Our Artists

Aaron McConchie is an Auckland-based, multi-disciplinary artist whose endeavours range from sculpture and installation pieces to painting, printmaking and audio works. McConchie attended Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts.

London-born Abbie Read was educated at Leeds University in York where she attained a BA in Design before working as a CreativeDirector for a Soho-based production company. In 2001, Read relocated to New Zealand and in 2005 graduated BFA from Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design.

Abi Woollcombe artwork for lease or sale.

Adrian Jackman graduated in 1997 with a Masters Degree in FineArts from Auckland University's Elam School of Fine Arts andhas been exhibiting in solo and group shows in Auckland and Wellington since.

Born in 1974 and raised on the North Shore in Auckland, Alexisattended Elam, Auckland University's School of Fine Arts from 1993to 1996, gaining a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Printmaking. Afterliving in London where she graduated from Slade School of Fine Artswith a Masters in Printmaking and Mixed Media, Alexis returned home to take up a position at Elam's Printmaking department.

Born in the Netherlands, Anita Levering emigrated to New Zealandin 1999. In 2011, Levering completed her Masters of Fine Art at Auckland University's Elam School of Fine Arts.

As a trained printmaker,  Annie Smits-Sandano is accustomed to looking at objects as individual shapes which come together on the surface. Working with layers of textured acrylic paint, Smits Sandano is able to build up subtle colour block surfaces which relate to her woodblock prints in terms of graphic colours and clean edges. They are a non-prescriptive study of form and hue.

Born in Leiden, the Netherlands in 1936, Ans Westra began her self-taught photographic career in 1952, producing her first documentary series in 1956. In 1957 she graduated with a Diploma in Arts & Crafts Teaching from the Industrie School, Rotterdam and in the same year immigrated to New Zealand, where she proceeded to develop a career in photography that has spanned over 50 years.

As a practiced photographer and new immigrant to NZ, Westra quickly became enamoured with the culture of both urban and rural Maori her work reflecting this excitement and intrigue. As she explained, "Maori were wonderful to photograph because they're just spontaneous and natural, just the most colourful and interesting thing in this country at the time."

Chapman's work is distinguished by his dramatic painterly touch. Powerful, gestural swathes of paint convey his engagement with the medium as a vehicle for colour, texture and expression across compositions ranging from the figurative to the loosest of landscapes.

Ben Timmins was born in Dannevirke and raised on a farm nestledin the foot hills of the Ruahine Ranges. Influences from hisformative rural years are strongly present in his work and have been broadened by cultural experiences gained from overseas traveland education.

Bill Culbert artwork for lease or sale.

Born in Wairarapa in 1958, Bridget Bidwill graduated with aDiploma of Fine Arts in painting from Ilam School of Fine Arts, Canterbury in 1977 and has exhibited regularly in Auckland and Wellington since the early 1980's.

Bryony Matthew artwork for lease or sale.

Callum Innes was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1962. After attending the Gray's School of Art (1980-84), he graduated with aPostgraduate Diploma in Art from The Edinburgh College of Art in1985.

Cathy Carter is a photographic artist, based in Grey Lynn, Auckland. Her work explores bodies of water as physical, cultural, and unique environmental 'landscapes'. Carters practice investigates our often complex psychological relationship to water through different perspectives and geographical locations, also utilising digital collaging to create new ways of experiencing these spaces.

Charlie McKenzie is an artist who resides in the coastal Matakana area north of Auckland. 25 years of design and build experience within the fibreglass industry has led to the development of this exciting and decorative art.

Whangarei-born Charlotte Fisher completed a Bachelor of Arts in 1980 at Auckland University before graduating in 1989 with aBachelor of Fine Arts from Auckland University's Elam School of Fine Arts, where she studied under the tutelage of renowned New Zealand sculptors Greer Twiss and Christine Hellyar.

Born in 1972 of Ngati Mahuta, Ngai Tai descent, Charlotte Graham is one of a generation of Maori artists who draw on their tribal heritage in order to explore critical issues that affect New Zealand society such as racism, cultural stereotyping, and land rights including the foreshore and seabed legislation. Graham's work is a visual narrative that explores the relationship between the people and the land, interweaving images and text from historical documents, poetry & music and has recently explored notions of politics and the healing of cultural and racial rifts.

Chris Heaphy artwork for lease or sale.

Chris Mules is an Auckland-based artist whose work spans a broadrange of contemporary practice. Mules attended Auckland University's Elam School of Fine Arts, graduating in 1998 with aBachelor of Fine Arts. Mules continued her studies to Masters level, graduating MFA from Elam in 2002.

A highly-educated and prolific artist, Christine Bell-Pearson holds a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in painting and ceramics from the University of York (UK), a Masters of Fine Art from theUniversity of Leicester (UK) and a Graduate Diploma in Art History from Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand. She has studied ceramics at the Royal College of Art in Antibes, France and is currently working towards her Doctorate in Visual Arts at Charles Sturt University, NSW Australia.

Auckland-born, US-based artist Claire van der Plas graduatedwith a Masters in Fine Arts from Auckland University's Elam Schoolof Fine Arts in 2004. A committed educator in arts, van der Plasreturned to Elam to teach oil painting before taking up a positionat LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts in Singapore.

Clare Matheson attended Auckland University, where she studied for a Bachelor of Visual Arts majoring in Painting. Completing her degree in 2003, Matheson was honoured with the Top Graduand prize for her work. Following this success, Matheson continued her studies, graduating with a Masters of Art (Art and Design) from Auckland University of Technology in 2006.

