Scott Savage Scott Savage is an Auckland-based sculptor and toy maker. His practice confronts the binary nature of 'Good and Awful; opposing notions for acknowledging value, identity, behaviour, and instinct.’ Scott's instinctive focus is to establish meaning through wit and tactility, while making playful realities of acute observation and fusion. He is an advocate for the lowbrow arts, underpinned by highbrow thinking.

Marcia ScottMarcia Scott has been painting most of her life, mainly in acrylics but also in watercolours and oils. After studying art at school, she attended many workshops and painting courses with reputable artists and has gone on to show her work in numerous exhibitions, galleries and design shops throughout New Zealand. Marcia has won several awards for her paintings, as well as for wearable art and homeware. She loves using colour and creating layers and textures. Canvas is her preferred surface to work with, but she also enjoys using plywood, clay and fabric.

Mat ScottOriginally from Hawke's Bay, Mat Scott has been creating for most of his life. He has been a painter, photographer, wood carver, metal bender and many other occupations which channel his inventiveness. He enjoys the variety of life and is sure that there are more creative iterations ahead for him. He loves surfing, family, friends and the environments in which he lives and works.

Liz SharekLiz Sharek graduated from Auckland University of Technology with a Master of Art and Design in 2008 and has lived in Matakana for the last eight years. Following her move north, she changed her focus from cast glass to ceramics. Liz’s forms are hand-built vessels which explore texture and surface by working directly with the materiality of the clay and glaze. She is particularly interested in the interface between a controlled outcome and allowing the materials their own voice. Liz has exhibited widely in New Zealand and overseas and her work is represented in a number of public and private collections.

SiLKASiLKA (Simple Living Kiwi) lives and works from a property overlooking the Kaipara Harbour in rural north west Auckland. His work is imagined and has been influenced by the landscapes and skies of New Zealand, the UK of his birth, and Ireland. Recently however, SiLKA's interest in pottery and glazing has been an increasing influence and led to a more immediate and bold painterly style.

Matt SinclairMatt Sinclair is a self-taught painter and medical student based at Muriwai Beach. His paintings are naïve interpretations of the vast and lonely countryside and all of the strange characters that inhabit it. Using layers of paint and oil stick, Matt's paintings tell stories which are at once serious and light-hearted.

Anna StichburyAnna Stichbury’s works are often bold and feature intense hues. Through the use of colour and texture she strives to create rich, vibrant paintings that have an immediate impact for the viewer. She is interested in our emotional response to a work. Anna has been painting and exhibiting for around 20 years and has had many group and solo exhibitions throughout New Zealand and Australia. She paints from her Wellington studio and supplies galleries nationally. Her paintings have been published in a range of New Zealand art calendars, diaries, articles and the book ‘New Zealand’s Favourite Artists’.

Philipa Stichbury Philippa Stichbury lives in Mahurangi where she has recently established a studio. She uses a range of media including painting, ceramics, textiles and digital design. Her work reflects her appreciation of New Zealand's natural landscapes and the appeal of maps and charts. She enjoys exploring the ways in which colour, texture and pattern can be combined. Philippa’s artistic journey has also seen her gain recognition in the World of Wearable Art (WOW) exhibitions, in which she has designed and showcased eight garments.

Morgan Paige TaitokoNew Plymouth resident Morgan Paige Taitoko effortlessly balances her roles as an artist and a graphic designer. Drawing inspiration from the aesthetic charm of 1980s and 1990s New Zealand architecture, her artistic style has emerged from the innovative use of textured, retro glass panels. Many hours are dedicated to crafting conceptual foundations through the arrangement of objects and the utilisation of obscured glass. Capturing the refracted interplay of light within these manufactured materials through photography, organic shapes come to life. These concepts are then skilfully painted onto canvas in layers, each successive one a process of design intuition and experience.

Anna TangAnna Tang’s artwork embodies a sense of beauty and peace, exploring arrangements of urban nature and wild flora. Her everyday surroundings at her Auckland home studio inspire much of her work. Anna’s paint carvings are rich and intricate, featuring lines carefully carved into a thick base of layered acrylic paint. She uses her background in graphic design to create carefully considered and balanced pieces of art, with attention to detail and honed carving. She enjoys the simplicity of working in duotone and exploring what can be achieved with positive and negative space. Her art has a beautiful handmade aesthetic, the surface texture drawing viewers in to explore it up close and from a distance. Anna’s design philosophy is to create tranquil art pieces that can be cherished for years to come.

