Information about events, exhibtions, workshops and more at Toi Pōneke.
‘Saili’ – seek – explores the journey of navigating one’s path in seemingly uncertain times. Leauanae’s contemporary stitched works on paper are inspired by connections to the past, that propel us forward into a hopeful future, using motif and a visual language informed by her diverse cultural heritage.
always love xxx is an exhibition through Yumoi zheng and Isadora Lao’s stories. A core focus within this body of work is connection: location, family, queer identity, love and how these overlap.
This is the life that was, attempts to make sense of life and the world of Amanda Smith; recognising private trauma and public chaos co-exist. Memory and time play a significant part in exploration, the unrealistic longing for times now gone and for times ahead.
Ordinary Devotion, is an installation of large-scale drawings and simple architectural interventions reflecting on domestic space and motherhood. This artwork stems from an established line of work exploring interior surfaces, shadow and the many individual histories layered within our homes.
Toi 500 annual residents’ exhibition is a chance for audiences to grab an art bargain with works $500.00 or under. Works presented by Anthea Hayley, David Brown, Franzeska Pound, Jane Hyder, Kedron Parker, Laura Woodward, Maria Colls, Odette Anscombe-Smith, Selene Simcox, Yon Yi Sohn, Terence Turner, Workspace Studios and more.
Gehaakte Gordijntjes - Crocheted Curtains examines how the 21 houses Elisabeth grew up in shaped her understanding of 'home' and her identity as a Dutch New Zealander. Using architectural constructs based on fragments of memory, experience, and migration; the gallery transforms into an abstract house, inviting contemplation of the sense of home we all carry within.
Inspired by Richard Long’s 1967 work ‘A Line Made by Walking’, three Wellington-based Artists collaborate in this exhibition of drawing, painting, embroidery and installation of ‘lines’ - the basic element of visual storytelling - examining the cultural hybridity of their Korean heritage in their adapted lives in New Zealand.
He Rito follows the hands of four rangatahi Māori artists who reconnect to and work with harakeke.
This is breath. This is growth. This is healing. Woven together by their shared interest in the active potential of harakeke, the hands of four Ringatoi explore materiality through customary and contemporary practice. He Rito integrates whanaungatanga and reclamation, reconnecting with taonga and imagining expansive futures of Māoritanga.
Under the pile of washing, school notices, birthday present wish lists and to-dos, there’s an abundance of seething creativity. How do we start to acknowledge invisible labour, its significance, its cost, its beauty and the generosity of it? Dirty Laundry brings together thirteen artists and writers to explore this question.
Curated by Stevei Houkāmau, Te Matapihi is an exhibition concept that brings together a diverse group of Māori artists. Originating from a range of backgrounds and artforms, this group of established makers have dedicated themselves to working outside of the box, exploring the full spectrum of Māori creativity and practice from the historic to the contemporary. Te Matapihi or “The Window” offers a view and invites you to explore the beauty and diversity of Māori art and practice through the eyes of a talented group of makers.
Following their recently released photobook ‘Territory Unknown,’ creatives Chyna Lily and Simon L Wong are displaying their work in a group show ‘Sailing Lanterns’ at Toi Poneke, opening on the 19th of May from 5:30 pm. Chyna and Simon Invite Grace Ko, Allister Tran, Matthew Yee and Jacqueline Trinh to expand on being Asian creatives in Aotearoa.
The 2022 Toi Pōneke – New Zealand School of Music Sound Artist-in-Residence, Dr. Cristohper Ramos Flores, presents the works produced during his residency. Little Portals is an audio and visual ensemble. Letterboxes collected from different points in Wellington were modified to work as loudspeakers and mechatronic instruments with small video players; acting as a miniature audio and visual orchestra that performs works composed for the exhibition.
Under Heaven’s Heel is an eclectic survey of the oppressive economic and social practices of capitalism dating back over 500 years. Paintings and sculptures by artist Sam Clague muse on the origins of our political landscape.
The Hand of Dog explores the influence and contribution that pets can have on their owners and their lives - in this case the relationship between Te Whanganui-a-Tara artist, Stuart Forsyth, and his three-legged SPCA mixed-breed canine companion, Roo.
Liminal explores altered and occasionally recycled photographs which blur the lines between recognition and puzzlement, the familiar and the unfamiliar.
The Places We Called Home brings together the work of Andrew Ross & Cody Ellingham, two photographers capturing the history of urban Wellington twenty years apart. The exhibition explores the homes, streets, and changing landscape of the city from the 1990s through to today.
Holly Walker’s mahi toi reveals fragments of her cultural experience of being Pākehā.
Identifying as Pākehā and as Tangata Tiriti comes with responsibilities to the landscape, environment, to people and the past. Holly’s practice is a therapeutic process of re-connecting to her identity through performance, sculptural works and kōrero with the whānau.
Artists, designers, photographers, makers, and crafters from Toi Pōneke Arts Centre are proud to present Toi Poneke Arts Centre Residents Exhibition 2022.
Exhibition celebrating the monomono pani works of Ane Nanasi Pahulu - renowned for her patchwork style of monomono pani (sewn quilts and bedspreads).
The gallery is closed for refurbishment. Please come again in August for our next exhibition.
Rest as a form of resistance. An exhibition of new works upon single fitted bed sheets by 12 wāhine Māori artists, acknowledging how our tīpuna would have spent this time of Matariki.
Rosa and Oliver emigrated to Wellington from London in 2020. They have produced art in response to these uncertain times and to their hopes and dreams. This will be their debut exhibition in Wellington - bringing together a selection of abstract and figurative paintings and drawings.
Here & Out sees nine female street artists from five different countries present new work in response to the impacts of Covid-19. Artists include: Dreamgirls Collective (Wellington, NZ), Janine Williams (Aotearoa), Gleo (Colombia), and Caratoes (Hong Kong - Belgium).
Join artists Fran Carter and Caroline Thomas at Toi Pōneke Gallery to hear more about Moments of Jewelleryness. Fran and Caroline will be in the gallery 10am - 4pm for pop in sessions.
Fran & Caroline are contemporary jewellers who are inspired by the world around them. From the mundanity of city streets to the beauty of nature, jewelleryness is everywhere.
Stevei Houkāmau is the 2021 Toi Pōneke Visual Artist in Residence. Her uku (clay) practice is distinctive for its carved surface designs that draw upon the indigenous tattoo practices of tā moko and tātau. Ira Tangata Ira Atua springs from research into the artist’s whakapapa. By acknowledging and celebrating her whakapapa, Houkāmau unwraps narratives that will be retold through uku, projection and soundscape.
This is your opportunity to view and purchase other works from Toi Three Sixty artists before the exhibition opens.
Looking for an opportunity to start your own art collection or expand on your current one? See what the residents of Toi Pōneke have been up to in our annual cash & carry and online exhibition.
Pack your bags for an exhibition of vlogs, photography and collage! Anna Brimer and Max Fleury go on holiday at top tourist destinations and Airbnbs, visiting the visited and photographing the photographed.
Three new video works riffing on weird tales, cinema of unease, and camp horror to draw out the moments before collapse into terror or laughter.
In a gentle reminder artist Ruby Joy Eade considers the textile ephemera of her own life, the generations that came before her, and those yet to come.
