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Mark Hamilton's The Liberation of Limitation as installed at RAMP. Photo: Geoff Ridder

The Wonders of Light and the Familiar

RAMP

Hamilton

 

Mark Hamilton
The Liberation of Limitation


July 21 - Aug 21 2020

Celebrating the ordinary

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James R. Ford, An Absurd Hero, 2018, FHD digital video, 8 min 2 sec loop

How About Some Art That’s Serious?

NEVER PROJECT SPACE

Hamilton

 

James R. Ford
Woke Up Like This

 


31 July - 22 August 2020

Reaching beyond the political

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Details of Aaron Smith's Home Pickling installation at the School of Media Arts Gallery

A Lost & Beautiful Past

School of Media Arts Gallery

Hamilton

Aaron Smith
Home Pickling

Ramp

Amanda Watson

Painting Encounters with the Land
11 February - 28 February 2020

Two Wintec shows


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Ophelia King, Bruise (left) + Hickey (right), 2019, archival print on cotton rag, 300 mm x 250 mm x 29 mm each (framed)

Ophelia King’s ‘Diary’?

LAREE PAYNE GALLERY

Hamilton

 

Ophelia King
Teething


22 January 2020 - 22 February 2020

Is all art autobiographical?

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Asher Newbery, Tūhoe Airforce 3.

Indigenous Art at Waikato Museum

WAIKATO MUSEUM TE WHARE TAONGA O WAIKATO

Waikato

 

Group exhibition

 

Puhoro o Mua, Puhoro ki Tua

 

23 November 2019 - 23 February 2020

Comprehensive showcase

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Tim Croucher, Winter, Meremere Dragway. 2019. Oil on canvas. 1000 mm x 750 mm

Searching for a Waikato Regionalism

RAMP

Hamilton

 

Tim Croucher
Somewhere around here

 


17 October - 15 November 2019

Croucher and friends


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Ada Leung, Fungal Blooms (3), 2018. Pencil shavings and adhesive. Dimensions unavailable. Image courtesy of the artist

Feminising Nature

GALLAGHER ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS GALLERY

Hamilton

 

Group show
Fertile Grounds



30 September - 29 November 2019

University group show

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Garland Sharp: Shades of Grey 1, 2019, acrylic and ink on canvas, 1000 x 1000 mm; Shades of Grey 11, 2019, acrylic and ink on canvas, 1000 x 1000 mm

Shades of Grey & Spin Cycle

FRANKTON GALLERY

Hamilton

 

Garland Sharp
Shades of Grey


27 September - 27 October 2019

Four Hamilton artists

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Mark Rayner, Jacinda, 2018, wool and rug canvas (2018). 1030 x 970 mm

27th Annual Wallace Awards 2018

WALLACE GALLERY

Morrinsville

 

Selected finalists

Wallace Art Awards 2018

 

21 September -10 November 2019

Morrinsville presentation


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At RAMP, Claudia Avril, 2019: Fold 14, acrylic on acrylic sheet, 630 x 600 mm. Photo: Geoff Ridder

Claudia Avril at RAMP

RAMP

Hamilton

 

Claudia Avril
The Fourth Wall

 


13 September - 20 September 2019

Sumptuous ‘Folds’

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The ‘Paranormal’ at RAMP

RAMP

Hamilton

 

Jen Bowmast
Sacred Sites

 


23 July - 23 August 2019

Mystic Truths’ in Hamilton

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Richard Lewer, Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust; in the sure and certain hope of Resurrection to eternal life, 2017, oil on epoxy coated steel,  480 mm x 380 mm

Richard Lewer in Hamilton

LAREE PAYNE GALLERY

Hamilton

 

Richard Lewer
Weird Science, Priests and Ghosts

 

7 August - 31 August 2019

 

A Munch connection


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Installation of Mark Curtis' 'Hey Hey--New Works', at Freit Contemporary.

Curtis @ FREIT

FRANKTON GALLERY

Hamilton

 

Mark Curtis
Hey Hey—New Works

 


7 August - 24 August 2019

Fun with coding

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Ayesha Green, Nana's Birthday (A Big Breath), 2019, acrylic on plywood

NCAA in 2019

WAIKATO MUSEUM TE WHARE TAONGA O WAIKATO

Hamilton

 

Group show

 

National Contemporary Art Award

 

3 August-10 November 2019

Pardington’s choice

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David Woodings, Edendale Primary School Gala (September 2017), oil on canvas, 2400 x 1700 mm.

Melancholic and Cynical Woodings

WALLACE GALLERY

Morrinsville

 

David Woodings
Merrily Go Around

 

June 6 - June 30.

Fairground corruption


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Michael Shepherd, Monarch Butterfly and Meccano Construction. 1980, oil on canvas. Images courtesy of the artist, Craig Brown and Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato.

Michael Shepherd Survey in Hamilton

WAIKATO MUSEUM TE WHARE TAONGA O WAIKATO

Hamilton

 

Michael Shepherd

Reinventing History Painting


23 February - 9 June 2019

Curated by Elizabeth Rankin

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Paul Judd, The Sweeter Ride, 2007, oil on board.Photo by Linda Bendikson and Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato

Paul Judd Survey

WAIKATO MUSEUM TE WHARE TAONGA O WAIKATO

Hamilton

 

Paul Judd
A Sweeter Ride


3 May - 30 June 2019

Waikato Retrospective

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Claudia Kogachi, Mom Wait Up.

Hamilton’s Painting and Print Competition

Wintec, The Atrium (WSA and Wintec Partnership)

Hamilton

 

Forty-one Finalists
2019 New Zealand Painting and Print Award.

 

1 March - 3 March 2019

Wintec venue this time


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Laura Williams, Dutchess County Picnic

Sophisticated Faux Naivety

LAREE PAYNE GALLERY

Hamilton

Laura Williams
Dutchess County Picnic

 

13 February - 9 March 2019

Knowingly untutored

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Trent Thompson's 'Hydrocal White' paintings as installed in his 'In Lieu' exhibition at Skinroom gallery

White Leaning on White

SKINROOM

Hamilton


Trent Thompson
In Lieu


15 February - 9 March 2019

 

Spatial extension of feeling

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Shannon Novak, Open, 2018, vinyl, mirror ball, and lights. At Ramp

Novak at Ramp

RAMP

Hamilron

 

Shannon Novak
Unbounded

 

28 September - 18 October 2018

Gay narratives in abstraction