Artists

1. Laurence Aberhart photograph: Taranaki from Oeo Road, under moonlight, 27-28 September 1999. [gelatin silver print. 170x245mm]

Laurence Aberhart

1. Pip Adam

Pip Adam

Mark Adams

3. Production stills "Six Dollar Fifty Man" - Directed by Mark Albiston and, Louis Sutherland. Starring Oscar Vandy-Connor. Image by Gareth Moon

1. Gretchen Albrecht

Gretchen Albrecht

2. 'Poetry for Chainsaws', Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide 1976. Photo: Noel Sheridan.

Jim Allen

Edith Amituanai. Photo: Marti Friedlander

Edith Amituanai

1. Barbara Anderson. Image by Robert Cross (2011)

Barbara Anderson

1. Ruia Aperahama. Image by by Aaron Smale, courtesy of Toi Maori Aotearoa

Hareruia Aperahama

1. Dave Armstrong at Award For Patronage ceremony in 2006. Photo by Scott Venning.

1. Eve Armstrong. Photo by David Hamilton

1. Ath (2008)

Sir Ian Athfield

1. Thomas Atkins

1. Barry Barclay. Image by Robert Catto

Daniel Belton as Harlequin

Image: Josh Thomas & Hanna Lee, 2010

1. Gavin Bishop. Image by Marti Friedlander

Donovan Bixley 2011

1. Whirimako Black - internationally reknown Maori musician and artist. Image by Kathrin Simon

Whirimako Black

1. Jack Body - composer

Jack Body

1. Alun Bollinger at 2006 Forstth Barr Laureates On-Stage, Christchurch, Image by Ken Baker

Jenny Bornholdt

1. Raymond Boyce in his Wellington studio. Image by Matt Grace

Photo credit: Joe Hayes SWEENEY TODD Showbiz Christchurch, Isaac Theatre Royal, Christchurch, NZ, 2010 Director/choreographer: Sara Brodie

1. Kushana Bush at Anyamgam Temple Seoul

Kate Camp

1. Jane Campion. Image by Jane Campion by Patrick Swirc

Niki Caro

Len Castle 08. Photo Chris Hoult

Len Castle

1. Eleanor Catton. Image by Robert Catto, courtesy Victoria University Press

1. Ben Cauchi - photographer

Ben Cauchi

2. Apollo 13 : MIssion Control - Image by Andrew Kennedy, Phillip Merry and company

Rodney at the Royal College of Art, 1970

Rodney Charters

John Chen

Official film poster for Eagle Vs Shark, courtesy of the New Zealand Film Commission

Jemaine Clement

Photos by Grant Maiden

1. Fiona Connor

Alphabet Squabble

1. Shane Cotton. Image by David Hamilton

Lyell Cresswell

1. Phil Dadson at a Forsyth Barr Laureates on-Stage event, Auckland, 2006.

Delaney Davidson

Delaney Davidson

1. Neil Dawson, sculptor - image by Matt Grace

1. Kate De Goldi. Image by Bruce Foster

1. Tony de Lautour. Image by Ken Baker

Tony de Lautour

Simon Denny and his work 'Secret Power' at Marco Polo Airport for the Venice Biennale 2015

1. Stuart Devenie - Actor

1. SJD - Image by Stephen Langdon

Sean James Donnelly (SJD)

1. John Drawbridge attempted to make a film about an ascent of Mount Aspiring in the Southern Alps of NZ in 1949 with Brian Brake (photographer), Douglas Lilburn (composer) and, James K Baxter poet. Photo by Denise Baldwin

John Drawbridge

1. David Elliot. Image by Alan Dove Photography

1. Jaqueline Fahey (2012). Image by Jacqui Blanchard

Jacqueline Fahey

1. Gareth Farr Image by Angela Busby. Music 'From the Depths Sound the Great Sea Gongs - NZ Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ken Young

1. Janet Frame. Image by Reg Graham

1. Warwick Freeman. Image by Sarah Hunter

Warwick Freeman

1. Marti Friedlander

Marti Friedlander

1. Alastair Galbraith plays the glass 'armonica' at the 2009 Laureate Awards held in Auckland at the Epsom Showgrounds. Image by Ken Baker

