Philip Trusttum
Philip Trusttum "has packaged his energy, he has also by expanding the scale of his work and presenting the viewer with the illusion of informality achieved a satisfying aesthetic unity based on a genuine development of expressionism.” – Derek Shultz
Philip Trusttum graduated with a Diploma in Fine Arts from the
University of Canterbury School of Art in 1964. In 1967, he was
awarded on a Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council scholarship for travel
to develop his practice. Since then has travelled and worked in
Europe and North America.
Impossible to categorise because of his immense creativity,
Philip's paintings and collage works have been referred to as
neo-expressionist and abstract. He experiments with and refines
ideas and techniques to suit his own artistic temperament. Philip
is a prolific and biographical painter, the personal subject matter
ranges from his gardens and his grandson's toy trucks to the
dynamics of tennis and is grandiose in style and scale. His large
works are uninhibited with paint brushed, daubed, or scraped onto
the surfaces with expressive energy.
Philip has represented New Zealand on many occasions. In 1984,
he was invited to participate in ANZART at the Edinburgh Arts
Festival. The same year he exhibited on New York's 57th Street at
the Jill Kornblee Gallery. Philip has been awarded a
Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant, only the second New Zealander to
receive the award. Philip Trusttum is represented in all major
public and private collections throughout New Zealand.
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