Bronwyn Holloway-Smith

Dr Bronwyn Holloway-Smith is an artist, author, and Co-Director of Public Art Heritage Aotearoa New Zealand, a research initiative established to document, communicate, and save (where appropriate) the heritage of Aotearoa's twentieth century Public Art.

As an artist, she operates using an investigative art methodology which draws on the fields of investigative journalism, conceptual art, and socially-engaged practice, and emphasises a strong foundation of in-depth conceptual research and project planning ahead of the production of artworks. Past projects have used a wide range of media, and often take the form of cross-platform, trans-disciplinary installations.

Her book, Wanted: The Search for the Modernist Murals of E. Mervyn Taylor (Massey Press, 2018) was a finalist in the 2018 Ockham NZ Book Awards. She lives in Taputarenga Island Bay, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, with her husband and 3 children.