Zane Saunders b. 1971 Cairns, Qld.

  • Artist (Installation Artist), (Printmaker), (Painter)
Printmaker, painter and installation artist, Zane Saunders has work in the permanent collections of the National Gallery of Australia, Queensland Art Gallery and the National Gallery of Victoria. In 1989 he was commissioned by the Tjapaukai Dance Theatre to design and create their theatre curtain.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 2007
Name
Zane Saunders
Birth date
1971
Birth place
Cairns, Qld.
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Installation Artist)
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Painter)
Active Period
  • 1988-
Languages
  • English
Training
  • Associate Diploma in Art, 1988 Cairns TAFE, QLD
Is Indigenous
Yes
Initial Record Data Source
  • Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW

Printmaker, painter and installation artist, Zane Saunders was born in 1971 in Cairns, North Queensland. He has work in the permanent collections of the National Gallery of Australia, Queensland Art Gallery and the National Gallery of Victoria. He completed an Associate Diploma in Art at the Cairns College of TAFE in 1988 and in 1989 was commissioned by the Tjapaukai Dance Theatre to design and create the theatre curtain.

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Writers:
Allas, Tess
Date written:
2007
Last updated:
2011
associate of
KickArts Gallery
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Tjapaukai Dance Theatre
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
Line in the sky
Date
1993
Collections
Gatherings II
2006
Exhibition ()
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Qld.
Citations:
  • Eglitis, Anna, (1992), Two Profiles from Cairns: Tatipai Barsa and Zane Saunders, (Place: Artlink. Vol 10 no's 1 & 2)
  • Demozay, Marion, (2006), Gatherings II, (Place: Keeaira Press, Southport, Qld.)