The world of street, stencil and graffiti art has endured aconstant battle with the issue of public property and the right to expression. More often than not, it garners public attentionbecause its symbols and themes (passionate yet anonymous pleas tosociety brought on by dispossession, inequality and frustration)are equated with sheer vandalism. Nonetheless, it finds a natural partner in forms of urban music such as Hip Hop and these sub-worlds of art, music and other modes of creative expressionband together to form an urban culture whose styles may differ fromone city to the next, but whose roots are invariably the same.

Cristina Beth attended Auckland University's Elam School of Fine Art, graduating in 2008 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) in 2008 and a Masters in Fine Arts in 2009.

Cruz Jimenez's work hints at a sense of wonder hidden just below the surface of the ubiquitous objects that create the backdrop for the humdrum, 'everyday' world. His is an oeuvre where it is only our perception of reality that separates us from a magic that is ever-present - Jimenez's work suggests that if we look beyond the mundane and allow ourselves to fully appreciate what is around us, we will see the wonder in the world as it really exists.

Dyck's work is a celebration of heritage and a reinvigoration of traditional functional objects as emblems of Pacific Art. To this end, she incorporates images of Tongan breastplates, Maata'u or fish hooks, baskets, bowls, necklaces and fly whisks in her work.

Born in 1972, Dyck is a New Zealander of Tongan and Germandescent. After completing a Postgraduate Diploma of Fine Arts at Auckland University's Elam School of Fine Arts in 1995, Dyck wenton to exhibit in Norway, Australia, Western Samoa and throughout New Zealand. Her works are held in both public and private collections in New Zealand and she has been the recipient ofnumerous awards, scholarships and Creative New Zealand grants.

Born in 1981, Dane Taylor attended Auckland University's ElamSchool of Art, graduating in 2009 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts(Honours).

Danny Landall is a Wellington based painter, working primarilyin oil, acrylic, and graphite. In 1997, Landall began painting and exhibiting his work. In 2000 he completed a Bachelor of Artsmajoring in Art History at Wellington's Victoria University.

Born in Auckland in 1943, Richard (Dick) Frizzell studied at Canterbury University's Ilam School of Fine Arts graduating with a Diploma in Fine Art in 1964. Following his studies, Frizzell pursued a successful career as graphic artist in the advertising industry, gradually assimilating elements of pop culture into anartistic realm until in 1976 he held his first solo exhibition at the Barry Lett Gallery in Auckland.

Duncan Innes is a photographer who finds, celebrates and amplifies simplicity and beauty. A successful fashion, lifestyle, portrait and interior photographer and story-teller, his work is found in top magazines, books, fashion houses and galleries.

A Wellington-based painter and multimedia artist, Dhyana Beaumont graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Art from Canterbury University and has recently completed her Master of Fine Arts witha project that explored concepts of interactivity utilising installation, painting and digital multimedia. Beaumont's artisticpractice is largely informed by moving images and drawing fromintuition to create work. Beaumont currently tutors in DigitalMedia at WELTEC, the Wellington Institute of Technology.

Elaine Conway's work is spread across a range of genres,including sculpture, installation, interactive work and lightboxes. Within the varied modes of her artistic practice, Conway investigates the nature of perception while simultaneously commenting on the advance of society, utilising a range ofmaterials that emphasise the synthetic and its place in modernlife.

The concepts of the grotesque and hybridisation have always piqued human interest. From the mythical gryphon - with its leoninetorso mated to the wings and head of an eagle - to science fiction fantasies of android life, the fascination with otherworldly creations runs a darker thread through the annals of human life. Asexpected, these musings lend themselves to representation in cultural media and we can track a certain history of art - from Hieronymus Bosch through medieval bestiary to Patricia Piccinini -that comments on our fascination with the weird and ungodly. Viewed from this perspective, Emma McLellan's work is a contemporary interpretation of an age-old fascination.

Born in Western Samoa in 1946, Fatu Feu'u immigrated to New Zealand in 1966. One of New Zealand's most celebrated Pacific artists, he was invited to become Artist in Residence at Elam School of Fine Arts in 1988, before taking up the position of Artist in Residence at St Paul's College, Ponsonby in 1991 and Manukau Polytechnic in 1995. In addition, he was made founding Artist in Residence at Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies at the University of Canterbury in 1996. Feu'u travelled to Westernand American Samoa, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, UK, Belgium, France, and Spain for art research before gaining a post graduate Diploma in Fine Arts from Elam in 1997.

Felicity West was born in Auckland in 1945 and trained at ElamSchool of Fine Arts in the 1960's. She has had a prolific career asa printmaker, exhibiting both internationally and within NewZealand, and working with psychodrama and related art therapies.West has lectured in printmaking at the ASA and AUT art schools formany years, and has lived in Helensville since 1969.

Fiona Innes is a self-taught artist who draws much of her inspiration from the landscape in the middle of the North Island, particularly the route across the Desert Road and Kaimanawa Ranges.Innes' interest in the film industry has led her to work in set design and production, the influence of which lends a unique and intriguing perspective to her work. It also allows her valuable time to focus on her artwork, as time becomes flexible betweensets.

Hansen's painting is afloat with elements of recognisable imagery, juxtaposed in a manner that hints at a particular reading of her work. In her 2006 series Split Level, Hansen combined abstract and figurative elements to reference domestic interiors, interspersing the flat, often neutral expanses of interior space with detailed imagery that pinpointed the domestic heritage of NZ culture.

Gareth Edwards, an artist with Art Associates whose artworks are available for rent/hire/lease or sale. Contact us for more information.

