Two Rooms presents a program of residencies and projects
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Friedman and Ngakura @ Coastal Signs
Maggie Friedman & Ammon Ngakura
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Curated by Sally McMath
13 August - 13 September 2025
Two clever painters
Barton Anthology
Wellington
Christina Barton
Out of the Blue: Essays on Artists from Aotearoa New Zealand 1985 - 2021
Pithy Contemporary Art Observations
Jeena Shin’s Fields of Floating Angular Geometry
Jeena Shin
Time Crystal
15 August - 27 September 2025
Assessing Jigging Fragments in Space
Foote’s Balustrades
Selina Foote
The Balcony
15 August - 27 September 2025
Adventurous Interpretation
Obliterated Titular Language
Tony de Lautour
Location
26 July - 23 August 2025
Experience Without Naming
Containing Meaning
Richard Killeen
Jar
26 July - 23 August 2025
Densely Packed Images
Chortle Chuckle Carr
Steve Carr
How to Disappear
30 July - 23 August 2025
The test for Carr and his enthusiasts is whether his offerings here are limited to one fleeting guffaw only, or if they can sustain repeated amusing encounters? Are there many diverse interpretative levels built into these images so they stick in your ruminating mind? (If you are inclined to speculate about purpose.)
Building Architecture-Alluding Art
Gretchen Albrecht, John Reynolds, John Nixon, James Ross
Built
4 July - 9 August 2025
Referencing Building Design
Angling for Resonances
Denis O’Connor
Lucken’s Alphabet
4 July - 9 August 2025
Unforeseen Text/Image Pairings
Ruth Cleland’s Hyper-Realism
Cerith Wyn Evans at Lett
Cerith Wyn Evans
Cerith Wyn Evans
14 June - 12 July 2025
His Third Show Here
Unnerving Campbell
Joyce Campbell
Dream Diary
23 May - 28 June 2025
Nuanced Surrealism
Swirling ciphers?
Intriguing mesh ‘paintings’ and installation
Painted Potted-Plant Parts
Jude Rae
various objects
11 April - 17 May 2025
Focussing on Foliage
Wall-Reflected vs Frontal, Directly-Radiating Colour
Stephen Bambury & Anne-Marie May
The Still Point of the Turning World
26 March - 26 April 2025
Two Optical Methodologies
Leonard’s Aesthetic….Hmm?
Virginia Leonard
The Wedding Breakfast: An Ode to Olly
26 March - 19 April 2025
Interpreting Her Delicious but Gaudy Prickly Pots
George Watson at Coastal Signs
George Watson
The Farm
7 March - 12 April 2025
Critique of Settlers’ Ethos & More
Performing Magic (with Anxiety)
Laith McGregor
Long Days, Longer Nights
15 March - 15 April 2025
Craft and Nervousness
Dale Frank in Onehunga
Onehunga
Dale Frank
Dale Frank
8 March - 4 April 2025
Epoxy Resin on Perspex Paintings
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