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Latitude
52.561928
Longitude
-1.464854
Start Date
1952-01-01
End Date
1952-01-01

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ID
tb9c99

Extended Data

DAAO URL
https://www.daao.org.au/bio/kevin-norton
Birth Place
England, UK
Biography
Sculptor, works with stainless-steel. Born in England in 1952, Kevin Norton moved to Sydney, NSW, in 1983. Norton has taught at the University of Sydney, Sculpture Society in Sydney, Cumbria College of Art in England, Canberra School of Art, Auckland University in New Zealand as well as other arts institutions in New Zealand. In 1986 Norton began teaching sculpture and drawing at the Wollongong College of Art, where in 2006 he became head of the sculpture department. Norton has exhibited widely in Australia and New Zealand. He has completed many private commissions and received several awards, including Young Contemporaries Sculpture Prize, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London (1977), Barnett Newman Scholarship (1978), Hansells Sculpture Award, New Zealand (1982) and artist-in-residence, New Zealand Sculpture Project (1982). Norton’s work is represented in numerous collections, including Artbank, the National Gallery of New Zealand, Rotorua City Gallery, New Zealand, National Library of New Zealand, Macquarie University, Chas Property Estates, Merke, Sharp & Dome, as well as private collections in Australia, Indonesia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States. Writers: Stella Downer Date written: 2007 Last updated: 2011
Born
b. 1952
Summary
Contemporary sculptor Kevin Norton was born in England and moved to Sydney in 1983. In 2006 he became Head of the sculpture department at the Wollongong College of Art.
Gender
Male
Died
None listed
Age at death
None listed