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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


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Elliot Collins, Vincent (wheat fields with crows), detail, collage

Cut and Paste Updated

GALLAGHER ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS GALLERY

Hamilton

 

Group Show
Soft Cut
Curated by Karl Chitham

 

February 6 - March 16 2012

Six collage artists

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Reuben Paterson, Naturist, 2005, glitterdust screenprint, courtesy University of Waikato Art Collection

Looking at Koru and Kowhaiwhai

GALLAGHER ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS GALLERY

Hamilton

Group show

KORU TUPUTUPU: Redefining Kowhaiwhai
Curated by Karl Chitham

 

5 November - 18 December 2011

Contemporary Maori artists mostly

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Lonnie Hutchinson, Shangri-la, 2011, detail.

Examining Animation in Aotearoa

GALLAGHER ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS GALLERY

Hamilton

 

Group show
Handmade Pixels: Exposing the Animation Process
Curated by Lisa Perrott

1 October - 30 October 2011

Diverse approaches to moving images


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Cover of Keith Hill's The God Revolution

Best Book, 2011 Ashton Wylie Charitable Trust Book Award

Attar Books 2011

Keith Hill
The God Revolution
230 pp, RRP. $39.95

Filmmaker wins book prize

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Yvonne Todd, Drexel and Frottex, 2008, photograph. Image courtesy of the artist and Ivan Anthony Gallery

Yvonne Todd in the Waikato

GALLAGHER ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS GALLERY

Hamilton

 

Yvonne Todd
Self Medicating

 

13 August - 25 September 2011

A mini-survey at the Lawson and Calder

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Andre Hemer, Blue Poles, acrylic paint on museum wall, 210 cm x 486 cm

Waikato Museum’s Annual Art Prize

WAIKATO MUSEUM TE WHARE TAONGA O WAIKATO

Hamilton

 

Bold Horizon 2011 National Contemporary Art Award

 

6 August - 6 November 2011

Dual purpose painting the winner


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Two Richard Orjis works, Bed In, and I hope It's Not too Late, both 2010, C type photographic prints, courtesy of the artist and Melanie Roger Gallery.

Waikato University Show

GALLAGHER ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS GALLERY

Hamilton

Cullen, Fort, Hall, Hastings-McFall, Hughes, Orjis, Meek, Thornley, and McLeod
Another Universe
Curated by Karl Chitham

24 June - 7 August 2011

 

Chitham curated group exhibition

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Mary McIntyre, Angels of Life and Death, 1990, acrylic on board. Collection of the Wallace Arts Trust.

McIntyre, Jurisich and Anderson

WALLACE GALLERY

Morrinsville

Mary McIntyre
UNease
22 June - 14 August 2011

Gay Jurisich and Sarah Anderson
Fell / Stonescape

8 June - 5 July 2011

Wallace Gallery in Morrinsville

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Niki Hastings-McFall, The Anchor of a Love, 2011, ceramic, plastic, limewash, synthetic fabric, sterling silver. Courtesy of the artist & RH Gallery at Woollaston.

New Romantics at Waikato Uni

GALLAGHER ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS GALLERY

Hamilton

 

New Romantics
Curated by Karl Chitham

 

May 7 - June 19, 2011

Ritual and the Human Condition


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The installation at Lawson & Calder Gallery

Waikato University Show

GALLAGHER ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS GALLERY

Hamilton

 

Millar, Wealleans, MacKinnon, Heays

Pushers
Curated by Karl Chitham

 


12 February 2011 - 27 March 2011

Is newness in painting possible?

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Wallace Gallery frontage

Wallace Gallery in Morrinsville

WALLACE GALLERY

Morrinsville

 

Wallace Arts Trust Collection exhibition

 

16 October - 12 December 2010

A second new Wallace Arts Trust Gallery

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Strings Attached at RAMP. Photo by Naomi Williams

Art and Puppetry

RAMP

Hamilton

 

Strings Attached: Puppets and Stop-frame Animations.
Curated by Stuart Shepherd

 

7 September - 28 September 2010

Marionettes as static sculpture


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Pule Anthology

OTAGO UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2010

Dunedin

 

Hauaga: The Art of John Pule
Edited by Nicholas Thomas

 

Contributions by Nicholas Thomas, Peter Brunt, John Pule and Gregory O’Brien

 

 

Collection of essays on the renowned Nuiean artist and writer

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Winner: Locust Jones, Lozenge of Dawn, photography by Aisha Roberts, Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato

This Year’s Art Award in Hamilton

WAIKATO MUSEUM TE WHARE TAONGA O WAIKATO

Hamilton

 

Bold Horizon National Contemporary Art Award 2010



7 August - 9 January 2011

Goodbye Trust Waikato, Hullo Bold Horizon

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Katharina Jaeger,  Untitled 3, textile and found objects, detail. Image courtesy of COCA and CPIT

Disturbing Political Textiles from Christchurch

RAMP

Hamilton

 

Michael Reed, Katharina Jaeger, Sandra Thomson
Drape: Subversive textile works

 

20 July - 6 August 2010

Three CPIT School of Art & Design lecturers show in Hamilton


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Gordon Brown’s Recent McCahon Book

AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY PRESS

 

Gordon H. Brown

Toward a Promised Land: On the Life and Art of Colin McCahon.

Hardcover, 216 pp, colour plates and illustrations

More information on the life and work of McCahon

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Diaspora installation (Pardington on walls, Lewer on end wall, O'Connor on plinth), images courtesy of the artists and Waikato Museum of Art and History Te Whare Taonga o Waikato, photo by Aisha Roberts

Diaspora in Hamilton

WAIKATO MUSEUM TE WHARE TAONGA O WAIKATO

Hamilton

 

Albrecht, Lane, Lewer, O’Connor, Pardington, Ross.
Diaspora: Pluralism and Singularity
Toured by Bill Millbank

 

7 March - 18 July 2010

Touring NZ group exhibition back from Valencia

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Martin Poppelwell, Ceramics in Five Parts.

Bibby in Hamilton

RAMP

Hamilton

 

Poppelwell, Mitchell, Hurley, Helmore

New Folk
Curated by Stuart Shepherd


10 June - 2 July 2010

Style triumphant over substance, but when substance it’s not matched with style.