Braveheart Art Exhibition 2014 by Braveheart Youth Trust

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artexhibition EXHIBITION & SALE OF CONTEMPORARY NZ ART Exhibition Hours: 10am – 4pm Friday 17 – Saturday 18 October 2014 10am – 3pm Sunday 19 October 2014 ASB Showgrounds (Gate A), Greenlane, Auckland

thanks the 2014 sponsors

]]WELCOME It is four years since our hugely successful, inaugural exhibition. Braveheart’s Trustees and Management Board warmly welcome you to this second exciting display and sale of 600+ works by 160+ artists, emerging and established, from all around New Zealand. Our exhibition is curated strictly ‘by invitation only’, ensuring a feast of quality art. You are sure to find much here to please the eye. Braveheart was founded in 2009 to divert from the justice system young people who are at risk of offending. Proceeds from this event will be applied to youth programs of a similar calibre to those we’ve supported over the past five years (www.braveheart. org.nz/projects.html), including a donation to the In Zone Education Foundation towards the new girls’ hostel they are opening in 2015. Braveheart provides a 30+ team of volunteer homework tutors at the In Zone boys’ hostel four nights a week. This is home to 55 Maori and Pacific Island boys from disadvantaged circumstances around NZ who, now being ‘in zone’, attend Auckland Grammar School where they benefit from an excellent, rounded education. We will be pleased to make a donation to support the new hostel for girls who will attend Epsom Girls Grammar School. We are most grateful to our sponsors – Heritage Tiles and Maui Capital – for their generous support of this event. Our thanks also to those who have contributed by advertising in the catalogue, and to the artists for providing such an impressive array of art. The detailed organisation of this exhibition has been carried out superbly by a small number of dedicated people, and implemented by many more. All are volunteers. Thank you to the amazing people who have worked towards this exhibition for the past year, and so intensively in the past week. As always, it has been an extraordinary and detailed process – together we have drunk tea, consumed cake, and faced and resolved challenges. It has all been so worthwhile. You have made a wonderful contribution to our young people, and it has been a pleasure working with you all. To our guests – we hope you enjoy this year’s exhibition, and that you find something special to take home. Liz Caughey Executive Director Braveheart Youth Trust

]]HOW TO PURCHASE AN ARTWORK Take the blue Buyer’s Card from beside the artwork to the Sales Desk. We accept cash, Visa, Mastercard or EFTPOS. Full payment is required at the time of purchase. A red sticker will then be placed on the remaining caption card beside your new artwork, denoting ‘SOLD’. You will be issued with a receipt which you will need to present when you collect your artwork(s) on Sunday evening.

]]COLLECTING PURCHASES Please bring your receipt to the exhibition hall on Sunday 19 October at the following times: Doors closed 3 – 4pm for wrapping of artworks Buyers with surname A-L, 4 – 5pm Buyers with surname M-Z, 5 – 6pm All artists, 6 – 7pm

Front Cover image: Duncan Ryder, Triomphe/Black, 2014. Back cover image: David Carson, Yellow Cake Red Cake, 2014 (detail)

Troy Baker

Andrew Barns-Graham

Denise Batchelor

Callum Arnold

Valerie Beale

Andrew Blythe

] ]Brendan Adams Born 1961 and raised in Auckland, Brendan has a Diploma in Fine Arts (Painting) from Otago Polytechnic (1983). He has been working full-time with clay since 1987, and has a large following for his fine ceramics and creative and unusual sculpture. More recently his sculpture has combined other materials such as steel, brass, aluminium and wood. His work has been exhibited throughout the country and he has won several awards; he is represented in the Auckland Museum, James Wallace, and regional collections. Brendan and his partner run Front Room Gallery (see www. badams.co.nz ) [Art By the Sea, Devonport]

] ]Kenneth Adams ‘I graduated from the Elam School of Fine Arts with Honours in painting; my tutors were Garth Tapper and Colin McCahon. From early childhood my relationship with the rural landscapes of the Waikato Basin and North Auckland grew to become the expressive focus of my art work. Gradually over the past 20 years landscape painting has given way to multiimage panoramic photography. Each art work starts out as a series of individual photographs. Assembled into a single image, each landscape is reworked with various digital tools and techniques using more ‘traditional’ drawing and painting skills.’ [The Shutter Room, Whangarei]

] ]Maureen Allison A potter from Whangamata, Maureen fires work in an anagama kiln with wood over a three-day period. She has exhibited nationally and internationally and was awarded a merit in the 2011 Portage Ceramic Awards. Inspired by the landscape, Maureen’s work is heavily textured and hand-built using clay she digs on the farm.

] ]Dagmar Andres-Dahmen German-born, Dagmar graduated BA/BEd, MFA (Hons). She works in acrylic, mixed media, installation and photography. Her mixed media paintings show a passion for texture, layers and colour in a processdriven practice where the unexpected meets the expected. The presented work

is damp- and UV-resistant so can be hung in bathrooms and in front of windows – to discuss options, please contact Dagmar via www.dagmarandresdahmen.co.nz

] ]Callum Arnold Born in Wellington in 1973, Callum graduated MFA (distinction) in 2001 from the University of Canterbury and has a Graduate Diploma in secondary education. Currently working in Christchurch, he has exhibited in NZ’s main cities and Melbourne since 2001. ‘My painting practice relies on explorations of traditional methodology and digital manipulation through the disjointed construction that memory creates through the influence of fleeting visions. The attempt is to depict a more universal view rather than a regional specific location or event. Some aspects or similarities between locations are due to geographical feature or cultural recognition of various aspects and features.’ [Milford Galleries]

] ]Naomi Azoulay Naomi is a collage artist. She was born in Palestinian-Israel, with a hearty mix of Mediterranean blood coursing through her veins (she has ancestors from Tunisia, Gibraltar, Iraq, Italy and Spain). From an early age, she felt drawn to Art History and has been collecting art books for over three decades. A BA in Art History from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem provides a solid foundation for her recent work. Naomi’s latest passion is breathing new life into many of her beloved images in the form of original collage pieces.

] ]Troy Baker ‘I have been a photographer for 12 years and am currently a full-time photojournalist. I am completely self-taught, which has allowed me to grow as a photographer with nothing but the personal restrictions I impose on myself. Besides newspaper work, I engage in commercial commission-based photography and numerous personal conceptual projects. Living in a small New Zealand town comes with a degree of isolation so competitions allow a chance to gauge where I fit into New Zealand photography. Awards include

Valerie Bos

Megan Campbell

Gillian Buckley

Susannah Bridges

Garry Currin

BEatrice Carlson

4x Community Newspapers photographer of the year, 3x Kodak Gold, 3x North Shore Salon of Photography Awards.’

] ]Frankie Bakker Frankie graduated from Elam School of Fine Arts in 2012 and has since been exhibiting locally and internationally. Her most recent project involved painting murals in a zoo in Japan, encouraging community engagement. She is now submitting proposals to NZ prisons and hospitals to follow a similar concept of ‘bringing light, community and art into ‘unlit’ public places’. ‘My personal practice flexes the struggle of contemporary life, the loss of ‘ourselves’ in commodities, social environments and their norms – masking ourselves, restraining our inner animalistic beings. Can we regain a sense of freedom, or will we drown in hedonism and the floods of global warming?’ www.frankiebakker.com

are contemplative, offering the viewer access to an interstitial space between movement and stillness. A recipient of the Auckland Regional Parks Residency 2013, Batchelor has exhibited widely in New Zealand galleries, art centres and festivals, graduating with a Master of Fine Arts (Hons) from Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design in 2010.

]]Valerie Beale A self-taught, award-winning Pacific artist, Valerie has been painting for over 35 years. The women of the Islands whom she has depicted in their pride and dignity, have been inspired by her Samoan family. Valerie has been a finalist in the Molly Morpeth Awards and the Clifton Asian Art Awards. Her paintings are held in private collections around the world. [Art of this World Devonport; Cargo Shed Tauranga; Artport Gallery Auckland Airport]

] ]Lucy Barker

]]Sharnaé Beardsley

Lucy is a figurative artist, working primarily in oil paint and pencil. She has been a finalist in the Adam Portraiture Awards (2010, 2012 and 2014) and in the New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Awards (2011). Lucy has also exhibited at the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts and the TSB Wallace Arts Centre.

Sharnaé’s meticulous paintings of flora and fauna share much with 19th-century botanical studies of plants and native species. Yet they remain conscious of the way in which such traditions of recording the natural world provide evidence of an intuitive need within humanity to order and comprehend nature and the universe. Sharnaé graduated in 2012 from Whitecliffe College of Art with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, was the winner of the Arts Gold Award in Alexandra in 2013 and has work in private collections throughout New Zealand.

] ]Andrew Barns-Graham Andrew is a portrait painter whose work is represented in major art collections in New Zealand and around the world. His work looks at the impact of a modern preoccupation with perfection, and mass media’s increasingly pervasive inspection of popular culture. He trained at Elam School of Fine Arts and has been a full-time artist for 15 years. [Sanderson Gallery]

] ]Denise Batchelor Denise works in video and photography. Through personal encounters with nature, she explores the subject of connection– those moments that evoke a sense of kinship or belonging, of being part of a greater whole. Capturing moments that simultaneously embrace the familiar, yet reflect the overlooked, Batchelor’s works

]]Claire Bell A graduate of Elam School of Fine Arts, Claire has been working with glass in different forms since 2002. In 2011 she gained an apprenticeship with Garry Nash, and has since been learning to blow glass and make neon artworks. She is currently focused on learning glass engraving and neon bending, and was recently featured in Don Abbott’s ‘Electrifying’ article in Art New Zealand’s Autumn issue. [Nash Glass, Black Door Gallery, Corban Estate, The Pah Homestead]

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]]Andrew Blythe Following Andrew’s first solo show in 2008, Stuart Shepherd, a curator and an advocate of self-taught artists in NZ, included his work at the 2009 and 2011 New York Outsider Art Fairs, and also in art shows in Paris and Belgium in 2011. He introduced Andrew to Phyllis Kind, an American Folk Art Museum trustee, gallerist and supporter of self-taught artists. Andrew’s work is held in the collections of Miami’s Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, the James Wallace Art Trust and the Chartwell Collection. Andrew does not title his paintings as he prefers them to be open to interpretation. He views them as part of an on-going dialogue of “free expression and abstract figurative composition, to be enjoyed. I am an empty vessel when I paint.” [Toi Ora Gallery; Tim Melville Gallery]

