Chris Van Doren Sculptures

Chris Van Doren is of Niuean, Samoan and Dutch descent, and is based at the Pacifica Art Centre at Corban Estate. With a background in panel beating, Van Doren uses his trade-taught skills in his multi-disciplinary sculptural practice, incorporating mediums such as copper, stainless steel, wood and stone. He holds a vast knowledge and skill for sculpting with traditional art forms in both large and small-scale sculpture that explore his Pacific heritage.

Van Doren has taken part in numerous exhibitions and symposiums across the Asia-Pacific and has been a three-time finalist in Aotearoa’s World of Wearable Arts. He took part in the Taitung Austronesian Cultural Festival in Taiwan (2009) where he collaborated with Indigenous artists from the tribes of Taiwan and the wider Pacific from Fiji, Samoa, Tonga and New Caledonia. Van Doren has exhibited widely across Aotearoa and abroad, and in 2020 completed a Tautai Fale-Ship Home Residency.

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