Now Showing

Anatomy of a Woman
Rachael Garland
Opening: August 3, 2022
Viewing: August 3, 2022 until August 13, 2022
Anatomy of a Woman uses images and diagrams from Balliere’s (1956) Atlas of Female Anatomy as a template to explore both the ideas and constructs that underpin the female experience.
This exhibition is part of a larger Festival – Whanganui Winter Wonderfest 2022

W O N D E R
Prakash Patel, Katherine Claypole, Amy Blackburn, Rosalie Jurczenko, Leigh Anderton-Hall, Kaye Coombs, Katie Shand, Kathryn Wightman, Vanessa Wairata Edwards & Carmen Simmonds
Opening: August 3, 2022
Viewing: August 3, 2022 until August 13, 2022
Art brings a sense of wonder to our lives, whether we are the ones creating or the ones observing. In extraordinary times like this, there’s need for a bit of wonder to escape to.

Past Lives
Aimee Planner
Opening: August 3, 2022
Viewing: August 3, 2022 until August 13, 2022
A young artist exploring natural intuition through portraiture and dynamic movement.
This exhibition is part of a larger Festival – Whanganui Winter Wonderfest 2022
Coming Soon

BOYS
James Graves
Opening: August 17 5:30 pm
Viewing: August 17, 2022 until August 27, 2022
A new series of collages celebrating a camp, femme, glamorous boyhood identity.

Winter Blues
Marolyn Love Krasner
Opening: August 17 5:30 pm
Viewing: August 17, 2022 until August 27, 2022
Original cyanotype wall hangings by Marolyn Love Krasner celebrating the cozy gloom of winter.

Gravity
Trevor Fry
Opening: August 17 5:30 pm
Viewing: August 17, 2022 until August 27, 2022
This series continues Trevor’s long-term practice at the intersection of layered figurative sculpture and contemporary art.
Past Exhibitions

STARLINK – Sandy de Kock
July 2022
A series of hope
Presenting a new series of work, which was inspired by the first sight I had of the Starlink Satellite travelling across our skies.

BRUTAL NATURE – Sweaney Jacks & Matt Higgs
July 2022
A duo exhibition reflecting a strong connection to materiality and nature – Sweaney Jacks & Matt Higgs present new paintings and steel works.

Landscapes and diversions – Marcus Tesar
July 2022
Marcus began using watercolours 15 years ago, He feels drawn to landscapes and still life.

Mid Year Programme Break –
July 2022
Our exhibitions programme takes a short break, to recharge and refresh for the remainder of our 2022 Programme.
We will be sporadically monitoring our website and email during this time.
Thank-you for your continued support; we look forward to seeing you for the following exhibitions re-opening the programme on the 20th July:
Sandy de Kock { Gallery 1 }
Sweaney Jacks & Matt Higgs
{ Gallery 2 }
Marcus Tesar { Pop-up Gallery }

Tree huts in my twenties – Siobhan Wooding
June 2022
A collection of paintings which search for the perfect hideaway amongst the flawed and fun moments of my twenties.

Colour Rupture – Z, Mike Stone, Jessica Galias, Mica Kerridge
June 2022
“The created order is everywhere punched and torn open by ellipses, drifts, and leaks of meaning: it is a sieve-order.”
— Michel de Certeau

State of Reason – Z
June 2022
The paintings are an emotional response to the dichotomy of the human condition. The ceramics explore my take on political issues with a side of wit of humour.

Whakamahana i te marae- Warming the marae –
June 2022
An exhibition of finished arapaki panels destined to adorn Te Puawaitanga (Wharenui at Te Ao Hou marae) completed by four generations of Whanganui weavers, carvers & artists.
This exhibition is part of Space Studio & Gallery’s Puanga celebrations alongside our new nationwide wide public holiday honoring Matariki Day on Friday June 24th.

Ngā tohu o te ao hurihuri – Hōhua Thompson
June 2022
Ngā tohu o te ao hurihuri is an optimistic meditation on the resilience many of us have needed during this time of unrest, while also considering the beauty that can come from adversity.

Hohou i te Rongo – Brigham Anderson
June 2022
Symbols that urge us to seek peace, even within conflict, to reveal new beginnings.
This exhibition is part of Space Studio & Gallery’s Puanga celebrations scheduled alongside our new nationwide wide public holiday honoring Matariki Day on Friday June 24th.

Two by Four – Jacob Gay, Cassidy Martell, Bowen Boswell & Rowan Love
May 2022
The work of 4 emerging artists – curated by Jacob Gay, Space Studio & Gallery’s recent intern.
Space Studio & Gallery along with the artists invite you to join us Saturday 4th of June to celebrate this special exhibition with complimentary refreshments on its closing: Saturday June 4th, 12.30pm-2pm.

Christine Fowler: A Retrospective –
May 2022
A celebration of portrait and landscape works dated 1984 to 2022.
With an eye for detail and a love of the beauty found in the everyday – Christine’s expressive brush captures people and places. In this retrospective you’ll meet the people and walk the streets that have made up the career of this prolific Whanganui artist.
Space Studio & Gallery with Christine invite you to join us Saturday 4th of June to celebrate this special exhibition with complimentary refreshments on its closing: Saturday June 4th, 12.30pm-2pm.

Breathe – Adele Dubarry
May 2022
In this new body of work the artist continues to explore landscape shapes and the feeling of being outside in a natural environment.

Here, now – Glen Armstrong
May 2022
Exploring COVID’s ability to let us examine our amended and inverted daily routines, natural bias and patterns as they happen.

GOING NOWHERE – Chris Cunningham
May 2022
New works exploring the juxtaposition of contentment and isolation, colour and lack of… during lockdown.

Space Studio & Gallery Turns 10! –
April 2022
A group exhibition featuring many Whanganui favourites; studio and exhibition artists spanning from Space’s beginnings in 2012 to now.

Through a Small Window – Alice Fennessy
April 2022
A selection of new drawings, labored over and birthed in grasped moments while babies slept and the sun shifted over the sky.

LAND / SCAPE – Samantha Matthews
March 2022
A new collection of photographs by Samantha Matthews

Bemodern’s Metaverse – Paul Darragh
March 2022
A collection of new paintings exploring future digital environments through a visual language of geometric abstraction and experimental typography.

I ain’t coffin, it’s just a tickle in my throat – Mike Marsh
March 2022
The ever playful Mike Marsh says “Don’t laugh until you die, just laugh”