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Medal Art New Zealand est. 1989

Welcome to the Medal Art New Zealand website.

Founded in 1989, the Medal Art New Zealand (MANZ) group celebrated twenty years in 2009. The group has continued to grow and evolve since its inception and to date has 24 members.

MANZ aims to nurture the medal art form within contemporary art practice in New Zealand. Exhibitions are held annually in New Zealand and members also participate in the bi-annual exhibitions held in international locations by the Federation International de la Medaille (FIDEM), the international member based group for medal makers.

The tradition of medals dates back to the Italian Renaissance and today medals are an artistic expression in their own right, known as ‘art medals’.  This term also refers to the larger medallion form (sometimes known as table medals or plaques if one-sided),and ‘object medals’ (a third dimension added). Medal Art continues to be practised in many countries all around the world. Technological advances have influenced both methods and concepts.

This website contains information pertaining to historic and contemporary art medal practice internationally, and includes detailed information about the medal art in New Zealand and MANZ members.