Now Showing

Essence of There
Amanda Smart
Opening: May 14, 2025
Viewing: May 13, 2025 until May 31, 2025
Painted hanging works exploring place, pattern, and presence through movement, colour, and sensory abstraction.

The Very Lively Ones
Adele Dubarry
Opening: May 14, 2025
Viewing: May 13, 2025 until May 31, 2025
A celebration of prancing ponies and dancing ears of wheat: the magic of Iron Age gold coins in Britain.

random acts of perspective
Ursula Macfarlane
Opening: May 14, 2025
Viewing: May 13, 2025 until May 31, 2025
The intriguing nature of infinite points of view when trying to explain art. These are photo composite stories.
Past Exhibitions

MIXTAPE – Group Exhibition
December 2024
Classic hits from Whanganui’s Finest!

Little Forest – Stacey Hildreth
December 2024
Exploring my fascination with lichen…

Threads – Lewis Batchelar + Madeline Prowd
November 2024
As makers Batchelar and Prowd’s focus is the vessel. Each aim to create aesthetically and technically driven works that pay respects to the traditions and craftsmanship of glass as a material. Both are heavily influenced by traditional Italian glassblowing techniques and the technical proficiency inherent in the process of making. Form, proportion and repetition are essential elements in all the work they create, each strive to incorporate an element of the handmade.

Second Spring – Leigh Anderton-Hall
November 2024
Inspired by nature and Katherine May’s Wintering, these ceramic vessels embody a quiet renewal.

GRAPHICS’24 – Anthony Davies
November 2024
A series of prints exploring: Cyclone Gabrielle, the Wellington Demonstrations and Biker Gangs.

Born to Create: Catalyst for Change – Lucie Blaze
October 2024
Born to Create: Catalyst for Change” is not only an exhibition but a transformative journey into the stories of resilient women who defied societal norms. Through a series of vibrant portraits the exhibition showcases influential women who challenged societal norms, shifting paradigms in society.

in rivers – Jenn Dickie, Jill Stegmann, Fiona McGowan, Catherine Macdonald and Lindsay Marsh
October 2024
Exploring the physical, emotional and metaphorical aspects of flowing water.

Moving Between Landscapes – Duncan Foord
October 2024
It’s about future and past landmarks. Where I thought I’d be at this age and where I really am. Taking stock. The abscission of previous landmarks and reorientation towards others.

That Glimmer of Red – Sandy de Kock
October 2024
It is in a sometimes-dreamlike strangeness that images connected to memory reveal their power and presence.
Colour creates an expanse, gives memory weight, makes it solid.
Sometimes it slides towards abstraction in form but never in mood, which always remains.

Cool Change – Samantha Matthews
October 2024
A new collection of photographs of Whanganui by Samantha Matthews.

Winter Creations – Craig Williams
October 2024
Slip cast pottery I made during winter, to keep sane.

SEMAPHORE from the fifth floor – Rachael Garland
September 2024
The word SEMAPHORE describes the use of an apparatus to create a visual signal transmitted over a distance. A semaphore can be performed with devices such as fire, lights, flags, sunlight, and moving arms to communicate a message.

ARTERIAL ROOTS – Alex Low
September 2024
Superchromatic Sonambulist studies of Snaking pathways, Shoots and Squiggles. Of Sinew, Synapse, Sap and Spirit.

Whispers of Time – Mica Kerridge
August 2024
Through layered wax and pigment, her encaustic works capture the fragmented and often overlooked remnants of cityscapes.

Paintings, Studies and other Possibilities – Patrick Gregg
August 2024
Works of the imagination with a psychological undercurrent.

Vantage Point – Kylie Wardlaw
August 2024
A collection of colourful expressive works inspired by the natural world.

S M A L L – 3.0 – Leigh Anderton-Hall, Graham Hall, Patrick Cush, Mark Rayner, Paul Rayner, Mayumi Sherburn, Michael Haggie, Julie Wilson, Jessica Galias, Jo Giddens, Jodi Clark, Mike Marsh, Catherine Macdonald, Kaye Coombs, Siobhan Wooding, Kate Sione, Laura Papple, Katie Shand, Rachael Garland, Patrick Gregg, Katherine Claypole, Emma Cunningham, Cat Sleyer, Sandy de Kock, Samantha Matthews, Glen Hutchins, Karen Taylor + more!
July 2024
Our S M A L L exhibition is back and bigger than ever!

Meaty Bites – Paul & Mark Rayner
July 2024
The Rayner Brothers are thrilled to be back at Space with ‘Meaty Bites’. Featuring ceramics, rugs and paintings – and a few surprises…

…from visionary walks – Mayumi Sherburn
July 2024
narratives around the winter, composed by handcrafted prints

Quirks and Charming Strangeness – Ursula Macfarlane
July 2024
Ursula has created a body of composite image artworks, by incorporating elements from her extensive collection of photographs. You may be able to spot various flora alongside dewdrops, building structures and props, weaving a story into each art piece.
NB: In these modern days of Artificial Intelligence, Ursula prefers to use her own Actual Intelligence…