PrettyUgly presents CANDYSHOP, a group gallery show full of pop-culture inspired eye candy by NZ artists.
Featuring art by: Aimee 'Tokenin' Cairns, Cory Mathis, Garry Buckley, Gina Kiel, Hana Chatani, Iain Anderson, Michael 'Malangeo' Kennedy, Nyssa Skorji, Otis Chamberlain, Scott Savage, Simon Kao, Sloane Kim, Stacey Robson, Stacy James Eyles, Tanya Marriott, Tom Robinson & T-Wei
Sponsored by Garage Project!
Flora Botanica is an exhibition designed to celebrate the intricate nature of floral design, botanical art, lush indoor plants + creative workshops. The exhibition will showcase fresh and dried floral sculptures, watercolour, line art, oils on wood and flower fossils as hung pieces and unique kokedama plants.
Flora Botanica will feature local artists Krystee Iris - Visual artist, Sarah Latchem - Visual Artist, Nat Foley - Florist, Anna Walraven - Florist from The Wild Flower, Annwyn Tobin - Florist from Floriade and Nikki Oates - Botanical stylist from Kokedamarama
The New Zealand School of Music - Te Kōkī, is pleased to present 'Music From Her' to celebrate, support and encourage diverse voices of women working in music in New Zealand, in the year of the 125th anniversary of women’s suffrage in New Zealand.
In this exhibition, six female sound artists from New Zealand and abroad will showcase their compositions and installations at the Thistle Hall Gallery from 9 – 14 October.
Featuring:
Kaori (1983, Japan) is an artist who works mainly with painting and drawing.
Always fascinated by the representation of the female form and mind, she takes her inspiration in the ordinary life around her to find and portray the extraordinary.
Since she moved to New-Zealand in 2016, she has been profoundly inspired by the culture, the nature and, above all, the people in her everyday. She is now excited to share her artwork with the community and humbly hopes to give back some of the inspiration she received from the people of Wellington.
Our exhibition plays with the conflict between the realm of accepted society and the battle with our own unique personalities that stretch beyond these confines. The artworks pry into the concept of group dynamics and the individual, to assumptions about reality and how the lone soul is woven into a culture of societal expectations.
Opening: Tues, 18 September at 6:00 pm. including live performances of Music and Calligraphy sponsored by the Chinese Cultural Center
The term ‘Asian’ floats frequently in the national media. It’s inhabitants neatly homogenised under one term implies a single people or culture. Spoken of, but rarely to, the opinions, thoughts or observations remain silent. The creators associate their origins in Asia. They are however all individuals. Invariably, the enquiries are turned toward themselves, their friends, the environment, contemporary culture, history and so on.
Stringed guitars, 3 years in the making.
An homage to the garish food of the 70s
Illustrator Pinky Fang and Sculptor Rose Young (Tiny Portions) invite you to enjoy a visual love letter to classic 1970s dinner party hors d'oeuvres, savoury jellies, canned meat salads and garish desserts.
Tiny Portions’ miniature sculptures will include such favourites as fondue, devilled eggs and black forest gateau. Pinky Fang has created bright, abstract, delightful paintings which will brighten the walls of the gallery for a week.
Clive Holgate and Sebastien Jaunas present Alchemy, an exhibition of contemporary sculpture, exploring the transformation of materials through fire and force. Of interest are the processes involved in the creation of these works and the alchemic effect they have on the materials as they are formed and shaped Each artist has their own particular take on the work and the processes involved.
The Migrating Kitchen Trust was set up to provide opportunities for people in Aotearoa New Zealand to showcase their culture, celebrate their history and share their stories in exhibitions, media and public events so that through knowledge, barriers are broken, tolerance and understanding emerge.
In this exhibition we showcase a few migrant individual stories, their diverse cultures, their unique skills and their success stories.