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Dieneke Jansen, Morrison Drive, Hobsonville, 23 November, 2012. Image supplied by Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato

Hamilton’s National Contemporary Art Award

WAIKATO MUSEUM TE WHARE TAONGA O WAIKATO

Hamilton

 

Group exhibition
2013 National Contemporary Art Award

 

17 August - 10 November

Jon Bywater’s selection

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Ruth Cleland, Parking Building #3, 2013, acrylic on linen,  630 x 840 mm.

Cleland and McMillan

GALLAGHER ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS GALLERY

Hamilton

 

Ruth Cleland and Gary McMillan
Inland Empire

 

17 June - 9 August 2013

Looking at hyperrealsim

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Michael Harrison, Bare Bones, 2013, acrylic on paper

Tinder and Timber

RAMP

Hamilton

 

Michael Harrison
Tinder and timber

 

23 May - 14 June 2013

Harrison in Hamilton


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Helen Dowling, Project City, acrylic on wood.

Scrutinising Urban Planning

RAMP

Hamilton

 

Group show
Civilia


May 2 - May 15 2013

Improving civic design

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Jasmine Middlebrook, Telling Tails, 2012, oil on canvas. 950 x 1200 mm

Art Versus Illustration

GALLAGHER ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS GALLERY

Hamilton

 

Jasmine Middlebrook
Telling Tales

 

15 April - 7 June 2013

Must art have ‘teeth’?

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Mark Purdom, Under, photograph

Mark Purdom at Ramp

RAMP

Hamilton

 

Mark Purdom
Under

 

27 March - 12 April 2013

Mysterious structures


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Duncan Ryder, Lintel/Block/Beam, 2012, oil on canvas, 40 x 120 cm

Ryder Paintings

THE FRAMING WORKSHOP

Hamilton

 

Duncan Ryder
Threshold

 

22 February - 21 March 2013

In framer’s gallery

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Matthew Galloway, Logo, 2013. Acrylic.

New RAMP Opens

RAMP

Hamilton

 

Group Show

Public Good

 

February 22 - March 22 2013

Kim Paton curation

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Aisha Roberts, Domestic Bliss, 2010, Digital photographic print.

Compassion and Global Concern

GALLAGHER ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS GALLERY

Hamilton

 

Group show
The Care Factor
Curated by Stephanie Chalmers

 

11 February - 5 April 2013

Debut show from L&C’s new curator


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Kirsten Roberts, Ocularis. oil on linen (on right of picture) 1150mm x 850mm

Hamilton’s $20,000 Award

Hamilton Garden Pavilion

Hamilton

 

Group show

The New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Award, 2013
Blair French, Judge

 

15 February - 28 February 2013

Blair French’s choice

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Tim Croucher, After Changjiang No.1 (Blue)

Chinese / New Zealand Cultural Exchange

WAIKATO MUSEUM TE WHARE TAONGA O WAIKATO

Hamilton

 

Tim Croucher and Xu Ze
The Wonder and Loss of Familiar Places

 

17 Dec. 2012 - 14 April 2013

A two painter collaboration

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Kim Paton's Mind Map on the Anglesea St. WINTEC wall

Hamilton’s Giant Mind Map

WINTEC WALL

Hamilton

 

Kim Paton

Mind Map

 


I November 2012 - 30 January 2013

Kim Paton’s temporary public art work


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Lisa Benson's Blinky from the window

Lisa Benson’s Work with Light

RAMP

Hamilton

 

Lisa Benson

Blinky

 

31 August - 8 September 2012.

Continuing her photographic explorations

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Winner: Michael Parr and Blaine Western, Parallel of Art and Life, in-situ installation, 2012. Image courtesy of the Waikato Museum, Te Whare Taonga o Waikato.

Waikato Museum’s Yearly Art Award

WAIKATO MUSEUM TE WHARE TAONGA O WAIKATO

Hamilton

 

Group show
National Contemporary Art Award


17 August - 18 November 2012

Smaller selection this time

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Judy Darragh, Pinch Grip, 2012, acrylic, ink and aerosol paint on PVC

Darragh Paints Up Large

GALLAGHER ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS GALLERY

Hamilton

 

Judy Darragh
SCI FI

 

August 20 - October 5, 2012

Movie banners as support


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Yang Yi, Old Town of Kaixian: Dormitory on Ring Road (Uprooted #12)   2007  Lightjet print  Courtesy of the artist and M97 Gallery, Shanghai

Art from China and South Korea

GALLAGHER ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS GALLERY

Hamilton

 

International group show

Raised Voices

 

2 July - 10 August

Alarmed about the new consumerism

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Marker installed at Ramp

Examining The Poster

RAMP

Hamilton

 

Group Show
Marker
Curator: Kim Paton

 

May 29 - June 15

Art meeting design

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Hemi Macgregor, Te Aka,  2010, acrylic on canvas.  1060 x 1010 mm.  Courtesy of the Artist and Page Blackie Gallery

Hemi Macgregor in Hamilton

GALLAGHER ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS GALLERY

Hamilton

 

Hemi Macgregor
Remix
Curated by Karl Chitham

 

14 May - 22 June 2012

Solo painting show


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Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Ghosts in the Form of Gifts, 2009. Detail.

Glancing at the History of Digital Art

RAMP

Hamilton

 

Group exhibition
Social Interface
Curated by Melanie Oliver

 

April 25 - May 16, 2012

Electronic collaborations

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Edith Amituanai, Chilli, 2010.  Courtesy of the Artist  and Anna Miles Gallery

Challenging ‘Mainstream’.

GALLAGHER ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS GALLERY

Hamilton

 

Group exhibition

The Last Interpreters

 

26 March - 4 May 2012

Normalising’ minority cultures

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Peter Trevelyan's Selected Proofs at Ramp

Trevelyan’s Diminutive Geometry

RAMP

Hamilton

 

Peter Trevelyan
Selected Proofs

 

21 February - 15 March 2012

Drawing in space with pencil lead