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Alvin Pankhurst | |
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Born | Carterton, New Zealand | 16 November 1949
Nationality | New Zealand |
Known for | Painting |
Movement | Realist/Surrealist |
Spouse | Ephra Pankhurst |
Alvin Ernest Pankhurst (born 1949 in Carterton) is a New Zealand magic realist artist. He is the owner of two galleries of his art in Parnell, Auckland and Pauanui on the Coromandel Peninsula. Pankhurst has been a full-time artist since 1969, starting with the Young Contemporaries Touring Exhibition and the finals in the 1970 National Benson & Hedges Art Competition. Pankhurst won the 1974 Benson & Hedges Art Award with the large tempera on board work "Maybe Tomorrow", was bought by the Dunedin Art Gallery.[1] He lives in Auckland.