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  • Tutors’ Show at Browne School of Art

    The annual Browne School tutors’ showcase opens on 25th February 2026 and runs for 3 weeks.

  • Gordon Harris award

    I’m pleased to say that I’ve won the Gordon Harris award at the Waiheke Walker and Hall Art Awards for a second time. Held at the Waiheke Community Art Gallery on Waiheke Island it is an annual art award the paramount winner being worth $10,000. There are four awards in total so thanks are due…

  • ‘Unscripted’ – Upcoming Exhibition at Föenander Galleries

    20th February is the date for the opening of my solo exhibition, ‘Unscripted’ at Föenander Galleries in Faraday Street, Parnell, Auckland. A few of the works can be previewed on their website here. If you can’t make the opening on the 20th, the exhibition runs until the 10th March. Tangihua St / Beach Road, oil…

  • Index at Gallery 138

    A new gallery has opened on the North Shore run by Wendy Harsant. The first show will be ‘Index: small works’which is a cash and carry event. All works are one postcard sized card. Each artist is invited to exhibit 10 works in all. All the best for this new venture. Photos of the opening…

  • Gordon Harris Award at Waiheke

    I was honoured to win the Gordon Harris award at the 2023 Walker and Hall Art Awards at the Waiheke Community Art Gallery last weekend. Many thanks to the Gallery, the sponsors Walker and Hall, Gordon Harris Art Materials and the Cable Bay Vineyard for hosting the Gala dinner. A huge thanks to Lonnie Hutchinson…

  • New Wave

    Foenander Gallery hosted an exhibition of my recent work. ‘New Wave’ in March 2023. The opening was photographed by Sait Akkirman of artsdiary and you can view his photos here. Photo credit Sait Akkirman of artsdiary The list of works and text can be viewed at Foenander Gallery. A review by John Daly-Peoples can be…

  • Waiheke Walker and Hall Art Awards

    ‘Post Box’ is part of the exhibition opening on Friday 14th October at the Waiheke Community Arts Centre in Oneroa and the winners will be announced on Saturday 15th.

  • Opening of ‘Outsider’

    Photographer Sait Akkirman documented the opening of ‘Outsider’ and his great photographs are on his website Artsdiary.

  • ‘Outsider’ – a solo exhibition

    The opening of ‘Outsider’ is at 6.00 to 8.00pm on Friday 12th March at Föenander Gallery in Mount Eden. The show represents my new work from the past year and it is my first true solo show at Föenander Galleries. Previously I have exhibited with the sculptor Ramon Robertson or had a joint show with…

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