Born in Rotorua and raised in Whakatane, Gary Freemantle graduated with a BFA in Painting from the University of Canterbury's Ilam School of Fine Arts in 1984, before embarking on travels that have influenced both hisworld-view and his painterly style.

Born in 1950, Gavin Chilcott graduated with a Diploma of FineArts from Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland, in 1970. Chilcott isone of New Zealand's most recognisable painters and his work hasreceived high acclaim both nationally and internationally.

Gavin Jones was born in 1971 and currently lives in Auckland. Jones studied at the Auckland School of Art (later incorporated into the Auckland University of Technology) from 1989 to 1995 andgraduated with a Bachelor of Visual Arts before undertaking a Master of Fine Arts at Elam, Auckland University's School of FineArts, which he completed in 2001.

Geoff Tune was born in 1947 in Gisborne. He attended Auckland University's Elam School of Fine Arts, graduating in 1969 with a Diploma in Fine Arts with Honours, before completing his Diploma in Teaching at the Auckland Secondary Teachers' Training College in 1970.

Born and raised in Auckland, New Zealand Floral Artist Georgie Malyon has pursued a career for over 10 years dedicated to working with flowers. Malyon has taken it further in creating a series of photographic images that fuse together two enduring universal motifs within human culture – the dark and the light, the ephemeral beauty of flowers combined with the symbolically loaded skull.

Gerda Leenards was born in Nijmegen, Holland in 1946 andimmigrated to New Zealand in 1956, where she studied under RudiGopas, Doris Lusk and Bill Sutton at the Canterbury School of Art.

Glen Wolfgramm's paintings strongly reflect the fusion of Polynesian and Palagi cultures in urban centres like Auckland, the world's largest Polynesian city, while also expressing some of the tensions that arise between differing cultural traditions.

Born in Auckland in 1948, Glenys Brookbanks completed a Diplomain Teaching at Auckland Teachers' Training College before attendingAuckland University's Elam School of Fine Arts, graduating BFA in1988.

Oamaru-born photographer Glenys Ng studied at Auckland University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1991 before emigrating to the United Kingdom, where she attended Central StMartins College of Art & Design, graduating in 2000 with a Masters in Fine Art. In her time in the UK, Ng also lectured in photography at Northhampton College and exhibited her work in London and Northhampton.

Gordon Walters was born in Wellington, New Zealand, in 1919.Between 1935 and 1939, Walters trained and worked as a commercial artist while studying part-time at the Wellington Technical College, before embarking on extensively travels throughout Australia, the United Kingdom and Europe. His career spanned six decades until his death in 1995 and he is widely-recognised as oneof New Zealand's foremost abstractionists.

Greer Clayton attended Auckland University's Elam School of FineArts, graduating in 1996 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. She then travelled extensively before settling in London where she managed a print gallery whilst taking commissions and participating in groupshows. Clayton then relocated to Sydney where she held successful solo exhibitions before returning to Auckland in 2011 where she continues to exhibit and produce work from her Devonport studio.

Auckland-based artist Greg Johanson studied at Elam School of Fine Arts, graduating in 1999.

Gretchen Albrecht is one of New Zealand's most celebrated abstract artists and is widely known for her iconic hemispherical and ovoid works. Her consistent use of these shapes as structural boundaries in her career has allowed her the freedom to investigate colour and gesture as a response to an aesthetic idea - often born from an impulse, event or memory of things like the effect of a stanza of poetry or the play of light on the black sand of Piha beach.

Hana Macmillan artwork for lease or sale.

Hannah Jensen graduated from Auckland University of Technology in 2004 with a Bachelor of Visual Arts majoring in printmaking and has transferred her skills to the painted medium in her postgraduate practice, developing a unique stylistic approach.

Auckland-based Haruhiko (Haru) Sameshima was born in Japan and moved to New Zealand in 1973 while in his teens. Sameshima has been exploring the concept of 'New Zealand' for many years, looking at the &ldquo incongruous set of cultural mores&ldquo that make up our country.

Hayley King's recent work explores a perceived prejudice againstthe traditions of decorative art - that decorative work or forms designed with repetition or function in mind are somehow illegitimate. By disconnecting ornamental forms from the irrepetitive or purely decorative nature and allowing these forms to function as singular emblems, King creates works that emphasise and actively exaggerate the pervasive effect that everyday patterns and motifs have on popular culture.

Investigating notions of the self and identity as it is expressed in the home, Holli McEntegart's photographic practice canbe aptly described as one that is orientated towards the capturing of a 'domestic geography'. McEntegart seeks to break in to that most sacred of spaces - the one place in the world where an individual can feel free to express themselves as they truly are - the home. Hence, McEntegart's work weaves a narrative that is equal parts humour and drama and one which succeeds in unearthing the intimate details that construct the identity of the home.

Born in 1964 in Saint Symphorien-sur-Coise, a village near Lyonin France, Isabelle Staron-Tutugoro is a self-taught artist. Since1996, Staron-Tutugoro has lived in the village of Poindimié, Northern Province, New Caledonia, surrounded by the vibrant and historic Kanak culture. This exposure, combined with an intense interest in indigenous symbolism in the form of rock-carved petroglyphs, has led her to explore other Pacific Island cultures. The past seven years have been spent researching petroglyphs in New Caledonia, Samoa, Cook Islands, Tasmania, Australia, Hawaii, EasterIsland, Vanuatu and Tahiti.

Born in 1940's Auckland, JS Parker attended Ilam School of Fine Arts in Canterbury from 1962 to 1966, graduating with an Honours degree in painting, before being awarded the prestigious Frances Hodgkins Fellowship at the University of Otago in 1975.

