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Stephen Bambury
Born	1951 Christchurch
Occupation	painter

Stephen Bambury (born 1951) is a Christchurch-born, Auckland-based abstract painter.^[1]^[2]

Career

After graduating from the Elam School of Fine Art at the University of Auckland, Bambury received two Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council Grants and a residency at Victoria College, in Melbourne, Australia.^{[citation needed]} Bambury was the first recipient of the Moët & Chandon Fellowship in 1989, leading Bambury to travel to France, where he was based for the next three years.^[3]

Initially Bambury showed with the Petar/James Gallery as its youngest artist and later was to have a long-running relationship with Andrew Jensen,^[4] whose gallery hosted a number of exhibitions featuring Bambury.^[5]^[6] His abstract oils have "no decorative, naturalistic, metaphoric or autobiographical references or intents"^[7]

He is widely held in public art museums in New Zealand, with Te Papa having 15 pieces and correspondence,^[8] Auckland Art Gallery having 12 pieces^[9] and Christchurch Art Gallery 3 pieces.^[10]

References

^ "CV098910 - Stephen Bambury - JENSEN GALLERY". 26 May 2010. Archived from the original on 26 May 2010. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
^ "Stephen Bambury". Jonathan Smart Gallery. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
^ Caughey, Elizabeth; Gow, John (1997). Contemporary New Zealand Art 1. Everbest Printing. p. 26. ISBN 1-86953-218-X.
^ "Leading NZ artist in High Court scrap - Business - NZ Herald News". Nzherald.co.nz. 4 December 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
^ Resumes by Name (22 October 2004). "Six degrees of Separation at Jensen Gallery | The Big Idea | Te Aria Nui". The Big Idea. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
^ Hurrell, John (9 October 2006). "Bambury". Artbash. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
^ "Stephen Bambury's Colour Paintings". Art-newzealand.com. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
^ Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. "Bambury, Stephen - Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". Collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
^ Open daily 10am - 5pm except Christmas Day. "Stephen Bambury". Auckland Art Gallery. Retrieved 24 January 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ ""Bambury" in The Entire Site | Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna O Waiwhetu". Christchurchartgallery.org.nz. Retrieved 24 January 2014.

Authority control databases
International	ISNI VIAF WorldCat
National	Germany
Artists	RKD Artists Auckland New Zealand Artists
Other	IdRef Te Papa (New Zealand)

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