exibition year: 2024
Hiria Anderson-Mita was born, raised, and still lives in her whānau homestead in the Waikato township of Otorohanga. Her art practice is focused on the everyday lives of the people in her community and she is interested, particularly, in the ways that Māori culture adapts and intersects with 21st century life. We are proud to present an exhibition […]
Rob Gardiner, co-Director of the Chartwell Trust, established the Centre for Contemporary Art in Hamilton in 1982. It was the first home for an art collection which is now held at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki. Today, at 91 years of age, Gardiner is recognised throughout the country as a collector, a patron and […]
Areez Katki was born in Mumbai, India in 1989. He came to Aotearoa New Zealand as a child and grew up in East Auckland. His multidisciplinary practice explores his genetic heritage and landscape through embroidery, tapestry, weaving, beading, painting, printmaking and sculpture. He is the recipient of the 2024 Berlin Residency awarded by Creative New Zealand. Tim […]
Tim Melville Gallery is proud to present an exhibition of new work by Paul Hartigan. In his foreword to Don Abbott’s 2015 biography ‘Vivid: The Paul Hartigan Story’, artist and writer Greg O’Brien describes Hartigan’s art as having “brightness, volatility, attitude, agitation and jouissance”, as well as “an urbanness, a dazzling, amped-up, thrashy, occasionally freaked-out […]
Tim Melville is pleased to present an exhibition of eight new paintings by Star Gossage (Ngāti Wai, Ngāti Ruanui). The artist writes: “I took my daughter Grace to Tahiti this year.It was a return voyage that my ancestors made centuries ago.When I saw the islands I cried and the people said, “Star, you cry because […]
Laurie Steer sent me a text a while back:“Tim, call me when you’re free or not on holiday.”“I’ve got flu. Can we talk next week – or is it urgent?”“Zero urgency. Stay in bed. Bump Vicks. Watch re-runs of Gloss.” If Laurie calls you can bet the conversation will be high energy, interesting and maybe […]
A group exhibition of artworks from across Aotearoa and Australia, including from Aboriginal communities at Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka (NT), Ninuku (SA), Numbulwar (NT), Tennant Creek (NT), Warakurna (WA), Warlayirti (WA) and Warnayaka (NT) Andrew BlytheDhambit #2 WanambiDjakaŋu Yunupiŋu Djirrirra WunuŋmurraDjurrayun MurrinyinaGaypalani Wanambi Helicopter (Joey Tjungurrayi)Joe SheehanJohl Dwyer Jonathan JonesLily Nungarrayi HargravesManini Gumana Marcus CamphooMonica Puntjina WatsonNgahina Hohaia Nola CampbellNoŋgirrŋa MarawiliNumbulwar Ghost […]
Essay by Rosie Dawson-Hughes For three decades Nephi Tupaea’s art practice has explored what it means to take up space and have agency – over her body, her identity, her stories. As a long-standing member of activist art collectives Pacific Sisters and the SaVĀge K’lub, Tupaea (Ngāti Koata, Ngāti Tiipa, Ngāti Koroki Kahukura, Ngāti Kahungunu) […]
For the 2024 Aotearoa Art Fair TMG is proud to present raku-fired ceramic vessels by Tracy Keith (Ngāpuhi), stone carvings by Joe Sheehan and works on bark, acrylic and recycled road signs by Gaypalani Wanambi and Ms. D. Wanambi – Yonglu artists working at Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Centre in Arnhem Land, NT During the weekend we will be […]
After returning to Aotearoa New Zealand from New York, where he had been working as a fashion photographer, Russ Flatt (Ngāti Kahungunu) completed a PGDip FA at Auckland University’s Elam School of Fine Arts. He graduated in 2013 having won the University’s Post-graduate Photography Prize. Flatt’s work addresses notions of identity and belonging – including […]
In a recent conversation with Salome Tanuvasa I asked what she had been reading and thinking about as she prepared for our exhibition. “Matisse. I’ve been looking at his colours and shapes and how he would paint fabrics and textiles, and the things he could see from his window.” She showed me a photo on her phone […]
Our 2024 opening exhibition, “Mind that Māori”, was given its title by artists Lissy & Rudi Robinson-Cole. They had noticed parent-helpers at a children’s swimming event wearing “Mind that Child” high-vis vests … so crocheted wool “Mind that Māori” artworks were the obvious next step! Initially the artists created an edition of framed artworks in their signature Wharenui Harikoa neon […]