Calendar
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The HUM calendar features exhibitions & events by New Zealand arts practitioners working or living abroad.
Handshake: Terra in/cognita – Te Ao hurihuri
The Crypt, London, U.K.
22 October —
28 October 2018
Eight artists from Handshake 3 and three from Handshake 4 collaborate with London based “Dialogue Collective”. In October 2018, as part of the events marking the 250th anniversary of Captain James Cook’s first voyage to the Pacific, two groups of artists from opposite sides of the world are meeting to exhibit their works in collaboration at The Crypt Gallery in London. Artist group and ‘home’ team – Dialogue Collective – and ‘away’ team– HANDSHAKE– are mooring their boats side-by-side in The Crypt to discuss, amongst other concepts, their responses to the thorny issues of cultural identity & appropriation, colonial legacy & guilt, land ownership & theft.
Both sides acknowledge the importance of objects as active tools for communication and each crew member will be exploring – often through their use of materials – their individual responses to themes such as voyaging, discovery, mapping, identity, navigation, baggage, trade, gifting, adornment, artifact, survival, and natural resources.
Both artist groups explore their differences, prejudices, grudges, and similarities in an open and welcoming collaborative environment. The outcome of this significant cultural exchange is anticipated to be one of mutual learning, understanding, and enlightenment with both parties moving forward whilst holding hands.
Eight artists from Handshake 3 and three from Handshake 4 collaborate with London based “Dialogue Collective”. In October 2018, as part of the events marking the 250th anniversary of Captain James Cook’s first voyage to the Pacific, two groups of artists from opposite sides of the world are meeting to exhibit their works in collaboration at The Crypt Gallery in London. Artist group and ‘home’ team – Dialogue Collective – and ‘away’ team– HANDSHAKE– are mooring their boats side-by-side in The Crypt to discuss, amongst other concepts, their responses to the thorny issues of cultural identity & appropriation, colonial legacy & guilt, land ownership & theft.
Both sides acknowledge the importance of objects as active tools for communication and each crew member will be exploring – often through their use of materials – their individual responses to themes such as voyaging, discovery, mapping, identity, navigation, baggage, trade, gifting, adornment, artifact, survival, and natural resources.
Both artist groups explore their differences, prejudices, grudges, and similarities in an open and welcoming collaborative environment. The outcome of this significant cultural exchange is anticipated to be one of mutual learning, understanding, and enlightenment with both parties moving forward whilst holding hands.
David Rickard, Synthesis (Heavy Chain)
Pears Building, London, UK
25 January 2024 —
25 January 2026
David Rickard unveils Synthesis (Heavy Chain), a new permanent sculpture for UCL Institute of Immunity & Transplantation at the Pears Building in London. Developed over two years, the work has been informed by lab visits and many discussions with the researchers at the IIT who are working on groundbreaking cures for such a diverse range of illnesses by decoding the building blocks of immune systems.
Guided by the coding of Messenger RNA, four different sized chain links sequence all the amino acid types within human biology and a single antibody ‘heavy chain’ suspended into the building entrance, connecting the public space with the research areas above. A short film documenting the work from concept through to installation screens at the opening event on 25 January 2024.
David Rickard unveils Synthesis (Heavy Chain), a new permanent sculpture for UCL Institute of Immunity & Transplantation at the Pears Building in London. Developed over two years, the work has been informed by lab visits and many discussions with the researchers at the IIT who are working on groundbreaking cures for such a diverse range of illnesses by decoding the building blocks of immune systems.
Guided by the coding of Messenger RNA, four different sized chain links sequence all the amino acid types within human biology and a single antibody ‘heavy chain’ suspended into the building entrance, connecting the public space with the research areas above. A short film documenting the work from concept through to installation screens at the opening event on 25 January 2024.
Claudia Kogachi, Labour of Love
Phillida Reid, London, UK
20 January —
17 February 2024
For the 2024 edition of Condo London, a city-wide series of exhibitions, Phillida Reid presents Labour of Love, a new solo show by Claudia Kogachi (b.1995 Awaji-shima, Japan, lives and works in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Aotearoa NZ).
Working with painting, textiles and installation, Kogachi leans into the personal and the imaginary; often depicting herself and those close to her carrying out everyday activities, exploring collective moments, or inserting herself and loved ones into fantastical or comical situations.
Kogachi also presents story-book-like scenarios, populated by creatures and animated elements from nature, films, or folklore, using composition to delve into interpersonal dynamics and/or emotional states. Oscillating between painting and textile, and a variety of installation techniques with a playful ease, Kogachi embraces the awkward, the charming, the romantic and the magical, through a distinctive visual language of bold block colour, producing works of simultaneously friendly and provocative presence.
For the 2024 edition of Condo London, a city-wide series of exhibitions, Phillida Reid presents Labour of Love, a new solo show by Claudia Kogachi (b.1995 Awaji-shima, Japan, lives and works in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Aotearoa NZ).
Working with painting, textiles and installation, Kogachi leans into the personal and the imaginary; often depicting herself and those close to her carrying out everyday activities, exploring collective moments, or inserting herself and loved ones into fantastical or comical situations.
Kogachi also presents story-book-like scenarios, populated by creatures and animated elements from nature, films, or folklore, using composition to delve into interpersonal dynamics and/or emotional states. Oscillating between painting and textile, and a variety of installation techniques with a playful ease, Kogachi embraces the awkward, the charming, the romantic and the magical, through a distinctive visual language of bold block colour, producing works of simultaneously friendly and provocative presence.
