Kyle, Elizabeth, née Grainger, 1951- (Person)

SummaryNew Zealand artist born and raised on a dairy farm near Katikati, Bay of Plenty. Educated at Tauranga Girls’ College and trained at the Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland, where she was awarded a Diploma of Fine Arts in 1972, majoring in painting and industrial design.

She began her professional career in the early 1970s, producing commissioned murals and public artworks in Tauranga and exhibiting widely in New Zealand, with early work focused on landscape and Māori archetypes. From the 1980s she worked extensively in Australia, establishing private galleries in Victoria and Queensland and continuing to exhibit and undertake illustration commissions, relocating to Melbourne in 1992. From the early 1980s her practice shifted toward brighter colour, symbolic and visionary imagery, and a transcultural, spiritual outlook, with her work described as parabolic and grounded in a lived philosophy of nature, creativity, and healing. Main Body

"The Centennial Mural, presented to the City Of Tauranga February 27th 1982, in
"Biographical Sketches of The Centennial Mural", Artist Elizabeth J. Grainger, Editor, Ernest E. Bush (1982)

SourcesCentennial Mural and Booklet, in Journal of the Tauranga Historical Society No. 66, June 1982, Page 29.Biographical sketches / Ernest E. Bush, 1982.A journey of visions, The Weekend Sun.19 Oct, 2018The visionary art of Elizabeth Grainger Kyle : Zeus Gallery,.... [Tauranga], 2018Elizabeth Grainger's art history in Tauranga. [Tauranga]. 2021.White Wind in Thames: Award-Winning Surrealist Artist Enchants Our Regionhttps://elizabethgraingerkyle.com/

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Bay of Plenty school children poster competition winners

Savings Poster competition prize winners. Mr Mitchell & Heather Stevenson.

People in the News : Meritorious medal for Elizabeth Grainger

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Elizabeth Kyle moments in history

Archive Items

The Wednesday Wizard

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Fantail Lodge moments in history

Archive Series

Three women

From the Katikati Advertiser, 10 July 1984. Restored from a poor quality newsprint (original inset).

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First Name(s)ElizabethSurnameKyleAlso Known asElizabeth GraingerGenderFemaleDate of Birth1951OccupationArtist

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MotherGrainger, JoanFatherGrainger, Charlie

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Kyle, Elizabeth, née Grainger, 1951- (Person)