]]Valerie Bos Wellington-based, Valerie (b. 1963, Palmerston North) is of Dutch descent. Mostly self-taught, she has been making art for 20 years. Her painting explores the interrelationship between people, the spaces people create for themselves and forces that drive or stifle their energies. Inspiration comes from her ‘land, social, psychological and visual scapes’, and from literature, mythology and art history. Valerie is predominantly a narrative painter and this narrative usually unfolds during the creative process. Her works are held in private collections throughout New Zealand, Australia and Singapore and in public collections, including the Tairawhiti Museum Collection and the Sir James Wallace Arts Trust. [Paul Nache Gallery, Gisborne]

]]Renee Boyd ‘This new vase series is inspired from patterns of fabric. To create the textured marks I have used black/white pigment mixed with a glaze, and hand-painted them onto the vase. I have a Diploma in Ceramics from Otago Polytechnic and my work has been selected for various exhibitions in recent years including New Zealand’s premier ceramic exhibition, The Portage Ceramic Awards.’ [Form Gallery, Christchurch; Vessel Gallery,

Wellington; Lopdell House, Waitakere; The Poi Room, Auckland; Art Post, Hamilton]

]]Susannah Bridges An Auckland-based artist/designer (B.Des), Susannah’s work has been acquired by the Auckland Museum and The Dowse Art Museum and she has received a design distinction award from New York-based I.D. Magazine. Her work is widely recognized within New Zealand and she has been shown internationally. Susannah produces domestic-use ceramic works, larger sculptural pieces, furniture and lighting, and has been commissioned to produce or design public works. She is currently developing new lighting and sculptural ideas. Susannah has worked for local Government as an Arts Project manager, and she has tutored at Unitec Institute of Technology in the Design School.

]]Stuart Broughton Spume I & II is from a series of work contemplating the motif of floating; elevating the haute quotidian and setting the everyday adrift on visual excursions. Set across the expanse of two LED light boxes, an iconic fixture is rendered here as something unique, offering extended tension and drama to this well-known landmark. Obfuscated through plastic, a sunburst moment is shared of high-lit white caps atop the viridescent hue which seems exclusive to the harbour and distant memory. Stuart has three kids, three cats, and is represented by, and Director of, his own gallery Black Asterisk.

]]Chris Rae Brown Born and raised in Frankton Junction, a small railway community in Hamilton, Chris studied graphics at the School of Design, Wellington Polytechnic, majoring in illustration. She began her career as a medical artist, painting artificial eyes and illustrating medical journals. After, she was a published illustrator in natural history, gardening and a variety of educational literature. After gaining her Post Graduate Diploma in Fine Art from Auckland University, she taught Pictorial Design at AUT. Christine has always been drawn to the narrative qualities of figurative painting.

Lee-Ann Dixon

Dagmar Dyck

Kelsi Doscher

Michelle Farrell

Liz Fea

] ]Sheila Brown American artist Sheila Brown was born in 1968 and shifted to NZ in 1994. She worked as a landscape designer for 18 years, but is now a full-time artist. She received the Opening Award prize in the Invercargill Licensing Trust Award in 2005, and first prize at the Otago Art Society, Dunedin, in the Gaye Rowcroft Awards, in 2009. Sheila has always lived by the sea and, working intimately with nature, these surroundings continue to influence her work.

] ]Gillian Buckley ‘An emerging artist, I specialize in graphite and ink portraits. My love for art emerged at the age of 37 when I attended weekly drawing classes. After a few lessons, I was hooked and quickly on my way to discovering a passion for portraiture. The lessons stopped soon after, but the passion has been growing since and my art is now exhibited in one of New Zealand’s finest galleries. My work tells a story and it is often one which has come from personal experience, yet they are stories that all people can connect with and shape as their own.’ [The Artist Room, Dunedin]

] ]Megan Campbell Megan’s work is housed in several private collections throughout New Zealand, including the Wallace collection, and overseas including in America, Australia and Japan. She was a finalist in the Wallace Art Awards in 2003-05, 2007-08 and the Norsewear Art Awards in 2004 and 2006. Runner-up prize, Wairarapa Arts Review in 2003; Merit Award in Waikato Contemporary Art Awards in 2004; Merit award, Wairarapa Arts Review Aratoi Masterton in 2007; finalist, Waikato Contemporary Art Awards, Waikato Museum in 2010. She was featured in Greg O’Brien’s 2010 book; ‘Back and Beyond, Art for the Young and the Curious’. [Cecil Veda Gallery, Wellington]

] ]Béatrice Carlson ‘I am French, and a New Media artist. My work is dictated by my roots and the different mediums I have experimented with, including oil painting, solarplate, painting with the graphic palette on my

computer, and etching printmaking. Perspex gives life to my work.’ Awards: 2013: finalist, Awagami International Mini Print, Japan; finalist, Impressions Art Award, Nelson; finalist, WOW, Weta Section, Wellington; finalist, Lessedra International Mini Print. 2012: winner, WOW South Pacific Section; finalist, Art at Wharepuke International Printmaking Exhibition. 2011: finalist, WOW, Kiwi Icon Section; finalist, NZ Painting and Printmaking Awards; 2010: runner-up, WOW, South Pacific Section. [Art by the Sea, Devonport; Essenze, and KS Thompson, Auckland; Red Gallery, Nelson; Vesta, Queenstown]

] ]David Carson Born 1968 in Nelson, David attended Canterbury University. He is a self-taught artist, now living near Tapawera in the Tasman District, on a family farm with his wife and three daughters. He has exhibited throughout New Zealand. [Icon Art Park, Upper Moutere; Magma Gallery, Christchurch; The Vivian Gallery, Matakana]

] ]Cathy Carter Cathy graduated from AUT University with a Masters of Art and Design (Hons) in 2013. She approaches the art encounter as an immersive experience. She redefines her subjects by re-orienting the perspective from which they are viewed. Her photographs operate as ‘unconscious places’ within intimate landscapes that draw out the sublime and awaken interior worlds. Situations, places and objects are up-ended, re-presented and recontextualised to call out deeper reflection and experience. Cathy has exhibited in solo and group shows in Auckland, Wellington and Sydney. Her work appears courtesy of Antoinette Godkin Gallery.

] ]Julia Christian Julia is a professional illustrator and painter with an extensive career in the design industry. Her current work comprises watercolour studies of moths and butterflies.

Karley Feaver

Anton Forde

Kirsty Fyfe

Andrea Gardner

Tina Frantzen

] ]Joshua Constantine Josh Constantine has studied painting, drawing and graphic design but finds painting his favourite medium. He enjoys all aspects of painting and works on a wide range of materials including stretched canvas, board and found objects. His primary style is realist painting, capturing the small gems of nature so often overlooked. www.joshconstantine.co.nz

] ]Paula Coulthard ‘My journey as an artist has taken me through Canterbury Art School, a career in the art department of the film industry, establishing COULTHARD fashion and design label and showing at NZ Fashion Week, co-designing the supreme award winning entry ‘Rattle your Dags’ in World of Wearable Art, and back to art with pieces now being sold in art galleries and museums in New Zealand and Australia. With a love of natural materials and history I endeavour to capture the pioneering spirit and rugged beauty of New Zealand and its people. I am at my happiest making with my hands.’ [Auckland: Poi Room; Museum Shop]

] ]Garry Currin Born in Wanganui in 1952, Garry Currin works from his home studio on the Takatu Peninsula and has been painting full-time for the last 15 years. Known for his large, atmospheric landscapes, more recent work has included smaller figurative studies. The SALVAGE series references stories told to him as a child by his grandmother, of the grounding of the cargo ship, Port Bowen. [Milford Galleries, Dunedin; Whitespace, Auckland; WHMilbank, Wanganui]

] ]Nick Cuthell A NZ artist exploring contemporary concerns through traditional media, Nick divides his time between the UK and NZ. His work is held in collections in London, New York, Geneva and Wellington. He has received training in a traditional atelier system, including at Charles Cecil Studios in Florence, Italy, from 2007-08. Commissions include: cast members of The Hobbit; Dr Alan Bollard, departing Governor

of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (2012); the cast of Waiting for Godot; Her Majesty the Queen, 2014 (unveiled by their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge). Awards: Highly Commended, 2012 Adam Portraiture Award.

] ]Paul Dibble Graduated BFA (Hons, sculpture), Elam School of Fine Arts (1967). Paul was awarded a New Zealand Order of Merit (2004), and received an Honorary Doctorate from Massey University (2007). He is one of NZ’s leading sculptors working in bronze. His sculptures range from maquettes to the monumental, and feature the figure and everyday objects, his narrative reflecting the history of NZ and the Pacific. [Gow Langsford, Auckland; Page Blackie, Wellington; Milford Galleries Dunedin; Black Barn, Havelock North]

] ]Lee-Ann Dixon Lee-Ann’s late mother’s china cabinet was full of treasures collected throughout her life, all having her special memories attached to them. Sadly when Lee-Ann got to the recycle centres and garage sales she saw hundreds of these same treasures discarded. She collected and used them in her art, breathing new life into once-loved objects. Lee-Ann thinks about the memories that might have been attached to each object. She uses oil paint on recycled metal trays, table cloths, tea towels and cupboards.