Jen Valender, Art for Change Prize
Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
30 November 2023 —
14 January 2024
M&C Saatchi, in collaboration with Saatchi Gallery, team up for the second year to present an international art initiative—the annual Art for Change Prize. As part of a shared mission in making art, culture, and creativity accessible to everyone, this free-to-enter prize is a celebration of emerging artistic talent. It aims to highlight and stimulate dialogue around visual arts as a medium for positive global and social change and give exposure to emerging artists worldwide. With the concept of 'Art for Change' in mind, this year’s prize invited emerging artists from around the world to creatively respond to the theme of Regeneration.
Jen Valender (b. Aotearoa New Zealand, based in Naarm Melbourne, Australia) is one of six regional winners of the 2023 Art for Change Prize, receiving a share of the total prize fund of £20,000 and exhibiting her winning work in an exhibition at Saatchi Gallery in London until January 2024.
M&C Saatchi, in collaboration with Saatchi Gallery, team up for the second year to present an international art initiative—the annual Art for Change Prize. As part of a shared mission in making art, culture, and creativity accessible to everyone, this free-to-enter prize is a celebration of emerging artistic talent. It aims to highlight and stimulate dialogue around visual arts as a medium for positive global and social change and give exposure to emerging artists worldwide. With the concept of 'Art for Change' in mind, this year’s prize invited emerging artists from around the world to creatively respond to the theme of Regeneration.
Jen Valender (b. Aotearoa New Zealand, based in Naarm Melbourne, Australia) is one of six regional winners of the 2023 Art for Change Prize, receiving a share of the total prize fund of £20,000 and exhibiting her winning work in an exhibition at Saatchi Gallery in London until January 2024.
Alexis Hunter, Women in Revolt: Art, Activism and the Women’s movement in the UK 1970–1990
Tate Britain, London, UK
08 November 2023 —
07 April 2024
The first of its kind, Women in Revolt! is a major survey of work by over 100 women artists practicing in the UK from 1970 to 1990, using a wide variety of mediums including painting, drawing, sculpture, film and performance.
This exhibition explores and reflects on issues and events such as: the British Women’s Liberation movement, the fight for legal changes impacting women, maternal and domestic experiences, Rock Against Racism and Punk, Greenham Common and the peace movement, the visibility of Black and South Asian Women Artists, Section 28 and the AIDs pandemic.
The show celebrates the work and lived experiences of women who, frequently working outside mainstream art institutions, were largely left out of the artistic narratives of the time. It showcases a productive, politically engaged set of communities, who changed the face of British culture and paved the way for future generations of artists.
The first of its kind, Women in Revolt! is a major survey of work by over 100 women artists practicing in the UK from 1970 to 1990, using a wide variety of mediums including painting, drawing, sculpture, film and performance.
This exhibition explores and reflects on issues and events such as: the British Women’s Liberation movement, the fight for legal changes impacting women, maternal and domestic experiences, Rock Against Racism and Punk, Greenham Common and the peace movement, the visibility of Black and South Asian Women Artists, Section 28 and the AIDs pandemic.
The show celebrates the work and lived experiences of women who, frequently working outside mainstream art institutions, were largely left out of the artistic narratives of the time. It showcases a productive, politically engaged set of communities, who changed the face of British culture and paved the way for future generations of artists.
Virginia Leonard, GO | BETWEEN
Cromwell Place, London, UK
11 October —
15 October 2023
Taste Contemporary presents their third London show at Cromwell Place; a two-person exhibition featuring the work of painter Marcella Barceló and ceramic artist Virginia Leonard. GO | BETWEEN refers to each artist appearing to find inspiration in spaces between very different worlds, but through contrasting means.
Addressing issues of personal trauma, injury and chronic pain, Virginia Leonard uses her material to build large-scale, highly emotive and powerful sculptural objects. She uses glazes of pinks, white and reds, vibrant blues, yellows and golds that emulate the oozing and deformations that play a part in a body’s journey through illness and recovery. Her work has been acquired by a number of public collections including the Art Gallery of South Australia; the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia and Musée Ariana, Geneva. The supporting programme features a reading by poet and writer Carmen Campo Real who has been commissioned to write a personal response to a work of Virginia Leonard.
Taste Contemporary presents their third London show at Cromwell Place; a two-person exhibition featuring the work of painter Marcella Barceló and ceramic artist Virginia Leonard. GO | BETWEEN refers to each artist appearing to find inspiration in spaces between very different worlds, but through contrasting means.
Addressing issues of personal trauma, injury and chronic pain, Virginia Leonard uses her material to build large-scale, highly emotive and powerful sculptural objects. She uses glazes of pinks, white and reds, vibrant blues, yellows and golds that emulate the oozing and deformations that play a part in a body’s journey through illness and recovery. Her work has been acquired by a number of public collections including the Art Gallery of South Australia; the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia and Musée Ariana, Geneva. The supporting programme features a reading by poet and writer Carmen Campo Real who has been commissioned to write a personal response to a work of Virginia Leonard.
Sorawit Songsataya, Gasworks residency
Gasworks, London, UK
02 October —
18 December 2023
Multimedia artist Sorawit Songsataya has been awarded the 2023 Gasworks London residency for an artist from Aotearoa New Zealand. Emcompassing sculpture, moving image, ceramics, textiles, 3D animation and sound, Songsataya’s practice draws from the complex belief systems of their home countries, Thailand and Aotearoa, to reveal dynamic interrelations within the natural world we inhabit. Their works form an in-between zone where references can be made to multiple notions of ‘home’ – from the personal to the planetary dimensions.
During their three-month residency at Gasworks, Songsataya will develop a series of voice recordings with Thai and New Zealand migrants in London. Understanding home and birthplace from a distance will be one of the approaches explored through sound recording and digital animation, unveiling a slow pace of sociocultural transformation and considering the repositioning of place and identity.
