exibition year: 2026
Tim Melville is pleased to present ‘Assimilation’, an exhibition of eight new paintings by Nephi Tupaea (Ngāti Koata, Ngāti Tiipa, Ngāti Koroki Kahukura, Ngati Kahungunu). “In terms of the Māori experience”, Tupaea writes, “assimilation is another way of talking about occupation, but it’s also a story of resilience, survival and adaptation. Our tūpuna were not passive […]
Hiria Anderson-MitaJohl DwyerRuss Flatt Star GossageChevron HassettNgahina Hohaia Areez KatkiTracy KeithMaureen LanderAlberto Garcia-Alvarez Joe SheehanSalome TanuvasaNgaroma RileyNephi Tupaea Photography by Kallan MacLeod
Tim Melville Gallery is pleased to present Line Drawing, an exhibition of new stone sculpture by Joe Sheehan. Joe Sheehan studied contemporary jewellery at Unitec in the mid-1990s and his interest in the historical, geological and cultural context of stone has led to extensive on-site field work and exploration both in Aotearoa and overseas. The space […]
Glenn Heenan is a painter based in Tāmaki Makaurau whose work explores the zone between realist representation and abstraction. Heenan studied painting at Unitec, Auckland under Richard Fahey. In his final year he was invited by Te Arawa Master Carver Dr Lyonel Grant to assist in painting the kōwhaiwhai for the newly commissioned Te Noho […]
In the current issue of the recently relaunched ‘Art News’ magazine writer Dina Jezdic observes that “to write a preview of [Alberto Garcia-Alvarez’s] show is to confront the particularity of a practice that rejects the very idea of the preview. No new body of work finished in preparation for exhibition. No theme declared in advance. […]
Tim Melville is pleased to be participating in the 2026 Aotearoa Art Fair. Across the first two days of the Fair we will present a solo exhibition of hand-embroidered artworks by Areez Katki created on textile fragments given to the artist by his family’s Parsi tailor in Mumbai, India. Katki is a member of the Parsi community; an ancient ethnominority […]
Every August, when Darwin’s weather is at its balmiest, the city is transformed by two events: the Telstra National Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA) held at the Museum, and the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair (DAAF) held at the Convention Centre. Presented in consultation with the Larrakia people – on whose land the […]
Maramataka is a group show of artworks by thirteen Māori artists working across sculpture (bronze and wood), painting, weaving, 3D printing, crochet and photography. The Maramataka is the traditional Māori lunar calendar. The kupu translates as ‘moon rotating’ and was traditionally used by Māori to guide the timings of planting, harvesting, fishing and ritual. Today we are increasingly […]