] ]Kelsi Doscher Kelsi came to NZ from USA in 2005, after graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Art and Psychology. Photography enables Kelsi to explore her external environment, while honouring her internal space and how she reflects on and processes her experiences and expectations. Taken on 120mm film and using double exposure in a single frame, her layered work reveals the artist’s journey into our ‘internal landscape’–the space between what we experience externally and how we respond to that experience internally. Awards: 2012/14: finalist, Signature Art Piece Awards, NZ Art Show; finalist,

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Cliftons Art Prize; finalist, Wellington Regional Arts Review; 2011: winner, Emerging Artist Award for Photography, Artrium Gallery. [Artel Gallery, Kapiti Coast; Matchbox Gallery, Wellington]

received good critical reviews. Lucy works alone from her studio, on both her own and commissioned works. www.lucyeglington. com [Railway Street Gallery, Newmarket]

] ]Suzy Dünser

Michelle’s artworks are held in public, private and corporate collections in NZ and internationally. She has worked extensively in all scales of the bronze medium. Her recent two-dimensional works draw on the delicacies and patterns of nature–symmetries, interconnections and entities are both revealed and imagined. These digital artworks are created from the artist’s own detailed photographs of the skeleton leaf which she sees as a metaphor for the interconnected universe, as well as its dichotomies… it is both fragile and enduringly strong. [Artis Gallery]

‘My ceramic work explores form within the realm of functional vessels. Teapots offer the challenge of combining concept with technical skill, and have been a focus of mine for a number of years. My current work explores notions of history and memory, capturing forms associated with other times and materials to provide a new perspective. I received a Diploma in Ceramic Arts from Otago Polytechnic in 2011. I serve as President of the Auckland Studio Potters, teach pottery at the ASP, and serve on the board of Te Uru–Waitakere Contemporary Gallery.’ [Pah Homestead Shop; Te Uru Gallery Shop; Corban Estate Arts Centre Shop]

] ]Dagmar Dyck A first-generation New Zealander of Tongan and German descent, Dagmar been brought up to respect and acknowledge her unique ancestry. Alongside her professional career as a painter and printmaker, she has fulfilled mentoring and teaching positions in both academic and community institutions. Threaded throughout her work is a visual process that documents the transformation of raw material to woven treasure. Her work remains sectionalised as Tongan heritage proclaims, but the palette combines the energies and colours of a modern Pacific landscape with the subtlety of customary bark cloth (ngatu). [Momentum Gallery, Auckland; Solander Gallery, Wellington]

] ]Lucy Eglington Lucy’s work lies in the divide between dreams and reality. Subjects are often pictured in their own inner worlds, in a web of their own internal narrative. She is fascinated by how we build our own stories and ‘personal myths’ combined with those of our culture–and how they relate to us. Lucy builds her practice through a mixture of self-study and formal classes. Her first solo show in Auckland was a sell-out and

] ]Michelle Farrell

] ]Liz Fea ‘Themes occurring in my work evoke the natural world where I live. The minimalist and monochromatic winter landscape together with the gloriousness of the seasons on either side all play a part.’ Liz graduated BVA in 2009 from Dunedin School of Art, and in 2010, Dip Ceramic Art. She was a finalist in the Portage Ceramic Awards in 2011 and 2013. [Quadrant Gallery, Dunedin; Waiheke Art Gallery; Lopdell House Gallery]

] ]Karley Feaver Born 1978, New Plymouth, Karley studied at Wellington School of Design (Industrial Design) and at Unitec (3D design). She works across a range of disciplines including painting, sculpture and taxidermy. In 2011 Karley was one of 14 artists chosen to exhibit at the US Ambassador’s Residence in Wellington (Art in Embassies Program); in 2013 she was guest artist to Remake: Emerging Artists at The Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington, and given a solo show at Saatchi & Saatchi Gallery, Auckland. Karley’s works are held in the collections of the Wallace Arts Trust, Westpac NZ and privately in the UK, Australia, Russia, Switzerland and NZ.

Rachael Garland

Ynes Guevara

Jane Gray

Mandy Hague

Wayne Gillies

] ]Holly Finn Holly is a self-taught floral painter living in Northland. Following an extended journey through Europe, Holly was inspired by the poppy fields in France. Returning to her studio in Northland she revisits the Poppy fields in her paintings.

substrates–plastic, aluminium and Perspex. Her work explores building layers of transparency and contrasting opacity. She is currently completing the fourth year, ‘Professional Practice’ at the Browne School of Art. More of her work can be seen at www.lizfraser.co.nz

] ]Anton Forde

] ]Kirsty Fyfe

A connection to the land, majesty of nature, and a fascination with themes universal to all ‘first nation’ cultures are the greatest influences on Anton’s work. Anton began carving at 18 and studied under such influential sculptors as Paul Dibble, Gary Whiting and Paul Hansen. While at Massey University, Shane Cotton founded the Māori Visual Arts Programme, which served to validate Anton’s chosen path. He has spent extended periods living in his Nanna’s (Taranaki – Ngati Ruanui) part of the country, with the majestic Maunga Taranaki ever present, and in Ireland where he discovered ancient, inspirational art themes. He has exhibited in NZ, Ireland and San Francisco, and has work in private collections here and around the world. www.antonfordeart.com

A full-time printmaker who works from her home studio in Wellington, Kirsty is currently focusing on aquatint intaglio etching, which she describes as a “fascinating alchemical process that is part-creativity and part-chemistry”. Her etchings often explore childhood and try to capture the essence of secret moments or memories in children’s lives. Childhood is full of dark and light moments, and intaglio etching lends itself to exploring these. Kirsty has exhibited in Wellington, Auckland and other North Island centres and her work is held in private collections both here and overseas. [Red Roof Gallery, Eastbourne; ARTel Gallery, Waikanae; Number 5 Gallery, Wellington]

] ]Tina Frantzen Tina has been painting and exhibiting since 2004, studying at Artstation under Matthew Browne. Her enigmatic and elusive figures occupy those small, ephemeral moments between larger happenings. She paints intuitively, the details of each work unknown to her before painting commences, so that with each there is a process of discovery. By not titling the pieces, Tina shares this sense of discovery with her audience who are free to interpret them as they wish. In 2013, Tina exhibited in Paris as a member of Who’s Who Art International. Her works are held in private and public collections in Australia, UK and NZ, including that of the James Wallace Trust. [Railway St Studios, Newmarket]

] ]Liz Fraser An emerging Auckland artist with an interest in non-representational and process-based art, Liz works with graphite and fluid acrylic ink on alternative

] ]Sarah Fyfe Sarah has studied art under the guidance of a number of New Zealand artists, including Keren Cook, Belinda Wilson and John Nicol. She has a strong interest in NZ landscapes and employs sliding planes and implied lines to lend abstraction to her work. Her work has sold through exhibitions and dealer galleries throughout the North Island.

] ]Andrea Gardner Andrea Gardner was born in California. She completed her BFA at the University of California at Santa Cruz, and later an MFA (Painting) from the University of Iowa. She has lived in numerous places including Montana, New York City, Rome and Italy, and since 1995 has lived in Wanganui. She works primarily in photography and mixed media sculpture, exhibits regularly throughout New Zealand and has work in the collections of The Dowse Art Museum, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, the Sarjeant Gallery and the James Wallace Trust. [Bath Street Gallery, Auckland]

] ]Rachael Garland BFA (Printmaking-High Distinction) Quay School of Fine Arts, 2003. Currently studying towards Master of Maori Visual Art. Awards: finalist, Goldwater National Art Awards, 2002; Merit Award, Carey Smith & Co Whanganui Arts Review, 2007. Rachael’s artwork is often an amalgamation of the real and the imagined. Recurring themes are magpies, dolls, and objects from her domestic realm alongside more fantastical, dream-like imagery and symbolism. Her work often has strong narratives about domestic life, motherhood and personal history. Rachel is Mum to 3 boys. She often stands on sharp bits of stray Lego with bare feet by mistake. [Rayner Brothers Gallery, Whanganui; Solander Gallery, Wellington]

] ]Wayne Gillies Wayne has had some great influencers in his time. Art teachers such as Bruce Treloar and Marté Szirmay were a great inspiration during high school years. At the Wellington Polytechnic School of Design, under tutors as illustrious as

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] ]Jodene Goatley ‘I reside in Wellington. My preferred medium is graphite pencils, using numerous layers. I am increasingly fascinated by what the end of a pencil can produce. The subject matter of my drawings is varied, containing both an outward appearance of a ‘play on words’ in picture form and a play on meaning, of inward significance. Each drawing is as much about the ideas, as the picture itself. My drawings represent my innate quirks and my funny bone, along with symbolising a light-hearted way of looking at more serious topics–relating to people and events in hopefully an invisible way.’

] ]Julia Gould ‘I love working with colour and fibre. My fascination began when travelling in Asia amidst the beautiful ethnic work found there. I live on the East Coast, surrounded by weaving tradition. I blend this knowledge of harakeke with my own adaptions of craft, fabric and colour to produce unique kete and other fibre art.’ [Staples Gallery; Tairawhiti Museum, Gisborne]

] ]Jane Gray Jane studied at Slade School of Fine Arts, London University, and also has a Dip. Int. Design. She has developed a line of paintings for the great outdoors, which are virtually indestructible and roll up for freighting. Jane’s paintings are held in collections in the UK, Australia and Italy (exhibited at the Florence Biennale). Artist gallery: www.winecountrygallery.com

] ]Ynes Guevara

] ]Karen Hamer

‘Observation–Demonstration, Thoughts– Idealism, Reality–Abstraction, Happiness– Freedom… I am passionate about painting. I love how things just flow, how they, even in the biggest contrast, go well together. How art can awake certain feelings, certain desires. When I paint, it’s always a challenge. I am reminded that this is what life is about. My heart and my soul are my best teachers, they lead my way, they inspire me, they shift me as they want. I am originally from Mexico, and I am proud of my home country, the people, culture and folklore. This artwork was created to remember my beautiful Mexico. To share a bit of the folklore that runs through my veins.’

‘In my work I try to reflect the character of the people who are my models. I like to use bright colours and patterns to create a very personal visual environment for each to inhabit. My studio is a Tardis – residing inside my computer. Here I paint, draw, collage and crayon, before printing my work on etching paper with pigment inks, to create my digital mixed media, limited edition Giclée prints. Taranaki is a wonderful environment to live and work in–rugged bush, a mountain and black sand beaches to explore, as well as good cafés and fabulous artists.’

