Belinda Wilson was born in Calcutta in 1954, and gained a
Diploma in Fine Arts (with Honours) from Elam School of Fine Arts,
Auckland University in 1975. She travelled and worked in studios
throughout Europe, the UK and the USA from 1976-83, studying
abstraction under Nieves Billmyer in New York and teaching painting
in Vermont before settling in Australia in 1984. Since 1993 she has
been living and working in Auckland, New Zealand.
Wilson brings a deft and intriguing touch to otherwise
conventional subject matter, most notably the depiction of the
human form. In particular, her studies of bathers allow her the
scope to paint the body in a variety of ways that has the
dual effect of presenting the vagaries of individual
form and implying a of individual form and implying
a sense of movement and playfulness in the interaction of her
subjects. Wilson's subjects, whether abstracted or rendered in more
conventionally figurative ways, are set in a background of thick,
sumptuous colour that draws in the eye and illuminates her
fascination with form.
Wilson has had both solo exhibitions and commissions in New
Zealand, Australia and England and in 1976 won the Kelliher Art
Award. Her works are held in private collections in New Zealand and
overseas.