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Bing Dawe (born North Otago, 1952)

Bing Dawe (* born North Otago, 1952) is acknowledged as one of New Zealand’s most prominent sculptors, his work strongly driven by a deep concern for the environment and human impact on it, especially the damage caused unthinkingly to creatures often overlooked, like eels, small fish or birds overlooked or wrongly believed to be common or safe from threat. He graduated from the University of Canterbury, School of Fine Arts (Ilam) in the mid 1970s, and has exhibited extensively throughout New Zealand and overseas – well over forty solo exhibitions including a major survey exhibition at the Robert McDougall Art Gallery in Christchurch in 1999. He has won numerous awards including the prestigious Wallace Visa Gold Award in 1999. For more details and other works, please contact Barbara Speedy, Gallery Director bspeedy@thediversion.co.nz or call on 0274 408 121.

GOOGLE: 1. Use his name and see if you can find any pictures of the sculptures Bing has made!!!!

2. Open a google doc. and write a review about Bing. Use the information above as well.

3. Don't forget to include important information such as:

- Where and when was Bing Dawe born?

- Where is North Otago?

-Where did he go to study art?

-How many exhibitions has he had?

- Describe one of the awards he has won? What was the prize?

4. Now choose your favourite scupture, copy and paste onto your review of Bing. Underneath the

photo tell the reader about it. Whats its name? What does it represent? What is it made out of?

How did Bing make it?