{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}} {{Short description|New Zealand photographer}}{{Infobox artist | birth_date = 1985 | birth_place = Auckland | known_for = photography | alma_mater = Elam School of Fine Arts | awards = Marti Friedlander Photographic Award 2017 }}
'''Roberta Thornley''' (born 1985) is a New Zealand photographer.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Young adult fictions |url=https://www.nzgeo.com/photography/young-adult-fictions/ |access-date=30 July 2022 |website=New Zealand Geographic |language=en-NZ}}</ref> Her work is in the permanent collections of Christchurch Art Gallery and the Sarjeant Gallery.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Crying my Mother's Tears (Meme) |url=https://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/collection/2011-015/roberta-thornley/crying-my-mothers-tears-meme |access-date=30 July 2022 |website=christchurchartgallery.org.nz}}</ref>
==Biography==
In 2014 she received a residency at Tylee Cottage with the Sarjeant Gallery, and spent five months there the following year.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Roberta Thornley {{!}} Arts Foundation Marti Friedlander Photographic… |url=https://www.thearts.co.nz/artists/roberta-thornley |access-date=30 July 2022 |website=Arts Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Roberta Thornley: A Serious Girl – Sarjeant Gallery Whanganui |url=https://sarjeant.org.nz/gallery/roberta-thornley-a-serious-girl/ |access-date=30 July 2022 |language=en-NZ}}</ref> Her work is included in collections such as the Real Art Roadshow, Christchurch Art Gallery and the Sarjeant Gallery.<ref>{{Citation | author1=Campbell, Fiona | author2=Real Art Roadshow | title=Real Art Roadshow : the book | publication-date=2009 | publisher=Real Art Charitable Trust | isbn=978-0-473-15294-9}}</ref>
== Awards ==
* 2017: Marti Friedlander Photographic Award<ref name=":0" /> * 2011: Auckland Festival of Photography Annual Commission<ref>{{Cite web |title=Creative Local Auckland Photographers & Photographic Artists Exhibiting Photography at Visual Arts Events, Detail |url=https://www.photographyfestival.org.nz/programme/detail.cfm?exhibition_id=1446&exhibition_date=2011-05-1 |access-date=30 July 2022 |website=www.photographyfestival.org.nz}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Marti Friedlander Photographic Award}} {{Authority control}}
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