11 August – 29 October 2023
Office, storeroom, studio, workshop, archive. These are the hidden engine rooms that support the public presentation of art. Back of House turns the tables on the art gallery, bringing together artists, art works, curators and technicians who make the tools of their trade and their working processes the subject of three discrete presentations, a “live” archiving project, and a curated public programme.
Sophia Smolenski: Offering It Up
Level 3 Congreve Foyer & Window Gallery
Three years in the making, Sophia Smolenski’s installation uses the accoutrement of the mount-maker’s workshop and the furniture of exhibition display as frames for the presentation of 22 art works the artist has commissioned from a range of contemporary New Zealand makers who were invited to create items for display in response to mounts she first constructed for objects in her personal possession.
Sophia Smolenski works in the arts ecology of Aotearoa in many capacities, most regularly as a fabricator and technician. Born in Ngāmotu New Plymouth in 1995, Smolenski is a certified welder with 10 years’ experience within the museums sector. She has worked with public institutions such as Puke Ariki, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa as well at private companies that specialise in museum design and production. Her expertise in mount making has gained her experience at Te Kōngahu Museum of Waitangi as well as involvement with projects such as Motonuiepa and Terracotta Warriors: Guardians of Immortality. In parallel to this work, Smolenski has maintained an art practice in printmaking, investigating this medium and how it is defined.
Sophia Smolenski acknowledges the support of Creative New Zealand Toi Aotearoa in the making of her installation.
Vanessa Arthur (born 1982, Te-Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington) is a jeweller based in Te Matau-a-Māui Hawke’s Bay. Arthur graduated with a Bachelor of Applied Arts from Whitireia Community Polytechnic in 2011 and was selected as artist in residence at Toi Poneke Arts Centre the same year.
Simon Attwooll (born 1985, Whakaahurangi Stratford) is an artist living and working in Te-Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington. Attwooll graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Print Media from the Dunedin School of Art in 2007. He currently assists various local galleries as a technician.
Caitlin Devoy (born 1976, London) is a sculptor based in Te-Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington. Devoy holds a Master of Fine Arts from Toi Rauwharangi Massey University, where she now works as a Technical Demonstrator in the 3D-print workshop.
Karl Fritsch (born 1962, Sonthofen, Germany) is a jeweller based in Te-Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington. Fritsch moved to Aotearoa in 2010 having studied at Goldsmith’s College in Pforzheim and the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich.
Jon Geehan (born 1969) is a designer and maker based in Ngāmotu New Plymouth. Geehan works at the Govett-Brewster Gallery and Len Lye Centre as Exhibitions Coordinator.
Catherine Griffiths (born 1966, Whakatāne) is an artist, designer, typographer, and educator based in Karekare, near Auckland. Griffiths completed a Bachelor of Visual Communication Design at Wellington Polytechnic in 1986. She has been running her own studio practice since 1995 and is active in the international design community.
Turumeke Harrington (born 1992, Ngāi Tahu) is an artist based in Te-Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington. Harrington has an undergraduate degree in Fine Arts at Ilam School of Fine Arts and a Bachelor of Design Innovation at Victoria University of Wellington. She completed her Master of Fine Arts at Toi Rauwharangi Massey University in 2021. She is a current member of Paemanu Ngāi Tahu Contemporary Visual Arts.
Emily Hartley-Skudder (born 1988, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland) is a painter, assemblage and installation artist based in Te-Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington. She completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts at Ilam School of Fine Arts in 2012 and is the 2023 Frances Hodgkins Fellow based at the University of Otago in Ōtepoti Dunedin.
Jay Hutchinson (born 1978) is textile artist and sculptor based in Ōtepoti Dunedin. He graduated from the Dunedin School of Art with a Master of Fine Arts in 2008 and is currently employed as a gallery technician at Dunedin Public Art Gallery.
Ana Iti (born 1989, Blenheim, Te Rarawa) is an artist currently based in Te Matau-a-Māui Hawke’s Bay. Iti completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture from Ilam School of Fine Arts in 2012 and graduated with a Master of Fine Arts from Toi Rauwharangi Massey University Wellington in 2018. Iti was Artist in Resident at the McCahon House in Titirangi in 2020.
