John Hurrell is a New Zealand art writer, artist and curator who lives in Auckland. Trained in painting at the University of Canterbury in the early seventies, he also gained a BA in religious studies. His paintings are in most national collections and his work toured nationally in 'The Grid: Lattice and Network' (patterned geometric paintings), 'Putting the Land on the Map' (paintings on maps), 'The Word' (alphabet soup and varnish paintings) and in Australia, 'Heart + Land' and 'Headlands'.
After he spent the beginning of the millennium in France he worked as Curator of Art at the Waikato Museum of Art and History Te Whare Taonga o Waikato. Between 2005-7 he was a major contributor to the online forum, 'Artbash'. Besides eyeCONTACT he also writes from time to time for Art Monthly Australia or Art New Zealand.
Check him out on eyeCONTACT plus he contributes regulatory on ArtBash.
After he spent the beginning of the millennium in France he worked as Curator of Art at the Waikato Museum of Art and History Te Whare Taonga o Waikato. Between 2005-7 he was a major contributor to the online forum, 'Artbash'. Besides eyeCONTACT he also writes from time to time for Art Monthly Australia or Art New Zealand.
Check him out on eyeCONTACT plus he contributes regulatory on ArtBash.