Alastair Galbraith

1. Maurice Gee. Arts Foundation Icon Award recipient 2003. Image by Robert Catto. www.catto.co.nz

1. Peter Godfrey, Arts Foundation Icon Award recipient, 2005. Image by Neil MacKenzie

Photo 1. Kallan MacLeod

1. Patricia Grace received an Arts Foundation Icon Award in 2005. Image by Angela Busby

1. Briar Grace-Smith, inaugural Arts Foundation Laureate

Briar Grace-Smith

Fred Graham - photo by Geoff Dale

1. Alexander Grant at Icon Award presentation at New Zealand House, London, 2005. Image by Graham Reading

Alexander Grant

Florian Habicht

4. Sam Hamilton - live 16mm expanded cinema performance work. Winter Gardens Civic Building 2012

Pat Hanly1. Photo by Gil Hanly

Pat Hanly

Image 1: Gareth Watkins / Lilburn Trust / Wallace Arts Trust

1. Pakariki Harrison shows off his Icon medallion at 2005 Icon Awards held Wellington Event Centre. Image by Neil MacKenzie

Dr Pakariki Harrison

1. George Henare. Image by David Hamilton

1. Jeff Henderson. Image by David Hamilton

1. Raewyn Hill - Publicity photograph for Dancenorth Australia where Raewyn Hill became Artistic Director in early 2010. Image by blake @ insight creative

6. 'Taaumi' 2007 / Breast plate, mother of pearl shell and nylon cord taniko weaving.

Ngaahina Hohaia

1. Ralph Hotere, taken at the Arts Foundation's inaugural laureate Awards, Auckland, 2000.

1. Rachel House. Image by John McDermott

1. Michael Houstoun, concert pianist. Image by John McDermott

Michael Houstoun

1. Sarah-Jayne Howard. Image by John McDermott

Sarah-Jayne Howard

1. Michael Hurst - actor, director, writer, dance, singer and stage fighter and fencing choreographer. Image by Ken Baker

1. Humphrey Ikin with Terry Stringer designed Laureate-statuette. Image by Ken Baker

1. Sir Peter Jackson on the SS Venture, 'King Kong' set

Sir Peter Jackson

1. Lloyd Jones. Image by Carolyn Seeliger

1. Eli Kent - playwright

Eli Kent

1. Russell Kerr at the Arts Foundation Icon Awards, 2003. Image by Robert Catto. www.catto.co.nz

1. Oscar Kightley. Image by David Hamilton

3. 'Culture for Sale' (2012) performance still, Shigeyuki Kihara. Commissioned by Campbelltown Arts Centre and 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art for Sydney Festival 2012. Photo courtesy of Susannah Wimberly.

Chris Knox

1. Elizabeth Knox. Image by Angela Busby

Charles Koroneho

1. Derek Lardelli

1. Anna Leese sings 'Fra I Pensier from Lucia Scilla (Mozart).Portrait image by Sussie Aldburg

Anna Leese

Jonathan Fa'afetai Lemalu

Image credit: Russel Kleyn

Hera Lindsay Bird

1. Margaret Mahy, Arts Foundation Icon Award recipient - 2005. Image by Neil MacKenzie

1. Moana Maniapoto - A former television and radio presenter, actor, artist and law graduate, Moana is a mother, writer, advocate and mentor

Moana Maniapoto

60seconds

Lucy Marinkovich

Holly Mathieson. Courtesy Cathy Pyle

Holly Mathieson

1. Warren Maxwell. Image by David Hamilton

1. Colin McColl, Theatre Director

1. Shona McCullagh. Image by Sarah Hunter

Shona McCullagh

1. Don McGlashan. Image by Sarah Hunter

1. Sir Donald McIntyre - operatic bass-baritone. Image by Robert Catto www.catto.co.nz

Sir Donald McIntyre

Andrew McLeod -1. Detail from digital print

1. Camerone McMillan. Image by Ben Symons

Cameron McMillan

1. Helen Medlyn is a girl who's hard to define. She's a self-described Jill Of All Trades. Image by James Ensing-Trussell

1. Arthur Meek

Wetini Mitai-Ngatai

1. Tse Ming Mok. Image by David Hamilton

1. Julia Morison. Image by David Hamilton

False River - By Paula Morris

1. Donald Munro at 2005 Icon Awards held Wellington Event Centre. Image by Neil MacKenzie

1. Geoff Murphy, circa 2011. Image by Miles Murphy

1. Leon Narbey. Image by Simon Bowden

Carl Nixon

Anne Noble

Music in 'flash' - Locke's Law ('One day you're a peacock, the next a feather duster') from Murphy's Law by Philip Norman (2002). Performers: Barry Cockcroft soprano sax, Adam Pinto piano. Music published and recorded by reedmusic.com

