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Claudia Pond Eyley
Born1946 (age 77–78)
Matamata, New Zealand
NationalityNew Zealand
EducationElam School of Fine Arts, Auckland
Known forPainting, documentary film

Claudia Pond Eyley (born 1946) is a New Zealand artist and filmmaker. Her works are held in the collection of the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki[1] and Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.[2]

Early life

Claudia Pond Eyley was born in 1946 in Matamata, New Zealand.[3]

Education

Eyley has studied in Montreal, New York, and at the Auckland University Elam School of Fine Arts.[4]

Career

Art

She is a founding member of Visual Artists Against Nuclear Disarmament and a member of the Association of Women Artists.[4] She has exhibited widely international and within New Zealand, including:

She has completed mural commissions at Stokes Road (1980), Auckland University Arts Commerce (1984), Auckland High Court (1991), and collaborated with Pat Hanly for Flying Colours With Invention, Women's Suffrage Centennial collaborative project in Lorne Street (1993).[8][4]

Films

Eyley has directed four films including:

  • Helen (2013), (co-directed with Dan Salmon) documentary about New Zealand's first elected woman Prime Minister, Helen Clark[9]
  • Kit & Maynie (2008), documentary about two 90-year-old peace activists who live on Waiheke Island in the Hauraki Gulf of New Zealand[10]
  • No Nukes Is Good Nukes! The Legacy of New Zealand's Grassroots Ant-Nuclear Movement (2007), documentary about New Zealand's Act of Parliament in 1987 which saw New Zealand become a nuclear free nation[11]
  • Departure and Return -The Final Journey of the Rainbow Warrior (2006), documentary about Greenpeace's ship, the Rainbow Warrior[12]

Books

Eyley co-authored the book Helen Clark - Inside Stories with Dan Salmon.[13] She has illustrated three children's books with author Maris O'Rouke: Lillibutt's Big Adventure;[14] Lillibut''s Te Araroa Adventure;[15] and Lillibutt's Australian Adventure.[16]

References

  1. ^ "Claudia Pond Eyley". Auckland Art Gallery. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Claudia Pond Eyley". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Pond Eyley, Claudia". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  4. ^ a b c "Claudia Pond Eyley: Episode #40". culturalicons.co.nz. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Artists exhibited with The Group". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  6. ^ "The Group 1927 - 1977: an annotated bibliography - Heritage - Christchurch City Libraries". christchurchcitylibraries.com. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  7. ^ "The Group 1975". christchurchartgallery.org.nz. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  8. ^ "Claudia Pond Eyley". www.claudiapondeyley.com. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  9. ^ "Helen Clark: The Road to Power | Television | NZ On Screen". www.nzonscreen.com. NZ On Screen. Retrieved 14 October 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  10. ^ "Kit & Maynie. Tea, Scones and Nuclear Disarmament". www.kitandmaynie.com. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  11. ^ Eyley, Claudia Pond; March, Briar (2007), No nukes is good nukes! the Legacy of New Zealand's grassroots anti-nuclear movement / a documentary directed and produced by Claudia Pond Eyley., CPEyley, retrieved 14 October 2017
  12. ^ Eyley, Claudia Pond; March, Briar; Pryor, Chris (2006), Departure and return the final journey of the Rainbow Warrior through the eyes of six women activists / directed and produced by Claudia Pond Eyley., Claudia Pond Eyley, retrieved 14 October 2017
  13. ^ Eyley, Claudia Pond; Salmon, Dan (2016). Helen Clark - Inside Stories. Auckland University Press. ISBN 978-1869408381.
  14. ^ Maris, O’Rourke (2012). Lillibutt's Big Adventure. Duck Creek Press. ISBN 9781877378584.
  15. ^ O’Rourke, Maris (2014). Lillibuts Te Araroa Adventure. Duck Creek Press. ISBN 9781877378928.
  16. ^ Maris, O'Rourke (2015). Lillibutt's Australian Adventure. Duck Creek Press. ISBN 9781927305157.

Further reading

Artist files for Claudia Pond Eyley are held at:

Also see:

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