This residency is supported by the Jan Warburton Charitable Trust, private individuals who contribute to NZ Friends of Gasworks, the British Council Aotearoa New Zealand and the Pacific and Creative New Zealand.
Multimedia artist Sorawit Songsataya has been awarded the 2023 Gasworks London residency for an artist from Aotearoa New Zealand. Emcompassing sculpture, moving image, ceramics, textiles, 3D animation and sound, Songsataya’s practice draws from the complex belief systems of their home countries, Thailand and Aotearoa, to reveal dynamic interrelations within the natural world we inhabit. Their works form an in-between zone where references can be made to multiple notions of ‘home’ – from the personal to the planetary dimensions.
During their three-month residency at Gasworks, Songsataya will develop a series of voice recordings with Thai and New Zealand migrants in London. Understanding home and birthplace from a distance will be one of the approaches explored through sound recording and digital animation, unveiling a slow pace of sociocultural transformation and considering the repositioning of place and identity.
This residency is supported by the Jan Warburton Charitable Trust, private individuals who contribute to NZ Friends of Gasworks, the British Council Aotearoa New Zealand and the Pacific and Creative New Zealand.
Luana Asiata, Rejects
Art Friend, London, UK
28 July —
03 August 2023
Some of the biggest names in the art world were rejects once – and now London gallery Art Friend is showcasing the best of a new generation of rejects. REJECTS is the Alternative Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, where the best artworks from the 13,000 rejected pieces will be showcased at a gallery hidden in the heart of Bermondsey next to White Cube.
London-based abstract artist Luana Asiata was one of those who submitted their work for consideration by the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, but were not selected for display.
Some of the biggest names in the art world were rejects once – and now London gallery Art Friend is showcasing the best of a new generation of rejects. REJECTS is the Alternative Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, where the best artworks from the 13,000 rejected pieces will be showcased at a gallery hidden in the heart of Bermondsey next to White Cube.
London-based abstract artist Luana Asiata was one of those who submitted their work for consideration by the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, but were not selected for display.
Campbell Patterson and Claudia Kogachi, Group Portrait
Phillida Reid, London, UK
22 July —
23 September 2023
Group Portrait brings together work by gallery artists and friends, where depiction of the self, of those close, imagined, memorialised, even absent, is central to the works’ realisation and form. The grouping co-situates maker and subject, evoking the individuality as well as multiplicity of presence; of attachments and associations within the act of portrayal and exhibition-making.
Includes work by Prem Sahib, Ann Craven, Ebun Sodipo, Lea Cetera, Joanna Piotrowska, Nicola Bealing, Bedwyr Williams, Mohammed Z. Rahman, Edward Thomasson, Olu Ogunnaike, Campbell Patterson, Celia Hempton and Claudia Kogachi.
Group Portrait brings together work by gallery artists and friends, where depiction of the self, of those close, imagined, memorialised, even absent, is central to the works’ realisation and form. The grouping co-situates maker and subject, evoking the individuality as well as multiplicity of presence; of attachments and associations within the act of portrayal and exhibition-making.
Includes work by Prem Sahib, Ann Craven, Ebun Sodipo, Lea Cetera, Joanna Piotrowska, Nicola Bealing, Bedwyr Williams, Mohammed Z. Rahman, Edward Thomasson, Olu Ogunnaike, Campbell Patterson, Celia Hempton and Claudia Kogachi.
Oliver Smart, Open studio
Cromwell Industrial Estate, London, UK
24 June —
25 June 2023
London-based Aotearoa artist Oliver Smart opens his studio to the public from 24–25 June, as part of the Argall Avenue Open Studios and Turning Earth Midsummer Market in London. Drawings and sculptures will be on view, with artworks available to purchase, and the artist will be in attendance, discussing their practice with visitors. The location is not wheelchair accessible, but a virtual tour can be arranged with the artist for a later date.
London-based Aotearoa artist Oliver Smart opens his studio to the public from 24–25 June, as part of the Argall Avenue Open Studios and Turning Earth Midsummer Market in London. Drawings and sculptures will be on view, with artworks available to purchase, and the artist will be in attendance, discussing their practice with visitors. The location is not wheelchair accessible, but a virtual tour can be arranged with the artist for a later date.
Stephen Whittaker, Roots of Day: Dying on the Vine
JC Gallery, London, UK
10 June —
08 July 2023
The second instalment of Roots of Day looks at the nature and life cycle of painting languages and the fragments that get unearthed and integrated into modern life. For the first iteration of this ongoing series, the gallery was filled with straw and each artist asked to respond to the origins of storytelling and its place in a network culture.
Dying on the Vine considers paintings as bodies left above ground and looks at: what has remained over time, what has decomposed, which ideals in painting have cannibalized themselves and others which have become universal. Each work in the show, reminiscent of a past period in painting, takes its vocabulary and reconstitutes it, challenging the idea of the death of a language.
Featuring the works of CW Landon, Luna Sue Huang, Thomas Gillant, Daniel Arteaga and Paris-based Aotearoa artist Stephen Whittaker.
The second instalment of Roots of Day looks at the nature and life cycle of painting languages and the fragments that get unearthed and integrated into modern life. For the first iteration of this ongoing series, the gallery was filled with straw and each artist asked to respond to the origins of storytelling and its place in a network culture.
Dying on the Vine considers paintings as bodies left above ground and looks at: what has remained over time, what has decomposed, which ideals in painting have cannibalized themselves and others which have become universal. Each work in the show, reminiscent of a past period in painting, takes its vocabulary and reconstitutes it, challenging the idea of the death of a language.
Featuring the works of CW Landon, Luna Sue Huang, Thomas Gillant, Daniel Arteaga and Paris-based Aotearoa artist Stephen Whittaker.
