Saturday 24 February
2 - 3pm
Artist - Amanda Smith
Join us for a tea or coffee and meet the artist Amanda Smith as she leads you through her exhibition This is the life that was to reveal the personal stories that have inspired each work.
Artists Biography
Amanda Smith (she/her) is a visual artist using domestic materials from her childhood to tell stories from her own life, and ask questions about the world in general.
Raised in 1960s/70s South Auckland, she refers to a time when the world moved slowly, when the meditation of making was a necessity. She enjoys contemplating the connection between personal experience and public reaction.
She has worked in psychiatric social work, floristry, business administration and as a ‘lady-in-waiting’ before moving to New York in 2015. There she embraced art full-time, completing a Master’s in Fine Art from the School of Visual Arts in Chelsea.
She has shown in group exhibitions in New York and te Whanganui a Tara. This is her first solo show.
Amanda currently works at Te Papa Tongarewa and lives in the central city where she can watch the world go by.
This is the life that was
17 February - 15 March
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.
