Chris Booth

Booth was born in Kerikeri in the Bay of Islands. He studied at the University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts{{Cite web|url=http://nz-artists.co.nz/artists/booth/|title=Chris Booth " nz-artists|website=nz-artists.co.nz|access-date=28 July 2017}} before taking two years of specialist study in the United Kingdom with sculptors Dame Barbara Hepworth,{{Cite web|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=169229|title=A Sculptor with Tonnes of Talent|last=Hewitson|first=Michelle|year=2011|website=The New Zealand Herald}} Denis Mitchell, and John Milne in St Ives; and Quinto Ghermandi in Verona, Italy.{{Citation needed|date=September 2017}} Some of Booth's earliest works were inspired by the clearing of scrubland in Northland Region and his concern for how this affected the balance of nature.{{cite book|title=Contemporary New Zealand Art 1 |first1=Elizabeth |last1=Caughey |first2=John |last2=Gow |year=1997 |isbn=1-86953-218-X |publisher=Everbest Printing |pages=22–23}}

Chris Booth works closely with the land, earth forms, and indigenous peoples of the region(s) where he creates his monumental sculptural art works. His way of working emphasises communication and exchange between indigenous and colonial cultures and the creation of meaningful environmental art works.{{Citation needed|date=September 2017}}

A major current project is the SLS (Subterranean Living Sculpture) which Booth is developing in association with the Eden Project in Cornwall, UK. The major focus is to educate about the importance of lower plants and fungi for survival and the effect of climate change. Plans are underway to establish the SLS in New Zealand{{Cite news|url=http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30151332?search%5Bpath%5D=items&search%5Btext%5D=Booth%2C+Chris+1948-|title=Artist eyes Albert Park for 'living sculpture'|last=Thompson|first=Wayne|year=2012|work=The New Zealand Herald}}.{{Citation needed|date=September 2017}}

Canadian author and curator John Grande commented, "What is more remarkable are the various forms of sculpture he has gone on to produce, entirely unique. While Booth's sculpture sometimes draws upon indigenous Maori and Aborigine characteristics, they remain unique, and capture aspects of topography, natural history, and landscape forms already extant in the places he works."{{Cite book|title=Public Art and Ecology|last=Grande|first=John K|publisher=worldarteco.com|year=2011|isbn=978-7-5321-4238-5|location=China|pages=116–149}}

In 2011 Booth was awarded Honorary Fellow at Northtec Tai Tokerau Wānanga for 'outstanding and distinguished contribution to society'.{{Cite web|url=http://www.northtec.ac.nz/news/2012/northtec-opens-new-creative-centre-%E2%80%93-toi-te-pito|title=Northtec Opens New Creative Centre|website=Northtec}} In 1982 Booth was the recipient of the Frances Hodgkins Fellowship at the University of Otago, NZ.{{Cite web|url=http://www.otago.ac.nz/otagofellows/allprevious_hodgkins.html|title=Frances Hodgkins Fellowship – previous recipients|publisher=University of Otago}}

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• Waljin Beela , The Farmer Market River, Western Australia{{Cite web|title=Chris Booth|url=https://www.thefarmmargaretriver.com.au/chrisbooth|access-date=2020-12-06|website=The Farm Margaret River|language=en-US}}