] ]Mandy Hague ‘I have been a practising artist since 2001 and won the Tauranga National Art Award in 2008 then the Venetta Miles Art Award in 2010. Most of my work reflects my obsession with collecting natural objects and often references the Natural History Museum. However, I like to challenge the traditional conventions and often my works resemble more UN-natural objects. Common themes that somehow keep recurring (seemingly of their own volition) are environmental threats, death and decay, and mankind’s manipulation of nature and the environment.’ [Gallery 59, Tauranga]

] ]Tricia Hall ‘I am a self-taught artist working in painting, mixed media, drawing, printmaking and mosaics, and also write creatively, including poetry. I like the combination of word and image in art to tell stories. I am constantly finding ways to work around my disabilities and pain issues – for instance, teaching myself to paint left-handed when I could not use my right. Having the opportunity for creative processes in my life–be that art, dance or writing–is what makes life worth living and enjoyable.’ Tricia has participated in group shows at Art Station and Te Karanga Galleries. [Toi Ora Gallery]

] ]Mia Hamilton Mia graduated with a Diploma of Art & Creativity from The Learning Connexion, Wellington in 2008, and also has a Diploma of Interior Design from Academy of Fine Arts, London and a Bachelor of Business Studies from Massey University. A fulltime artist since 2008, she has had 10 solo exhibitions and been included in over 40 group shows. Mia was the 2011 Potter in Residence at Wellington Potters Association, and has been a finalist in some of NZ’s largest art awards, including Portage Ceramic Awards, Small Sculpture Awards, No. 8 Wire Art Awards, Estuary Art Awards and Objective Art Awards. [Academy Galleries, and Ora Gallery, Wellington; Bryce Gallery, Christchurch]

] ]Sue Hawker Sue is a multimedia artist from Kerikeri working in clay, cast glass and pate de verre. She won the prestigious Ranamok Contemporary Glass Award for Australasia in 2010 with her vibrant “Too Much Is Never Enough”. She has been a finalist in the Ranamok five times, and also in the Wallace Art Awards, Molly Morpeth Canaday Awards, Bombay Sapphire New Zealand Collection, Northland Art Awards, and was Jurors’ Choice in the Corning Museum Of Glass’ “New Glass Review 32”, 2011. Her work is held in several international private collections. [Milford Galleries, Dunedin/ Queenstown; Whitespace, Auckland]

] ]Amanda Hewlett Amanda has been painting since 1974, and full-time since 2011. Her works have been described as ‘atmospheric landscapes encapsulating moments in time.’ Her themes include migration, identity and our relationship with the natural environment, and her paintings can include reworked historical images. As an advocate for art in Taranaki she coordinates the Taranaki Arts Trail and she is taking work to Paris for an exhibition in November. Amanda was the winner of the Taranaki Art Awards Painting section in 2003 and twice Runner Up in 2002 and 2008.

] ]Rachel Hirabayashi ‘Based in Cromwell, Central Otago, living in a 110-year-old cottage with my dogs and a large garden, I am a full-time artist painting in acrylics and making sculptures out of metal. Living for some time in Japan and Mexico strongly influenced my creative output, as does living in this unique, ancient environment. Remnants of human dwellings hint at lonely, difficult lives. The surfaces of my paintings are built up over time, of light glazes of colour alternating with opaque layers of paint.’ Rachel has a degree in Art History/Theory from University of Otago. [The Black Door Gallery, Parnell; The Left Bank Gallery, Greymouth; Art Box Gallery, Christchurch; The Artists’ Room, Dunedin]

] ]Martyn Hodder An ex-builder turned sculptor, Martyn designs and creates rimu, kauri, kwila, macrocarpa and other timber sculptures, and unique and interesting furniture, from very, very old recycled timber, and now renewable timber. His objective is to be unique and to make simple, perfect, timeless pieces.

] ]Emma Hogg ‘I am a self-taught artist, and studied Design and Anthropology at Otago University. In my work, which I have been exhibiting since 2006, I am exploring the relationship between humans and animals as it appears today and in history. I am interested in the contradictions that exist in our attitude towards animals as food, commodities

and as precious species to be preserved. I paint with a 000 size brush to create the fine detail in my paintings, using sepia or black calligraphy ink. I was a finalist in the Annual Wallace Art Awards, 2008 and in the Park Lane Art Awards, 2006.’

] ]Daniella Hulme A self-taught, full-time artist, Daniella has been exhibiting throughout NZ, USA and Rarotonga since 1998. She exhibited at the Beijing Art Fair in 2013, has won three international art awards, and has been a finalist in many NZ art awards. She is featured in ‘International Contemporary Artists’, Volume 3, I.C.A Publishing, NY (2012) and ‘Who’s Who in Visual Art’ by Art Domain Whois Verlag, Germany.

] ]Susan Hurrell-Fieldes Susan is a printmaker. She has been educated in this art form in New York where she works and studies every year. In 2011, she had a solo exhibition in New York, and in 2013 she was the guest artist at the Nelson Suter Art Society annual exhibition. She has had a residency in the village of Lesidren in the Bulgarian mountains, and her work has been exhibited widely in NZ and overseas.

] ]Hannah Joynt Born in 1985, Hannah is a Dunedin-based artist who regularly participates in group exhibitions throughout New Zealand. In 2010 she won the Edinburgh Realty Art Awards in Dunedin, and in 2009 she was the winner of the $10,000 COCA Anthony Harper Award for Contemporary Art. The judge, Hamish Keith, said that the winning work ‘took me to an entirely new and unfamiliar place’. Hannah is currently a candidate in the MFA program at the Dunedin School of Art, and a part-time lecturer in Drawing in the School of Design at Otago Polytechnic. [The Artist Room, Dunedin]

Talulah Belle Lautrec-Nunes

Mike Keeling

Lyndon Keene

Tetyana Khytko

Martyn Hodder

Clare Kim

] ]Paul Judd

] ]Lyndon Keene

BMA (Hons), MFA, RMIT, Melbourne. A resident of Sandringham, Paul’s work fuses ancient (Egypt, Greece) and modern cultural symbols, structures, statuary and friezes to act as props and supports for narrative sequences set in New Zealand. His work is held in the Wallace Collection, Waikato Museum of Art and History, and private collections in NZ and abroad. Awards: Merit prize, NZ Painting and Printmaking Awards; Winner, NZ No 8 Wire Sculpture Award; finalist, Wallace Art awards.

‘My work as a painter and printmaker is an exploration of light, colour and texture. Landscape is my inspiration. My approach is to work intuitively, guided by memory, experiences and my state of mind at the time, working mostly with mixed media, often combining painting and printmaking techniques. I have been exhibiting in various parts of New Zealand for the past 10 years, including regular participation in the annual New Zealand Art Show in Wellington, where I won a Trustees’ Choice Award in 2012. I work from my home studio on the Kapiti Coast, north of Wellington.’ [NZ Academy of Fine Arts Galleries, Wellington]

] ]Gaye Jurisich Hamilton-based Gaye’s work includes painting and sculpture in a variety of media. ‘It has become more and more obvious to me that my works are a dialogue involving the reality of space and time, visual associations and ambiguity. My work reveals elements of the journey, the familiar becoming unfamiliar, and the known becoming unknown. Elements of trust, human mortality and feminist ideology are exploration points. It is important that my work challenges ideals, initiates thought and provokes discussion about connectedness, to our past and future. It isn’t about making beautiful things, it’s more than that, a deeper purpose.’ [Kereru Gallery, Nelson] www.gayejurisich.com

] ]Jacqueline Kampen Jacqueline Kampen is an Aucklandbased artist and framer. This body of work is titled “Say It With Feathers “.

] ]Mike Keeling Born 1941 in Nottingham, England, Mike emigrated to NZ in 1963. He worked in nuclear research at the University of Auckland, became interested in art photography in the early 1970’s and exhibited with Photoforum for some years before ceasing photography for other interests. He took up digital photo work in retirement, and has exhibited in galleries around the North Island. His work is based in landscape but goes off at a tangent into semi-cartoon styles exploring the absurd and whimsy. [Photographers Gallery, Hawkes Bay]

] ]Fiona Kerr Gedson Fiona works from her home near Opotiki, where she lives with her two daughters, her two sons having recently left home. She works predominately with pheasant, peacock and turkey feathers, meticulously creating stunning patterns. This work allows her to reflect and honour the things that are of importance to her. Fiona is well represented throughout NZ, and has participated in group exhibitions in France, Los Angeles and Japan. ‘Her childhood, her environment, the Maori women who taught her to weave and her precious family ties are all expressed in her art, in a unique mix of traditional skills and contemporary vision.’ Denise Irvine, H&G Magazine, June 2006

] ]Tetyana Khytko Born in the Ukraine, I studied painting at the Kiev Art School. After moving with my family to NZ in 2000, I have regularly exhibited in various group and solo exhibitions in Wellington. My favourite subject is landscape, a mixture of reality and fantasy. I like to include subjects with “meaning”, as a poet uses allegories. A road in my works is not just a road, it is life’s journey. “Setting Sail” is about following or fighting for your dream. (Colour: I should confess to a great love of green in all its shades.) [Red Roof Gallery, Eastbourne]

] ]Clare Kim

] ]Sarah Laycock

Clare has a BFA (Hons) from Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland and a Bachelor of Arts: Visual Studies and History of Art, University of Toronto (2008). Awards: 2010, finalist, Parkin Drawing Prize; Walker & Hall Waiheke Art Award. 2011: finalist, Bold Horizon National Contemporary Art Award; finalist, Signature Piece Art Award (and in 2010).

Sarah lives in rural Coatesville and works as the Head of Technology at Albany Junior High School. She produces a limited number of mixed media works, alongside part-time Postgraduate Studies in Educational leadership. Her work reflects an interest in traditional and non-traditional media, modes, subject matter and conceptual ideology in art.

] ]James King

] ]Marie Le Lievre

‘I have been interested in using drips of paint to create curtains of black, white and red. The drips could be seen as rain falling on an urban background. The viewer will hopefully see through the drips to reveal the shape and form of the landscapes suspended in time and space. In some of the paintings a roller is used to create a sense of life’s repetition and monotony. The dogs in my work are frightening to me. They rage inside my head. The irony is that dog is man’s best friend. [Toi Ora Gallery]

Graduated MFA, University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts, 2008. Marie is known for her sophisticated, painterly surfaces and effects. Few artists demonstrate such mastery of the liquid nature of paint. Her gestural, abstract forms seem like something that have floated up out of the subconscious mind. Perhaps the psychoanalytical tension and fascination with indefinite surfaces and stains in Le Lievre’s work may be traced to what is a rather unusual qualification for an artist–her BA in Criminology from the University of Victoria, Wellington. [Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch and Bartley and Company Art, Wellington]

] ]Talulah Belle Lautrec-Nunes ‘I describe myself as an expressionist artist working with acrylics, applying the paint like butter using a palette knife. It is not my practice to copy an image but rather to evoke a mood using expressive impasto effects and a slash of the knife. I enjoy the way the paint is picked up and dropped off in a random and haphazard way, creating unexpected and delightful passages of colour. [4 Art Sake gallery, Ohope; Zohar Gallery, Mt Maunganui; WOW Gallery, Nelson]

] ]Saehae Lee ‘Every person has some kind of deep emotion inside, not knowing what it is. Some express this through speech, dance, travel etc. I was able to gather myself together through photography.’ A full-time artist and freelance photographer, Saehae graduated BFA from Auckland University Elam School of Fine Arts in 2010 and began exhibiting the following year. Awards: 2011/2012 NZ Art Show–Signature Piece Finalist; 2011 Art Edition 2011 Korea.

