The Art Map Artists exhibition showcases Waiheke artists in the Main gallery. Pick up the new Art Map 2020 and plan your studio visits with this taster of Waiheke, Auckland's vibrant Island of Art.
Mike Morgan returns to Waiheke with a superb collection of new works in the Small Gallery. Here's a selection from the opening and in the Small Gallery, they deserve a close up view as they are each so unique and full of his inimitable detail and humor - don't miss it!
Waiheke artist Grant Finch presents a thought provoking selection of new paintings in the Annex.
Sailing under the same stars... “It is important to know history from a place of truth.” Maikara Ropata Hauraki Te Whenua, Tikapa Moana, Marutuahu Te Tangata 1769 – A Hauraki Perspective Hauraki (one of the earliest sites of human settlement in Aotearoa) was first visited by Toi and Kupe, Toi’s name being given to Te Paeroa o Toi (the Coromandel Ranges) and Kupe’s name to Te Whitianga-a-Kupe River. The motu in the gulf are known as Nga Poito o te ...
'Personal journeys across land and sea...' Peter Rees creates 'Crossings': an exhibition of new paintings in the Small Gallery. "...It seems much of what we do is about moving from one place to another. Geographical , emotional, or personal, we are almost constantly ‘crossing’ from one place to another. In one sense, for me, it's moving from a literal interpretation of the landscape to a more evocative, abstract sense of place. Any movement or 'Crossing' in life comes with a whole set ...
Anton Forde Masters of Māori Visual Art 2019 Toioho ki Apiti – Massey University He Hīnatōre o ngā Toroa- The Light of the Albatross. This exhibition report focuses on Toroa and its importance in Māori culture with particular reference to Iwi Taranaki and Ngati Porou. The research, methodology, recent significant related works, and practice, that has culminated in this exhibition is discussed. Through this research there have been relevant links made between the use of the feather and teardrop form in Māori culture. Pounamu ...
The Walker & Hall Waiheke Art Award 2019 is proudly sponsored by Walker & Hall in association with Casita Miro Vineyard,The Skin Institute Waiheke, and the Waiheke Community Art Gallery. This is a National Award for two dimensional works in any medium and has a Prize of $5000 as the Premier award. This year's selector and judge is Clive Humphreys - Artist and recently retired to Waiheke. Former Head of School, Dunedin School of Art at Otago Polytechnic. The Winner of ...
Mark Mitchell presents an exhibition of his stunning vessels in the Small Gallery.
David Traub presents new glass work creations in the Annex Gallery. David's career in glass spans over 46 years. Growing up in New York, he trained in ceramics and photography before falling in love with glass in 1973. His work has featured in group and solo exhibitions in Europe, America, Brazil, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.His work is in private and public collections worldwide and has featured in numerous articles and publication. He has won a number of awards including the ...
RECLAIM TO FAME 2019 FEATURES THE TRANSFORMATION OF DISCARDED MATERIALS INTO CREATIVE ART WORKS. Proudly sponsored by Fullers 360, this popular open exhibition is promoted widely throughout the community and always results in an inventive cornucopia of artworks. It encourages the creation of innovative, useful, entertaining artworks containing at least 80% recycled materials. This year we do not have a specific theme and are encouraging our artists to be as creative and free as they can be. Works must be constructed ...
Susan Edge presents a delightful new selection of works based on Waiheke scenes and landscapes. Hailing from Waipu, Susan has strong family connections to the island and has regularly exhibited at the gallery with her colourful naive - styled yet intricately detailed paintings. Six Months in a Leaky Boat Acrylic, collage, gold leaf on canvas $850 Sculpture on the Gulf - Acrylic on canvas $850 Boat Shed at Little Oneroa - Acrylic on canvas SOLD Pot Luck - Acrylic on canvas $850 The Opening - Acrylic and ...
Waiheke based painter Peter Howard presents an exhibition of new watercolour works. Boats and Bits in the Annex until 20 October 2019 Abandoned $1450 Boatyard 2 $950 Boatyard $950 Causeway 1 $950 Derelicts $1550 Getting Ready $950 Port Chalmers $450 Saratoga $450 Setting the Net $950 The Hulk SOLD $1450 Tutukaka $950 Boatyard 3 $1450
Its that time of the year again and time for our ever popular Members Show. This is a great opportunity to exhibit a two or three dimensional creation, and for those who's membership might have expired to rejoin or get that friend who's always wanted to join to do so.Download the Entry Form HERE with all the details, or pick one up at the gallery and have fun creating! All works must be delivered no later than Monday 26th August for the ...
Feast – our winter celebration of food, flavours and friendships, curated by Judy Rae and featuring a tribute to Merilyn Wiseman. Feast is an exhibition of ceramics, painting and works on paper that draw on the themes of food, serving ware and iconic New Zealand traditions, an eclectic exhibition that showcases high quality works by many of New Zealand’s outstanding makers, across a range of domestic ware, still life works, realist themes along with a touch of humour.
Suellen Gifford strives to create original, fine cast, porcelain vessels. In 2011 she and her family found themselves living on Waiheke Island for 5 years and at that time reconnected with her old friend Penny Ericson (Portage finalist and Ceramic Degree tutor). She had an extensive background in photography and the fashion industry. Because photography had changed so much over the years from the black and white hand developing, which she loved, to sitting at a computer processing data, which she didn’t enjoy so much, ...
The exhibition documents our colourful local Waiheke personalities, the friendly neighbours, who may attend a stall at the Ostend Markets, inhabit a Putiki houseboat or busk outside local shops and cafes in Oneroa and more. Svetlana majored in Painting at Unitec in 2007, and her interest in line and lino printmaking originates from introducing year nine students to black and white lino prints early in her teaching career. Since then she has developed the reduction process to include as many as ...
Diane Brand is an architect and academic who engages in her art practice to create vibrant, original contemporary jewellery.
Our Matariki exhibition for 2019 is aligned to the Year of Indigenous language, and is titled Arero Hei Whakawhitinga kōrero – a conversation Within this kaupapa artists are encouraged to discover, participate and research opportunities to converse in the indigenous language of Aotearoa Maori. We have asked that artists consider how language bonds and creates connections, instils pride, commands respect and how language is imperative to maintaining cultural traditions. Te Reo Maori, our indigenous language links to our life force / mauri allowing us ...
Waiheke artist's get put On the Spot, featuring a wide range of imaginative 2 and 3 dimensional creations on a circular format.
The Small Sculpture Prize is a National Award for an original free-standing or wall sculpture up to 800mm in any direction and has a Premier prize of $3000 This award is proudly sponsored by Perpetual Guardian in association with Te Motu Wines. The Selector and Judge for 2019 is Reuben Friend, Director Pataka Art + Museum, Porirua. The Winner of this year’s premier award is Chris Mules for her work: ‘Fireflies Use Light To Locate Their Mate, And Vampire Squids Use It To ...
Waiheke artists Preston Camp and Trevor Bayly present an exhibition of New Works in the Small Gallery and Annex.
In April 2019, hot on the tail of the Perpetual Guardian Sculpture in the Gulf, Waiheke Community Art Gallery is holding a significant show with the theme Sea Conversations. Curated in collaboration with AUT PhD Researcher Lisa Waldner, Sea Conversations considers our relationship to the sea via three components: a fine art response, virtual reality piece 'Ontogeny' and The Intertidal Zone. These all respond to the theme: “If you could have a conversation with the sea, what would you say?”. The fine art ...
The Artworks Courtyard features large scale works by Paul Dibble and Hannah Kidd as part of the Perpetual Guardian Sculpture On The Gulf 2019 along with the Small Sculpture Showcase nearby up in the gallery. In the weekends, Saturday and Sunday 10 - 1 enjoy a 'hands on' experience and create small ceramic water containers for Waiheke's bird's and insects with the Water Systems Community Engagement programme. Once fired, these will form an interconnected sculpture. At the conclusion of the exhibition ...
Waiheke’s largest event the Perpetual Guardian Sculpture on the Gulf is currently in exhibition this summer. New dates, outside of the traditional peak season timing, were recently announced for this exhibition opened on Friday 1st March and run through till Sunday 24 March. The 2019 exhibition sees an expanded sculpture experience extending from the Walkway up to the Waiheke Community Art Gallery, and Artworks environs. The Small Sculpture Showcase will be a feature of the exhibition programme at the Waiheke Community Art Gallery for ...
A Look back at previous Sculpture on the Gulf events, including maquettes from the gallery's permanent collection. The gallery will be open 9am - 6pm over the duration of Perpetual Guardian Sculpture on The Gulf. Image: There's Gold in them Thar Hills - Anton Forde and Matt Harte
A selection of works by artists we love. Pathways to Paradise features works by well known NZ artists including Denis O'Connor, Sara Hughes, Rick Killeen, Clive Humphreys, Euan McLeod, Judy Darragh, Peata Larkin, Max Gimblett, Megan Jenkinson, Mark Mitchell, Michel Tuffery, Virginia King and others.
In our second Treaty exhibition, Ngati Paoa pays tribute to the Kuia within the hapu connected to Waiheke and shines light on our history.
The Waiheke Community Art Gallery was extended the privilege of hosting an exhibition of the estate works of the late Malcolm Harrison who worked on the island passed away at his home on Waiheke in 2007. The exhibition on Waiheke curated by Ceres Dallaway Davidson ran from 22 September - 16 October 2017. Malcolm Harrison: A Celebration Exhibition Catalogue Malcolm was an outstanding textile artist whose work was collected by major New Zealand institutions and galleries and frequently commissioned for public spaces. The ...