Born into a supportive arts background of DIY construction, innovative creations and a certain no.8 wire aesthetic, Jade Bentley has always had a passion to make and create art. Bentley attended Whitecliffe College of Art & Design, graduating in 2000 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts majoring in Painting. She currently divides her time between her art practice and her career as an art consultant.

James Moore has exhibited regularly in Auckland and throughout the country since 1990, while tutoring art for major Auckland artschools including Auckland University of Technology, ManukauInstitute of Technology, Elam School of Fine Arts and UNITEC. In2004, Moore graduated with a Master of Fine Arts (with Honours)from Elam School of Fine Arts. Moore is presently teaching Designand Professional Studies at Hungry Creek Art and Craft School near Puhoi.

James Ross is a celebrated New Zealand abstract painter whose work mixes architectural, sculptural and painterly elements. Ross' paintings are characterised by the use of multiple compositional elements, most notable of which are the interplay between organic motifs and rigid geometric forms a use of vivid, often primary, colour and an insistence on rejecting the traditional mode ofpainting as a canvas-based medium in favour of shaped structural supports, unconventional mounting angles and elliptical glass finishing.

Born in 1971, Jane Henzell graduated with a Master of Fine Arts from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology after completing aDiploma of Interior Design (with distinction) from UNITEC in Auckland in 1990. Henzell has been a lecturer at the Design School and the Faculty of Architecture and Design at UNITEC since 1995. In 2006, she relocated to London to work as an assistant to DamienHirst, enfant terrible of the British art scene. Herdevotion to her career in teaching has been matched by herdedication to a full exhibiting schedule and painting regime.

Jane Zusters was born in Christchurch in 1951. As Jane Arbuckle she was a founding member of the Christchurch Women's Liberation Movement. In 1973 she completed a Bachelor of Arts in English before taking up a position as a teacher at Navua High School in Fiji. Zusters returned to New Zealand to study at the Canterbury University School of Fine Arts for two years and in 1975, while still a second year painting student, exhibited her photographs in the '6 Women Artists' show, curated by Allie Eagle at the McDougall Art Gallery in Christchurch. In 1978 she was awarded a major QueenElizabeth II Arts Council Grant and moved to Auckland. In 2003 Zusters completed a Master of Fine Arts (First Class Honours) in Photography at Whitecliffe College of Art and Design.

Janette Cervin attended Unitec Institute of Technology, graduating in 2010 with a Bachelor of Visual Communication before embarking on a Masters of Design (majoring in Painting), which she completed in 2013.

Born in London in 1955, Jasia Szerszynska graduated from Manchester Polytechnic with a Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) in 1977. She went on to complete a Postgraduate Diploma in Art at Goldsmith College London in 1986.

Jeffrey Harris artwork for lease or sale.

Jesse Watson attended Auckland University of Technology, graduating in 2002 with a Bachelor ofVisual Arts. Watson majored in Painting and received the University's Main Art Scholarship Award that year. He spent the next year in Melbourne, painting and producing commissioned pieces for Interior Art Australia, before returning to New Zealand in 2004 to continue his career as an artist. Watson was nominated as afinalist in the 2006, 2007 and 2008 Wallace Art Awards. Hecurrently resides in London.

Jessica Pearless attended Auckland University's Elam School ofFine Arts, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2002. Shegained a Postgraduate Scholarship for Masters study and in 2011 graduated MFA (Hons).

Jill Perrott's artistic career began in earnest in the early 1990's, more than 20 years after her initial foray into the arts. Perrott studied art at Auckland University's Elam School of Art in the 1960's, but her devotion to her family saw her focussed onother aspects of life for the next two decades. With her three children attaining adulthood, Perrott re-energised her passion and proficiency for art though workshops at Art Station and Elam summer schools. She began exhibiting locally with her debut exhibition at Titirangi's Lopdell House Community gallery in 1997.

Jill Sorensen was born in 1966 in Thames. She completed her Post-Graduate Diploma at AucklandUniversity's Elam School of Fine Arts in 1995, after gaining aBachelor of Fine Arts from the University of New South Wales. In2002, she graduated Master of Fine Arts (1^st ClassHonours) at Elam. Sorensen's body of work encompasses installation, encaustic painting and more recently figurative painting and drawings.

n 2001 she completed her MFA (Hons) at Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland. Karl has an extensive history of solo, group and invited exhibitions, along with awards and collections in New Zealand and internationally. She has been exploring an ongoing conversation between architecture and art, within a perceptual site-specific experiential environment.

Joanna Mackenzie artwork for lease or sale.

Inspired by the fertile and lush surroundings of her home studio, Jody Hope Gibbons' work explores the fundamental elements of painting - texture, colour and depth. Ranging from the purely abstract to incorporating elements of landscape and recurring symbolic objects such as vessels and crosses, Gibbon's work is defined by her unique style.

John Drawbridge was born in Wellington in 1930 and trained as an art teacher in Wellington and Auckland from 1949-1950. He received a scholarship to attend London Central School of Art from 1957-60, before relocating to Paris in 1961 to study and work at British surrealist painter and printmaker Stanley William Hayter's etching studio, Atelier 17.

John Madden was born in Greymouth on the South Island's WestCoast, in 1953. He studied under renowned landscape painter Toss Woollaston and ceramicist Barry Brickell at Ilam, Canterbury University's School of Fine Art, before taking up work as a potterin Nelson during the 1980's.

John Papas was born in Auckland in 1942 of Greek-Scottish parentage. Now regarded as a senior New Zealand artist, Papas was initially self-taught and chose to work predominantly in ceramicsand oil paint. He has veered between the two constantly over his career, often producing series of oil paintings with ceramic vignettes produced specifically to be incorporated into the designalong the top or down the sides of the work.

