Artists
The process of decay as witnessed in normal domestic life, the vegetables wintered over in the pantry or discarded outside and rediscovered months later are the subject matter of Sarah’s work.
‘Earthly delights’ are painted on dinner plate sized boards re-cycled from the artist’s old kitchen cupboards. The subject matter comes from...
Grace Carson – Photographer
Grace Carson was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. At a young age Grace went off to travel, explore and photograph a new world. This is where her journey as a photographer began.
Grace’s travels led to New Zealand and Massey University, Wellington, where she graduated with an Advanced Diploma...
Steph Chalmers graduated with a BFA (Printmaking) from Otago Polytechnic School of Art in 2001.
Her early work shows an interest in cinematography and the idea of the "moving still" in static image; these works imply a broken narrative.
Her more recent work illustrating idioms, reflects interests in children’s...
Since graduating from the Ilam School of Fine Arts in 1980 Collins has exhibited regularly in Christchurch and Wellington. He has been included in survey and Group shows in Public Galleries. His work is held in private and public collections in New Zealand and overseas.
The Nature Morte series explore the tradition of still life...
Hamilton artist Meredith Collins has a Bachelor or Mediarts and has worked as an exhibitions designer at Waikato Museum and Robert McDougall Art Gallery.
Meredith's paintings and drawings explore questions of heritage and identity. At times there is a tension in her works that reference her Pakeha and Māori heritage, ta moko or...
Originally from Waimate, South Canterbury, Jessica Crothall was taught by Gypsy Poulston at high school in Timaru. She graduated with a diploma in Fine Arts in printmaking from Canterbury University in 1976. She has exhibited regularly around the South Island in both solo and group shows since 1984.
Artist’s Statement 2009
I am...
Tim Croucher is Senior Lecturer in Painting and Programme Manager for the School of Media Arts, WINTEC. He has a Bachelor of Fine Arts; University of Canterbury and Master of Fine Arts (Painting); Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.
Tim has exhibited widely throughout New Zealand and in Melbourne. He has undertaken numerous research projects...
Though I am a printmaker making etchings and woodcuts, the basis of my work is drawing.
I always carry a pocket sketchbook to catch quick impressions and to practice looking-seeing. I like capturing people, musicians or actors or children. I have filled many drawing books of all sizes and hope to use up more.
Peter Dornauf is an artist, novelist and reviewer of art and poetry publications for the Waikato Times. He currently teaches Art History at St. Peter’s School, Cambridge.
He is a well established artist in the Waikato who has practiced and exhibited for the past twenty five years.
His works are included in the Waikato Museum of Art and...
PERSONAL PROFILE
I consider myself to be a highly motivated artist. I spent several years as an artist experimenting with various techniques and mediums. In 2005 I decided to commit to formal education in visual arts, and believe the teaching and critical appraisal of my tutors has enabled me develop my skills and knowledge gaining an...
Joan Fear, one of Hamilton's best known painters was brought up in Raglan, joined the Waikato Society of Arts as a young woman, and had her first solo exhibition in 1965. She was also a member of the studio art group, along with artists like Para Matchitt and Ray Starr, who were pioneering advocates of modern art. Her work ranges across...
Maree Glass B.Media Arts (Wintec)
b. Dunedin. Contemporary mixed media artist has been exhibiting in solo and group shows in the Waikato and nationally since the early 90s.Several times a finalist in the NZ Painting and Printmaking Award. Waikato Museum in Action Front exhibition featuring selected...
Rodney was born and educated in Dunedin and gained an MA (hons) in History from the University of Otago. Following this he spent the next 30 years teaching in the Waikato before returning to Dunedin in 2004.
In 1982 he began exhibiting his art work and went on to have exhibitions at galleries in the Waikato, Dunedin and Queenstown.
Rodney'...
Pauls images in the 'Men at Work' exhibition are all produced using Ultrachrome pigmented inks and an Epson 11800 Piezo printer. This combination is widely regarded as the pre-eminent means of producing Fine Art prints onto a wide range of stocks and is the choice for most Museums and Art Galleries today. Only acid-free...
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Jacquie Haselden is an Artist and adult art teacher in Gordonton, New Zealand.
In 2008 Jacquie completed her Masters of Fine Arts at Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design, Auckland. Her work has been exhibited throughout New Zealand and she has recieved a number of awards.
Her intention is to invite the viewer to participate in an emotive...
When Kate arrived in NZ from London in 1981 she was working with fabric, fibre and stitch. Winning a major award at that time enabled her to embark on a journey of further study through fabric printing to traditional and digital print making. Kate’s current work reflects all these influences and has been selected for many significant...
Penny (Penoir) draws from her fascination of people, musicians and the world around her, and captures the essence of her experiences in her work through colour, texture and movement.
There is a solidity in Pennys work that is reflected in her painting process, strong use and application of acrylic and various mediums.
Having painted consistently...
Paul is a Hamilton based artist with a wonderful working studio in the back of his beautiful garden.
He works with both figurative and abstract art and also three dimensional pieces and uses mainly oil based paints, a skill seldom taught in schools these days.