] ]Robyn Lewis I am incurably attracted to the ‘object’ and the ‘vessel’ – that is what led me to clay initially. I quickly became frustrated with the limitations imposed by function and technical considerations, so for a long time have used the language of the vessel as a sculptural object, with its myriad of associations–historical, archaeological and anthropomorphic. I work very intuitively, taking inspiration from ethnic and naïve art, textiles, architecture and particularly landscape. The abstracted shapes of NZ’s hills and horizon lines are a strong influence, limiting the palette to earthy natural tones. Organic abstraction implies some sort of collaboration between the maker and the earth.’ (B.F.A. University of Tasmania 1986) [The Poi Room, Auckland; Moko Gallery; The Source, Coromandel]

] ]Steve Lovett BA, GradDipAdultTchg, MA (Hons). Steve teaches interdisciplinary print and digital media on the University of Auckland BVA Degree and MIT Faculty of Creative Arts programmes. ‘These works are all handcut paper collages re-photographed and printed on hand archival cotton paper. They are made up from collections of photographs and ephemera – especially abandoned family photo albums and product photography–both inherited and trawled from markets/junk shops and, more recently, online sources. These images are doubly anonymous as the subjects are now largely un-knowable and the photographers not remembered. The collecting of discarded images is my response to the contemporary overabundance of images.’ http://stevepepper1.tumblr.com/

] ]Ros Lowrey Ros grew up in England with a passion for art and was influenced by her father, a talented watercolourist. She has worked in a pottery as a decorator, designed fabrics and greetings cards in London and New Zealand, made jewellery and porcelain night lights. For some years she taught art including painting and graphic design on Mac computers. Ros has exhibited in England, USA and NZ. Her work, using

a variety of media, is an eclectic mix of everyday and natural objects, plants, flowers and birds which often play with historic and cultural links to the past.

] ]Prue MacDougall In 1985, Prue graduated with distinction from Elam School of Fine Arts, and was awarded the Auckland Annual Prize of Excellence in Fine Arts. Her work often tells a story using mysterious creatures or chimera. With humour she plays on myth versus reality, offering us fantastical visions from an amazing, magical world. Prue has exhibited widely in NZ and overseas. In 2013, after winning the 33rd Mini Print of Cadaques, she held a solo show in Taller Galeria Fort, Spain. Her works are held in private and public collections, including the Wallace Collection. [Black Asterisk, Auckland; Zea You, Taupo]

] ]Joanne Mahoney ‘I am mainly self-taught, but have been very fortunate to have had several inspirational teachers along the way. My introduction to painting was as an adult when I took Chinese Brush painting lessons while living in Singapore. My preferred medium was watercolours but I am now using acrylics/mixed media and am really enjoying the new techniques and materials.’ [The Little Gallery of Fine Arts, Tairua; Little River Gallery, Little River; Port Road Gallery, Whangamata]

] ]Christine Mansford “I’m a self-taught photographer interested in nature, place and time. Inspired by both formalist and expressionist work, my work focuses on my immediate environment and my personal connection to it. Using a combination of digital and analog imagemaking techniques, these images represent a continuum of movement and sequential progression forward, both physically and emotionally.” [Toi Ora Gallery]

] ]Rawiri Maoriangelo ‘Born in Hamilton 1964, I then moved to Auckland. Tainui is my iwi, Taupiri Maunga is my mountain and Waikato my river. As a self-taught artist my inspiration has come from our own unique identity as Kiwis. Our history, country and the people. My creative ideas come from the past, present and future. I mainly enjoy painting with acrylic because it dries fast; I usually like doing landscapes, and portraiture in a fine or contemporary style. I enjoy all aspects of art making. Carving and sculpture have been one of my new-found passions since 2006. I enjoy inspiring others and I mainly paint for myself, friends and family, so this is really an invitation to my work. Nau mai haere mai (welcome).’

] ]Gailene Marsden ‘Using the beautiful, luminous glazes of watercolour, my aim is to create works that depict the atmospheric effects of skies as well as the compelling colours and patterns of light and shadow across

landscapes. I have been exhibiting and selling my artwork since 2004. Recent awards include First for Watercolour and Inks at Franklin Arts Festival 2013, Second in the General sized works at Art at Orakei 2013, and First in the People’s Choice competition at the inaugural Auckland Watercolour Society, Lakehouse Exhibition 2012.’ [Of Hand and Heart, Warkworth]

] ]Meredith Marsone Meredith’s strength in portraiture is exemplified in these four paintings, which are rare examples of her work between 2007 and 2013 that she has released to the Braveheart exhibition. Somehow she manages to capture the small spark of individuality in each subject. Meredith’s paintings explore our national identity in the light of diverse ancestry and the theme of identity being expressed through the beautification of moko, sometimes Anglicised. Awards: 2006, 2008, 2010–finalist, Adam Portraiture Award; 2008–Merit Award, Painting and

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Since returning to New Zealand, Michelle has taught at secondary school level, and now enjoys painting and printmaking full-time in Auckland.

] ]Carolyn McCondach

Kate’s landscape paintings are influenced by a childhood of big spaces, icy southerlies, gnarled trees, derelict buildings, and gritty coastlines like Cape Palliser on the Southern Wairarapa Coast. Her inspiration comes from a fascination with the stories behind the land–the buildings that remain are testament to people succeeding (or failing) in those landscapes. Kate regularly goes on road adventures through New Zealand to explore and find fresh ‘stories’. She describes her paintings as “simplified realism. They’re based on the view I know. People see my paintings and feel a comforting recognition of that view. It might be of a different place, but they recognise the spirit of that landscape”. www.katemclaren.com

I work in several mediums, with tempera and gold to create icons from the renaissance. In watercolour I create special paintings to welcome newborn babies, and in sterling silver I custommake brooches based on children’s drawings that become miniature works of art. I particularly like to paint on unusual surfaces, and am painting portraits on small silver spoons to be worn as pendants.

] ]John McDermott John is an Auckland-based photographer whose portfolios include portraits, landscape, people, dance, theatre, arts and fashion, and advertising. www. johnmcdermottphotography.co.nz/

] ]Kate McLaren

] ]Beth Te Aroha McGill

] ]Jenny McLeod

My plumose canvases capture the detail and personality of common and endangered birds, flora and fauna of New Zealand. I completed my Diploma of Art and Creativity (Honours) at the Learning Connexion in 2007. I have been part of numerous group exhibitions, been commissioned by the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa for a children’s interactive painted picture, as well as by NZ and Australian clients. I have had five solo exhibitions since my first in 2004, the latest in 2013. [Taylor Jensen Fine Arts Gallery, Palmerston North; Artel Gallery, Waikanae; Real Aotearoa, Wellington/ Auckland; Zea You Gallery, Taupo; The Central Art Gallery, Queenstown]

Jenny McLeod is a practising glass artist creating a variety of work including functional glassware, sculpture, garden art and exhibition work. Fusing is the technical term for her creative process. Sheet glass is cut and then layered in a kiln and taken to high temperatures to melt or fuse it together. Most pieces are fired more than once. Jenny’s current mixed media work incorporates a variety of materials including copper, flax, beads, plastic and wood.

] ]Michelle McIver Michelle grew up in the south of New Zealand, and spent most of her childhood with pencil in hand, drawing. Five years spent living and working in Japan piqued her interest in the Japanese aesthetic, and it was here that she began her love affair with Japanese woodblock printmaking.

] ]Yana Meech Yana lives in Ararimu and belongs to the Papakura art group. A self-taught artist, she paints mainly in acrylic on canvas, using many different styles from contemporary landscape to abstract, and experimenting with the old and the new. Much of Yana’s inspiration comes from her surroundings and her own mood. Her works sells throughout NZ and overseas including UK, Scotland, Australia and the United States. Yana has exhibited extensively, and was placed second in the acrylics section at the 2011 Franklin Arts Festival.

Michelle McIver

Prue MacDougall

Robyn Lewis

Ros Lowrey

Marie Le Lievre

] ]Sophie Merkens

] ]Mark Mitchell

A New Zealand photographer, Sophie has a Bachelor of Visual Arts and Design, majoring in Photography, from Unitec. For the last two years Sophie has been taking documentary portraits throughout North, Central and South America. Her new works playfully combine photography and screen-printing working with vintage prints.

I have been working with the vessel form for 12 years, using it as a vehicle for my interest in geometric pattern and minimalist painting; working with subtleties of surface and pattern. These are slabconstructed, earthenware forms with surface treatments of terra sigillata. In 1997 I began a BFA at Wanganui School of Art, completing it at Otago Polytechnic School of Art in 2001. Awards: 2006–merit award, Portage Ceramic Awards; 2008– Premier Award, ‘Objective’ Sculpture Awards, Manakau. Residencies: 2007– Fuping, China with a group of Australasian artists; 2009–Ernabella, Australia; Shigaraki, Japan. [Piece Gallery, Matakana; Masterworks, Auckland; Avid, Wellington]

] ]Rose Meyer Rose completed her undergraduate studies at Whitecliffe College of Art and Design, and is currently part-way through her Masters of Fine Arts as well as studying papers on Sociology, Anthropology and Philosophy. Her theoretical interests include the process of research, and the ways in which people construct and make sense of their world. To investigate this she uses a wide range of multimedia but particularly loves to draw.

] ]Lesley Mill Lesley commenced her art career in the late 1980s in Queensland, Australia. For the past 10 years, she has branched out into the making of icons, using the traditional method of tempera on gesso boards, using egg yolks mixed with concentrated dried pigments. [Waiheke Community Art Gallery; Redfeather Gallery, Rotorua; Print Shop, Remuera]

] ]Caitlin Moloney Caitlin is an Australian artist living in the luscious oceanside town of Coromandel. Over the last 10 years, this is where she has honed her ceramic skills, consolidating them with her passion for design. It has been an exciting and unexpected creative medium to find herself working in. With her natural flair for design, Caitlin applies intricate imagery to ceramic surfaces with coloured clay slip, creating pieces that are not only painstakingly detailed but also visually striking in their unique beauty.

