About
Chris Hargreaves is a sculptor and has always been a maker and inventor of objects which has informed his art practice in exploring the discourse of familiar objects when they are re-conceptualised. How nostalgia and memory can distort our perception of what is actually real and how individuals or societies build relationships for material objects within the cannon of contemporary art practice.
In 2003 he graduated from UNITEC with a Bachelor of Design (Sculpture) (Hons). He lives and works in Auckland and regularly exhibits throughout New Zealand.
Notable projects include:
Manukau Festival of Arts 2010; Sculpture in the Gardens, Auckland Botanical Gardens, 2009 -10; Sculpture on the Gulf, Waiheke Island, 2009; a 2008 commission for Brick Bay Sculpture Park, Matakana; Transpositional Migration (2005–06), Te Tuhi, Auckland; Sea/Soar (2004), Blue Oyster Gallery, Dunedin; Follow the White Rabbit (2003), ARTSPACE, Auckland.