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• Transformation Plant, VanDusen Botanical Gardens, Vancouver, Canada{{Cite web|title=Public Art Registry Chris Booth|url=https://vancouver.ca/|access-date=2020-12-06|website=vancouver.ca}}
• Kaitiaki, Rotoroa Island, Auckland, New Zealand{{Cite web|last=Island|first=Rotoroa|title=Chris Booth Sculpture, Rotoroa Island|url=https://www.rotoroa.org.nz/experience/chrisboothsculpture|access-date=2020-12-06|website=Rotoroa Island|language=en}}
• Wurrungwuri, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, Australia{{Cite web|title=Introducing the Wurrungwuri Stone Sculpture, Sydney Botanical Gardens|url=https://gosfordquarries.com.au/news-media/2014/7/2/introducing-the-wurrungwuri-stone-sculpture-sydney-botanical-gardens|access-date=2020-12-06|website=Sandstone Suppliers Melbourne, Brisbane & Sydney {{!}} Sandstone Supplies|language=en-AU}}
• Te Whiringa o Manoko, Kerikeri, New Zealand{{Cite web|title=Kerikeri Art & Craft|url=http://www.kerikeri.co.nz/Art_and_Craft.cfm|access-date=2020-12-06|website=www.kerikeri.co.nz}}
• Waka and Wave, Whangārei, New Zealand{{Cite web|last=Taonga|first=New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu|title=Wave and waka sculpture|url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/7873/wave-and-waka-sculpture|access-date=2020-12-06|website=teara.govt.nz|language=en}}
• Echo van de Veluwe, Kröller-Müller Museum, Netherlands{{Cite web|title=Gesteentetuinen|url=http://www.aardkundigewaarden.nl/digitaalzwerfstenenmuseum/gesteentetuinen/tuinen.php?tuin_ID=90|access-date=2020-12-06|website=www.aardkundigewaarden.nl}}
• Nga Uri o Hinetuparimaunga, Hamilton, New Zealand{{Cite web|title=Annual Report|url=https://www.hamilton.govt.nz/our-council/council-publications/annualreport/Documents/2004-05%20AR%20Summary.pdf|access-date=2020-12-06|website=Hamilton City Council}}
• Peacemaker, Wellington Botanic Gardens, Wellington New Zealand{{Cite web|title=Wellington Sculpture Trust {{!}} The Sculptures|url=https://www.sculpture.org.nz/the-sculptures/peacemaker|access-date=2020-12-06|website=www.sculpture.org.nz}}
• Taurapa Christchurch, New Zealand{{Cite web|title=Christchurch Public Art|url=https://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/media%2Fuploads/2010_07/PublicArt-ChCh-1997.pdf|access-date=2020-12-07}}
• Wiyung tchellungnai-najil (Keeper of the light), Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Queensland, Australia{{Cite web|title=Wiyung tchellungnai-najil (Keeper of the light)|url=http://collection.hota.com.au/objects/6514/wiyung-tchellungnai-najil-keeper-of-the-light|access-date=2020-12-06|website=HOTA Collection Online|language=en}}
• In Celebration Of A Tor, Grizedale Forest Park, Cumbria, United Kingdom{{Cite web|date=2017-09-14|title=In Celebration Of A Tor|url=https://grizedaleforestsculpturepark.wordpress.com/in-celebration-of-a-tor/|access-date=2020-12-06|website=Grizedale Forest Sculpture 1977-2020|language=en}}
• Gateway, Albert Park, Auckland{{Cite web|last1=Slade|first1=Natalie|last2=Taonga|first2=New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu|title=Chris Booth with 'Gateway'|url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/41981/chris-booth-with-gateway|access-date=2020-12-06|website=teara.govt.nz|language=en}}
• Kinetic Fungi Tower, Sculpture On The Gulf, Waiheke Island (2017){{Cite web |title=Chris Booth |url=https://sotg.nz/gallery/chris-booth/ |access-date=2023-12-05 |website=Sculpture On The Gulf |language=en-NZ}}
• Te Haa o Te Ao (The Breath of the World), Kerikeri, New Zealand. (2023). Kinetic sculpture on the theme of climate change created with Tom Hei Hei{{Cite web |date=2023-11-30 |title=Kinetic sculpture represents Northland's efforts to protect environment - artist |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/503638/kinetic-sculpture-represents-northland-s-efforts-to-protect-environment-artist |access-date=2023-12-05 |website=RNZ |language=en-nz}}

Booth was the subject of Woven Stone- a monograph published in 2007 by Random House, New Zealand.{{Cite web |url=http://www.krollermullershop.nl/en/the-sculpture-of-chris-booth.html |title=Woven Stone |last=Lucie-Smith |first=Edward |access-date=28 July 2017}}

Publications include: 'Public Art and Ecology, International Public Artists' Discourse on Ecology', Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House, China, 2011,{{Cite journal|last=Grande|first=John K.|date=September 2011|title=标题｜克里斯·布思：同宗文化雕塑 Chris Booth: IntraCulture Sculpture|url=http://www.worldarteco.com/te_product_a/2008-08-04/141.chtml|journal=Public Art & Ecology|access-date=8 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908065704/http://www.worldarteco.com/te_product_a/2008-08-04/141.chtml|archive-date=8 September 2017|url-status=dead}} 'New Zealand Sculpture: A History{{Cite book |title=New Zealand Sculpture: A History |last=Dunn |first=Professor Michael |publisher=Auckland University Press |year=2002 |isbn=9781869404253 |location=NZ}}', Michael Dunn, 2002; 'Chris Booth – Sculpture in Europe, Australia & New Zealand{{Cite book|title=Chris Booth – Sculpture in Europe, Australia & New Zealand|last=Edward Lucie-Smith, Ken Scarlett and Gregory O'Brien|publisher=Random House NZ|year=2001|isbn=1-86962-073-9|location=NZ}}', Edward Lucie-Smith, Ken Scarlett and Gregory O'Brien, 2001; 'Chris Booth Sculpture', David Bateman 1993.{{Cite book|title=Chris Booth Sculpture|last=Johnston|first=Alexa|publisher=David Bateman|year=1993|isbn=1-86953-130-2|location=NZ}}

Films include: 'When a Warrior Dies', 1992, Valhalla Productions, Wellington, NZ; Director: Michael Hardcastle;{{Cite web|url=https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/when-a-warrior-dies-1991|title=NZ On Screen}} 'Respecting the Earth', 2005, Director: Libby Hakaraia, Maori Television Kete Aronui series III; The Making of Wurrungwuri, 2013, Director: David Stalley, Brain in Hand Productions.{{Cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/59949301|title=THE MAKING OF WURRUNGWURI|via=Vimeo}}

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