John Puhiatau Pule was born in 1962 in the village of Liku,Niue. He was brought to New Zealand by his mother when he was 3years old and grew up in Auckland, New Zealand.

Born in Auckland in 1956, Reynolds received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Auckland in 1978 and held his first exhibition in 1980. From his 12-metre long painting Hope Street and his 7000 piecework Cloud to works on postcards and stamps, Reynolds paintings arerich with literary, religious, art historical and architectural allusions. Reynolds is widely considered to be one of New Zealand'sfinest artists.

John Walsh was born in Tolaga Bay in 1954 and attended Canterbury University's Ilam School of Fine Art between 1973-74. After his first solo exhibition held when he was almost 40 (hisearlier works having been exhibited mainly around his home territory of Gisborne and the East Coast region of New Zealand), John Walsh quickly made a name for himself and now exhibits annually in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.

Born in England in 1977, JonChapman-Smith attended Auckland's Unitec School of Design, where he graduated in 2000 with a Bachelor of Design majoring in Graphic Design. Chapman-Smith's artistic practice is multi-disciplinary, combining elements of printmaking, carving, and painting with aparticular insistence on the translation of the hand-created intodigital form and the utilisation of modern production techniques astools of a modern artistic palette.

John Brown was born in Glen Innes, Auckland in 1971. He studied for a Bachelor of Art & Design (majoring in print making) at Auckland University of Technology and completed his work with a highly successful graduation show. As a result, he was awarded a Postgraduate Fellowship at Auckland University in 1995.In 2004 he received a first class Honours in Visual Arts and went on to complete a Masters in Visual Art programme at the School of Art and Design, Auckland University of Technology.

Jules Silk artwork for lease or sale.

Julia Thorne's work in the photography medium has spanned more than two decades and been as diverse in nature as the subjects themselves.

Julian Hindson was born in Yorkshire, UK in 1973 and currently lives Auckland, New Zealand, where he paints in his East Tamaki studio. Hindson's love of painting grew from his mid-teens and as a result of his education and work experience, his work now draws on over 15 years of graphic design and art direction experience.

Born in London in 1959, Julie Downie spent her formative years growing up in Auckland. After studying Graphic Design at the Auckland Technical Institute, Downie left New Zealand to live and work in the UK in the early 1980s. Whist working and studying in London she gained a degree in Photography at the Polytechnic of Central London, and a Masters in Photography at Derbyshire Collegeof Higher Education. Later, Downie graduated with a Masters in Museum & Gallery Education at the Institute of Education at theUniversity of London.

Julie Wood graduated from AUT with a Bachelor of Visual Arts in 2000, majoring in Painting and Philosophy. Dissatisfied with what she saw as a chaotic bombardment of images in Post-modern art, Woodchose instead to return to the fundamental painterly notions of texture and the effect of light upon the painted surface as a precursor to colour. Wood's work is largely conducted outside the realm of the traditional canvas, on the template of organic shapes influenced by her investigations into the primary perceptual properties of natural forms - colour, shape and texture.

Juliet Monaghan artwork for lease or sale.

Karl Maughan artwork for lease or sale.

Kate Woods artwork for lease or sale.

Informed by a combination of painting theory, architecture and engineering, Kathryn Stevens' work explores the twin painterly ideals of depth and palette. Stevens' work investigates the representation of depth through an implied three-dimensional structure on a two-dimensional plane. Her paintings also explore the effect of variation in the tonal range of a colour on the structure present on the canvas. The result is work that emits a rhythmic, quasi-electric energy, underpinned by a sense of mathematical precision.

Born in 1965, Kathy Barber studied painting at Whitecliffe College of Art & Design in Auckland, following a long and distinguished career as an advertising creative that culminated in her role as creative director at Ammirati Puris Lintas in New York.

Katie Thornton is a multi-disciplinary artist currently working in London, United Kingdom. She attended the Royal MelbourneInstitute of Technology in Melbourne, Australia, graduating in 2007 with a Masters in Fine Arts.

Born in Tokyo, Japan in 1957, Kazu Nakagawa studied Mathematics and Languages (Japanese and English) at Koishikawa College until1976, before attending Tokyo University of Fisheries, where he completed an advanced Bachelor of Navigation and Engineering with anational award winning thesis in 1981.

Born in 1952, Kennedy Malin attended Elam School of Fine Arts, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1991, before going on to complete her Master of Arts. Malin was highly regarded as an educator, tutoring at the Auckland Society of Arts and teaching painting, drawing and design at the Whitecliffe College of FineArts in Auckland.

Keren Cook holds a Masters in FineArts (with first class honours) and a Diploma inTeaching. Cook has taught in schools as Head of Art and worked as alecturer at Auckland University's Elam School of Fine Arts. Shecontinues to work as a visiting artist in New Zealand schools and has worked on invitation at the Moore College of Art and Design in Philadelphia, USA and the Scuola Di Grafica in Venice, Italy. Sheis currently the owner and director of a private art school in Auckland.

Kiran McKinnon studied at London's City & Guilds School ofArt, before returning to New Zealand in 1995 to attend Auckland University's Elam School of Fine Art, where she completed her Masters in Fine Arts (1^st Class Honours) in 2001. Following several years of work in the UK, McKinnon returned toElam in 2007 to undertake her Doctorate in Fine Arts.

Kirsten Nicholls studied Landscape Architecture at LincolnUniversity, Canterbury, graduating B.L.A (Hons) before relocating to Auckland to study Fine Arts at Elam, where she graduated M.F.A(Hons).

