Our exhibitions feature local, national and international artists. You can view details of exhibitions taking place at our arts centres through the links below.

Fresh Gallery Otara
Nathan Homestead
Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts
Uxbridge

Fresh Gallery Otara

Alias

Artist: Niutuiatua Lemalu
When: 13 August - 4 September
Opening: Thursday 12 August, 6-8pm

Niutuiatua Lemalu says that Alias represents “the heartless, thoughtless and superficial of the contaminated sea” that is his mind.

In this exhibition, Lemalu considers his fascination with the culture that sells a brand of individuality that somehow goes hand in hand with conformity, demonstrating his captivation by the frailty, beauty and horrors of today’s popular culture.

Questions raised in the work include, ‘Who are these people we give credence to?’ and ‘Where is my niche?’

Material Culture

Artist: Paula Schaafhausen
When: 10 September - 2 October
Opening: Thursday 9 September, 6 - 8pm

Fabrics have a long tradition of informing the matriarchal descent lines across cultures. Last year, artist Paula Schaafhausen purchased a sewing machine so that she could create garments from the many precious fabrics stored in her family dowry box, rather than have them trapped in a box.

She says that this last year she been teaching myself to sew; in the process becoming inspired to create art works that record the time between the memories contained within the box, and the new memories they will create when they become garments in their own right.

Schaafhausen says ‘the art works have become my investigations into the purpose of thread, and how thread metaphorically connects me to the past and the future’.

Everything is Honky-Dory

Artist: Ngaahina Hohaia
When: 8 - 30 October
Opening: Thursday 7 October, 6 - 8pm

The politically charged new mixed-media installation works by Ngaahina Hohaia in Everything is Honky-Dory continue to explore a discourse of colonisation and cultural collision in Aotearoa New Zealand. Her work is a firm assertion of mana tangata whenua.

Ngaahina Hohaia is of Taranaki (Parihaka), Greek and Irish descent. She has recently relocated to Auckland, and is currently completing her Masters degree in Maori Visual Arts through Massey University. Her multi-media poi installation Paopaokitua o rangi was exhibited at City Gallery Wellington last year for the opening of the new Deane Gallery dedicated to Maori and Pacific artists.

In 2009 Ngaahina travelled to Sweden with her work in the group show FibraSpirare showcasing New Zealand fibre and textile artists.

Open Canvas

Artists: Allen Vili & Monty Collins
When: 5 - 27 November
Opening: Thursday 4 November, 6 - 8pm

Open Canvas is an insight into two artists’ approach to their work, their vision and their reflection on the environment in which they were raised. Opinions and discussions are shared through brush strokes both digital and analogue.

While both were raised and continue to live in Manukau, the contrast in their style and work is evident. From digital to graffiti artwork, the wealth of work shown is as diverse as the two artists, in both cultural representation and artistic visualisation.

Open Canvas: two visions, one approach, one location.

Fresh 10

Artists: Group show
Curated by: Nicole Lim
When: 3 - 24 December
Opening: Thursday 2 December, 6 - 8pm

Fresh Gallery Otara has developed an exciting regional, national and international profile as a unique avenue for the exposure of fresh visual arts ideas depicting the cultural richness of Manukau.

Local artists have held exciting boundary-pushing exhibitions and artists from outside of Manukau have relished in the opportunity to place their work within an urban grassroots environment.

Fresh10 acknowledges the achievements of Fresh Gallery Otara and its rise to notoriety. The exhibition will be a visual melee including highlights from past exhibitions and new works by visual artists from the Fresh Gallery Otara community.

This exhibition will be curated by Nicole Lim, who has a background in graphic design. Fresh10 will accordingly have a particular focus on local design-driven artistic practice.

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Nathan Homestead

IMPressive!

When: 13 August - 6 September
Opening: 12 August, 6pm

Impression: Technical term for making an original artwork through the print-making process as opposed to a reproduction of another artwork.

The nature of print has changed considerably in the last century with technology playing a large part in its development. This exhibition represents a range of print processes and presentation formats and intends to raise the awareness of mark-making possibilities when using print as an art form.

During the exhibition a display of school students’ work from printmaker Toni Mosley’s classes will be on show at the Nathan Homestead café.

As part of a hands-on experience, a series of short one day classes are also offered during the exhibition’s season.

Curatorial team: Gabrielle Belz and Toni Mosley.

