Mirranda Burton

Mirranda Burton (born 1973) is a New Zealand-born artist and writer living on Wurundjeri land/Melbourne, Australia.[1]

Mirranda Burton
Born
Mirranda Burton

1973 (age 49–50)
NationalityNew Zealand, Australia
EducationAdvanced Diploma of Visual Arts (North Adelaide School of Art), Bachelor of Multimedia Design (Swinburne University of Technology)
AwardsAurealis Award for graphic novel
2011 Hidden
Golden Ledger award for excellence in Australian comics
2012 Hidden
Websitemirrandaburton.com

Burton works within the disciplines of printmaking, commercial and independent animation, illustration, graphic recording and graphic storytelling. The main focus of her art practice is linocut printmaking and writing and drawing graphic novels. Her first comic strip stories appeared from 2008 in publications such as Tango and Going Down Swinging. In 2011 her first graphic novel Hidden was published by Black Pepper Publishing, for which she received an Aurealis Award and a Gold Ledger for excellence in Australian comics. Hidden was also published under the title Cachés by La Boîte à Bulles. In 2021 her second graphic novel Underground: Marsupial Outlaws and Other Rebels of Australia’s War in Vietnam was published by Allen & Unwin.

Burton was Illustrator-in-Residence at The Atrium, Federation Square during the Melbourne Writers Festival in 2012 [2] and artist in residence at the Dunmoochin Foundation, 2011 to 2013.[3]

Awards
  • Aurealis Award for graphic novel (2011)[4]
  • Golden Ledger award for excellence in Australian comics (2012)[5]

Publications
  • Hidden (2011)
  • Three Words: An anthology of Aotearoa / NZ Women's Comics (2016) (contributor)
  • Underground: Marsupial Outlaws and Other Rebels of Australia's War in Vietnam" (2021), Allen & Unwin

References
  1. Three words : an anthology of Aotearoa/NZ women's comics. Joyce, Rae,, Laing, Sarah, 1973-, Neville, Indira, 1973-. Auckland, New Zealand. ISBN 9780994120502. OCLC 948291321.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. Webb, Carolyn (29 August 2011). "Artist uncovers a hidden world". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  3. "Storyteller finds an animated career". www.heraldsun.com.au. 28 November 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  4. "Aurealis awards 1995-2017 | Aurealis Award". Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  5. "2008-2013 | The Ledger Awards". Retrieved 18 September 2019.


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