] ]Sofia Minson

] ]Bruce Mortimer

Sofia is a portrait and landscape painter of Ngāti Porou, Swedish and Irish heritage, who spent much of her childhood in Samoa, Sri Lanka and China. On returning to New Zealand, painting enabled her to celebrate cultural diversity and reconnect with her own mixed heritage through mythological landscapes of Aotearoa and contemporary Maori portraits. For 10 years Sofia’s work has been exhibited and collected globally, she has been featured in documentaries, collaborated with other artists, done large-scale public artworks and won three national art awards including the Molly Morpeth Canaday Art Award in 2005. [Parnell Gallery, and The Poi Room, Auckland; Bryce Gallery, Christchurch; The Gallery, Helena Bay, Northland]

‘Having been a full-time professional artist for nearly twenty years, it finally occurred to me a year ago to simplify and concentrate solely on pencil drawings, and for the first time ever I discovered a medium that allowed me to create by hand what I had envisaged in my mind and had wanted to see hanging on mine or someone else’s wall. In each piece there exists a genuine expression of myself, a combination of where I am now and where I have been.’ www.brucemortimer. com; www.fb.com/bruce.mortimer

Joanne Mahoney

Rawiri Maoriangelo

Meredith Marsone Kate McLaren

] ]Moody-Pugh A collaboration between friends and business partners who both attended Richmond school of Art, UK, back in the 1980s, and have for the past 23 years run a successful 3D design and manufacturing company in Auckland.

My work covers many disciplines–mainly painting, sculpture, photography and installation. By means of exploration I endeavour to pursue my creative needs with solo exhibitions, joint sculpture shows and commissions.’ [Art by the Sea, and Parnell Gallery, Auckland; Art Matakana]

] ]Rosemary Mortimer

] ]Elena Nikolaeva

(Graduated Wellington Polytechnic School of Design in 1977; Master of Design, Massey University, 2012.) Rosemary explores materials through printmaking, textiles, painting and installation. Awards include the BNZ Art Award for Printmaking, 1985; 3rd prize in the inaugural ‘National Printmaking Exhibition’, 2013. In August she was announced as one of six winners of the 34th Mini Print International of Cadaqués 2014, selected from 740 exhibiting artists from 56 countries. This is the longestrunning International Miniprint exhibition in the world and the six winners will have solo exhibitions at Taller Galleria Fort, Cadaqués, in 2015. [PG Printmaker Gallery, Melbourne] www.rosemarymortimer.com

Elena was born and raised in Russia. She attended Urals State University of Fine Arts, Design & Architecture, Design Dept, then Moscow University of Fine Arts and Design (postgraduate course) where, from 19762000, she taught and attained an associate professorship in the Painting Dept. In 2000, she moved to NZ, to Mangawhai, where she is now a full-time artist and tutor, and committee member of Mangawhai Artists Inc. Since 2009, she has taught private classes and workshops of acrylic, oils, watercolour and mixed media. [Helena Bay Gallery, Northland; Reyburn House Gallery; Of Hand and Heart Gallery, Warkworth; Art by the Sea, Devonport]

] ]Garry Nash One of NZ’s pioneer studio glass artists, Garry has been working with glass in all forms since 1979. With a vast array of techniques at his command, he specialises in free-blown glass, where no moulds are used and all forms are created through breath, touch and skill. Working in NZ where there is no institutional or historical baggage surrounding the glass medium has allowed Garry the freedom to experiment and combine traditions from around the world within a single piece or series. He feels strongly that you never stop learning or creating. In 2000 he received an ONZM for his services to Glass Art. [Remuera Gallery, Form Gallery, Te Papa Store, Real Aotearoa, Milford House] www.garrynash.co.nz

] ]Christian Nicolson ‘I have worked full-time as an artist from my studio in Auckland for 7 years. I am trained in design and have a Diploma in Visual Communications from Unitech, and worked in design studios for several years and as an art director in magazines and advertising.

] ]Jill Nixon Born 1940. On leaving a career in banking, Jill rekindled her lifelong passion for painting and has been exploring the beauty of shadows and light with beautiful still life settings of vessels. Soft blending interacts with lit areas to create dramatic, yet gentle, atmospheric images.

] ]Kirsty Nixon Born in Auckland in 1969, Kirsty began painting and exhibiting watercolours in the late 1980s. In 1994 she began capturing the vibrant personality of the New Zealand landscape on canvas. This style was well received and prompted Kirsty to leave her career as an art director in advertising to paint full-time. Her contribution to the New Zealand landscape is fresh and distinctly modern and her work hangs in private collections throughout the world. This year, she was one of the artists selected to paint a giant egg for the Starship fundraiser seen throughout NZ. [Art by the Sea, Devonport; Monterey Gallery, Howick; The Poi Room, Newmarket]

Amio Toro

Saehae Lee

Steve Lovett

Cathy Carter

Rose Meyer

Carolyn McCondach

] ]Brad Novak (aka NBP76) Brad is a leading urban artist based in Auckland. With work sitting sharply at the nexus between fine art and street art, Novak’s ‘New Blood Pop’ is continuing to grow a significant international fan base through a largely social media lens. www.newbloodpop.com

] ]Stephanie O’Connor ‘As a photographer I am primarily interested in the narrative variables that the medium possesses at any given time. Coming from a retouching/post production background, I’m critically intrigued by how conflating the two practices alter perception and perceived ideals or truths.’ Stephanie has a BFA, Elam School of Fine Arts. Her work is in the James Wallace Arts Trust, and the Articus Art Collections. Awards: 2014: Sigma Amateur Photo Winner of People Category; Wallace Awards finalist.

resulting explosion of colour and texture. Making and firing ceramic pieces has brought me much joy and I hope this can be found in my work.’ [Corellis, Devonport]

] ]Justine Paddison While studying towards a BFA (Printmaking) at Ilam, Justine took some papers in Japanese Art History and the Theory of Criticism. From this emerged her love for paradox between Japanese and Western aesthetics. Art is often described and measured in western culture in terms of its originality, whereas Japanese artists do not seek to create works which are original or of their own style, but rather they look to the past; their way of art consists of producing exact replicas in the style of the Grand Masters. Justine has always had a dual passion for the arts and medical sciences. She is now working as a Cardiac Physiologist at North Shore Hospital.

] ]Liam O’Halloran

] ]Matt Palmer

I attend Toi Ora photography classes and I am captivated by the medium. [Toi Ora Gallery]

In the early nineties, Matt’s Arts Counciland record company-funded short films and music videos gained him the attention of the New Zealand film industry. Since then his mix of strong visuals combined with a simple, storytelling style, has earned him a range of awards and a steady stream of projects in Australia and overseas. In recent times Matt has turned towards photography and printmaking to bridge the gap between his painting and his film work. [NKB Gallery, Auckland]

] ]Desirée Oosthuysen Graduated with National Higher Diploma: Graphic Design and Fine Arts and Bachelor of Media Arts (Honours): Painting, Sculpture and Illustration. ‘A full-time artist, I am passionate about my art and the colours I use. My desire is for the viewer to share my experience and the beauty of New Zealand through my art. I paint what I see in everyday life and what I love around me. Adoring the bright New Zealand summer colours of nature, I use strong, bright and vibrant colours in my artwork.’ [Artport, Auckland; Art of this World, Devonport; Monterey Gallery, Howick; Gallery Artisans, Hamilton]

] ]Ann O’Sullivan ‘Ceramics is my passion, and the one thing that keeps my life centred. I come from a hospitality background, which is reflected in my work. Porcelain is my preferred medium, because of its softness, fragility and transparency and its ability to capture colours and reflect light. Much of my work is wood-fired with salt and soda for the energy it gives the pieces and the

] ]Neal Palmer Born 1968, London (BA Hons, Fine Art, Trent University). Neal has worked in the UK, Australia and NZ. He focuses on natural forms using scale, colour and pattern to create dramatic and emotive paintings. Neal has been a full-time artist and has had 16 solo shows since 1999. Group shows include the Los Angeles International Biennial Art Invitational, and as a finalist in the Molly Morpeth, Margaret Stoddart and Wallace Art Awards. Art New Zealand (Autumn 2004) featured his work. Neal’s work is held in collections in NZ and abroad. [Milford Galleries, Queenstown; The Vivian, Matakana; NKB Gallery, Auckland]

] ]Matt Payne

] ]John Penman

Matt is a gifted young artist whose work is quickly gaining prominence throughout NZ. He graduated from Whitecliffe School of Art and Design in 2004. A full-time artist, he paints landscapes of dramatic composition, rendered with breathtaking accuracy. He is inspired by epic mountain vistas and pristine coastal seascapes. He is not limited to one form of artistic expression and works across multiple disciplines and mediums including vibrant mosaic style portraits. [Parnell Gallery; Art By The Sea, Devonport; Art Matakana; Helena Bay Gallery]

John Penman has lead a life of growing up between Aotearoa and Hong Kong, and he has been influenced by the exotic tropical colours of the Far East and the rugged natural beauty of New Zealand. His work is a melting-pot of Italian techniques, Chinese design influences and pure Pacific flavour. [Gallery Pacific; Kura Gallery; Piece Gallery]

] ]Lou Pendergrast-Mathieson Bachelor of Arts Degree (Glass major), Unitec, 1998; Secondary Diploma in Teaching at AUT, 2000. Finalist, Australasian Ranamok Glass Prize four times. ‘I enjoy making sculptural work; I am an object maker. I am constantly intrigued by the potential of cast glass to take on a range of expression. The nature of the material requires an immensely physical approach; it is assembled with a variety of complex techniques that interlaces an industrial process with drawing three dimensionally. Glass has an allure and magic that has transcended time and it is a privilege to use the crystal raw material made here. Light and reflection bring intensity to surface, edges, weight, balance and transparency more than any other sculptural medium. It is all this combined that gives the work its colour depth, drama, and the illusion.’

] ]Valerie Pendred A painter and printmaker who has been working and tutoring for over 40 years, Valerie observes special qualities and moods in the landscape and surroundings. [Flagstaff, Devonport; Kura, Wellington; A+E, Napier; Whisky, Oamaru; The Vivian, Matakana]

] ]Robin Pendred Robin designs and builds bespoke furniture using native and exotic timbers. [Kura, Wellington; The Vivian, Matakana]

] ]Helen Perrett Intrigued by the world of tales and myths and the richness of language and symbolism, Helen’s work evokes stories and histories. “I am drawn to illustration and the art of the story-teller, and have a passion for children’s books.” Helen has a Diploma of Ceramic Art (Otago School of Art) and a degree in Art History and English Literature. Awards: 2009–Merit NZ Society of Potters; ASP Domesticware Merit; Merit Fire and Clay; 2010–Exhibitor at Best In Show; 2012 – Merit, Royal Easter Show; Premier Award Fire and Clay. [Kina, New Plymouth; Garden Art Studio, Cambridge; Smashed Pipi, Mangawhai; Pah Homestead, Auckland]

] ]Fern Petrie Fern is an artist of European and Maori descent who studied under Selwyn Muru and Brett Graham at ‘Te Toi Hou’ at Auckland University. After graduating in 2001, she exhibited widely both in New Zealand and Australia where she has had numerous successful solo exhibitions; she is soon to show her work in Paris. Inspired by the Surrealists, Pre-Raphaelites and the art of the Renaissance, Fern utilizes symbolism as an important story-telling device. Her paintings are based on Victorian cabinet cards and much of her practice centres on the importance and fragility of memory.

