Join Beth Torrance-Hetherington and Sofia Roger Williams for kōrero with artists and creative types from the wide art world of Tāmaki Makaurau and beyond!
The winner of the 2023 Portage Ceramics awards has recently been announced as Jino Jeong, for his work Celestial Thread: A Tapestry of Sunshine and Spiderwebs.
Jino is a Tāmaki Makaurau based ceramicist, who was born in Seoul and studied ceramics at Kyonggi University in South Korea.
The pieces in Celestial Thread were praised for their meticulously crafted forms defining volume through lines in space.
Frances had a chat to Jino to learn more about his entry.
Coming up at the Small Rave exhibition space at 74 Karangahape Road, artist, DJ and Splore co-founder Jamie Larnach is showcasing his exhibition ‘How we Human’.
This goes into his unique world view and perception of how we live as humans, elaborating on themes of consciousness, quantum physics and individual definitions of reality.
Over at the ArtPaper HQ on Lorne Street, painter Isabella Dampney is showcasing a mixture of the work she made during her masters and in the few months after.
The show, titled Going Commando goes between various themes, circulated around Isabella's childhood and the pieces of media that informed it.
That’ll be opening next week. Liam had a chat with her about the exhibition and more.
Liam has a chat with Isabella Dampney about her exhibition opening at the ArtPaper HQ next Friday.
They also have a chat with Lance Fepulea’i about the Skypirates and friends exhibition opening tonight at their space in orningside.
Frances speaks to Creative New Zealand’s Tracey Monastra and Dr James Wenley about New Mirrors: strengthening arts and culture media for Aotearoa New Zealand, a qualitative study based on insights from 52 interviews with arts and media professionals.
Simon Leary chats about Heartbreak Hotel, which explores the universal experience of heartbreak, a work formed by Eleanor Bishop and Karin McCracken, winners of the 2022 Bruce Mason Award.
Each year Artspace Aotearoa orbits one question in the company of artists and through exhibitions. In 2023 they have been asking “where does my body belong?” Artspace is closing out the exploration of this with the first iteration of the New Commissions programme, evolving out of the legacy of the annual New Artists show. Sunlighting presents the work of three emerging artists living in Tāmakai Makaurau Auckland. To hear about the show Frances caught up with director Ruth Buchanan and artist Prairie Hartchard-McGill.
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