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'St Paul’s A History'
2021
Acrylic on Perspex
Sam Mitchell was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and now lives in Auckland, New Zealand. She completed her Masters at the Elam School of Fine Arts, The University of Auckland, in 2000.
Sam has received many prestigious awards for her work including the Paramount Award at the Wallace Art Awards (2010) allowing a six-month residency at the International Studio and Curatorial Programme in New York.
Sam is well known for both her watercolours and reverse painting on Perspex. In both formats her works tend to appear sweet, childlike and cute at first glance, but often have a dark undercurrent that takes you by surprise at second look.
Sam was commissioned to produce two portraits to tell the story of St Paul’s and the impact the school has on its students. 2021 Heads of School Matthew Waddell and Gretel Muir were chosen to be the models for these portraits and in true Sam style, the student's skin has been adorned with a range of figures, scenes, symbols, and words that make up a much broader idea of what St Paul's is.
Location: Lander Centre (Hamilton Campus)
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