Who was Pollocks inspiration to become an artist ?
( Lily Hacking , Curator , City Gallery Wellington , 2012 ) Ford studied at Nottingham Trent University and Goldsmiths , University of London and currently lives and works in Wellington , New Zealand .. Ford has exhibited widely throughout the UK , New Zealand and internationally , and in 2013 was winner of the inaugural Tui McLauchlan Emerging Artist 's Award from the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts .