Affordable Art Sale - Members Show
NOV 26th - DEC 19th
Artworks and crafts made by local artists. Your chance to buy unique gifts made right here in your community all at under $400
NOV 26th - DEC 19th
Artworks and crafts made by local artists. Your chance to buy unique gifts made right here in your community all at under $400
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We want to thank all artists who entered into our annual Kumeu Art Awards. The standard for 2019 was exceptional. Go to page Kumeu Arts Awards for more info |
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Jago Neal
Oct 7 - Oct 26 POD gallery Neal is interested in alternative photographic processes that allow serendipitous moments to occur. “I enjoy exploring the transformative ways you can create imagery using methods of ‘Liquid light’, ‘photo-grams’ and ‘Pinhole photography’. By incorporating other mediums into my work or transferring my images onto different surfaces I try to enhance, extend or replicate what is already suggested and elevate the feeling it conveys.” (Neal) |
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Jan Huijbers
Oct 7 - Oct 26th Main Gallery Jan Huijbers references traditional Pacific tapa-cloth patterns, geometric and mathematical imagery and oceanic organisms. The intentions behind his work signify the preserving of our natural recourses, specifically pertaining to aquatic life. However Huijbers admits to needing relief from the somber thematic concerns of this project. A second series of work gives the artist this outlet; paintings inspired by carnival. Bright colours, shapes and liveliness that sing out from the canvas create a visual balance to Jan’s studio. |
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New Works - Members Exhibition
Sep 17th - Oct 5th Opening night Fri 20 Sep. 5-7pm. MAIN GALLERY 17 Artists 48 Artworks 1 fantastic Members show! |
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Ember Art Display - For Mental Health Awareness Week. 23rd Sep - 3rd Oct
A collection of work made by members of Reach Out Peer Support group and other services linked to Ember. |
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Yvonne Abercrombie and Reece King
2-21 September Opening night Friday 6th Sep. 5-7pm Pod Gallery Their visually diverse practices unify contextually with the subject of 'figure'. Reece's abstractions display the figure in a disclosed manner, denuding the form and narrating through paint. Yvonne personifies human nature through her ambiguous portrayals of the human form, being subtle in the use of the body, but loud in the application of paint and texture. |
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Exhibition dates: 20th August - 14th September 2019.
Opening event: Friday 23rd August. 5-7pm. A stunning collection of ceramic work by our members with accompanying paintings by local artist Jessica Emily Bailey. |
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Kirsten Reid - Coast
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Derek Lind - New Works
Exhibition Dates: 30th July - 17th August 2019 Opening Night & Concert in conjunction with Kumeu Live Sat 3rd Aug. 5.30 -7.30pm exhibition opening and 8-10pm following concert. More Info MAIN GALLERY "My work has always been contemporary / abstract, as opposed to illusional art. Early heroes were painters such as Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns and the early Pop artists. I have often made 'assemblage' paintings - attaching found and industrial objects to my work. I also like to use industrial paints, metallic paints. alongside the traditional 'fine-art' materials. Like McCahon, I've always used words and symbols in my work (I like their flatness, their two- dimensionality), probably as a reflection of my own song wordsmithery. In fact, some of my later paintings have used my own lyrics as their starting- point." Image - Title: 'Not Again' - Media: Paint on wood 2080 x 1260mm |
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Drawn In - Members Drawing Exhibition
July 23rd - Aug 10th Opening Night: Friday 26th July. 5-7pm POD GALLERY This annual members show serves to highlight the value of drawing. There will be a range of works on display by our members which aim to demonstrate the breadth of processes, media and motivation involved in drawing. People draw for different purposes. For some there is no purpose – the process is everything. We draw to think, see, relax, connect. |
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WHAKAHīHī (Proud)
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Dana Dadi - Recent works
July 1st - 20th July POD GALLERY After her popular show in 2017 the prolific, painter Dana Dadi returns to Kumeu Arts Centre. She has a collection of works in the POD gallery. Dana, who has a background in graphic design, photography and painting produces bold, colourful and playful imagery combining contemporary colours with traditional elements, line and motifs. |
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LIGHT OF EXPERIENCE: People to objects - Gavin Chai
Exhibition Dates: 17th June - 6th July 2019 An exhibition that explores the evolving art practices of emerging artist Gavin Chai. Gavin is an Auckland based figurative artist and painter who has won many awards in the last five years. Gavin is interested in bringing his experiences to light through paintings, and to express his feelings with brushstrokes and colours. In essence, it was the beauty of things that inspired him to create; spanning from nature, to scenes of working people, to humble objects. https://gavinchai.com |
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HOLLY MANNING
The Big Adventure (10th June - 29th June) was a chance to celebrate the big moments and the small...and the slightly exaggerated truths, that come together and make life fun! This was Holly’s first solo exhibition of her paintings, zines, and embroideries. |
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Kumeu In Focus – Part of the Auckland Festival of Photography
Exhibition 28th May - 15th June Kumeu Arts Centre is a creative hub where many photographers both professional and amateur regularly meet and display their images. ‘Kumeu in Focus’ showcases a range of images from this talented community. The Kumeu Photography Group is showing work based on the theme ‘The Wild West’ while in the ‘Open’ category anything goes. All the works in the show are available to purchase at affordable prices. |
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Art On Record. 12 artists reimagined 12” album covers for @nzmusicmonth
Opening night - Friday 24th May at 6pm with vinyl delights and other treats. |
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Apr 24 - May 25
Following on from last year's fantastic exhibition and fashion show we are bringing Steampunk back to Kumeu. Once again we invite artists to exhibit art work based on the genre. Download an entry form here The exhibition dates are: April 24th - May 25th To coincide with the exhibition opening on Saturday the 27th of April, 6-8pm, we will host another Steampunk fashion show. Guests are invited to dress up and get involved in the fun. www.facebook.com/events/283788802294679/ |
Anna Filimonova - Looking In
Exhibition Dates. 30th April - 18th May.