] ]John Phillips ‘My survival as a full-time artist has been based on exploring the creative boundaries of fiberclay. At first I struggled, but as I began to master the medium and creating became more intuitive I started to make headway. Pieces that work most for me are multi-layered. I like it when, at first glance, there appears to be just one ‘idea’ but when you look closer you find there is something else going on. More recently I have been using my finishing techniques on canvas. I like that continual sense of moving forward and stretching my creativity.’ www.johnphillipsnz.com

] ]James Pickernell ‘My formal training began in 1989 with a two-year Craft Design Maori Cert. at the Waiariki Polytechnic, Rotorua. In 1996, I graduated with a Fine Arts Degree (Sculpture) from Whanganui Polytechnic’s Taupo Quay School of Fine Art and in 1997 set up Jamie Pickernell Art Furniture. Now in Rotorua, for the last 16 years I have made a full-time living through exhibiting in outdoor sculpture shows and commissioned works, both private and public–from sculpture to furniture, architectural hardware and sign housings. I’m constantly inspired by this country, its materials, ingenuity, culture, history, flora and fauna.’

] ]John Pusateri American-born, John is the founder of the Auckland Print Studio. His work has frequently referenced museum exhibits from collections in New Zealand, the U.S. and Ireland. To John, a humble museum exhibit is more than just a scientific curiosity. It is

simultaneously a real animal, a symbol for its species, a story of a particular animal, a pile of bones and feathers, a scientific notion and a hope for future survival. [Seed Gallery, Auckland; Solander Gallery, Wellington; Auckland Print Studio, Auckland]

] ]Robin Ranga Robin’s practice is based on her notion that “perception is a personal interpretation in all we do, see and feel”. Inspired by nature’s design and endurance, she is interested in how subliminal forces impact on social, cultural and environmental perspectives. Using a variety of media she strives to express and share empathy and sensitivity for the viewer to recognize and relate to. Robin graduated BVA, AUT. 2005. She won recognition and national awards in painting, ceramic and bronze, including Merit, Small Sculpture Prize 2014 (Waiheke). She is a member of the Dust Art Collective. www.robinranga.co.nz

] ]Beverly Rhodes ‘I am a painter working mainly in oils. I have a BFA from Quay School of the Arts, Whanganui, 1997, MFA from RMIT University Melbourne, 2004 and MA applied in clinical psychology from Victoria University Wellington, 1990. Since 2001 I have had regular solo exhibitions. I have been a finalist in the Anthony Harper Award, Christchurch, The Painting and Printmaking Award, Hamilton and in the Bold Horizon Contemporary Art Award (2011). My work is held in private collections in NZ and Australia and in the collections of Pataka Art Museum, Porirua and the James Wallace Trust.’ www.beverlyrhodes.co.nz

Clovis viscoe

Nick Cuthell

Alvin Xiong

Sam Rogers

Lesley Mill

] ]Sam Rogers I completed my Masters at the University of Northumbria (UK) in 1992 and have been based on the Coromandel for the last 8 years.

]]Duncan Ryder Duncan emigrated from London, establishing a graphic design career in Auckland while keeping his hand in as a painter. His precise, clear lines, sharp definition and geometric forms mimic architectural structures and plans with careful delineation of paint. The theme is of architectural mass and formation against flat backgrounds, appearing as models or prototypes of structures that engage with angle and perspective. Hatching marks provide aesthetic contrast to the careful and meticulous handling of the paintwork. The works are arresting and satisfying. The titles take the viewer back to the drawing board. Duncan has work in the Wallace Arts Trust and private collections.

] ]Donna Sarten Donna Turtle Sarten is a Masters graduate from Elam School of Fine Art who works in a range of media from photography to installation. Her work investigates various contemporary power relations including psychological, social and geo-political. She investigates themes that sit outside society’s comfort zone, and asks us to think about things that are often pushed aside and not talked about. Her topics include aspects of war and child abuse. Donna has won numerous awards including being the joint winner of the Waikato Contemporary Art Award in 2004, and winner of the 2011 Fieldays No.8 Wire National Art Award.

] ]Rosa Scott Rosa graduated from Ilam School of Fine Arts, University of Canterbury in 2010. ‘‘Entre chien et loup’ is a French expression which in a many ways articulates the atmosphere of my paintings. It is used to describe the specific time of day, just before night where the light is so dim that you can’t distinguish the dog from the wolf. It is not all about the levels of light but also expresses the limit between the familiar and the comfortable versus the unknown

and the dangerous. It is an uncertain threshold between hope and fear.’

] ]Lea-Anne Sheather (MFA (First Class Honours), Whitecliffe School of Fine Arts. Supreme winner, Miles Art Award.) Lea-Anne primarily works within the disciplines of painting and drawing, through which she seeks to summon an allegorical way of seeing and to recover the spiritual and physical aspect of the intuitive, magical and powerful side of wise women or witchy archetypes. Her hybrid forms embrace the shadowy, sexual, organic world that resides within the fairy tale, within nature and within the witchy archetype. It is her way of expressing kinship with other life forms and states of being, and also an allegorical dramatisation of the monsters within our own minds that have created our present day ecological ruin.

] ]April Shin April gained a Masters degree from Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland, in 2003. She has had nine solo exhibitions at Warwick Henderson Gallery. Her work was discussed in NZ Painting- A Concise History, (3rd edition) by Michael Dunn. ‘I raise life issues, and spiritual and cultural issues. My current motif is the holistic view of an individual; their story and their character. The paintings express awareness of the vulnerable aspects of the human condition.’ [Warwick Henderson Gallery, Parnell; Mark Hutchins Gallery, Wellington; Reflection Art Gallery in WOW,]

] ]Evelyne Siegrist Evelyne trained in Fine Art in Taiwan and Paris, and has exhibited internationally. She works from her hill-top studio in Coromandel, where she has lived for 20 years. Her inspiration is drawn from her stunning surroundings and from her interest in capturing the human form and incorporating her deep love of colour. Her prints reflect her skill in draughtsmanship, her acute observation of form and her strength in composition. Evelyne works in pastels, acrylics, oils, drawing, and intaglio and relief print making.

] ]Jane Sinclair

] ]Sally Smith

After studying architecture and design, I launched myself into a career in painting, illustrating and teaching art to adults. Predominantly a landscape painter in oils and acrylics, over the past 20 years I’ve also become well-known for watercolours of buildings and New Zealand birds. Recently I’ve been painting very large bird portraits in oils. I’ve had numerous solo exhibitions including at the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts and Aratoi Wairarapa Museum of Art and History, as well as exhibiting in many group shows all over New Zealand. [Artmosphere Gallery, Waipawa; Red Peach Gallery, Ahuriri, Napier]

Sally was born in 1968 in Auckland, and raised on Waiheke Island where she lives today with her partner, sculptor Chris Bailey, and her two sons. Having graduated from Auckland University with a Bachelor of Architecture in 1993, Smith had her own architectural practice for twenty years before choosing to become solely focused on her art career in 2010. She regularly exhibits nationally and internationally and has works in private collections in UK, Australia, USA, Italy and France. [Eisenhauer Gallery, USA; TOI Gallery, Waiheke; Milford Galleries; Parnell Gallery, Auckland]

] ]Amber Smith

] ]Annie Smits Sandano

Working with local clay, Amber’s vessels are handbuilt using no molds or stamps. Each is unique, and when grouped together represent whanau. Adorned with words or whakatauki (proverbs), they reflect her wairoa (spirit), and what it means to come from Aotearoa.

Since graduating from Elam School of Fine Arts and the Rhode Island School of Design in the USA, Annie has had successful exhibitions throughout New Zealand and abroad. Her work is held in the Wallace Arts Trust collection and, as a finalist in the Waikato Society of Arts Youth Art Awards, she has been featured in the New Zealand Gallery book, described as ‘an exciting young artist with a flawless hand and sophisticated eye for colour and line’. [Parnell Gallery; Seed Gallery; Gallery De Novo; Gallery Thirty Three; Solander Gallery]

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‘Growing up on the Coromandel Coast, all I have ever wanted to do was to draw. My art career began when I graduated with a Diploma in Graphic Design from Auckland Technical Institute. In 2002, after a successful commercial art career, I began painting full-time. Working on large canvases, I like to capture a moment of light on the landscape–gone in an instant, but leaving us with a feeling of place and timelessness. My style is best described as contemporary realism. I exhibit throughout New Zealand, and my work is held in private and commercial collections here and overseas’. [Taylor Jensen Fine Arts; Bryce Gallery, Christchurch] www.adelesousterart.co.nz

] ]Nadine Spalter ‘My ceramic practice continues to use the vessel as a means of exploring identity, providing the perfect bridge between my inner life and the outer realities. All my work is thrown on the wheel, and then altered. I work with porcelain as it provides the perfect canvas for my exploration into colour. My work is fired in both electric and gas/reduction type atmospheres.’ Nadine’s work is held in the Wallace Arts Trust and Suter Gallery collections. [Black Door Gallery, Front Room Gallery, and Pah Homestead, Auckland; Form Gallery, Christchurch; Gallery 33, Queenstown]

] ]Henri Stone Henri is a self-taught artist with an interest in 19th century art practices. Inspired by the works of William Morris, Henri’s work focuses on local flora and fauna in a style influenced by block printed textiles and wallpaper. [Poi Room, Newmarket]

] ]Sheree Stone Graduated BVA, University of Auckland. ‘I use screen-printing as my medium to construct images that are concerned with the issues surrounding contemporary historic memory. My practice uses a range of media and processes, working with a collection of closely related images as an authentic entry point into the reconstruction of memory. Sifting through layers of visual information, my collages represent fragments of photographic images, referencing the same underlying subject matter and recurring motifs. Through the manipulation of surfaces and narratives, the works play with the concepts of collective historic memory and secondary-witnessing.’