Paul has exhibited widely in New Zealand and abroad and has also won his fair...
Jan is a multi media artisit based in Hamilton. Her work has been exhibited in solo and selected exhibitions since 1988 to the present day. Jans paintings can be found in private collections throughout New Zealand, Australia, U.K. New York & San Francisco.
She has won a number of awards in NZ including Telecom National Award, Two Telecom...
Originally from the southern city of Dunedin. It was my boyhood fascination of American 60’s muscle cars that opened my eyes to the world of art and design. The bright bold colours, intricate chrome and excessive badging left me drawing for hours.
After graduating with an honours degree from the Whanganui School of Design my career...
EXHIBITIONS:
R.A.M – Solo Show – Fat Gallery – Wintec campus – 2002 – Hamilton
House Warming – Group show – Platform01 Gallery – 2006 – Hamilton
Altered Book Project – Group show – Platform01 Gallery – 2006 – Hamilton
Holiday Show – Paint by Numbers Collective – ROAR Gallery – 2007 – Wellington
The Illustrationeers ‘End of Year Showdown...
After 16 years of primary school teaching, David declined an offered art teacher's position and went into the retail business. An enthusiasm and love of art was retained and numerous art courses were attended over the years. David's Emporium was sold in 2004 and the art world was fully embraced. Part of a Diploma of Ceramics was achieved as a...
I have been printmaking in the Waikato and a member of the Waikato Society of Arts for nearly 20 years. I live in a valley on the way to Raglan surrounded by beautiful farmland and scenery which inspires most of my images. I work in both woodcut and etching mediums but I prefer etching. I enjoy the process of print making as much as...
I have always been drawn to prints and find printmaking the most satisfying way of making art. I enjoy the combination of artistic and technical effort, the process of translating an image from my mind’s eye to a plate or block, the relationship I form with the image during proofing when I’m learning the best way to ink and wipe it, and the...
Chris' background working with steel goes back as far as the late 80's having completed an apprenticeship in panel beating at the time.
Over the past 10 years Chris has been involved in numerous group and solo exhibitions throughout New Zealand. He works predominately with recycled materials and describes his work as 'panel and...
I create the items I do because I somehow feel compelled to make real those things that are in my imaginings. The joining of Science fiction with the Industrial design elements of the 1930’s through to the 50’s is the aim for me (at least at the moment)
Most of my pieces portray a particular period in history that never was! It’s all about...
Tom Mutch was born 1951 Sydney, Australia and moved to NZ 1971. He has been painting for over 40 years and is represented in public collections as well as many private collections. He has worked in various disciplines - painting, sculpture, print-making, performance installation, film-making, writing.
Mutch’s discipline of working in series with...
Niki is an Australian based artist who is originally from New Zealand. She began her career as a Graphic designer in Australia where she trained and had her own business for eight years.
She now produces contemporary artwork which merges photography, illustration and computer graphic design which she prints on to canvas.
Her love of nature and the...
Nell is a Hamilton artist, and has exhibited regularly in solo and group shows locally and nationally. She recently completed her Master of Fine Arts degree at Whitecliffe College in Auckland.
Nell’s background is in Interior Environment Design, and through this has developed a strong interest in the way space affects us. She has continued...
Raised on a farm in the Waikato, Robert had a keen interest in art while at school.
He made a career in electronics and later worked as an electrician and developer.
Rob attended a summer school course on sketching and oil painting run by Michael Shepherd at Elam in Auckland in 1994 which produced some good results.
In the late 90’s, Rob had a...
Arts Waikato Arts Education Advisors Kerrie Martin and Wanda Barker invited primary schools from the greater Waikato region to participate in this exhibition to raise money for True Colours Charity
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Pat Paterson is a multimedia artist based in rural Waikato. She has had a lifelong obsession with creating works of art. After beginning classes at the Waikato Society of Arts, her fine art skills were developed through many weekend workshops and Elam summer schools. The tutors being leading New Zealand artists, Lousie...
I draw as a beginning to an end.
Drawing is an integral part of recording and collating objects that I would like to use in my work. The objects often begin as straight studies, then by experimentation with different media, compositions, drawing then redrawing and aligning with other objects in my possession, I build a new...
“I enjoy the decoration and embellishment of the objects that I make. I carve the interior and engrave the exterior. I also polish the outside to a high degree so that the viewer can take advantage of what glass can do, by looking through the work, through the layers of thought.” Lou
In creating the cast glass apples and pears,...
John grew up in Foxton and completed a manufacturing jewellery apprenticeship with Max Wilson in Palmerston North. He moved to the South island in the ‘70s and attended Art School in Dunedin, majoring in painting. After a twenty year break, John has re-approached metal work as an artistic medium, and runs a painting and jewellery studio in Dunedin...
I am a printmaker, having been inspired by my mother, Rona Swallow, who was very creative in her printmaking.
My approach to drawing is as the very necessary prepartatory stage of the printmaking process. Lines and marks are drawn onto the soft metal as a drypoint process so the drawing actually appears on the metal and the drawn lines recieve the...