Oscar Enberg, Day by Day, Good Day
Union Pacific, London, UK
26 April —
20 May 2023
Day by Day, Good Day draws its title from a series of paintings made by German artist Peter Dreher from 1974 until his death in 2020. Over the course of those 45 years, Dreher painted 5,000 versions of the same glass of water, recording the subtle shifts of light across each passing day. His presence here is more than just a borrowed name: Dreher’s steady focus and protracted lens lives on in the ten artists whose works line the floors and walls.
Day by Day, Good Day is curated by Ted Targett and features artists Oscar Enberg, Sara Knowland, Soshiro Matsubara, Oliver Osborne, Hamish Pearch, Garrett Pruter, Laurie Smith, Elinor Stanley, Rosemarie Trockel and Lingrui Zhang.
Day by Day, Good Day draws its title from a series of paintings made by German artist Peter Dreher from 1974 until his death in 2020. Over the course of those 45 years, Dreher painted 5,000 versions of the same glass of water, recording the subtle shifts of light across each passing day. His presence here is more than just a borrowed name: Dreher’s steady focus and protracted lens lives on in the ten artists whose works line the floors and walls.
Day by Day, Good Day is curated by Ted Targett and features artists Oscar Enberg, Sara Knowland, Soshiro Matsubara, Oliver Osborne, Hamish Pearch, Garrett Pruter, Laurie Smith, Elinor Stanley, Rosemarie Trockel and Lingrui Zhang.
Tiffany Singh, I Saw it on TV
Copeland Gallery, London, UK
21 April —
22 April 2023
An interactive exhibition exploring the complexities and contingencies of knowledge, power, and identity in the new digital age, featuring a large-scale installation by Tiffany Singh, a social practice artist from Aotearoa specialising in socially engaged art outcomes.
An interactive exhibition exploring the complexities and contingencies of knowledge, power, and identity in the new digital age, featuring a large-scale installation by Tiffany Singh, a social practice artist from Aotearoa specialising in socially engaged art outcomes.
Edith Amituanai, Martin Sagadin, Sriwhana Spong and Pati Tyrell, 'Legacies' international tour
ADM Gallery Singapore; Stelo, Portland, USA; LUX, London; Oberhausen Short Film Festival, Germany; Storage Art Space, Bangkok
03 April —
01 October 2023
Legacies, CIRCUIT's 2022 programme of artist cinema commissions of works by Aotearoa artists Edith Amituanai, Martin Sagadin, Sriwhana Spong and Pati Tyrell, will be shown at international galleries and festivals, from Singapore to Oberhausen. Curated by CIRCUIT’s 2022/23 curator-at-large Dr May Adadol Ingawanij (Thai/UK), Legacies began with a series of prompts Ingawanij sent to the artists about the potential meaning and resonance of the term.
“Legacies are that which we carry, sometimes with pride and sometimes with shame, as the basis of social bonding, whether as things a people embodies with pride or as an enduring pain, a burden, some kind of ghost. Legacies as: the pre-modern artistic, cultural, linguistic and religious heritages of the place and land that you were born into and raised in; through to the legacies of colonisation, and the spectres of nations and nationalisms; the legacies of the modern art/film histories; the narratives and ways of knowing that shaped you, and that bring an ambivalence and a desire to undo.” - May Adadol Ingawanij
The screening details are as follows:
- ADM Gallery, Singapore (Installation, 03 April - 05 May)
- Stelo, Portland, USA (Screening, 21 April)
- LUX, London (Screening/Talk by May Ingawanij, Sriwhana Spong and CIRCUIT Director Mark Williams, 26 April)
- Oberhausen Short Film Festival, Germany (Screening, 28 April)
- Storage Art Space, Bangkok (Installation, 03 August - 01 October and Gathering/Talk, 06 August).
Legacies, CIRCUIT's 2022 programme of artist cinema commissions of works by Aotearoa artists Edith Amituanai, Martin Sagadin, Sriwhana Spong and Pati Tyrell, will be shown at international galleries and festivals, from Singapore to Oberhausen. Curated by CIRCUIT’s 2022/23 curator-at-large Dr May Adadol Ingawanij (Thai/UK), Legacies began with a series of prompts Ingawanij sent to the artists about the potential meaning and resonance of the term.
“Legacies are that which we carry, sometimes with pride and sometimes with shame, as the basis of social bonding, whether as things a people embodies with pride or as an enduring pain, a burden, some kind of ghost. Legacies as: the pre-modern artistic, cultural, linguistic and religious heritages of the place and land that you were born into and raised in; through to the legacies of colonisation, and the spectres of nations and nationalisms; the legacies of the modern art/film histories; the narratives and ways of knowing that shaped you, and that bring an ambivalence and a desire to undo.” - May Adadol Ingawanij
The screening details are as follows:
- ADM Gallery, Singapore (Installation, 03 April - 05 May)
- Stelo, Portland, USA (Screening, 21 April)
- LUX, London (Screening/Talk by May Ingawanij, Sriwhana Spong and CIRCUIT Director Mark Williams, 26 April)
- Oberhausen Short Film Festival, Germany (Screening, 28 April)
- Storage Art Space, Bangkok (Installation, 03 August - 01 October and Gathering/Talk, 06 August).
James Tapsell-Kururangi, Delfina Foundation residency
Delfina Foundation, London, UK
03 April —
25 June 2023
James Tapsell-Kururangi is a Māori curator and artist, currently working as project facilitator of Papatūnga at Te Tuhi in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. Launching in March 2023, Papatūnga is a programme for arts practitioners based at an urban marae (traditional meeting house). Papatūnga will be co-designed by participants to offer professional learning through artistic exchange and experimentation.
