Current Exhibitions

Artists' Talks (including Q and A sessions): 

Wednesday 22 February, 1.30pm: Mark Braunias & Jim Speers; Friday 16 March, 1.30pm: Peter Gibson Smith & Susan Jowsey

This significant exhibition celebrates 20 years of Paramount Award Winning artworks from the Wallace Art Awards.

The Paramount Award is a premier prize for New Zealand artists who are awarded a six-month residency at the International Studio and Curatorial Program in New York (ISCP). The Award has given significant credibility and prospects to the winning artists who have all gone on to successful artistic careers, both nationally and internationally. 

Exhibition Opening 31 January 6pm

In 2008 New Zealand digital artist Rachael Linton produced the short film Sound Vision. Sound Vision explores the physical and psychological affects of colour, light and sound vibration and how they may be used as a means of therapy through film. Linton's new works entice people to interact with physical and non-physical space with ease. The three spinning kinetic artworks titled ‘Turning Phenomena’ appear differently as changing vibrational frequencies alter peoples' perception of the work.

A contemporary jewellery show curated by Jo Mears.

Curator's and Artists' Talk: Saturday 10 March 10-12 noon.

RETROSPECT brings together the work of Peter Deckers, an important mid-career artist combined with a high-quality exhibition of New Zealand contemporary jewellery comprising of the work of a twenty-strong contingent of New Zealand emerging and established contemporary jewellers.

The 20 participating artists are: Debbie Adamson, Vivien Atkinson, Renee Bevan, Nadene Carr, Jacqui Chan, Kristin D’Agostino, Cath Dearsley, Gillian Deery, Sharon Fitness, Sunni Gibson, Victoria McIntosh, Ross Malcolm, Vaune Mason, Jhana Millers, Neke Moa, Shelley Norton, Lynsay Raine, Sarah Read, Nadine Smith & Raewyn Walsh. 

My Grandmother's House is a collection of artworks from the Wallace Arts Trust collection that takes you back in time to an era that celebrated the quaint and delightful. The exhibition lets you rediscover the manner of thought from a time that was filled with pleasantries and intriguing rustic sentiment. It has the intention of triggering memories from your own childhood when you may have spent time exploring your grandmother's house.

Gareth Watkins began the Street Adonis series in 1997. At that time he was interested in the idea of chance meetings on the street and the split-second decision he needed to make in order to approach a stranger and talk about the prospect of being a model.

This exhibition showcases works from Watkins' Street Adonis series as well as four works by Derek Henderson.

Shape It is an interactive exhibition that presents visitors with a chance to explore colour, shape and pattern. Through viewing works from The Wallace Art Trust Collection that show defined shapes and patterns, visitors will be given the opportunity to respond and collectively make an artwork by applying stickers onto a wooden board.

This collaborative process references the organic nature of patterns found in the biological world.