Paul Hartigan
Paul Hartigan is an Auckland-based artist whose successful career spans five decades. A painter, photographer and sculptor, he is best known for his large-scale public neon installations in Auckland, New Plymouth, Wellington and Christchurch. Hartigan's destinctive artistic vision places him as a well-known entity within contemporary New Zealand art.
His acclaimed monochrome neon Colony (2004), transformed the University of Auckland's Engineering Building on Symonds St, and won the Metro Award for Best Public Sculpture in 2006. In Chistchurch, Nebula Orion (2001) commissioned by Orion NZ Ltd, is a giant Hartigan neon work that survived the earthquake of 2011 and continues to operate today.
He is represented in the country's major art institutions including Auckland Art Gallery, the Chartwell Collection, Te Papa Tongarewa, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, the Sarjeant Gallery, The National Library of New Zealand and GOMA Queensland, Australia.
https://www.internationalartcentre.co.nz/gallery/artists/paul-hartigan#:~:text=(b.,New%20Plymouth%2C%20Wellington%20and%20Christchurch.
