum, the Bishop Suter Gallery in Nelson, the Museum of Taipei, and the Aberystwyth University ceramics collection.
In the 2004 Queen's Birthday Honours, she was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to ceramic arts.