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The HUM calendar features exhibitions & events by New Zealand arts practitioners working or living abroad.
Evan Woodruffe, Jamie Berry and Jimmy James Kouratoras at the 9th Beijing International Art Biennale
National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
18 January —
01 March 2022
Aotearoa artists Evan Woodruffe, Jamie Berry and Jimmy James Kouratoras will be included in The Light of Life, the 9th Beijing International Biennale, on from 18 January 2022—1 March 2022,
Evan Woodruffe (b.1965) brings the extraordinary into the ordinary. Whether on a wall or a luxury motorcar, his paintings build complex relationships between colour and pattern to form what writer Lucinda Bennett referred to as Wet Maps, “living, breathing ecosystems, and visualisations of a new kind of urbanism”, where the world itself is fluid and porous.
Jamie Berry is a multidisciplinary artist who creates large scale multimedia artworks that explore indigenous histories while reflecting on identity and whakapapa. Originally from Tūranganui-a-kiwa Gisborne and based in Pōneke Wellington, Jamie draws inspiration from both locations.
Jimmy James Kouratoras is an Auckland based artist whose work depicts a rich, almost decadent examination of contemporary culture. Jimmy’s work is heavily influenced by his Maori and Greek heritage, two different cosmologies bounded together to create works which beautifully reflect narratives of whakapapa. Over the past 25 years Jimmy has developed his unique style layering texture and imagery along with using vivid pop colour combinations, representing the connections between the past, present and future.
Aotearoa artists Evan Woodruffe, Jamie Berry and Jimmy James Kouratoras will be included in The Light of Life, the 9th Beijing International Biennale, on from 18 January 2022—1 March 2022,
Evan Woodruffe (b.1965) brings the extraordinary into the ordinary. Whether on a wall or a luxury motorcar, his paintings build complex relationships between colour and pattern to form what writer Lucinda Bennett referred to as Wet Maps, “living, breathing ecosystems, and visualisations of a new kind of urbanism”, where the world itself is fluid and porous.
Jamie Berry is a multidisciplinary artist who creates large scale multimedia artworks that explore indigenous histories while reflecting on identity and whakapapa. Originally from Tūranganui-a-kiwa Gisborne and based in Pōneke Wellington, Jamie draws inspiration from both locations.
Jimmy James Kouratoras is an Auckland based artist whose work depicts a rich, almost decadent examination of contemporary culture. Jimmy’s work is heavily influenced by his Maori and Greek heritage, two different cosmologies bounded together to create works which beautifully reflect narratives of whakapapa. Over the past 25 years Jimmy has developed his unique style layering texture and imagery along with using vivid pop colour combinations, representing the connections between the past, present and future.