Tapsell-Kururangi developed the pilot programme for this in 2022, drawing on Māori concepts of collectivity like whakawhānaungatanga (establishing relationships with others), sharing of kai (food), kanohi ki te kanohi (face to face exchange) to facilitate the time he spent together with the artists.
During his twelve-week residency at Delfina Foundation, Tapsell-Kururangi will work at Metroland Cultures, continuing to develop concepts for Papatūnga, learning from Metroland Cultures’ own artist support programmes, such as 'Peer to Peer', and how they work within the Brent community. The artist will also spend time getting to know the artists in Metroland Studios with a view to future exchanges between artists in New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
James Tapsell-Kururangi is a Māori curator and artist, currently working as project facilitator of Papatūnga at Te Tuhi in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. Launching in March 2023, Papatūnga is a programme for arts practitioners based at an urban marae (traditional meeting house). Papatūnga will be co-designed by participants to offer professional learning through artistic exchange and experimentation.
Tapsell-Kururangi developed the pilot programme for this in 2022, drawing on Māori concepts of collectivity like whakawhānaungatanga (establishing relationships with others), sharing of kai (food), kanohi ki te kanohi (face to face exchange) to facilitate the time he spent together with the artists.
During his twelve-week residency at Delfina Foundation, Tapsell-Kururangi will work at Metroland Cultures, continuing to develop concepts for Papatūnga, learning from Metroland Cultures’ own artist support programmes, such as 'Peer to Peer', and how they work within the Brent community. The artist will also spend time getting to know the artists in Metroland Studios with a view to future exchanges between artists in New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood author discussion
Southbank Centre, London, UK
16 March 2023
The Booker Prize-winning author of The Luminaries discusses her new novel, Birnam Wood, a gripping psychological thriller, with fellow writer Val McDermid. Click the link below to get £5 off tickets using the promo code NZCATTON.
The Booker Prize-winning author of The Luminaries discusses her new novel, Birnam Wood, a gripping psychological thriller, with fellow writer Val McDermid. Click the link below to get £5 off tickets using the promo code NZCATTON.
In*ter*is*land Collective, Whenua: Of soil and blood
Burgh House, London, UK
21 February —
12 March 2023
Born of blood and soil, Whenua explores what it means to be connected to our oldest ancestor, Papatuanuku—the land—and to each other as tagata moana. With new work from Jaq Brown, Lyall Hakaraia, Momoe i manu ae ala atea'e Tasker, Crystal Te Moananui-Squares and help from Ariana Davis.
Born of blood and soil, Whenua explores what it means to be connected to our oldest ancestor, Papatuanuku—the land—and to each other as tagata moana. With new work from Jaq Brown, Lyall Hakaraia, Momoe i manu ae ala atea'e Tasker, Crystal Te Moananui-Squares and help from Ariana Davis.
Kate Newby, So close,come on
The Sunday Painter, London, UK
25 November 2022 —
21 January 2023
So close,come on showcases a new series of site-responsive works that explore ideas around excavation and replacement, revealing Newby’s ongoing commitment to underline the limits and nature of sculpture.
For this exhibition, gleaming yellow glass panes produced in collaboration with Atelier Loire in Chartes using the process of jaune d'argent – a technique born in the 14th century – will replace the gallery windows. Other works on show include a large-scale handmade ceramic mural produced at Royce Wood Studio in Derbyshire, as well as a series of etchings revealing intricate motifs left behind by birds, cows, raccoons and the weather made over the course of several months at the artist’s home in Floresville, Texas. The synergetic nature of all the works on show – which have been produced in collaboration with either local artisans or the natural environment – always convey a strong sense of their direct, lived circumstance.
Varying in scale, Newby’s ecologically-minded artworks are dependent on their chosen site and its individual particularities, encouraging the viewer to consider sculpture’s connection and relationship to the natural world.
So close,come on showcases a new series of site-responsive works that explore ideas around excavation and replacement, revealing Newby’s ongoing commitment to underline the limits and nature of sculpture.
For this exhibition, gleaming yellow glass panes produced in collaboration with Atelier Loire in Chartes using the process of jaune d'argent – a technique born in the 14th century – will replace the gallery windows. Other works on show include a large-scale handmade ceramic mural produced at Royce Wood Studio in Derbyshire, as well as a series of etchings revealing intricate motifs left behind by birds, cows, raccoons and the weather made over the course of several months at the artist’s home in Floresville, Texas. The synergetic nature of all the works on show – which have been produced in collaboration with either local artisans or the natural environment – always convey a strong sense of their direct, lived circumstance.
Varying in scale, Newby’s ecologically-minded artworks are dependent on their chosen site and its individual particularities, encouraging the viewer to consider sculpture’s connection and relationship to the natural world.
Fiona Connor, Long Distance
Maureen Paley, London, UK
04 November 2022 —
15 January 2023
Maureen Paley Gallery in London presents its first exhibition by Aotearoa-born, Los Angeles-based artist Fiona Connor.
Connor’s work draws attention to specific objects and architectural spaces and seeks to investigate and interact with social arenas such as public parks, night clubs or exhibition venues. By utilising processes of reproduction and simulation, Connor’s sculptural language challenges how we interpret often overlooked peripheral forms and spatial details within these sites of exchange and communication. Presented in this exhibition are examples of work from recent projects that are brought together for the first time, directing the viewer’s attention between various sites, materials, and states of being, while also engaging with the specific location of the gallery. Included are recreated bulletin boards that were found along State Route 27 or Topanga Canyon Blvd that include meticulously replicated faded flyers and ephemera that have been re-made using UV-printing and screen-printing onto aluminium sheets.
Maureen Paley Gallery in London presents its first exhibition by Aotearoa-born, Los Angeles-based artist Fiona Connor.
