TRAINING

I began painting in 2003, and have undertaken the following training since then:

2007

Northland Craft Trust Quarry 8 Day Summer School.  Tutor: Jane Zusters

3 Day workshop with Paula McNeil at Pumpkin Hill Studio, Tairua

2008

Northland Craft Trust Quarry 8 Day Summer School.  Tutor: James Lawrence

2009

1. •Northland Craft Trust Quarry 8 Day Summer School.   Tutors: Sue Daly & Maree Wilson
   

2010

1. •Northland Craft Trust Quarry 8 Day Summer School.  Tutor: James Lawrence
   
   

2. •Hungry Creek Art School – Weekend Workshop.  Tutor: Brett A’Court
   

2012

1. •Northland Craft Trust Quarry 8 Day Summer School.  Tutor: Philippa Blair
   

2015 - 2017

1. •Expressive life drawing and painting with tutors Allie Eagle and Cushla Parakowhai, Corban’s Art Estate, Auckland
   

ARTICLES

1. •Featured artist in Aotearoa Artist, the New Zealand Artist on-line magazine. April/May 2022 - Volume 3 - Issue 51
   

EXHIBITIONS

2008

1. •2 works included in a group exhibition at Gallery8, Te Awamutu
   
   

2009

1. •How the Light Gets In. Individual exhibition at Sola, Thames
   
   

2011

1. •Going Deeper: Paintings & Monoprints. Individual exhibition, Bruce Mason Centre, Auckland
   
   

2. •Fault Lines: How the Light Gets In. The Wallace Gallery, Morrinsville
   
   

2012

1. •Jerusalem Windows: Eyes on the Soul of the Land. Individual exhibition, The Barbed Wire Gallery, Raetihi
   
   

2013

1. •Selected Artist, General Exhibition, New Zealand Art Show. TSB Bank Arena, Wellington
   

2014

1. •Arrivals & Departures: 40 Years of Flight.  Ida Carey Gallery, Artspost at The Waikato Museum, Hamilton, 17 January - 17 February
   
   

2. •Arrivals & Departures: 40 Years of Flight.  The Chapel, Cityside, Mt Eden, Auckland, 19 August - 6 September
   

2015

1. •3 works included in Keep Kauri Standing exhibition.  No 1 Parnell Gallery, Rawene, Northland, March 7 - April 23
   
   

2. •3 works included in Wairua exhibition at Kings Theatre Gallery, Kawakawa, Northland, 10 April - 22 May
   

2016

1. •3 works included in Solstice Showcase exhibition at No 1 Parnell Gallery, Rawene, Northland, October/November
   

2017

1. •Co-curated Where Shall We Call Home? with 11 works included.  Depot Artspace, Devonport, 17 June - 5 July
   

1. •1 work included, group exhibition at Mokopōpaki, Newton, Auckland, July/August
   
   

2019

1. •Co-curated Nourishing the Roots of Empathy with 10 works included.  Depot Artspace, Devonport, 21 September - 9 October
   

1. •3 works included in Greater Auckland Arts Awards, Corban’s Art Estate, September/October
   

1. •2 works included in VA Summer Show, Village Arts, Kohukohu, December
   

2020

1. •Manners of Speaking | E korero ana nga whakatauki, Geoff Wilson Gallery, NorthTec, Whangarei, 21 Feb – 26 March. Group show curated by Sonja Van Kerkhoff and NorthTec 3rd Year Students. With: Alicia Courtney, Andrea Gardener, Ashleigh Taupaki, Brit Bunkley, Carolyn Lye, Catrina Sutter, Chiara Rubino, Cle Tukuitonga, Elaina Arkeooll, Giacomo Silvano, Hilda Simetin, Jacqueline Wassen, Jamie Larnach, Jarred Taylor, Jeff Thomson, Joas Nebe, John Hoby, John Mulholland, Maartje Zandboer, Naomi Roche, Lipika Sen & Prabhjyot Majithia, Peter Scott, Piet Nieuwland, Robert Brown, Sam Melser, Sonja van Kerkhoff, Tash Nikora, Tracy Singer, Ursula Christel, Mokopōpaki, Yllwbro, Mokopōpaki.
   

1. •Ko rātou, ko tātou | On Otherness and Us-ness, Northart, Auckland, 16 March – 1 April, 2020. Curated by Salama Moata McNamara and Sonja van Kerkhoff. With: Salama Moata McNamara, Sonja van Kerkhoff, Layla Walter, Ursula Christel, Narjis Mirza, Phil Dadson, Carolyn Lye, Jeff Thompson, Christina Hurihia Wirihana, Fiona Lee Graham, Joanna Margaret Paul, Gavin Chilcott, Lipika Sen & Adibah Saad, Tash Nikora, John Mulholland, Azadeh Emadi, Narjis Mirza & Jessika Kenney.
   