Leigh Christensen artwork for lease or sale.

Liam Davidson was born in Australia in 1948. He studied painting at the Julian Ashton Art School in Sydney in the late 1960's before relocating to Dunedin to study printmaking under the tutelage of Marilyn Webb and Barry Cleavin. He continues to live and work inNew Zealand.

Linda McFetridge was born in New Plymouth and raised inTaranaki. A self-taught artist, she currently resides in Auckland.

McFetridge has contributed to a number of collaborative exhibitions over the past couple of years, including an innovative show in November 2006 with fellow artist Kate Millington, hosted by fashion design house World at their deluxe store in Auckland.

Born from simplicity and meticulously crafted, Lindsay Evans'sculptures convey a sense of natural power and resonance.

Llew Summers artwork for lease or sale.

Lorraine Rastorfer has pioneered a style and way of working that is unique. Her works begin with fluid gesture and viscous movement, before undergoing constant transformation with light refraction and reflection as the viewer contemplates, watches and moves about.

Loveday Kingsford studied painting, drawing, sculpture and design at the Elam School of Fine Art in the late 1950's. She travelled and lived overseas in the 1960's absorbing cultural influences from Australia, Greece, Europe, England and the U.S.A. Kingsford studied drawing in Athens, London and Sydney and sold work from the Redfern Gallery in London to a public collection in Leicestershire.

Luke Kelly is a Wellington-based artist, working primarily inthe graphic design field. Kelly's artwork involves an abstraction of the mechanics, tools and constructions of the nautical and engineering industries, themes drawn largely from his coastalupbringing.

Mal Bouzaid artwork for lease or sale.

Born in 1947, Malcolm Harrison is best known as one of New Zealand's foremost craft artists.

Early in his career, Harrison acquired pattern drafting and garment construction skills at night schools and various textile manufacturers. These skills developed into a love affair with fabric and Harrison carved a successful niche for himself in 1960's Auckland as a clothing designer.

Mandy Thomsett-Taylor graduated in 2007 with a Masters in Art & Design from the Auckland University of Technology and currently lectures the Bachelor of Design Degree at UNITEC in Auckland.

Maree Wilson was born in WaitakereCity in 1968. She was raised in Helensville and now divides her time between her home at Muriwai Beach and Hokianga, where she is a senior tutor in the Diploma and Certificate courses for Applied Arts at NorthTec, Rawene. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts fromthe University of Auckland and a Master of Fine Arts from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.

Margaret have always drawn faces, a fascination which evolved into an interest in make-up artistry.?

"I have been painting for the last 16 years, as well as working as a make up artist/stylist in the Television Commercial World."

Born in Christchurch in 1962, Marian Maguire attended Ilam, the University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts, graduating with adegree in Printmaking in 1984. Following her formal training, Maguire went on to complete the Professional Printer Trainer Programme at the Tamarind Institute of Lithography in Albuquerque, U.S.A in 1986. Maguire returned to Christchurch in 1987 to open Limeworks Lithography Studio and was later accepted as the 1991 artist-in-residence at the Otago Polytechnic, an award funded by QEII Arts Council. In 1998 she received an Arts Excellence Award from the Canterbury Community Trust. She has participated regularly in solo and group exhibitions throughout New Zealand, notably at the McDougall Art Annex with her show &ldquo Library Travelling&ldquo .

Born in 1952, Martin Ball is best known for his large scale portraits - often of iconic New Zealand artists. He began his trademark style of hyper-realistic paintings and graphite drawings while attending Elam School of Fine Arts in the 1970s under the tutelage of Garth Tapper, Robert Ellis and Pat Hanly, a period in which, by his own admission, Ball was heavily influenced by Impressionism, Post Impressionism and the drawing style of Picasso.

Martin Hill is an internationally recognised environmental artist and photographer. Born in the UK, Hill was educated at High Wyckham College of Art & Design before embarking on a career in visual communications and design. Hill held numerous positions as Creative Director at prominent companies in London, Nairobi, Sydney and Auckland, before settling in New Zealand and founding his own award-winning company, Poulsen & Hill Design (later Martin Hill Design) in Auckland in 1987. Examples of Hill's design work are on permanent display at the National Bibliotheque du Graphique in Nice, France.

Born in Whanganui in 1973 and raised in Taumaranui, Matt Dowman relocated to Auckland in 1995 to further his artistic career. He began study at Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design in 1999, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2002 before going on to complete his Masters in Fine Arts (with Honours) at Auckland University's Elam School of Fine Arts in 2004.

Matthew Browne's work harnesses both the painterly and the theoretical. As an exponent of a contemporary expressionistic style, Browne stems from an artistic tradition that originally privileged the unmediated action of painting as a direct translation of aesthetic thought. However, Browne's work is more calculated reaction than spontaneous, unmediated gesture. In the co-existent forms and luminous colours of his characteristic works,the act of painting itself is celebrated through the careful application of bands of colour to create tone, depth and emotional substance.

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Born in 1949, Murray Hedwig was educated at the University ofCanterbury School of Fine Arts, where he gained a Diploma in FineArts (Honours) in 1971, before graduating Christchurch Teacher's College in 1973 with a Diploma of Teaching (with Distinction). Following a distinguished career as a professional photographer, artist, filmmaker and tutor at The School of Art and Design, Christchurch, Hedwig currently runs a photographic business inChristchurch in partnership with his eldest son Karl.

Neal Palmer was born in London in 1968 and studied at Trent University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts with Honours. Palmer has lived and worked in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand.