Leigh TawharuLeigh Tawharu is a mixed media artist who lives with her family in Kāeo, Northland. Her work is created via various techniques and mediums which seek to explore surface texture, pattern and design on paper. She is influenced by the surrounding landscape of maunga, native bush, fashion and textiles. Leigh has been interested in art and sewing all of her adult life, finding herself in the comfortable yet sometimes challenging intersection of craft meeting fine art. The cathartic practice of repetitive stitches forms rich textural narratives that speak to an inherent love of pattern, and provide a daily exercise in mindfulness.

Michele TheobaldBased in Palmerston North, MicheleTheobald draws inspiration from everyday interactions and human connections. Working primarily with acrylics, she uses colour and abstract forms to convey emotion and energy. Michele’s art remains open-ended, inviting viewers to interpret and connect with each piece personally. Through her work, she hopes to evoke familiarity and resonance, reminding viewers of the beauty in the world and the connections that bind us all.

Glen TurnerGlen Turner is a self-taught Christchurch artist whose work centers around breathing new life into old materials. Using recycled timber, he creates captivating artworks which celebrate the natural hues, richness and texture of many types of wood. Glen's artwork has a history and tells a story, with materials salvaged from post earthquake demolitions, home renovations and other creative processes. He meticulously selects and combines these timbers through a unique and organic process which bypasses any drawing, sketch or plan. Through his art, Glen invites his audience to witness the transformation of unwanted materials into stunning evocative pieces that speak to the beauty of sustainability.

Shannon TuruwhenuaShannon Turuwhenua is a Waikato-based, self-taught wood sculptor of Ngāi Tūhoe, Scottish and Irish descent. He creates his art from native and exotic timbers from around the country. Wherever possible, he uses reclaimed or recycled timber. Each piece is handcrafted and as a result, no two pieces are exactly the same. Shannon takes inspiration from objects in daily life, transforming them into larger pieces of art.

Irina VelmanIrina Velman is a mixed media artist. She has travelled extensively and lived in several different countries. Irina has settled in the Waitakeres, but has a strong sense that her journey is continuing. There is always another distant shore, another chapter, another unknown layer of reality to be discovered. Her art embraces travel and transformation, expressed through seascapes and land patterns. Mixing acrylic paint with different polymers, pigments and resin, Irina creates unique textures and authentically down to earth work.

Makayla VercoeMakayla Vercoe is an Auckland-based artist and teacher. Her work is deeply influenced by research into her own identity and her connection to whakapapa. She connects the past and the present through her work, often delving into themes of cultural identity, memory, and belonging, inviting viewers to reflect on their connections to heritage. Makayla uses techniques reminiscent of the daguerreotype and collodion processes in her works. These methods imbue her work with a unique aesthetic quality, while also giving a nod to historical photographic practices.

Michelle ViskovichMichelle Viskovich’s art has been 24 years in its development. Originally from Waitākere in Tāmaki Makaurau, she spent a lot of her youth at Piha. She is inspired by the natural environment around her and paints landscapes to capture the vibrancy and luminosity of reflections, combining abstract techniques with realism. Her work involves subtle mark making with palette knives to manipulate the paint into a coherent composition. She practises locally with the Platina Street Art Group in Auckland.

Shane WalkerShane Walker is a self-taught multi-disciplinary artist who has been freelancing full-time since 2016. He grew up in the small coastal town of Waihi Beach and now resides in Wānaka. He has a wide repertoire, from mural art and portraiture to realism and Kiwiana, strongly influenced by the idyllic scenery and world famous beaches around New Zealand. Shane also draws inspiration from classic New Zealand culture and often finds quirky ways to incorporate it into his works.

Claire WallworkCurvy, interwoven, and sensuous, Claire Wallwork's style is powerfully organic and uniquely her own. Her bold reimaging of botanical forms provides an exciting metaphorical perspective and interweaves spiritual themes, inviting the observer to challenge the way they view themselves and their place in the world. Based in Auckland, Claire has been one of the invited artists at Eden Park’s 'Art in the Park' since the inaugural show. Her works have been featured in Art Magazine International and in the Feminist Art Museums Protest and Protect Exhibition.