1. Gregory O'Brien - Easter Island 2012. Image by John Pule

Gregory O'Brien

1. Simon O'Neill. Image by David Hamilton

2. Seung Yul Oh, Te Papa Sculpture Terrace

2. Female Huia, Heterolocha acuitirostris, Mangaroa Hill Hutt Valley 1885, Canterbury Museum 2004. Toned silver bromide fibre based paper (Hand printed), 508 x 610 mm. Courtesy the artist and Two Rooms, Auckland, New Zealand

Dr Fiona Pardington

1. Neil Pardington, 2002. Image by Bruce Foster

Neil Pardington

1. Michael Parekowhai. Image by Fleur Wickes

Michael Parekōwhai

1. Dean Parker

1. John Parker (Ceramic artist and theatre designer) Images by Angela Busby

2. Kate Parker. Image by Bryna O'Brien

3. Michael Parmenter - Image by Celia Canning

Michael Parmenter

1-4 A series of photographs taken by Ken Baker, at Don Peebles studio in Christchurch

2. Emily Perkins - Writer

1. Madeleine Pierard, Soprano. Image by David Hamilton

Madeleine Pierard

Anapela Polataivao

1. Lemi Ponifasio/MAU. Image by: Sebastian Bolesch.

Leane Pooley

Louise Potiki Bryant

2. Perfect Strangers (Flyer) - directed by Gaylene Preston

Dame Gaylene Preston

Christopher Pryor

1. John Psathas, image by Gareth Watkins

1. John Pule. Image by David Hamilton

John Pule

1. Jacob Rajan at a Forsyth Barr Laureates On-Stage event, Wellington 2009. Image by Peter Dekkers

1. John Reynolds - Received his Arts Foundation Laureate Award in 2006. Image by Ken Baker

1. Teddy Tahu Rhodes

Teddy Tahu Rhodes

1. Ann Robinson. Image by Robert Catto

Diversions, 2014. 88 Objects made from felt

1. Jono Rotman - photographer

Rob Ruha

1. Fiona Samuel. Image by Mark Smith

1. Anna Sanderson. Image by David Hamilton

Tom Scott

1. Don Selwyn - taken at the 2004 Arts Foundation Laureate Awards. Image by Robert Catto. www.catto.co.nz

Don Selwyn

1. Joe Sheehan. Image by Aaron Burgess

The Chimes by Anna Smaill

1. Michael Smither at the 2010 Arts Foundation Award for Patronage event - where he received a $10,000 donation from Gus & Irene Fisher

Michael Smither

4. Louis Sutherland: Film maker - "Six Dollar Fifty Man" production still. Image by Gareth Moon

Louis Sutherland

(L to R) Saili (Fa'afiaula Sagote) and Vaaiga (Tausili Pushparaj) in The Orator (O Le Tulafare)

1. Diggeress Te Kanawa - weaver

Diggeress Rangituatahi Te Kanawa

1. Dame Kiri Te Kanawa

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa

Roberta Thornley

1. Hone Tuwhare, Icon, noted New Zealand poet

1. Greer Twiss, sculptor

1. Ronnie van Hout. Image by David Hamilton

Ronnie van Hout

1. Taika Waititi. Image by David Hamilton

Necklace, 2013. Playmobil, thread.

1. Sir Miles Warren - taken at the 2009 Laureate Awards, Auckland. Image by Ken Baker

Sir Miles Warren

1. Ian Wedde. Image by Ken Baker

Ian Wedde

1. Dame Gillian Weir, Concert Organist. Image by Neil Collier

Dame Gillian Weir

Leaves of the Banyan Tree

Maualaivao Albert Wendt

1. Ans Westra - Image by Ken Baker

Ans Westra

At work in the Portobello studio, 1977

Dame Robin White

Gillian Whitehead 'listening'. Taken in Fiordland 2007 by Alan Roddick

Dame Gillian Karawe Whitehead

1. Cliff carving in his studio, May 2013. Photograph by Shirley Mullany, He Kupenga Hao i te Reo.

Dr Cliff Whiting

5. Wickstead, dress detail

Emilia Wickstead

1. Damien Wilkins - portrait image by Aaron Smale

1. Arnold Manaaki Wilson - images by Scott Venning

Arnold Manaaki Wilson

1. Merilyn Wiseman, Ceramacist. Image by John McDermott

Merilyn Wiseman

1. Megan Wraight

1. Douglas Wright. Image by Justine Lord