Susan Skerman

Susan Skerman
Born
Susan Catherine Martin Skerman

(1928-11-08)8 November 1928
Te Awamutu, New Zealand
Died9 November 2025(2025-11-09) (aged 97)
Waikanae, New Zealand
Education
Known forPainting

Susan Catherine Martin Skerman (8 November 1928 – 9 November 2025) was a New Zealand artist.

Early life and education

Skerman was born in Te Awamutu on 8 November 1928. She was educated at Nga Tawa Diocesan School and the Ilam School of Fine Arts at the University of Canterbury. She then attended the Central School of Art and Craft in London between 1953 and 1955.[citation needed]

Career

Skerman's first solo exhibition was in Hamilton, 1955.[citation needed] She has also exhibited with:

Her works were included in the 'bush walk' at Expo '70, a world's fair held in Osaka, Japan. The Bush Panels consisted of 600 perspex panels screen printed with ferns and trees. Following the exhibition, some of the pieces were hung in the New Zealand parliament's Beehive building in Wellington. Others are exhibited in the Waikato Hospital's Older Persons and Rehabilitation Building and at the Adam Art Gallery at Victoria University of Wellington.

Works by Skerman are held in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.

Death

Skerman died in Waikanae on 9 November 2025, at the age of 97.

References

  1. ↑ "Skerman, Susan". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  2. ↑ "Death search: registration number 2025/35620". Births, deaths & marriages online. Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
  3. ↑ "Artists exhibited with Auckland Society of Arts". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  4. ↑ Kay, Robin; Eden, Tony (1983). Portrait of a Century: The History of the N.Z. Academy of Fine Arts, 1882-1982. Millwood Press. ISBN 0908582609.
  5. ↑ "Artists exhibited with New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  6. ↑ "Artists exhibited with The Group". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  7. ↑ "The Group 1927 - 1977: an annotated bibliography - Heritage - Christchurch City Libraries". christchurchcitylibraries.com. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  8. ↑ "The Group 1971". christchurchartgallery.org.nz. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  9. ↑ "Print Council of New Zealand Fifth National Touring Exhibition 1974-1975". christchurchartgallery.org.nz. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  10. 1 2 3 Jock, Phillips (22 October 2014). "Exhibitions and world's fairs - World's fairs since 1950". Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  11. ↑ "Adam Art Gallery — Image Gallery — Folded Memory". www.adamartgallery.nz. Retrieved 5 October 2026.
  12. ↑ "Bush Walk brings tranquillity to Older Persons building". scoop.co.nz. 11 December 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2026.
  13. ↑ "Susan Skerman". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  14. ↑ "Susan SKERMAN Obituary (2025) - Wellington Central, Wellington - The Post". Legacy.com. Retrieved 16 November 2025.

Further reading

Artist files for Skerman are held at:

Also see: