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Exhibitions

View information about our current and past exhibitions below.

You can also find out how to submit an exhibition proposal.

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Current exhibitions

DK'd

JERSEY collective

Artists include: Lyn Dallison, Barbara Grace, Dale Fitchett, Robyn Laing, Juliette Laird, Carol Lee Honson, Jean Partridge and Miriam Saphira.

3 to 20 February 2010
Opening: 5pm to 7pm, Tuesday 2 February 2010

DK'd celebrates 10 years of exhibitions by the JERSEY collective. The collective's inaugural exhibition was at Artstation, so its return a decade later is significant.

The JERSEY collective will exhibit new works in sculpture, painting and printmaking.

The JERSEY collective sees the arts as a way that the wider community can explore and develop their own creativity through thinking or making.

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circular

Curated by Leanne Joy Lupelele Clayton

Artists include: Theo Ah Wong, Fa'afetai Amituana'i, Leanne Joy Lupelele Clayton, Tui Hobson, Terry Koloamatangi Klavenes, Lily Aitui Laita, Lina Marsh, Niki Hastings-McFall, Siliga David Setoga and Ane Tonga

3 to 13 March 2010
Opening: 5pm to 7pm Tuesday, 2 March 2010
Floor talk: Saturday, 6 March from 1pm to 2pm

circular features the works of 10 artists who transform traditional and everyday objects into sculptures, installations, photography, prints and paintings.

These mixed-media works also look at the traditional hand-made and labour-intensive approaches to object making.

Join curator and artist Leanne Joy Lupelele Clayton for a floor talk about the exhibition on Saturday, 6 March at 1pm.

This exhibition is proudly supported by Tautai Contemporary Pacific Arts Trust and is in conjunction with Pasifika Festival 2010. 

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House-to-House

A community installation with the Domestic Craft and Contemporary Art Group

17 to 31 March 2010
Opening: 5pm to 7pm, Tuesday, 16 March 2010

House-to-House will turn the Artstation gallery into a domestic neighbourhood. Community groups, schools, artists and makers will be invited to contribute their house creations to the growing installation. The post-modern idea of unity in diversity will be explored. All houses made from a variety of materials and techniques will be welcome.

In the spirit of charity, House-to-House will be raising funds to go to Auckland City Mission's project, Mission in the City, which aims to provide a place for Auckland's homeless.

To help us do this, we invite artists and makers to contribute their "houses".

To register your interest or for more information please contact:
Liz at lizwk@xtra.co.nz or ph 09 810 9505 or
Joanna at joannahayes@xtra.co.nz or ph 09 372 2951

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Past exhibitions

Youth Koha Art-Jams

1 to 4pm, Thursday 28 January 2010
9am to 12pm and 1pm to 4pm, Friday 29 January 2010

Love making art? The come to the art-jams and be involved in the Youth Koha Art Exhibition! The art-jams are workshops where you get to jam with koha (donated) materials, creating art that will be exhibitied in the Youth Koha Art Exhibition.

You must be between the ages of 16 to 24 years to take part. To get involved please email: youth.koha@gmail.com

Youth Koha Art Exhibition

A one day art event: 2pm to 4.30pm, Saturday 30 January 2010

An event show casing artworks made from koha (donated) materials by local young people. These works will be up for exchange, for koha. People interested in the works will negotiate with the young artists a koha for the work; this could be a service, a skill, a thing or money. This gives the audience and opportunity to get creative about what they offer as koha.

This event is made possible through the Creative Communities scheme.

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Artstation student exhibitions 2009

Kids exhibit

1 to 5 December 2009

Children from Artstation's kids classes will be participating in a week long gallery experience where they will learn about curating and hanging exhibition. Come along and see the display.

Kids classes tutors are Andrea Gaskin, Kairava Gulltaz, Tanja Nola and Anna Rae.

Painter's Progress

8 to 12 December 2009
Opening Monday, 7 December from 5pm to 7pm

Painter's Studio

15 to 19 December 2009
Opening Monday, 14 December from 5pm to 7pm

These exhibitions show a selection of work produced by students who have participated in the year-long courses at Artstation. Students in these courses have been encouraged to develop a professional and dedicated approach to their art making through the development of a personal philosophy and practice.

'A Painter's Progress' tutored by Matthew Browne.
'A Painter's Studio' tutored by Matthew Browne and Kathryn Stevens.

See Year-long courses for 2009 for more information.

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Atārangi Whenua - Shadow Land

A pacific conversation of ancient remembering...

Penny Howard and Doug Poole

11 to 26 November 2009
Opening: Tuesday, 10 November from 5.30 to 7.30pm
Artist floor talk: Saturday, 14 November at 1pm

Atārangi Whenua explores cultural identity through painting and poetry. This exhibition is a collaboration between painter, Penny Howard and poet, Doug Poole. It is a tribute and exploration of the life stories of their ancestors.

