Alvin Pankhurst
# Alvin Pankhurst

Alvin Ernest Pankhurst (born 1949 in Carterton) is a New Zealand magic realist artist. He is the owner of two galleries of his art in Parnell, Auckland and Pauanui on the Coromandel Peninsula. Pankhurst has been a full-time artist since 1969, starting with the Young Contemporaries Touring Exhibition and the finals in the 1970 National Benson & Hedges Art Competition. Pankhurst won the 1974 Benson & Hedges Art Award with the large tempera on board work "Maybe Tomorrow", was bought by the Dunedin Art Gallery. He lives in Auckland.

## Major exhibitions

* 2001 Royal Academy of Arts summer exhibition 2001. The 233rd., Royal Academy of Arts (London) 2001
* 2019 8th Beijing Art Biennale - NZ Special Exhibition, Beijing International Art Biennale
