Celebrating the values, traditions, progress and sense of community, as well as shedding light on social and political issues affecting our Pacific people in our Pacific region and in Aotearoa.
Meet Marcus Hipa.
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You Should Be Thankful for the Art.
Read moreWe Send You Our Art ❤️
We Send You Our Art is an exhibition supporting Waitemata DHB staff through art.
A joint community project brought together by The Waitemata District Health Board, The Well Foundation and The Upstairs Gallery.
Emerging Artist Awards - Listen 2019
Winner winner, chicken dinner!
Read moreMeet Sam Hickson
Meet Sam Hickson, a talented emerging artist that is inspired by his extensive travels through Asia. Sam’s love of the culture and the people is beautifully portrayed in his work, not only has he grown to love the people of this diverse land but is quite the Asian food connoisseur!
Read more2019 Emerging Artist Award - LISTEN
Pace by Nour Hassan
Our Emerging Artists after the Emerging Artist Awards
Read moreKids Holiday Workshops
Movie fundraiser!
Help support your local community gallery and emerging artists!
Tickets available from the gallery everyday from 10am to 4pm.
Read morePhotography
Come in and vote for your favourite youth photographer!
Read moreThe Art of Imagination - Louise Allen
Louise Allen presents new works in her first solo exhibition The Art of Imagination.
This body of new work explores how messages from the unconscious mind surface through imagery, and how remembering is activated through associative means.
Read more田园梦想 Pastoral Dreams - LiLi
田园梦想
Pastoral DreamsThe Chinese New Year is celebrated on 5th February 2019 and it is the Year of Pig. It is an occasion for Chinese families to gather together and celebrate with a reunion dinner. LiLi will be celebrating with his 86 year old mother in China. We are honoured that his daughter Amanda will be in the gallery for his opening to represent her father and his work.
Read moreMeet Marlyne Jackson
Marlyne Jackson was born in the U.K. and now lives and works in Auckland. She has had solo shows at Te Tuhi, Lopdell House Gallery, and Artstation as well as a window installation at Objectspace and also works with various groups to produce community-based projects.
Read moreMeet Suzie Horne
Suzie Horne is Creative Designer and Owner of Curlicue NZ. Curlicue NZ produces sustainably elegant 100% recycled Sterling Silver & Copper handcrafted wire work eco-jewellery. All items are made from my home in Titirangi, Auckland. Semi-precious stones, pearls and crystals are all incorporated within delicate and timeless designs that include all types of jewellery and accessories for women, men & kids.
Read moreExplorations in Clay + Metal - Kairava Gullatz & Julia Marin
Kairava Gullatz + Julia Marin
Clay - "Soft clay is the material I love and it offers never ending possibilities of shapes and surfaces.”
Metal - “I love the design process as much as the making of each piece, every step involved in the development of an idea to the actual finished object is what makes this journey a very joyful one!”
Read moreSummer Art Show
Its our very popular Summer Art Show and we NEED YOUR WORK!
Our popular Summer Art Show invites artists of ALL AGES in ALL MEDIA to exhibit up to two works of art. We need paintings, we need jewellery, sculptures, ceramics, drawings carvings WE NEED YOUR WORK!
Read moreMelange - by the students from Oaklynn Special School
Jackson Gardiner
The highlight for the visual arts at Oaklynn Special School this year is the opportunity to exhibit a collection of unique student created art works.
At Oaklynn art is taught as a way of knowing and understanding the world. Purposeful visual art activities expand our children's ways of exploring, expressing and coming to terms with the world they inhabit in a structured and enjoyable way.
Read moreLukasz Ograbek
Lukasz Ograbek
Lukasz Ograbek is not afraid to say it how he feels;
“The idea for this series was born when I saw a three colour veneer panel installation costing a small fortune a while back, coated with “hand ground gesso, rabbit skin glue, unicorns horn oil” and more otherworldly mixtures. It was so soulless, numbing and generic, mainstream orientated, not forgetting to mention that Mondrian did it and so much better.
The whole thing created a revolt in my brain and heart!
As the universe unravelled itself by pure chance, within a week I came across a set of 20 or so veneer doors from a 1940s kitchen. I had to take this opportunity to prove a few points.”
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