I graduated with a B.Sc in Fine Art and History from the University of Wisconsin in the USA. After leaving university, I continiued my study at the Hammersmith School of Art in London England. My career has taken me from a Chicago newspaper art department to my present position, which is teaching life drawing at the WSA. My main areas...
Sue became a printmaker in 2003 by initially attending Woodcut classes at the Waikato Society of Arts in Hamilton.
Etching soon captivated her and while this is still her primary medium, she also creates collagraphs and embossings.
She is always collecting and pressing – leaves, flowers, fabrics and all things textural!
The evolving...
Emily Rumney has grown up in Hamilton and comes from a family of widely creative talents. She is a self-taught artist who works often in mixed media, combining her love for printmaking with more painterly elements.
Emily is a highly regarded picture framer in the Waikato. Since 2006 she has worked at the...
Clay Sinclair is an Oxford based artist who is originally from New Zealand.
Clay has forged a successful career painting ‘backwards’ on to his unique medium of perspex/ plexiglass. He regularly uses text and loves to provoke with each piece he creates. The end results are luminous, stimulating and are often laced with a little humour.
His...
Barbara was born in Bingley on the Yorkshire Moors, England.
Her creativity began at the College of Technology in Bristol during the late 50s where she gained Distinctions in Dressmaking, Upholstery and Crafts. This prepared her for her first position as the Arts & Crafts tutor and Matron at a Boys Prep School in Kirby Lonsdale, Westmorland....
Campbell smith was born in 1925, studied painting at canterbury University College School of art and trained as a teacher.
His first exhibition was in 1967, 'Lines of Light'. A collection of his engravings by Ann McEwan was published in 2007.
Campbell is also a poet and a playwright; he has written plays about Frances hodgkins, Ettie Rout and many...
Gavin is a Waikato based artist who works with watercolours.
Gavin's last decade of painting has given him the ability to pursue an understated, loose, semi-abstract style which has won him numerous awards throughout New Zealand. His watercolours are strong, simple and colourful. Gavin's work is framed to a professional standard using high...
Michael Smther originaly from New Plymouth, Taranaki attended Elam Art School in Auckland 1959 - 1960. He exhibits his paintings and sculptures and intergrates his musical expertise in his art. He now lives on the Coromandel and travels throughout New Zealand exploring lanscape, art galleries and collections of paintings. He was awarded the CNZM...
Rona Swallow was born in England in 1920, she came to New Zealand at the age of three and grew up in Northcote on Auckland's North Shore.
Rona and Cliff retired to Kerikeri in 1978.
She found the Bay of Islands an endless source of inspiration for her prints and was attracted by the flowing curves of the hills, the rugged...
Originally from Auckland I completed my Bachelor of Fine Arts with a Printmaking major in 1982 from Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland University.
I have lived in the Waikato for 16 years working from Paperartzi Studio in Cambridge. I have exhibited throughout New Zealand and have contributed to shows in Japan, Germany and America.
My...
Di Tocker - glass artist BFA
Curriculum Vitae
Di Tocker was born 1971, Auckland, New Zealand, lives and works in Hamilton, New Zealand.
Di works fulltime as a Glass Artist and Tutor.
Education
2000-2002 - R.M.I.T. University ...
Joan is a printmaker, painter and mixed media artist, working mainly with printed painted and collaged elements. She has a Dip Fine Arts Canterbury NZ; Dip Teaching Christchurch.NZ She works with themes to do with the land, identity and place. The images she uses are drawn from the New Zealand and Pacific, its’ legends, flora,...
Rob Tucker is a young New Zealand artist whose quirky imagery references the bombardment of advertising in our mass media obsessed lives.
"Subverting advertising plays a big part in my work. If anything, I try to manufacture feelings by making my work visually tasteful by painting light hearted images to evoke nostalgic experiences that grasp the...
Frances Van Dammen was born in 1954; she currently lives and works in Thames. She graduated from WINTEC with a Bachelor of Media Arts, majoring in Painting, in 2006.
Frances was the winner of the 2009 Waikato Art Awards and works as a tutor at the WSA Art School.
“These paintings are part of a series developed over the last few years that...
Amanda works and exhibits in her own studio/gallery with space for other artists to exhibit as well, based in Raglan, a seaside town on the west coast of New Zealand.
TRAINING
BFA Degree Bachelor of Fine Arts
Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland, New Zealand 1993-1996
Post-graduate Diploma in Museum Studies
Massey University,...
Qualifications
2004 Bachelor of Media Arts, Waikato Institute of Technology (Wintec)
2007 Certificate in Adult Teaching
2009 Master of Fine Arts
Awards
2002 Wintec Award for Excellence in Visual Arts – first year
2003 Wintec Award for...
Mark Wooller
Born 1964, Auckland, New Zealand
Lives and works in Matakana
Solo exhibitions
2008 ‘River’ SOCA Gallery, Auckland
2007 ‘Inlet’ Paddington Contemporary Gallery, Sydney
2007 ‘Upstream’ SOCA Gallery, Auckland
2006 ‘One tree, One forest’, SOCA Gallery, Auckland
2005 ‘Windlines’, SOCA Gallery, Auckland
2004 ‘Casting and Gathering’, SOCA...