Kirsty WhiteWellington-based printmaker Kirsty White grew up on a remote farm in the bush-clad hills of the Wairarapa which gave her a love for our landscape. Now living on the south coast, she enjoys translating her passion for landscape using texture and minimal tone through the printmaking process. Her current artwork focuses on our native bush, our treasures of the forest, nga taonga o te ngahere. The use of pattern work within her landscapes has been inspired by Pacific Island masi and tapa cloth as well as Māori whakairo. Pattern allows her to add narrative to her work, referencing our place here in the Pacific and layering details that reflect on past and present habitation.

Cara WildeCara Wilde is an Auckland artist who works from her home studio. She focuses on painting contemporary and abstract artworks using acrylics as her medium of choice, inspired by the emotion that she is feeling at that time in her life. Nature and flowers feature strongly in her works and she aims to brighten up spaces with her paintings using beauty and colour. Cara has exhibited her artworks at exhibitions and art shows for the last 10 years and they are in homes across New Zealand and Australia.

Heather Wilson Heather Wilson draws inspiration from her memories of a happy, carefree Kiwi childhood. Her contemporary artworks also explore aspects of iconic New Zealand scenery and symbolism, connected with cherished geometric patterns from the 1970s. Heather describes her work as an explosion of bold, strong colour and texture, which is her distinctive trademark. She uses acrylic and mixed media on canvas and board with resin effects.

Evan WoodruffeEvan Woodruffe is a Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland based artist who holds a Master of Fine Arts (1st Class) from Elam. Writer Lucinda Bennett has referred to his works as Wet Maps, “living, breathing ecosystems, and visualisations of a new kind of urbanism”. A respected educator and advocate for the visual arts, Evan is Global Brand Ambassador for Schmincke Artist Colours and da Vinci Artist Brushes, Germany, and product specialist for Gordon Harris art and graphic supplies stores. He exhibits throughout the Asia-Pacific region, with work in significant collections in Singapore, Australia, China, the USA, and Aotearoa New Zealand. Recent exhibitions include 'No Straight Lines' at Hastings City Art Gallery and the 2023 Chengdu Biennale in China.

Clare WoodsClare Woods is an intuitive abstract artist based in Matakana and Torbay. She has always painted and has vivid memories of painting bright colours and patterns over her walls and windows as a child. This creative freedom led to art studies and a successful design career. Having explored mediums such as clay, printing and fibre art, she now mostly paints in acrylics on canvas, often incorporating pencil, crayon or pastel in her mark making, and is exploring collage. Often inspired by nature, Clare creates hundreds of hand-painted and cut swatches filled with intense colour which connect and overlap. Each section is unique, while blending and relating to the others like a family, each telling its own story and intended to elicit a happy, uplifting response. An underlying narrative is formed with complex layering, mark making and thick, experimental tool paint application. Similar marks and shapes reappear in her work and comprise a unique signature style, a fingerprint of pools, lines, paths and pattern. Clare's work is joyful, colourful and vibrant.

Judy WoodsWhangārei artist Judy Woods gained her Fine Arts degree from Otago Polytechnic in 1985. A secondary school art teacher for 16 years, she continues to teach art courses and workshops online. Judy creates abstract work combining paint, ink, and dry media with collage. Her work is a playful expression of contrasts and juxtapositions of shape, line and colour. Peppered with intriguing surprises, she builds the surface with edges and layers created through her process of rotating the canvas and alternating between control and loose application of media. Judy has exhibited widely throughout New Zealand with additional shows in Santa Fe and London. The recipient of many national awards, Judy was a finalist in the 2020 Art2Life International Juried Art Exhibition and in 2021 was awarded first place.

Coral Noel YangCoral Noel Yang is an Auckland-based contemporary painter. She specializes in abstract and floral art using acrylic and oil, blending soak-stain techniques with Asian water-ink traditions. Her vibrant and layered works exude luminous hues and expressive marks, drawing inspiration from Aotearoa's landscapes and florals, her 15 years of global filmmaking experience, and her Chinese-Japanese heritage. Enthralled by the unpredictable beauty of fluidity, she navigates between intuitive material play and meticulous design, crafting layers adorned with water marks, organic shapes, and whimsical brushstrokes. Her paintings capture nature's essence intertwined with human emotions, evoking a profound sense of wonder and belonging. Her work is appreciated both locally and internationally.

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