Brit Bunkley is the head of sculpture and a lecturer in digital media at the Quay School of the Arts, Wanganui UCOL in Wanganui, New Zealand. He immigrated to New Zealand from New York City with his family in 1995. They became NZ citizens in 1999. Bunkley's previous 16 years in New York as a working sculptor and photographer included building numerous commissions while also receiving several grants and fellowships such as the National Endowment of the Arts Fellowship grant and the Rome Prize Fellowship.
Since immigrating to New Zealand, Bunkley has had several solo shows in public and private galleries including a recent show at Te Tuhi - The Mark in Auckland in February - April 2002 and a show at the McPherson Gallery in Auckland, February 2003, the New Zealand Film Archive Pelorus Trust Mediagallery and Lopdell House 2005. Bunkley also has been included in numerous NZ group shows ranging from St@rt up : New Interactive Media and Animation at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa to Intersculpt:2001 in Wellington and Intersculpt:2003 in Auckland (which he also curated) at the Adam Gallery in Wellington. He has recently shown digital video/sculpture installations at, the Mary Newton Gallery 2005.