Now Showing
Flaming Orbs (Tejas)
Sophie Saunders
Opening: October 14, 2026
Viewing: October 13, 2026 until October 31, 2026
Actively stripping away the space between my inner impulse and the canvas, I treat the brushstroke not as a tool for description, but as a direct transmission of energy (Tejas).
HOMAGE
Vivienne Aitken, Dorothy Andrews, Jenny Bielawski, Julia Ellery, Duncan Foord, Liza Haarhoff, Stella Howe, Susan Keates, Shonagh Lindsay, Catherine Macdonald, Mike Parton, Catherine Perry, Rachel Stockley, Brenda Wallis & Joëlle Xavier
Opening: October 14, 2026
Viewing: October 13, 2026 until October 31, 2026
3 Regions Print members pay Homage to Historic Buildings and David Hockney in this double themed printmaking exhibition.
Back to the Beginning
Adele Dubarry
Opening: October 14, 2026
Viewing: October 13, 2026 until October 31, 2026
Coming Soon
REFUGEES: DESERT AMMAS
Sandy de Kock
Opening: November 4 5:30 pm
Viewing: November 3, 2026 until November 21, 2026
This body of work explores the stark reality of the global displacement crisis, focusing on the 120 million individuals forced from their homes in the African Continent. I look closely at the women and children who make up nearly half of this vulnerable population.
Through a series of acrylics, inks and collage I bear witness to the “Desert Amma’s (mothers), serving as a monument to their journeys.
Landscapes of Memory
Linda Kirkland
Opening: November 4 5:30 pm
Viewing: November 3, 2026 until November 21, 2026
Linda Kirkland is a South Wairarapa-based abstract artist whose work unfolds through intuitive layers of paint, mixed media, and remembered experience. Guided by instinct, Linda embraces spontaneity, allowing each mark to emerge from a dialogue between memory, place, and the natural world. Her love of plants and flowers often informs the organic forms and shifting palettes that appear throughout her work.
just cups
Craig Williams
Opening: November 4 5:30 pm
Viewing: November 3, 2026 until November 21, 2026
Slip cast chalices and cups inspired by Egyptian art.
Past Exhibitions
Ko Au Te Awa; I Am the River – Manu Bennett
March 2025
E rere kau mai te awanui
Mai te kāhui maunga ki Tangaroa
Ko Au te Awa; Ko te Awa ko Au.
The river flows from the mountains to the sea
I Am the River; The River is Me.
Nga Tamariki O Tane Mahuta raua Ko Tangaroa – Rob Barrington
March 2025
digital – art – installation
Vibrant Sights – Kalia Court
February 2025
Vibrant Sights is a bright, colourful series, depicting some of Whanagnui’s iconic sites.
La Fiesta Festival Exhibition: SELFIE – Angela Tier, Andrea Gardner, Nick Ray, Vivian Yuan, Jillaine Murray, Gerry le Roux, Catherine Macdonald, Pamela Lilburn, Amanda Burgess, Sandy de Kock, Melanie Fleet, Carol Teutscher
February 2025
A group exhibition celebrating the ‘selfie’ – a seemingly modern phenomenon rooted in art history & the ultimate form of self-expression.
Under the Big Sky – Anna Layzell
February 2025
Exploring expansive views and big skies after a recent relocation to the Wairarapa.
Echoes of Tomorrow – Mark Antony Smith
January 2025
Echoes of Tomorrow unveils brutalist dreams dissolving into the wild, a meditation on memory and futures lost—crafted with uncanny assistance from GPT-inspired dialogue.
Al Rihla - The Journey – Catherine Sleyer
January 2025
A montage of Moroccan scenes; raw and reinvented realities in photographic compositions, capturing the contrasts of the regions.
Space Studio & Gallery Summer Closure –
December 2024
Thank-you for your support in 2024 – we’ve had a wonderful year with many great highlights!
We are closing for our Summer Break between Sunday the 22nd December through to Monday the 27th January.
Starting Tuesday 28th January 2025, we are delighted to announce an extension to our open hours to:
Tuesday – Saturday: 10am-3pm.
Mum’s Garden – Susan Keates
December 2024
In 2020 I went to live with my Mother back in the UK as she was declining with dementia. Whilst being there I set up a workshop in a shed at the bottom of her garden in which to work on my jewellery. Every day, with camera at hand, I was inspired to capture the beauty which she had created, as I walked through it to the workshop.
The space she made was peaceful and dreamy, and I found that a lot of my photographs reflected this feeling. I also bought enamel powders which matched as closely as possible to the colours around me and started to work on vitreous enamel jewellery designs.
When she passed in December 2023 it occurred to me that one way to honour her life and creativity would be to exhibit this work, which I see as a collaboration between the two of us.
MIXTAPE – Group Exhibition
December 2024
Classic hits from Whanganui’s Finest!
Little Forest – Stacey Hildreth
December 2024
Exploring my fascination with lichen…
GRAPHICS’24 – Anthony Davies
November 2024
A series of prints exploring: Cyclone Gabrielle, the Wellington Demonstrations and Biker Gangs.
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.
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.
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.
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.