Born in 1957, Browne gained her Masters of Fine Arts at Elam School of Fine Arts in 1982. Browne considers herself as a sculptor of words, exploring the metaphoric and visual power of language through harnessing diverse media. Her elegant works contain narratives and exist as social, political and psychological commentaries on contemporary life, the politics of history and feminism. Browne has exhibited widely throughout New Zealand and developed several major public art commissions including the staircase Body to Soul in Wellington’s Botanical Gardens and the granite bench work Byword which runs the length of Lorne Street in Auckland.
