New Zealand, -1964
I live in Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland. I work from my studio at artist run gallery Arthaus Contemporary, Orakei. I am a painter, I also make small sculpture, incorporating found and discarded materials. I am a member of Re-Use Collective with 7 other artists.
My practice is driven by a love of the natural world, the interconnectedness of everything, and, consequently the enormous impact an obsessive culture of extraction and consumption has on ecology.
My paintings contain principles of both landscape and abstract painting, an understanding of the emotive power of colour and a fascination with the alchemy of materials and how we value them. I am interested in the “atmosphere” or energy contained in a work that is conjured from the multitudinous influences at play on any given day on both artist and materials.
I am a strong believer in the connective and beneficial power of art, and I am interested in working with art in communities to engage and challenge behaviour regarding waste.
Recent Exhibitions
Silence, Group Show, Arthaus Contemporary, April 2026 (Arts Diary documentation here)
Critical Mass, Group Show, Ramp Gallery, Hamilton, October 2025
Thinking About Breathing, Solo show, Franklin Art Centre, September 2025
Displaced- A longing for Home, with Kara Burrowes, The Refinery Artspace Nelson, May 2025
What is the Matter? Solo show, Arthaus Contemporary, June 2024 (Arts Diary Documentation here)
Fabric Forward Group Show Re-Use Collective and Fashion Revolution, April 2024
Summer Show Group Show with Arthaus resident artists, February 2024
Morsel, Re-Use Collective for Eco-Fest, Easel Gallery, March 2023
Cyclone Relief Show for Hawkes Bay Artists, (Concept and Curation, included 88 artists), Arthaus Contemporary , May 2023
Earth Matters, Re-Use Collective, Arthaus Contemporary, November 2022
Witness, Group show for Sustainable Coastlines, Climate Festival October 2022
Waste-Age, with Milvia Romici, Arthaus Contemporary, July 2022 (Arts Diary Documentation here)
Afloat, Group Show, Arthaus Contemporary, 2021 (Arts Diary documentation here)
Washed Up, Solo Show, Arthaus Contemporary, 2020 (Arts Diary Documentation here)
Disintegrating form, Group Show, Arthaus Contemporary, 2018 (Arts Diary Documentation here)
Graduate Art Fair, Guangzhou, China, for Auckland University, 2017
Initiate(s) New Graduates Show, Lake House Arts, 2017
Elam Grad Show , Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland University, 2015, 2016
Point of Departure, Railway St Studios, Auckland, 2015
Collision of Worlds, Silver Project Space, Auckland, 2014
Competitions/Awards
2025 Finalist Walker and Hall Waiheke Small Sculpture Award
2025 Finalist NZ Small Sculpture Award
2025 Finalist NZ Painting and Printmaking Award
2025 Finalist Molly Morpeth Canaday Award
2024 Finalist Uxbridge, Estuary Art Awards
2024 Finalist Craigs Aspiring Art Awards, Wanaka
2023 Finalist Walker & Hall, Waiheke Art Awards
2023 Highly Commended, Uxbridge Estuary Art Awards
2023 Finalist Craigs Aspiring Art Awards, Wanaka
2022 Finalist Walker & Hall, Waiheke Art Awards
2022 Selected piece for inclusion in opening of Auckland Climate Festival
2022 Finalist NZ Painting and Printmaking Award, Waikato Art Museum.
2017 Finalist, National Contemporary Art Award, Waikato Art Museum.
Writing
https://art-newzealand.com/issues/issue-194/ Dina Jezdic on RE-Use Group Curiosities of Status exhibition Corban Estates
https://eyecontactmagazine.com/2025/11/-3 Peter Dornauf on Critical Mass, Group show at Ramp Gallery Wintec Hamilton
Grants
2024 Creative NZ Early Career Grant
2022 Orakei Board, Creative Humans Grant.
Education
2017 Master of Fine Arts,(Hons) University of Auckland
2016 Post Graduate Diploma Fine Arts,(Distinction) University of Auckland
2019 Certified Mediator, Resolution Institute
Bachelor of Arts (English and Psychology) University of Auckland
Bachelor of Law, University of Auckalnd