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Alvin Pankhurst in front of his painting Tuturu Aotearoa
Born
(1949-11-16)16 November 1949
Carterton, New Zealand
Nationality
New Zealand
Known for
Painting
Movement
Realist/Surrealist
Spouse
Ephra Pankhurst
Alvin Ernest Pankhurst (born 1949 in Carterton) is a New Zealand magic realist artist. He is the owner of two galleries of his art in Parnell, Auckland and Pauanui on the Coromandel Peninsula. Pankhurst has been a full-time artist since 1969, starting with the Young Contemporaries Touring Exhibition and the finals in the 1970 National Benson & Hedges Art Competition. Pankhurst won the 1974 Benson & Hedges Art Award with the large tempera on board work "Maybe Tomorrow", was bought by the Dunedin Art Gallery.[1] He lives in Auckland.