Atārangi Whenua also addresses the issues of loss of language and cultural identity through the effects of colonisation, pacific diasporas and being of mixed race.

Join Doug and Penny as they talk about Atārangi Whenua and the nature of their collaboration on Saturday 14 November.

This is a travelling exhibition and will first be on display at Arts Promotion Trust (Northland) in Whangarei from 1 to 29 October 2009.

 

 

 

 

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Howling Dog

28 October to 5 November
Opening: Tuesday, 27 October from 5 to 7pm

Howling Dog is this years annual exhibition to promote Toi Ora Live Arts Trust and the inspirational artworks of its members.

The group will exhibit across all the art disciplines explored at Toi Ora: mosaics, printmaking, drawing and painting. There will be 50 artworks representing a year of art making at Toi Ora.

Toi Ora Live Arts Trust is a creative arts centre for people with experience of mental illness.

 Visit the Toi Ora website (www.toiora.org.nz) for more information on the trust.

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The FGS Unofficial Unpaid Labour Day Exhibition and Parade

Friendly Girls Society

An interactive project to encourage and foster dialogue of 'community, friendliness and goodwill'.

14 to 24 October 2009
Opening: Tuesday, 13 October from 5 to 7pm
Gallery hours: Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 4pm and Saturday, 10am to 4pm
Picnic and parade: Saturday, 24 October from noon to 2pm
All welcome

The Friendly Girls Society (FGS) invites you to help create an exhibition and take part in a parade and picnic. This project celebrates the 'value' of unpaid labour alongside traditional Labour Day commemorations.

Join the FGS each day in making paper flowers, banners and flags to decorate The FGS Unofficial Unpaid Labour Day Exhibition and Parade float. The float is the centrepiece of the exhibition, parade and picnic. Flowers, flags and banners will acknowledge friends, family, colleagues and volunteer workers who contribute to the unpaid labour workforce.

Everyone is welcome to join the parade celebration at the culmination of the exhibition and bring a plate to share. In case of rain, the event will take place inside Artstation. Entry and participation is free and all materials are provided.

Individuals and small groups can turn up at any time to take part. Large groups can book by contacting Kathryn at the Artstation office or by email: Kathryn.Tsui@aucklandcity.govt.nz

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'Vaka Niue'

by the Teenage Sons of Nukututaha

30 September to 10 October 2009
Opening: Tuesday, 29 September from 5pm to 7pm

Vaka Niue is a display of vakas (canoes) carved by 15 New Zealand-born Niuean teenagers. The vakas have been made during workshops with two master carvers, Masini Tukuniu and Muiakitau Talauta.

Through their carving skills, the group will reconnect with Niuean history and culture by learning about the traditional use of vaka as a vessel of migration and a tool to feed families.

This exhibition coincides with Niuean Constitution Day, Pule Fakamotu. Migration and travel will also be the theme of community school holiday art programmes at Artstation.

 

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DUST: Dispersion

Artists include: Elaine Conway, Jude Graveson, Meiling Lee, Juliet Monaghan, Linda Roche, Serene Thain and Carolyn Williams.

9 to 26 September 2009
Opening: Tuesday, 8 September from 5pm to 7pm

The DUST Collective is a group of recent Visual Arts graduates working across a range of disciplines. The name DUST reflects the unexpected nature of the group's artistic and conceptual interactions. Seven members of the collective exhibit works in painting, sculpture and sound.

The larger DUST Collective has another exhibition, DUST 1.2 at St Paul St Gallery 3, 39 Symonds Street, AUT University, from 18 to 26 September.

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Motion Arts Festival Winners

In association with Expat Arts

19 to 29 August 2009
Opening: Tuesday 18 August, 5pm to 7pm

Motion is the theme for this painting, photography and sculpture exhibition. This mixed media exhibition will show case eight winners chosen by the public at the Motion 2009 Festival.

Motion will be interpreted in many different ways. "For the expat artist it could mean the idea of moving through different cultures and lands while for New Zealand artists it could be interpreted through shape, colour and form," says organiser, Edward Pye.

Expat Arts is an international online magazine and arts oriented community.

For more information on the Expat Arts Motion 2009 Festival, visit the Motion Festival website (www.motionarts.co.nz/Home.html).

