Sonja Drake

Sonja's current body of work focuses the earth in moments of transition and transformation, seeking to reveal the precarious line that divides creation and destruction. While observing the complexity of the natural world she reflects on the inter relatedness of everything in the environment including us, and the tenuous and delicate balance of life.

New Zealander Sonja Drake lives in Mairangi Bay. A graduate of Elam Art School, Auckland University, she received her BFA in 1987. She has shown in many exhibitions including three recent solo shows.

Sonja has won a number of awards including the People’s Choice Award at both the 2011 and 2014 TCAC Awards, MAC Painting Award in 2014, First Prize at ‘Moana-Our Ocean’ in 2015, Browne School Annual Prize 2015 and People’s Choice Estuary Art and Ecology Award 2016. She has work in private collections in Aotearoa New Zealand and USA.