Salon Rouge: Radiant Pavilion is a daily interactive performance piece where jewellery by selected artists involved in Radiant Pavilion will be displayed in the gallery space known as Salon Rouge.This is a red coat worn by the artist as she wanders the streets approaching people at random.
Artist Vivien Atkinson
Vivien Atkinson, Salon Rouge, Kete, Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington
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About the Artist
Vivien Atkinson Originally from Melbourne but left Australia in 1979 for a series of overseas postings through her husband’s employment.Wellington has now become home and the permanence allowed her to finally tackle a tertiary education including a BFA (Massey), MFA (RMIT), and a BAppA (Whitireia). She has continued her connection with Whitireia as Artist-in-Residence and part-time teaching of contextual studies.As a member of TheSeeHere and Occupation: Artist she has opportunities to show her eclectic practice._