Toi Pōneke Art Centre’s Studio Residents
13 - 21 December
Featuring Artists
Anthea Hayley Tucker
David Brown
Franzeska Pound
Gina Roche
James Graves
Jane Hyder
Jennie Grace
Jessica Kitto
Kedron Parker
Laura Woodward
Luisa Farah
Maria Colls
Negin Dastgheib
Odette Anscombe-Smith
Phillip Bain
Ritchie Adamson
Selene Simcox
Suzanne Tāmaki
Tere Turner
Yon Yi Sohn
Workspace Studios
11 December 2023
Looking for a unique artistic gift for Christmas? Or do you want to start your own art collection, or add something special to your existing collection? Toi Pōneke’s annual resident artists’ exhibition, Toi 500, has what you need. All artworks are priced at $500 or less.
This year there are more than 20 diverse artists selling paintings, collage works, hand-cut paper works, sculpture, jewellery and much more.
Exhibiting artists include Anthea Hayley Tucker, David Brown, Franzeska Pound, Gina Roche, James Graves, Jane Hyder, Jennie Grace, Jessica Kitto, Kedron Parker, Laura Woodward, Luisa Farah, Maria Colls, Negin Dastgheib, Odette Anscombe-Smith, Phillip Bain, Ritchie Adamson, Selene Simcox, Suzanne Tāmaki, Tere Turner, Yon Yi Sohn and Workspace Studios.
Toi 500 is an ‘eftpos and carry exhibition’, meaning you don’t have to wait until the exhibition closes to take your new artwork home. Pay via eftpos then head home with your new taonga. Some artists accept bank transfer, but note that there is strictly no cash. Every day new works will be available as artists refill the spaces you leave behind, so there will be something for everyone. Come along and bring your family and friends, there might be something for them too!
About the artists
Toi 500 is a great opportunity to meet and greet the artists. This year’s Toi 500 includes work from a new resident, Franzeska Pound, an oil painter who paints chickens because she loves the challenge of rendering the many textures present in them; soft feathers, scaly legs, pricky combs and wattles, and their quirky and inquisitive personalities. Another new resident, James Graves, has been working on new exciting new collages based on images of male erotica exploring personal experiences with gay male relationships. You will also find Maria Colls’ intricate hand-cut paper-works that draw on geometric forms found in both natural and man-made environments. Each work is meticulously cut with a surgical blade as Colls navigates the negative and positive shapes of each design. Artist Ritchie Adamson has works from his iterative painting series ‘scapes, which contain a modular, pseudo-architectural structure motif located in a minimalist, abstracted landscape. And you don’t want to miss Tere Turner’s finely-crafted tāonga.
About Toi Pōneke
Toi Pōneke is Wellington’s art hub. Home to several arts organisations, and with more than 30 artists in residence as well as a dance studio, rehearsal and meeting spaces, and a gallery, Toi Pōneke is Wellington City Council’s initiative for supporting local artists. Toi 500 opens at Toi Pōneke Arts Centre on Wednesday 13 December at 5.30pm and runs until Thursday 21 December.
Open hours are weekdays 10am – 8pm and weekends 10am – 4pm.
61 Abel Smith Street, Te Aro, Wellington
News released wrote by Selene Simcox and edited by Tamara Patten