] ]Joshua Kama-Lee Szabo (aka Kama) Kama makes stylistic connections with painterly gestures and repetitive markmaking. Using acrylics he creates spontaneous, mesmerizing works. Kama states: ‘I am very interested in repeated forms and in the patterns that appear through repetition. This current work comes out of a period of expanding my practice by experimenting with new forms.

I love design.’ Kama works independently at the Toi Ora studio, exhibits regularly and collaborates on community murals.

] ]Verena Tagmann Born in Switzerland, Verena moved to Whitianga in 2003. Here she has pursued her love for painting inspired by her new environment, perpetually exploring new directions and mediums, pushing boundaries, discovering intricate relationships, reflecting her thought and emotions. Verena works in acrylic and mixed media, in both figurative, expressionist and abstract styles. She is member of the Mercury Bay Art Escape and won the artist choice award in March 2014. [The Little Gallery of Fine Arts, Tairua; The Garden Art Studio, Cambridge; Port RD Gallery, Whangamata]

] ]Lorene Taurerewa New York-based Lorene graduated BFA (Painting) from Quay School of the Arts, Wanganui in 1996, and in 1998 gained a Diploma of Teaching, Secondary Fine Art, from Massey University. She has exhibited in Paris, LA, Hong Kong, Korea, Australia, NZ and New York, and her work is held in the collections of the Queensland Art Gallery, and the Wallace Arts Trust in New Zealand. She works in a range of media including charcoal, watercolours and oils. Taking inspiration from her Samoan, Chinese and European ancestry, Taurerewa weaves personal and family historical narrative into her powerful drawings. [Helen Gory Galerie, Australia; Milford Galleries, NZ]

] ]Tracey Tawhiao Of Ngai Te Rangi, Whakatohea and Tuwharetoa descent, Tracey has an Arts Degree in Classical Studies and a law degree. She now works as a full-time multi-disciplinary artist whose scope includes painting, poetry, sculpture, photography and video art. She has shown her paintings nationally and internationally. Tracey’s well-known work involves painting over newspaper, concealing words and leaving others to reveal the new news.

] ]Christine Thacker I gained pottery experience at the Cambridgeshire Pottery, Cambridge, England, along with night classes in Nelson. Included in a book entitled ‘Masters of Earthenware” published in 2010 by Lark Publications, New York. [Masterworks Gallery, Auckland; Piece Gallery, Matakana; Avid Gallery, Wellington; Milford Galleries, Dunedin and Queenstown]

] ]Lianne Timlin A painter and printmaker who has been making art for many years, Lianne sees making art as a voyage of discovery, not just of oneself but also of the process of art making, as materials and techniques are almost limitless. Lianne has participated in group exhibitions in both Auckland and Melbourne. She has a MFA from RMIT University in Melbourne and has attended several workshops and periods of study with New Zealand and international artists.

] ]Ben Timmins During 25 years as a painter, Timmins has developed a unique style in which he harmonises subject matter and wood grain pattern. Landscapes and large scale fauna studies are delicately composed, capturing the beauty and serenity inherent in nature. The painting process and materials used are deliberately employed to engage the viewer on many experiential levels. Timmins exhibits throughout New Zealand and works on private commissions, receiving many awards and recognition for his unique style and innovation as a contemporary painter. [A+E Gallery Napier; Kereru Gallery, Tasman; Artbay Gallery, Queenstown] www.bentimmins.co.nz

] ]Amio Toro I am a Ngati Porou artist, evolving traditional Toi Maori in my use of contemporary materials and design. I am reaching out to urban Maori who may be seeking a reconnection with their Whakapapa. I abstract Taniko, Kowhaiwhai, Tuku Tuku and iro. Much of my work is gifted to my family and returns to where it came from, a place that I know in my heart has and will remain unchanged for generations. I am inspired

by Derek Lardelli whose Tā Moko I wear on my back, Mark Kopua and Todd Cooper.

] ]Derrick Tweedie Derrick has a deep love for and fascination with photography. He works and exhibits at Toi Ora Gallery, Auckland.

] ]Siobhan van Heerden New Zealand-born Siobhan completed her BFA and Postgraduate Diploma in Fine Arts at Elam School of Fine Arts in Auckland. Her most recent work has utilised a photographic practice as a means to explore and open up certain social issues, particularly issues affecting women.

] ]Mariette van Zuydam Born 1958 in Hoogezand-Sappemeer, The Netherlands, Mariette studied Fine Arts, Painting and Printmaking at Academy Minerva in Groningen-NL, and did a postgraduate degree in Printmaking and Drawing at Sharman Crawford school of Art in Cork, Ireland. She also has a Certificate in Adult Education and a Diploma in Secondary Teaching from Northland Polytechnic. Mariette emigrated to NZ in 1982. She has been making stone lithographs at Te Kowhai Print Trust in Whangarei since the 1980s. She currently has her etching press in her living room/ kitchen and is concentrating on reduction woodcuts. [Flagstaff Gallery, Devonport]

] ]Peter Viesnik ‘Thirty five years down the track and this glowing medium continues to hold its fascination. The fluidity of molten glass encourages me to try to capture this movement in my work and to experiment with new colour combinations, using lustres of dichroic glass and the ever ongoing exploration of form.’

] ]Clovis Viscoe Diploma visual communications, ATI, 1988; Post-grad computer animation, 1993. ‘My sculptures are sometimes derived from experiences from my younger years. I can recall a time on holiday, camping at night and the scores of moths our tilly lamp would attract. These haunting shapes,

projected flickering shadows, a side show of magnified moths, cast onto canvas tent walls. Like a collective mob of moths each with their own footprint; size, agility and patterning. This data bank of childhood experiences, of etched memories are the sources as an artist I tap into.’

] ]Ilya Volykhine Russia-born Ilya emigrated to New York City in 1990, exhibiting there before moving to Australia in 2000. Since 2009 he has called NZ home. ‘My work explores domestic interior/exterior spaces and how the figure moves, sits and interacts within these places. I love the feelings of awkwardness that my paintings project through a mixture of naive brush work, stylization and awkward situations. The painting then takes on a life of its own where I am simply a vessel through which being and pure creation play out their performance.’ [Soul Gallery, Hamilton; Artbay, Queenstown; Kina, New Plymouth]

] ]Ben Webb Born in 1976, Ben has been exhibiting since he was 19. A self-taught artist, he is the youngest NZ artist to have shown in a public gallery and to represent NZ in a biennale. He was a Visa Gold Finalist in 1996, attended the Asia Pacific Triennial in Brisbane, and the Noumea Biennial in 1999. He held the Goethe Institut residency in Berlin in 2002, has exhibited at Dunedin Public Art Gallery, and internationally. Since 2001, Webb has spent six months of each year in Berlin, where he exhibits his work. [Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch] www.benwebb.co.nz

] ]Joanne Webber Joanne (BA (Hons)) is a Christchurchbased artist with many years’ experience. As well as working to commission and painting murals, she exhibits throughout New Zealand. Her work is defined by the use of bold colours which dance on the canvas and draw the eye around the scene. Inspiration for artwork comes from a diversity of places such as advertising, history and an interest in and concern for the natural world. Webber often uses irony to comment on events, as seen through her use of kiwiana icons, and a play on words which produces quirky and thoughtprovoking works. www.joannewebber.co.nz

] ]Grant Whibley Grant is known widely for his bird portraits, painted between 2001 and 2011. His aim was to convey ‘the bird, the land and its people’. He continues to paint a handful of bird portraits each year, between images that relate to his current interest in art projects concerned with the perception of reality. Grant graduated M.F.A. (First Class Hons) from Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland University in 1997 and has a Diploma of Teaching (Secondary) from ACE (1995). Awards: 2004 Molly Morpeth Canaday Art Award; 2003 Overall Winner Norsewear Art Awards; 2002 James Wallace Awards, Emerging Artist Award; Waikato National Art Awards, Runner Up.

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] ]Anita Whosoever ‘Since I have been attending Toi Ora I have had a solo exhibition entitled ‘Metamorphosis’–a retrospective mapping my personal journey from emotional and spiritual bondage to freedom through the creative process. In 2012, I also won the Peoples’ Choice Award 2012 for an art work I entered in the Chronic Pain Awareness Month art competition. I have exhibited in various group and solo shows at Artstation and Toi Ora Gallery since then.’ [Toi Ora Gallery]

in NZ Art Show 2014. His work has been collected and shown in both New Zealand and China. Recently, he has been focussing on developing the use of light itself as the medium to create his work.

] ]Belinda Wilson Belinda was born in India, educated in Timaru and graduated DFA Hons (Painting) from Elam School of Fine Art, Auckland, in 1975. ‘My paintings are like diary entries – whatever is happening in my life comes out in the work in one form or another–bidden or unbidden. Often they surprise me. Or it is not until many years down the track I realize what they were about.’ Belinda travels extensively and has paintings in private collections in many parts of the world. She now lives in Auckland and teaches art to small groups.

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] ]Cheryl Wright Cheryl Wright is a mixed media artist who has exhibited widely around NZ, often with her sculptor-husband James Wright. She is also the owner of Art Industry, a gallery in the Clevedon Village.

] ]Jozef Wright Jozef is in his first year of a Communications Degree at AUT university. He plans to major in TV & Film Production and photography in the next couple of years. Jozef has work in the Wallace Arts Trust Collection.

] ]Alvin Xiong Alvin is a multi-discipline artist based in Auckland. His work involves his typical multicultural perspectives and theories. He gained his Bachelors degree (oil painting major) in Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, China. Currently, he is studying the MFA programme at Elam School of Fine Arts. Alvin won the Emerging Artist Award

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] ]ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Trustees and Management Board of the Braveheart Youth Trust acknowledge the generous support of: Heritage Tiles Maui Capital .99 / JustOne ASB Showgrounds Villa Maria New Zealand Adhesif Print Cathy Roselli, Ray White Lisa MacQueen, Barfoot & Thompson Art Industry Webb’s Auction House Art By the Sea, Devonport Simon Siddells, Ray White Judge Jonathan Moses Jennifer Ward-Lealand Matthias Dallmeier Mt Eden Motel McMaster and Daughters Ltd Sabato Limited Gravitas Research & Strategy Ltd Brick Bay Art News NZ Post Kate O’Connor Christine Anderson The YBflats House of Travel Newmarket Nationwide Eftpos Rentals St Andrew’s Church, Epsom St Barnabas Church, Mt Eden Jill Thorrat and Rob Cameron (catering)

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