Toimairangi

When: 10 September - 3 October
Opening: 9 September, 6pm

Over many years, Sandy Adsett has become a byword for his work as an artist and educator. Adsett, as part of the Gordon Tovey school which specialised in teaching elements of Maori art in the classroom, concentrated on kowhaiwhai and has provided an accessible visual vocabulary to generations of students.

In recent years, working through Te Wananga o Aotearoa in Hastings, Adsett established the art school Toimairangi. Under his leadership Toimairangi now has a national and international profile. Students of Toimairangi have the advantage of learning from two top contemporary Maori artists, Adsett and Chris Bryant, each with their own complementary strengths and perceptions.

Manukau Arts and Toi o Manukau are proud to present an exhibition of work from senior students.

Inspiration of the Korean Artist

When: 8 - 31 October
Opening: 7 October, 6pm

In this exhibition, 22 members of the Korean Fine Arts Assocation of New Zealand members exhibit work in a range of artistic mediums and techniques, both traditional and contemporary.

The works in this exhibition depict and further the development of Korean art in a New Zealand context. Visitors will have an excellent opportunity to experience a broad variety of art and culture as interpreted by these Korean artists who are now living in New Zealand and making a valuable contribution to the arts.

Artists include: Duck Yea Kim, Hyeongdong Kim, Kijae A. Lee, Jungye Jung, Eun Young Chung, Younchul Choi, Eun Yeong Park, Cecilia Choi, Katie Lee, Nuri Kim, Andy Youn, Insuk Kim, KyungSuk Yeum, Whasil Kim, Myeng Suk Gong, YeJin Lee.

Anne Frank

When: 11 November - 6 December
Opening: 10 November, 6pm

Anne Frank and the time leading up to and including her famed diary writing are the focus of this photographic and documentary exhibition. Viewers are encouraged to walk through the timeline of text and imagery seeing the political developments that brought so much change to the lives of the Frank family and so many others throughout Europe.

A documentary by Anna Cottrell and journalist and interviewer Ian Fraser with NZ holocaust survivors is featured, along with the button collection begun by Moriah School. Each button represents one of the 1.5 million children who died during the holocaust. Nathan Homestead will run a series of button-making workshops to add to the Moriah School's Collection, helping to visualise just how many is 1.5 million.

The Anne Frank travelling exhibition is supported by the NZ Netherlands Foundation.

Bird Flies High

When: 10 - 24 Dec & 5 - 23 January
Opening: 10 December, 6pm

This group exhibition features Manurewa artists, with the selection designed to highlight the incredible variety of talent among visual artists who in some way, linked by their work or their home, are part of the Manurewa community.

The amazing attention to detail and finish demonstrated in Visesio Louis Thomsen's garments, the giant cut-outs of Richard Shortland Cooper or the delicate tracery seen in Toni Mosley's prints, Terry Koloamatangi Klavenes playing with light through photography or his acrylic sculptural work, Steve
Foggo's awe-inspiring landscape photography, Donna Tupaea's textured colours and Natalie Hunt's jewellery and Christian Hunt's sculptures are all part of the selection of work that will amaze.

Artists include: Visesio Louis Thomsen; Nigel Borell; Robine Otimi; Vanessa Wynyard; Terry Koloamatangi Klavenes; Steve Foggo; Toni Mosley; Dr Richard Shortland Cooper; Donna Tupaea; Natalie Hunt; Christian Hunt and Carolyn Griffin. Curator: Gabrielle Belz.

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Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts

A full programme of exhibitions, classes and events is available online at www.tetuhi.org.nz or by contacting 577 0138.

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Uxbridge

A full programme of exhibitions, classes and events is available online at www.uxbridge.org.nz or by contacting 535 6467.

Through the Looking Glass

3 - 22 September, Opens 2 September 6.30pm
Gallery One

A self portrait is an artist’s representation of themselves, an exploration by the artist controlling what and how the audience views them. Uxbridge is proud to present this group exhibition looking at the ideas and values behind a self portrait.

Artists at lunch - Thursday 9 September 12pm.
Three exhibiting artists discuss their artwork for ten minutes each. FREE.

The Kelliher Collection: Past and Present

8 - 28 October, Opens 7 October 6.30pm
Gallery One & Two

For over 20 years from 1956 the well publicised, annual Kelliher Art Awards gave the clear message that landscape painting was the pre-eminent New Zealand art form. This comprehensive exhibition will display prize-winning paintings from the heyday of the Award alongside more recently collected modern landscape paintings held by the Kelliher Art Trust. Curated by Peter Shaw.;