Anna has worked full time as a professional artist since 2016. She seeks to communicate her distinct outsider interpretation of the world, painting visions of the real and unreal for us. She perceives the world both as it is, with a particular love of the New Zealand landscape, and as it might be: surreal worlds, shapes, and abstract images. Her interweaving of natural and fantastical imagery seeks to challenge us and to tell stories about ourselves and our environment.
Working primarily with acrylic on canvas, Anna’s most iconic works are exquisitely painted rooms which provide a framework for external views, and a location for other contextual features. With these elements she creates a visual poem for us to decipher.
In a short time Anna has established a distinctive artistic style. Surreal and natural elements combine with and are seen through windows, doors, and rooms. Her originality and thematic strengths have been recognised with numerous awards, including the prestigious Premier Award at the 2017 Hibiscus & Bays Art Awards.
Opening hours: Mon-Fri: 10am-4pm, Sat: 10am-3pm, Or on request.
Sun: Closed
Exhibition Dates. 30th April - 18th May.
Anna has worked full time as a professional artist since 2016. She seeks to communicate her distinct outsider interpretation of the world, painting visions of the real and unreal for us. She perceives the world both as it is, with a particular love of the New Zealand landscape, and as it might be: surreal worlds, shapes, and abstract images. Her interweaving of natural and fantastical imagery seeks to challenge us and to tell stories about ourselves and our environment.
Working primarily with acrylic on canvas, Anna’s most iconic works are exquisitely painted rooms which provide a framework for external views, and a location for other contextual features. With these elements she creates a visual poem for us to decipher.
In a short time Anna has established a distinctive artistic style. Surreal and natural elements combine with and are seen through windows, doors, and rooms. Her originality and thematic strengths have been recognised with numerous awards, including the prestigious Premier Award at the 2017 Hibiscus & Bays Art Awards.
Opening hours: Mon-Fri: 10am-4pm, Sat: 10am-3pm, Or on request.
Sun: Closed
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Brent Wong - Giclee Prints 19th March - 20th April. View the online catalouge "Kumeu Arts Centre are thrilled to host an exhibition by Brent Wong. We are acclaiming an artist who jokes, “people probably think I’m dead,” as a renowned painter of our time. Wong came to the attention of the New Zealand art scene in the late 1960’s with work that can be commonly discussed as ‘surrealistic,’ however the artist describes his paintings as being more symbolic with personal intention. An almost distant figure to the art world, Wong has resurfaced for a show of Giclee prints from his core collection. Having abandoned painting 10 years ago with a divergence to composing music, these prints represent a preservation of Wong’s history as an influential New Zealand painter." Yvonne Abercrombie 2019 |
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HOCH & GREEN - Photography
Tuesday 26th February to Saturday 16th March.
.‘Hoch and Green’ is a creative collaboration between long-time friends Julie Green and Gina Hochstein. The duo say their intention is to “try to draw the viewer into their carefully crafted mise en scène, where there is beauty in the everyday, much of which we take for granted.”
In this exhibition at Kumeu Arts Centre they displayed two series from their collection 'Between the Cloak and Land' + 'Symphony of Movement'
www.hochandgreen.co.nz
Tuesday 26th February to Saturday 16th March.
.‘Hoch and Green’ is a creative collaboration between long-time friends Julie Green and Gina Hochstein. The duo say their intention is to “try to draw the viewer into their carefully crafted mise en scène, where there is beauty in the everyday, much of which we take for granted.”
In this exhibition at Kumeu Arts Centre they displayed two series from their collection 'Between the Cloak and Land' + 'Symphony of Movement'
www.hochandgreen.co.nz
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‘MAKE ME AN OFFER’
11th – 23rd FEB 2019 A Kumeu Arts Centre Members’ Exhibition This exhibition will run much like a silent auction. Visitors will be able to ‘make an offer’ on each artwork in the exhibition by writing down their details and their bid. Artists will be notified at the end of exhibition what the highest bid (if any) was for their work and will choose to either accept or decline. The potential buyer will then be notified. Image - 'Gallery' courtesy of Eva Hay |
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Michele Grace DaviesAn Exhibition of Paintings
21st January - 9th February 2019 Opening event 4-6pm Saturday 26th January.Emerging artist Michele Grace Davies celebrates Kauri and other native trees in all their magnificent glory. Michele also aims to highlight the conservation of Kauri through this exhibition and says… “We have to protect this majestic tree of which many stories and legends are told, they are part of us, all peoples!”. This new year come and be awed by Michele’s vision and the beauty of creation. Read more |