Hugo Koha Lindsay

b. 1987, Aotearoa New Zealand (Te Āti Awa, Ngāti Maru)

Hugo Koha Lindsay’s practice combines minimalism with abstraction. His paintings are not limited to paint on canvas; traces from his studio, home, and wider urban environment consequentially reside on his canvases, which may then be unstretched, cut, sewn, and re-stretched as he explores the processes of making that are usually disguised within a finished painting. The result are paintings that are interdisciplinary, evoking a transitional state that he embraces rather than avoids.

Left Figure revised 1 (detail), 2021 graphite compound, acrylic polymer and enamel on cotton 1900 x 1550mm Figure revised 2, 2021 graphite compound and acrylic polymer on cotton 1850 x 1550mm