Born in Canberra, Australia in 1961 and raised in Hamilton, New Zealand, Neil Frazer is one of New Zealand's foremost painters.Frazer graduated from the Ilam School of Fine Arts in Christchurchin 1984, before commencing a successful career in the New Zealandand international art scene.

Neil Miller was born in England in 1963 and immigrated with hisfamily to New Zealand in 1975. He gained a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Auckland University's Elam School of Fine Arts in 1988 and has actively exhibited and completed public and private commissions since then, while also tutoring at the Auckland School of Art.

Born in Dunedin in 1962, Neville Smitheram attended Auckland University's Elam School of Fine Arts, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1984. Following a decade of achieving critical and commercial success in Auckland, Smitheram decamped to Levin to concentrate on his artistic practice.

Nick Wall was born in Paihiatua in 1973 and graduated from Whitecliffe College of Art and Design in 2000 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, majoring in Painting. Mentored by Max Gimblett in New York and Auckland, Wall's work takes its cue from mid-20th Century US Abstract Expressionism, though his use of stylised and often geometric compositional motifs combined with a self-reflective emphasis on painterly qualities and application lends his work an air of introspection and spirituality, as opposed to the extroverted and often ego-centric works of some of the original movement's US exponents.

A love of finish and texture are two readily recognisable aspects of Auckland artist Nicki Dalton'swork. Dalton's journey to painting effectively began with the nurturing of a business in which paint finishes were meticulously applied to high-end hand-crafted framing. This constant involvement in the craft of painting, coupled with her deep interest in painterly techniques from various cultures finally led Dalton to take up painting in a more artistic vein.

Brown's works are fundamentally a form of New Zealand Expressionism strewn with a vocabulary of symbols in the context of allegory. They carry with them a strength of purpose in the handling of specific subject matter, as Brown focuses on fundamental human concerns, creating poignant social commentary in his works. This 'voice' is clearly expressed in the pointedly political anti-nuclear stance of his contribution to the famous Va'ana peace mural at the corner of Karangahape and Ponsonby Roads in Auckland.

In her exploration of colour and form, Pamela Tinning hopes to engage her viewer in an emotional experience. Evocative and dreamlike, her cloudscapes are each unique in form and composition, while her abstract work has a bold sense of movement.

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Patterson Parkin was born in London and attended the Warwick School of Art where he received his formative training in the study of art, specialising in drawing and painting.

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Paul Haywood lives and works in Karamea on the South Island's West Coast. He graduated with a Diploma of Visual Arts from the School of Visual Arts, Nelson, andhas exhibited nationally and internationally since 1991, including a show in Costa Rica in 1998.

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Born in 1954 in Northland, Peter James Smith graduated Bachelorof Science (Hons) from Auckland University, before going on to complete his Masters of Science at Rutger's University and a PhD at the University of Western Australia in 1984. He currently heads theSchool of Creative Media at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, where he is also a Professor of Mathematics and Art.

Peter Miller was born in the Waikato in 1955. After moving to Auckland, Miller studied life drawing with Peter Waddell and Matthew Browne at Outreach (Art Station) from 1993 to 1995 before attending Manukau Institute of Art & Design and graduating in 1998 with a Diploma of Visual Arts.

Prakash Patel was born in New Zealandin 1968. Since graduating with a Diploma in Visual Arts and Design at Hawkes Bay Polytechnic in 1993, he has exhibited widely in New Zealand.

Rachel Brooks works with illusory and atmospheric space, creating heavy edged, uneven forms which appear to slide off her canvases. She combines the use of a palette knife with fingertips swirling repeatedly into the paint: smaller concentrated motions increase the illusory space while larger sweeping marks work to lighten and flatten the space. The works can be read from a number of vantage points what is one large block of colour from a distance becomes a subtly variegated, meditative pattern on closer inspection.

Born and raised in the North East of England and graduating with a Fine Art degree from Manchester University, Rachel has been a resident of West Auckland since 2007. In her past lives (pre kids) she lived in London, Sydney and Winchester working both as a freelance photographer and photographic artist. Rachel began to develop her range of photographic art prints in 2000 just as high end digital photography was emerging.

Born in Auckland in 1976, Rachel Walters attended Auckland University's Elam School of Fine Arts, graduating in 2003 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. In 2006, Walters was awarded a Masters of Fine Arts (with First Class Honours) andthe Head of School's prize for Contemporary Maori Art. While Walters' body of work encompasses installation, painting, mixed media work, photography and sculpture, it is predominantly as a sculptor that she has found her niche.

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Rene Jansen immigrated to New Zealand at 21 from the Netherlands. Jansen's approach to his artistic practice stems from where he has been and where he is now. Having a background in Art and Design, this forms his strong compositions within his work.

Rex Armstrong is a painterly expressionist whose work is rootedin figuration - both human and environmental. His vigorous markmaking and earthy palette are reminiscent of Australian painterslike Ian Fairweather and Tony Tuckson, but it is the New Zealandlandscape that has provided inspiration and motivation throughouthis painting career. It is also a consistent strand that runsthrough a substantial and varied body of work.

Since 1982, Richard Adams has been cementing his reputation as one of New Zealand's leading contemporary abstract painters, painting private commissions and showing widely throughout the country. The Auckland-based artist is also internationally renowned for his work, holding exhibitions in Tokyo, Sydney, New York, and London.

Richard Killeen was born in Auckland in 1946 where he continuesto live and practice. In 1966, he graduated with a Diploma of FineArts from Elam.

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Richard Thompson was born in Auckland in 1965 and graduated from Elam School of Fine Arts in 1990. He isequally well-known for his painting as for his sculpture.

Born in Scotland in 1948, Robert McLeod attended the Glasgow School of Art before immigrating to NewZealand in 1972.