Connor’s work draws attention to specific objects and architectural spaces and seeks to investigate and interact with social arenas such as public parks, night clubs or exhibition venues. By utilising processes of reproduction and simulation, Connor’s sculptural language challenges how we interpret often overlooked peripheral forms and spatial details within these sites of exchange and communication. Presented in this exhibition are examples of work from recent projects that are brought together for the first time, directing the viewer’s attention between various sites, materials, and states of being, while also engaging with the specific location of the gallery. Included are recreated bulletin boards that were found along State Route 27 or Topanga Canyon Blvd that include meticulously replicated faded flyers and ephemera that have been re-made using UV-printing and screen-printing onto aluminium sheets.
Pippa Blake, Undercurrents
Cromwell Place, London & Candida Stevens Gallery, Chichester
18 October —
11 November 2022
In Undercurrents, painter Pippa Blake presents a new body of work exploring creeks, streams, and rivers. Born from the centrality of voyaging by sea, land, and air to the artist’s life and career, this collection of paintings looks at waterways as routes of travel for humans, non-humans, and elemental forces alike. Many of the works in Undercurrents quietly touch on the sinister side of nature, creating a subtle tension between the beautiful and the unknown encapsulated in the reflective surfaces of apparently tranquil water.
This exhibition will run from 18 - 23 October in Gallery 3, Cromwell Place, London and 29 October - 11 November at Candida Stevens Gallery, Chichester. Some of the work will be shown at British Art Fair, Saatchi Gallery 29 September - 2 October.
In Undercurrents, painter Pippa Blake presents a new body of work exploring creeks, streams, and rivers. Born from the centrality of voyaging by sea, land, and air to the artist’s life and career, this collection of paintings looks at waterways as routes of travel for humans, non-humans, and elemental forces alike. Many of the works in Undercurrents quietly touch on the sinister side of nature, creating a subtle tension between the beautiful and the unknown encapsulated in the reflective surfaces of apparently tranquil water.
This exhibition will run from 18 - 23 October in Gallery 3, Cromwell Place, London and 29 October - 11 November at Candida Stevens Gallery, Chichester. Some of the work will be shown at British Art Fair, Saatchi Gallery 29 September - 2 October.
Simon Denny, Dotcom Séance
Now Building, London, UK
16 October —
04 December 2022
Simon Denny's major public project Dotcom Séance is an expansive digital installation reflecting core facets of the artist's work, which explores technology’s sustained influence upon global cultural and political development, with particular focus on the tech industry. For this project, Denny has selected 21 dotcom era companies declared ‘dead’ in the wake of the ostensible dotcom crash in the early 2000s, with the purpose of “resurrecting” their existence as it stands in a contemporary setting. Presented every Sunday from 12 pm – 6 pm in the Now Building on Tottenham Court Road in London.
Simon Denny's major public project Dotcom Séance is an expansive digital installation reflecting core facets of the artist's work, which explores technology’s sustained influence upon global cultural and political development, with particular focus on the tech industry. For this project, Denny has selected 21 dotcom era companies declared ‘dead’ in the wake of the ostensible dotcom crash in the early 2000s, with the purpose of “resurrecting” their existence as it stands in a contemporary setting. Presented every Sunday from 12 pm – 6 pm in the Now Building on Tottenham Court Road in London.
Sarah Rose, Brent Biennial 2022
Various venues across Brent, London, United Kingdom
08 July —
11 September 2022
The second edition of the Brent Biennial, In the House of my Love, will bring together artists and community groups whose works explore the many meanings of homemaking, including Aotearoa artist Sarah Rose. It will present a series of artworks in the south of the borough, including four new, community-led commissions in collaboration with Mosaic LGBT+ Young Persons' Trust, Asian Women’s Resource Centre, SUFRA Foodbank and Kitchen and Young Roots and is open and free for audiences to visit throughout the summer months.
Drawing its title from a line in poet Ezra Green’s A Poem to the Nationalist Marcher (For the Queer People of Warsaw), In the House of my Love will ask how, and why, the act of making home can be a form of resistance and survival within the context of hostile environments—including those of racism, homophobia, ableism, climate catastrophe and political austerity.
The second edition of the Brent Biennial, In the House of my Love, will bring together artists and community groups whose works explore the many meanings of homemaking, including Aotearoa artist Sarah Rose. It will present a series of artworks in the south of the borough, including four new, community-led commissions in collaboration with Mosaic LGBT+ Young Persons' Trust, Asian Women’s Resource Centre, SUFRA Foodbank and Kitchen and Young Roots and is open and free for audiences to visit throughout the summer months.
Drawing its title from a line in poet Ezra Green’s A Poem to the Nationalist Marcher (For the Queer People of Warsaw), In the House of my Love will ask how, and why, the act of making home can be a form of resistance and survival within the context of hostile environments—including those of racism, homophobia, ableism, climate catastrophe and political austerity.
David Rickard, Landfall
Copperfield Gallery, London, UK
30 June —
06 August 2022
'Landfall', a solo show by David Rickard, opened at Copperfield Gallery, London on June 30th. The word ‘Landfall’ refers to the arrival on land from the sea and also the instability of the land itself within a landslide or rockfall. Landfall, brings together new work by David Rickard to offer re-readings of our place between fluid boundaries, navigating our shifting status within ocean currents, political turmoil, and quantum waves. David Rickard is a New Zealand born artist who lives and works in London, UK. Following a degree in architecture he went on to study art at Accademia di Brera in Milan and Central Saint Martins in London. His original studies in architecture have had a lasting impact on his art practice. Through a process-based practice his works investigate the inherent material properties of our surrounding environment and the spatial relationships between people, objects and architecture.
