Liz Sharek

Matakana

Liz moved to New Zealand over 30 years ago to work as a physiotherapist. She later enrolled as a full time student at UNITEC to complete a degree in Craft Design in 1998. She produced cast glass from her home based studio in Auckland from the mid-90s. Eight years ago she built a house and moved to Matakana, North of Auckland and started anew, working with clay.

She has exhibited widely in New Zealand and Overseas and her work is in a number of public collections including that of Te Papa Tongawera and The Ebletoft Glass Museum in Denmark. She has also won a number of awards. In 2008 she graduated with a Masters Degree from AUT. She works from her home based workshop.