Trained as a painter at the University of Canterbury, Michael Armstrong has consistently explored ways of combining flat painting with sculptural form for over twenty-five years.
He is well known as a colourist.
A bold and positive approach to art-making has gained him several major awards and prizes in New Zealand.
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His work is in many major public collections in New Zealand and has been shown overseas.
In 1984 he was awarded the prestigious Frances Hodgkins Fellowship, which is a year's residency at the University of Otago, allowing the artist to spend the year making his own art.
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