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Born in Auckland in 1975, Zarahn Southon is of Maori (Ngati Tuwharetoa), Pakeha and Samoan descent. After completing a BVA in Painting at Manukau Institute of Technology, he travelled to Europe to study classical painting at fine arts academies in Florence, Italy, and at the prestigious Studio Escalier in France. He completed further study at the Bay Area Classical Artists Atelier in San Francisco, where he was tutored by the renowned painter Ted Seth Jacobs.
Southon was the winner of the Martin Hughes Contemporary Pacific Art Scholarship in 2005 and the Jouffrault Scholarship at the Studio Escalier in 2007. He also works as a tutor in Life Drawing at Art Station and at AUT University.
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