'Landfall', a solo show by David Rickard, opened at Copperfield Gallery, London on June 30th. The word ‘Landfall’ refers to the arrival on land from the sea and also the instability of the land itself within a landslide or rockfall. Landfall, brings together new work by David Rickard to offer re-readings of our place between fluid boundaries, navigating our shifting status within ocean currents, political turmoil, and quantum waves. David Rickard is a New Zealand born artist who lives and works in London, UK. Following a degree in architecture he went on to study art at Accademia di Brera in Milan and Central Saint Martins in London. His original studies in architecture have had a lasting impact on his art practice. Through a process-based practice his works investigate the inherent material properties of our surrounding environment and the spatial relationships between people, objects and architecture.
Emma Bass, Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition
Royal Academy of Arts, London, United Kingdom
21 June —
21 August 2022
Held every year without fail, the Summer Exhibition is a celebration of contemporary art and architecture. Anyone can enter their work – leading artists, household names, new and emerging talent. Aotearoa photographer Emma Bass has been selected to exhibit her work at this year’s edition, open from 21 June until 21 August.
Held every year without fail, the Summer Exhibition is a celebration of contemporary art and architecture. Anyone can enter their work – leading artists, household names, new and emerging talent. Aotearoa photographer Emma Bass has been selected to exhibit her work at this year’s edition, open from 21 June until 21 August.
Billy Apple®, Rainbows 1965
Mayor Gallery, London, United Kingdom
18 May —
27 July 2022
The Mayor Gallery presents the exhibition Rainbows 1965 by Billy Apple®. A re-staging of Apple's ground-breaking solo exhibition first shown at Bianchini Gallery in New York City, 1965 and credited with being one of the first to treat electric light as a new sculptural medium, a move that was then beginning to galvanise a range of artists working in the USA and Europe. Taking the rainbow as its central motif, this show proved Apple’s attraction to new products and advancing technologies, and his fascination for the science of colour and light.
Working extensively with the artist’s wife, Mary Apple, to prepare the surviving works still in the artist’s possession, The Mayor Gallery features four original neon sculptures, a rare semi-circular Rainbow print, and three Plexiglas objects, and is the first time Apple’s Rainbows have been presented together since 1965. A conversation between Christina Barton, Mary Apple and Alex Bacon takes place on the 24th May.
The Mayor Gallery presents the exhibition Rainbows 1965 by Billy Apple®. A re-staging of Apple's ground-breaking solo exhibition first shown at Bianchini Gallery in New York City, 1965 and credited with being one of the first to treat electric light as a new sculptural medium, a move that was then beginning to galvanise a range of artists working in the USA and Europe. Taking the rainbow as its central motif, this show proved Apple’s attraction to new products and advancing technologies, and his fascination for the science of colour and light.
Working extensively with the artist’s wife, Mary Apple, to prepare the surviving works still in the artist’s possession, The Mayor Gallery features four original neon sculptures, a rare semi-circular Rainbow print, and three Plexiglas objects, and is the first time Apple’s Rainbows have been presented together since 1965. A conversation between Christina Barton, Mary Apple and Alex Bacon takes place on the 24th May.
Jelly Green, BURN
Noho Studios, London, United Kingdom
31 March —
03 April 2022
Jelly Green (b.1992) is a British - New Zealand painter who divides her time between her studio in Suffolk and London. Her work is defined by her passion for the natural world, particularly the earth’s forests. Having spent extended periods immersed in the global web of jungles and rainforests from Brazil to Borneo and Sri Lanka to New Zealand, Jelly’s large-scale works revel in the magnificent primordial canopies, while unflinchingly bearing witness to the brutal decapitation and destruction of the world’s lungs.
Noho studios presents an exhibition of new oil paintings by Jelly Green. BURN contains 39 pieces of work which draws attention to the state of the world's forests.
Jelly Green (b.1992) is a British - New Zealand painter who divides her time between her studio in Suffolk and London. Her work is defined by her passion for the natural world, particularly the earth’s forests. Having spent extended periods immersed in the global web of jungles and rainforests from Brazil to Borneo and Sri Lanka to New Zealand, Jelly’s large-scale works revel in the magnificent primordial canopies, while unflinchingly bearing witness to the brutal decapitation and destruction of the world’s lungs.
Noho studios presents an exhibition of new oil paintings by Jelly Green. BURN contains 39 pieces of work which draws attention to the state of the world's forests.
Sriwhana Spong, The Poem is a Temple: performance for Live Art Commissions
Studio Spaces, London, United Kingdom
6.00PM — 12.00AM
30 March 2022
Live Art Commissions is an evening showcase of brand new performances presented by The Roberts Institute of Art, featuring Aotearoa artist Sriwhana Spong. 'The Poem is a Temple' by Sriwhana Spong re-enacts and vocalises sections from the twelfth-century Javanese poem the Bhomāntaka. This epic mythological tale is described by its unknown author as a caṇḍi (temple)— a temple which is built with language. Developed in close collaboration with the Javanese dhalang (puppeteer) and throat singer, Ki Sujarwo Joko Prehatin, Sriwhana Spong and dhalang Aris Daryono perform fragments from the epic, exploring the shifting boundaries of bodies and spaces and the relationship between personal narratives and mythological figures.
Live Art Commissions is an evening showcase of brand new performances presented by The Roberts Institute of Art, featuring Aotearoa artist Sriwhana Spong. 'The Poem is a Temple' by Sriwhana Spong re-enacts and vocalises sections from the twelfth-century Javanese poem the Bhomāntaka. This epic mythological tale is described by its unknown author as a caṇḍi (temple)— a temple which is built with language. Developed in close collaboration with the Javanese dhalang (puppeteer) and throat singer, Ki Sujarwo Joko Prehatin, Sriwhana Spong and dhalang Aris Daryono perform fragments from the epic, exploring the shifting boundaries of bodies and spaces and the relationship between personal narratives and mythological figures.