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It's a Draw

Artists include: Mark Braunias, Karl Chitham & Emma Smith, Gina Ferguson, Simon Gamble, Kristy Gorman, Frances Hansen, Miriam Harris, Hadley Hodgkinson, Lonnie Hutchinson, Susan Jowsey, Karen Krisp, Esther Leigh, Toni Mackinnon, Allen McDonald, Kim Meek, Miranda Playfair, Marie Shannon, Monique Redmond & Janet Lilo, Mandy Thomsett-Taylor, Sam Walters, Marcus Williams

29 July to 15 August 2009
Opening night: Tuesday 28 July, 5pm to 7pm

'It's a Draw' brings together a diverse range of drawing practitioners including photographers, painters, sculptors and animators.

This multi talented group of artists will highlight 'drawing' as an individual component in any art practice regardless of the artist's particular genre.

The parameters of drawing are stretched by the wide range of methods and approaches used.

To coincide with 'It's a Draw', artists Toni MacKinnon and Mandy Thomsett Taylor will run a dynamic drawing workshop on Saturday 8 August.

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Pūmahara

Curators: Natalie Couch and Janneen Love

24 June to 18 July 2009
Opening: Tuesday 23 June 5-7pm

Pūmahara is a community Matariki installation in partnership with the Auckland Museum, curatored by Natalie Couch and Janneen Love.

Matariki marks a time of communion with ancestors and other realms. It is also a time for art making and sharing.

Little Eye refers to our tipuna/the whetu and/or the vortex through which the korero is passed/shared. Matariki referred to as small eyes - Matariki kanohi iti. Speak as in a kind of communion; a reo of sorts. Communion with our Tipuna. Artist's expressions to complement this potent season and to act as conduits into the worlds of Te Ao Maori.

This collective installation will include art works made in the recent Artstation wananga, featuring fired raku clay works, silkscreen prints and other printed works.

The community was invited to add Tiki, Manaia, and Manu to this month long exhibition made at Action Stations within the Auckland Museum and holiday programmes at Artstation. These are significant creatures to Matariki as they travel between the realms.

Pūmahara is part of Auckland's regional Matariki Festival 09. For information on all the events and activities happening during the festival visit the Matariki website (www.matarikifestival.org.nz).

For information on Matariki Action Stations at the Auckland War Memorial Museum visit their website (www.aucklandmuseum.com/1028/celebrate-matariki).

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Artificialia, Naturalia & Mirabilia

Artists include: Julie Downie, Heyes Johnson, Faye Norman and Haruhiko Sameshima

3 to 20 June 2009
Opening: 5pm to 7pm, Tuesday 2 June 2009
Artist talk: Saturday 13 June 2pm 2009

Artificialia, Naturalia & Mirabilia is a group photographic exhibition that refers to the classifications of early museum collections. The artificial and the natural, along with the marvellous were used as ways to categorise objects in such collections.

Each photographer in this exhibition takes a different approach to these three classifications, by looking at the display and arrangement of objects. Thus, putting into question ways of looking and thinking about objects.

Join exhibitors Julie Downie and Faye Norman in a conversation about the exhibition, on Saturday 13 June at 2pm. This exhibition is part of the Auckland Festival of Photography 2009.

 

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Daniel Munn and Aaron Smith

13 to 23 May 2009
Opening: 5pm to 7pm, Tuesday 12 May 2009

Daniel Munn and Aaron Smith present new works in sculpture, video and painting that comment on popular culture and tourism.

"Aucklanders are constantly introducing their city to visitors and international communities," says Munn. Munn's work responds to Auckland's highly visible tourism industry by adopting commercial objects such as the light box sign and the screen-printed polo shirt.

Similarly, Smith addresses popular culture by reworking popular visual devices such as logos, magazine covers and video. Smith's works references the universal task of creating a unique identity out of the multitude of images and experiences encountered in everyday life.

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Aotea Square hoardings artwork project

Artists include: Joy Chang, Chae Hyon Cho, Andrew de Freitas, Jane Lee, Lucy Tien and John Ward Knox.

15 to 21 April 2009

The Public Art Team at Auckland City Council invited recent Elam graduates to propose artworks for the hoardings around the Aotea Square redevelopment. The challenge was to provide proposals for a surface of 2 x 25 meters. They received seven proposals, of which two will be selected for realisation. These proposals are on display at the Artstation gallery.

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"Is there anybody here who'll listen to my story?"

A story telling project

26 March to 8 April 2009
Opening: 5pm to 7pm, Wednesday 25 March 2009

"Is there anybody here who'll listen to my story?" is an installation made up of thousands of images, an experiment in telling moving stories.

This project engages with story telling through imagery. "When images are parted from the backgrounds they have been caught in, sense shifts in unpredictable ways. They become moving images. Our stories are set in motion, as are our past/present/future," says artist, Trish Scott.

You are very welcome to take part in this installation by adding, making or rearranging the image stories, you find in the gallery.

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Updated November 2009