Judy Millar is one of New Zealand’s most internationally recognised artists. She has twice represented New Zealand at the Venice Biennale. Working with the process of subtraction to create gestural oil and acrylic paintings, Millar investigates the relationships between painting, the body, and the three-dimensional space.
Millar graduated with a BFA and MFA from Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland, in 1980 and 1983, respectively. In 1991, she undertook a postgraduate program at the Accademia Albertina in Turin, Italy, to research the work of Italian artists from the 1960s and '70s. She has been living and working between Auckland and Berlin since moving to Germany in 2005.