Coming Soon

Counting Heads
Leigh Anderton-Hall
Opening: February 3 5:30 pm
Viewing: February 3, 2021 until February 13, 2021
Silhouette heads become silent unseeing observers; these sightless Guardians seek out the invisible virus and unknown future.

Love Lies Bleeding
Katherine Claypole & MB Stoneman
Opening: February 3 5:30 pm
Viewing: February 3, 2021 until February 13, 2021
Explorations of our curious relationships with plants.

souvenir
Adele Dubarry
Opening: February 3 5:30 pm
Viewing: February 3, 2021 until February 13, 2021
Created post lockdown in a burst of creative energy – somewhat to my surprise, these works invite you to remember your journey and think about where you might go from here.

Born to Create
Lucie Blaze
Opening: February 17 5:30 pm
Viewing: February 17, 2021 until February 27, 2021
An inspirational series of artworks on skateboards celebrating heroines from all around the world. Women from the past and present that are currently shifting the paradigm from being the “others” to powerful agents of change.

75 Years in the Making
Rita Dibert
Opening: February 17 12:00 am
Viewing: February 17, 2021 until February 27, 2021
Celebrate with us the life and achievements of this much loved local artist. 75 Years in the Making is a snapshot of artistic involvement from 1970’s to just yesterday; mediums include painting, photography, drawing & printmaking.
Past Exhibitions

Return to the Garden – Amy Blackburn
December 2020
A playful exploration of paint celebrating a love of gardens

Botanical Inspiration – Gaynor Mulholland, Jan Barker, Jo Ogier, Val Cuthbert, Sandra Morris, Emma Scheltema, Frances Sim-Higgins, Neal Palmer, Lesley Alexander, Wilma Blom, Tabatha Forbes, Jane Zimmerman & Emma Bass
December 2020
An eclectic assortment of botanical artworks by 12 New Zealand artists

It was a Colourless Time – Christina McGillan
December 2020
Small oil paintings exploring colour, line and space.

I am – Leonie Sharp
November 2020
New work which explores the way adornment can define our identity and how this is perceived and received.

Metamorphosis – Amla Meijer
November 2020
( A change in form, structure or function as a result of a development)

Excerpts From A Book I Will Never Write – Rachael Garland
November 2020
In this short story I write the truth and I write lies. Characters are interchangeable

Kyoto Moon – Rita Dibert
November 2020
Having received her first kimono in 1948 from an Uncle stationed in Japan, Rita Dibert, has engaged with Japanese culture in many ways. This offering combines her love of Kimono with the fabrics it celebrates {This kimono exhibition and sale is part of the m a k e & m a r v e l night market event}

Crate Digging for Old Cuts – Mike Marsh
November 2020
Snap up a bargain at Mike’s collage sale. {This exhibition is part of the m a k e & m a r v e l night market event}

Ngā manu, Ngā manu –
November 2020
The Junior Tui Team at Durie Hill School have created Eric Carle inspired New Zealand artworks.

Characters from the Aotearoa forest – Amy Haarhoff
November 2020
Snapshots of Aotearoa’s night creatures as they dance in The Midnight Adventures of Ruru and Kiwi

Summer Daze – David Traub, Mike Marsh, Mark Rayner, Samantha Matthews, Katherine Claypole, Glen Hutchins, Amy Blackburn, Perry Davies & Patrick Cush
October 2020
A Space curated Summer palette

Would you mind terribly if I painted you? – Maisie Chilton
October 2020
An exhibition of expressive portraits. Exploring the complex nature of us.

Layers of the Land – Kylie Wardlaw
October 2020
Using landscape as a metaphor to reflect internal states in a lively, evocative way

Organic Mechanic – Paul Darragh
October 2020
These paintings explore the machine as an abstract metaphor for human functions, the global economy and the COVID19 virus as an entity

Gone Bush – Paula Clare King
October 2020
New work by Paula Clare King

Twenty12 – Carmen Simmonds
October 2020
Interactive mixed media & glass installation

Constant state of flux – Sean Mc Donnell
September 2020
The only constant in life is change– gestural paintings that explore the beauty and brevity of life.

– Tim Laffey
September 2020
At the heart of my work is the Light, captured from within Nature’s rich colour palette, as an echo of the painter’s brushstrokes.

Escape Window – Mark Antony Smith
September 2020
During lockdown windows became a way of communicating. These works explore that communication.

Astral Seasons – Keiran Donnelly
September 2020
Evoking a pareidolic response from meditating on chaos