Robyn Gibson was born in Aotearoa, New Zealand, and gained aBachelor of Fine Arts with High Distinction from Melbourne's LaTrobe University.

Rodney Fumpston was born in Fiji in 1947. After settling in New Zealand he attended Elam School of Fine Arts, graduating in 1972 with a Masters in Fine Arts (First Class Honours). After travelling to London and graduating from the Advanced Studies in Print making course at the Central School of Art and Design in 1974, Fumpston returned to Auckland and taught at the Auckland Society of Arts. He was largely responsible for establishing the print studio, whichbuilt up a considerable reputation for producing quality work atthe Society. As a result, he was made head of the Printmaking Department in 1988.

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Roger Mortimer is an Auckland-based artist who graduated with aDiploma in Teaching from Auckland University and a Bachelor of FineArts from Elam School of Fine Arts in the late 1990's. Mortimer exhibits extensively in solo and group shows.

Born in Invercargill in 1977, Rohan Wealleans attended Auckland University's Elam School of Fine Arts, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts majoring in Painting in 2000. Wealleans went on to pursue a Masters in Fine Arts at Elam, graduating in 2003.

Ronnie Tjampitjinpa was born in 1943 in Tjiturrunya, Western Australia. His family moved extensively across the Pintupi and Northern Territories, living in the semi-nomadic Aboriginal manner that has been tradition for over 40,000 years. Shortly after his initiation into manhood in the early 1950's, Tjampitjinpa and his family moved to Haasts Bluff and then later joined relatives at the newly settled Papunya community, where Tjampitjinpa found work as a fencer making the yards for cattle in the surrounding area. He began painting around 1971, in response to the burgeoning desert art movement in Papunya and is now widely regarded as one of the most accomplished senior artists of the Papunya Tula School and Aboriginal Art in general.

Huston shows meticulous attention to detail and craftsmanship in her work, employing a palette of rich hues in a dense tonal structure. Her Ruby Huston lives and works in Auckland. She is largely self-taught and has been working as an artist since 1975. Huston has exhibited extensively and her work is included in both public and private collections in New Zealand as well as abroad.

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In describing his work, and journey thus far, it is evident that Stephen’s musical expertise has significantly influenced his approach to process and desire to create a tension between the surface of his work and the depths beneath – a meticulous overlaying of colour and texture to build an emotional connection. His body of work follows a progression from a more minimal beginning towards lyrical abstraction, and covers exploration of and experimentation with colour and material.

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Sean McDonnell attended Elam Art School graduating in 2001 with a Bachelors of Fine Arts.

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Auckland-born painter Shane Foley began her artistic career studying under Colin McCahon, John Drawbridge and Kate Coolihan in a National Bank Art workshop in the early 1970's.

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Shelton Woolright is a New Zealand born London based creative with a BA in Design majoring in Photography.

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Sonja Gardien an artist with a Bachelor of Design and Visual Arts degree from Auckland, New Zealand. Conceptual art photography is her passion.

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In 1972, Stuart Broughton (then aged five), arrived in New Zealand aboard a passenger liner.

Born in Sydney in 1960, Sue Cooke emigrated to New Zealand withher family as a teenager. She attended the University of Canterbury, graduating in 1984 with a Diploma of FIne Arts with Honours. Cooke began exhibiting her paintings and printed work in Christchurch and in 1987 was awarded a QEII Arts Council scholarship, which enabled her to undertake a study tour to the US,UK, France, Spain, Italy and the Netherlands, where she immersed herself in local art and absorbed the finer points of specific painting and printmaking production techniques. Cooke returned in 1990 to take up a position as Artist in Residence at the SarjeantArt Gallery in Wanganui. Cooke has since divided her career between exhibition, production and tutoring in the arts.

Sue Daly was born in 1945 in Devonport, Auckland. She graduated with a Diploma of Fine Arts from Auckland University in 1966 and completed a Diploma of Teaching in 1967.

Gestural abstract artist Sue Reidy is based in Auckland. The subject of her painting is the process of painting itself. Her art process is materials driven.

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Trevor Pye was born in Te Awamutu in 1952 and educated in Australia, attending the North Adelaide School of Art before completing his Bachelor of Arts in 1985 at the South Australian College of Advanced Education in Adelaide. Pye later returned to New Zealand, completing his Masters of Fine Art with First Class Honours at Auckland University's Elam School of Fine Arts in 1996.

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Von Bentley's innate creativity led her to her first job in the creative industries: as a carpet designer for Feltex Carpets.Feltex sponsored Bentley to attended Auckland Technical Institute where she gained recognition in Graphic Design. Bentley developed her painting and produced commissioned work alongside raising a family. During this time she also worked with special needschildren as an Art Director and Teacher's Aid, helping children fill their classrooms with artwork.

Auckland-born artist Wayne Wilson-Wongworked as a professional photographer in New Zealand and the UKfrom 1990-2000, contributing news, sports and features photographyto a wide array of newspaper and magazine publications including The Times UK & Sunday Times, The Guardian, Reuters News Agency,The New Zealand Herald, Metro and Mana Magazine. Diverseassignments allowed Wilson-Wong to travel extensively throughout Europe, Scandinavia, and North America, gaining experience and developing his style. On returning to New Zealand, Wilson-Wonglectured photography on a part-time basis for Bachelor of Fine Artsstudents at Auckland's Whitecliffe School of Art and Design before pursuing his studies at Auckland University's Elam School of FineArts. Having graduated Elam with a Master of Fine Arts (First ClassHonours) in 2003, he is now engaged in the Fine Arts doctoral programme.