1. •Waitakere Arts Expo, Corban’s Art Estate, Auckland. 2nd Prize, Painting Section, for What If II. September 19 - 28.
   

2021

1. •E Tiaki - Take Care, artHAUS, Orakei, Auckland, 24 March - 11 April. Curated by Sonja van Kerkhoff, with Aodhán Floyd, April Shin, Ashleigh Taupaki, Bev Goodwin, Cathy Carter, Chiara Rubino, Emma Papadopoulos, Jessy Rahman, Jumaadi, Lipika Sen, Lissy and Rudi Robinson-Cole, Lloyd Lawrence, Michelle Mayn, Naomi Roche, Narjis Mirza, Martin Wohlwend, Masud Olufani, Nawruz Paguidopon, Prabhjyot Majithia, Phil Dadson, Pietertje van Splunter, Robert Hamilton, Sen McGlinn, Shaeron Caton Rose Sonja van Kerkhoff, Ursula Christel, Xiaojie Zheng, Yllwbro.
   

1. •At Times Like These: the artist collective is a lifeline, Street Front Gallery, Depot Artspace, Auckland, 8 - 28 April. Solo exhibition.
   

1. •Sampler – Depot Artspace Members Show, Street Front Gallery, Auckland, December 4 - December 22. (3 paintings included).
   

1. •I, Camera, Photospace Gallery, Wellington, December 10 - January 29, 2022. (Self-portrait photograph included).
   

2022

1. •Take Care/Tiakina, Papakura Art Gallery, Auckland, 15 January - 5 March. Curated by Sonja van Kerkhoff. With: Ayaa Musuya, Aodhán Floyd, Ashleigh Taupaki, Bev Goodwin, Brenda Liddiard, Cle Tutuitonga, Cathy Carter, Chiara Rubino, Emma Papadopoulos, Jeff Thomson, Jessy Rahman, Jumaadi, Lipika Sen, Lissy and Rudi Robinson-Cole, Lloyd Lawrence, Louie Bretana, Martin Wohlwend, Masud Olufani, Nawruz Paguidopon, Pascal Atiga-Bridger, Prabhjyot Majithia, Phil Dadson, Pietertje van Splunter, Regan Balzer, Robert Hamilton, Sen McGlinn, Shaeron Caton Rose, Sonja van Kerkhoff, Ursula Christel, Xiaojie Zheng, Yllwbro.
   

1. •Hibiscus & Bays Art Awards, Mairangi Bay Arts Centre, Auckland, 9 - 22 April.
   

1. •The Trusts 35th Art Exhibition. Trusts Stadium, Henderson, Auckland, 2-10 September.
   

2023

1. •The Unshackled Image. Te whakaahua whakawatea. Curated by Sonja van Kerkhoff. Quest Art Space, Whangarei. 13 November - 17 December.  With:  Aodhán Floyd, Bev Goodwin, Brenda Liddiard, Camila During, Chris Schreuder, Cle Tukuitonga, Colin Harris, Carol Peters, Emma Papadopoulos, Jago Neal, Jeff Thomson, Lissy and Rudi Robinson-Cole, Miriam von Mulert, Nawruz Paguidopon, PANIA!, Pascal Atiga-Bridger,  Phil Dadson, Pieter Nieuwland, Robert Carter, Sen McGlinn, Shaeron Caton Rose, Sonja van Kerkhoff, Sophia Dadson, S Vincent Hill, Tracey Willms Deane, Ursula Christel.
   

2024

1. •Potential. Ma te kakano, Quest Art Space, Whangarei, 7 - 27 April. Curated by Sonja van Kerkhoff. With: Annettte Ah Chee, Bev Goodwin, Brenda Liddiard, Chris Schreuder, Cle Tukuitonga, Darren-Beaudene Hita, Emma Papadopoulos, Gianni Prencipe, Huriana Gilet, Jeff Thomson, Judy Stokes, Miriam von Mulert, Michelle Newman, Phil Dadson, Pieter Nieuwland, Raewyn Turner, Roland Stenger, Ruth Genet, Sen McGlinn, Sonja van Kerkhoff, Sophia Dadson, Ursula Christel, Valma Shanks, Yuki Fukuda.
   

1. •Waitakere Arts Members Exhibition. Shed 2, Corban Art Estate, Auckland. 20 - 28 April. 3 paintings included.
   

Artist Statement     Recent Work    Abstracts    Ten Last Strokes Collective      

Paintings 2015-18    Portraits    Recent Work    Exhibition News   Prints

Jerusalem Windows Series    Empathy Works     Watercolours 

Where Shall We Call Home?     Whose Shoulders Am I Standing on?