Sarah Rose, Aggregate 2022
Freelands Foundation, London, United Kingdom
10 March —
29 March 2022
This exhibition brings together the work of 21 artists working across the UK, including Aotearoa artist Sarah Rose.
Sarah Rose’s practice considers the non-productive lifecycles of materials. She harnesses organic and human-made matter that is perceived as no longer useful and transforms it into new physical forms. In Drifts, found plastic is suspended by metal chains and bound in dyed scraps of fabric to resemble hybrid plant-like forms. These reference algae-encrusted detritus found in intertidal zones or tree branches wrapped to protect their bark from exposure to winter sun. Alongside, two small wall-based elements appear to be split or sliced open to reveal inner structures. A lattice tree resin casing suggests the protective outer layer around underwater telecommunications cables or the discarded skin of a snake.
This exhibition brings together the work of 21 artists working across the UK, including Aotearoa artist Sarah Rose.
Sarah Rose’s practice considers the non-productive lifecycles of materials. She harnesses organic and human-made matter that is perceived as no longer useful and transforms it into new physical forms. In Drifts, found plastic is suspended by metal chains and bound in dyed scraps of fabric to resemble hybrid plant-like forms. These reference algae-encrusted detritus found in intertidal zones or tree branches wrapped to protect their bark from exposure to winter sun. Alongside, two small wall-based elements appear to be split or sliced open to reveal inner structures. A lattice tree resin casing suggests the protective outer layer around underwater telecommunications cables or the discarded skin of a snake.
Len Lye, Surrealism Beyond Borders
Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom
24 February —
29 August 2022
Surrealism is not a style – but a state of mind. It aims to subvert reality. To find the uncanny in the everyday. To tap into our unconscious desires and bring dreams to life. And for many artists around the world, it has been a way to challenge authority and imagine a new world. Previous stories of surrealism have focused on Paris in the 1920s.
Based on extensive research, this exhibition will reach across the world and over 50 years. It will show how artists around the world have been inspired and united by surrealism – from centres as diverse as Buenos Aires, Cairo, Lisbon, Mexico City, Prague, Seoul, and Tokyo. Surrealism Beyond Borders is presented in the Eyal Ofer Galleries and includes New Zealand artist Len Lye.
Surrealism is not a style – but a state of mind. It aims to subvert reality. To find the uncanny in the everyday. To tap into our unconscious desires and bring dreams to life. And for many artists around the world, it has been a way to challenge authority and imagine a new world. Previous stories of surrealism have focused on Paris in the 1920s.
Based on extensive research, this exhibition will reach across the world and over 50 years. It will show how artists around the world have been inspired and united by surrealism – from centres as diverse as Buenos Aires, Cairo, Lisbon, Mexico City, Prague, Seoul, and Tokyo. Surrealism Beyond Borders is presented in the Eyal Ofer Galleries and includes New Zealand artist Len Lye.
Sriwhana Spong, The Poem is a Temple
Studio Spaces, Wapping, London, UK
6.00PM — 7.00PM
16 December 2021
A live performance of The Poem is a Temple by Aotearoa artist Sriwhana Spong at Studio Spaces in London, beginning at 6 pm, 16 December 2021.
The Poem is a Temple re-enacts and vocalises sections from the twelfth-century Javanese poem the Bhomāntaka. This epic mythological tale is described by its unknown author as a caṇḍi — a temple which is built with language.
Working in close collaboration with the Javanese dhalang (puppeteer) and throat singer, Ki Sujarwo Joko Prehatin, Sriwhana Spong performs fragments from the epic, exploring the shifting boundaries of bodies and spaces and how we can understand the Bhomāntaka as a temple of language.
A live performance of The Poem is a Temple by Aotearoa artist Sriwhana Spong at Studio Spaces in London, beginning at 6 pm, 16 December 2021.
The Poem is a Temple re-enacts and vocalises sections from the twelfth-century Javanese poem the Bhomāntaka. This epic mythological tale is described by its unknown author as a caṇḍi — a temple which is built with language.
Working in close collaboration with the Javanese dhalang (puppeteer) and throat singer, Ki Sujarwo Joko Prehatin, Sriwhana Spong performs fragments from the epic, exploring the shifting boundaries of bodies and spaces and how we can understand the Bhomāntaka as a temple of language.
Vivian Lynn at Frieze London
Frieze Art Week, London, United Kingdom
13 October —
17 October 2021
Southard Reid, London will be showing Aotearoa artist Vivan Lynn at Frieze Art Week, London, 13 - 17 October 2021. From both within and outside of the conventional structures of the art establishment, Lynn sought to construct and record an alternative tradition for art, one that had deep roots but which she re-worked so that its symbols were no longer inimical to women. She interwove a diverse range of media: sculpture, installation, collage, painting, photography, drawing, print and book-making, incorporating references to history, culture, politics, society, technology and chemical, biological and medical processes.
Southard Reid will also be showing other artists Ann Craven, Celia Hempton, Joanna Piotrowska, Neal Jones.
Southard Reid, London will be showing Aotearoa artist Vivan Lynn at Frieze Art Week, London, 13 - 17 October 2021. From both within and outside of the conventional structures of the art establishment, Lynn sought to construct and record an alternative tradition for art, one that had deep roots but which she re-worked so that its symbols were no longer inimical to women. She interwove a diverse range of media: sculpture, installation, collage, painting, photography, drawing, print and book-making, incorporating references to history, culture, politics, society, technology and chemical, biological and medical processes.
Southard Reid will also be showing other artists Ann Craven, Celia Hempton, Joanna Piotrowska, Neal Jones.