Sam Kelly (born 1986, Te-Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington) is a jeweller and sculptor based in Taranaki. Kelly completed a Bachelor of Applied Arts at Whitireia in 2010. In 2018, she co-founded The Jewel and the Jeweller, a contemporary jewellery gallery and workshop with Jennifer Laracy.
Jennifer Laracy (born 1979) is a jeweller and educator based in Taranaki. Laracy studied visual arts at Whitireia Community Polytechnic majoring in fine metals, graduating in 2001. She was the recipient of the Handshake Jewellery development award and was mentored by Judy Darragh. In 2018, she co-founded The Jewel and the Jeweller with Sam Kelly.
Dave Marshall (born 1983) is an artist working between conceptual practice and pottery. He graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture from Ilam School of Fine Arts in 2010. His work in SOLO 2018 at the Dowse was a series of paintings using his own handmade paint. Marshall has been based in Granity, on the West Coast of Te Waipounamu, since 2020.
Dane Mitchell (born 1976, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland) is an artist based in Melbourne Australia. He completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts at the Auckland Institute of Technology in 1998 and a Master of Philosophy from Auckland University of Technology in 2012. In 2019 he represented Aotearoa at the Venice Biennale with his project Post-Hoc. In 2022 Mitchell moved to Australia where he lectures at the University of Melbourne.
Laurie Steer (born 1977, Mauao Mount Maunganui) is a Mount Manganui-based artist who specialises in wood-fired ceramics. Steer holds a Master of Art & Design from Auckland University of Technology. He trained under the late Barry Brickell at Coromandel Pottery School, Driving Creek, where he is now the Director of the Arts and Conservation Trust.
Moniek Schrijer (born 1983, Te Awa Kirangi ki Tai Lower Hutt) is a contemporary jeweller and artist. She completed a Bachelor of Applied Arts in 2012 and a Post-Graduate Diploma from Whitireia Community Polytechnic Faculty of Art in 2013. Schrijer was a 2021 McCahon House Artist in Resident.
Kereama Taepa (born 1972, Te Awa Kairangi ki Uta Upper Hutt, Te Arawa, Te Āti Awa) is an artist and educator based in Papamoa. Taepa holds a Masters of Māori Visual Arts from Toi Rauwharangi Massey University in Palmerston North. He currently teaches within Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology’s Bachelor of Creative Industries Degree in the Bay of Plenty.
Jasmine Te Hira (born 1990) (Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi, Atiu) is an artist, educator and community partnership coordinator based in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. Te Hira completed a Certificate of Design and Visual Arts in 2012, and a Bachelor of Design and Contemporary Arts in 2015, both through Unitec Institute of Technology. In 2020, she completed a Diploma in Te Reo Māori Language Proficiency at Te Wānanga Takiura o Ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori o Aotearoa.
Tjalling de Vries (born 1982, Netherlands) is an artist based in Ōtautahi Christchurch. de Vries completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Printmaking in 2005 and a Master of Fine Arts in painting in 2011, both through Ilam School of Fine Arts. He is currently a technician at Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū.
Lisa Walker (born 1967, Te-Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington) is a jeweller. Walker completed a Bachelor of Craft and Design at the Dunedin School of Art in 1989 and later studied at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts in 1996. She received the Francoise van den Bosch award in 2010.
John Ward Knox (born 1984, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland) is an artist based in Karitane. Knox holds a Master of Fine Arts from Elam School of Fine Arts. He was the 2015 Frances Hodgkins Fellow at the University of Otago, Ōtepoti Dunedin.
Chloe Rose Taylor (born 1987, Ōtautahi Christchurch) is an artist who recently returned to Aotearoa from Hong Kong. She completed a Bachelor of Applied Arts at Whitireia Community Polytechnic Faculty of Arts majoring in contemporary jewellery in 2013.
Wendy Bornholdt: Studioland
Level 3 Upper Chartwell Gallery
Wendy Bornholdt’s Studioland is a new gathering of her photographic prints that have emerged over the last decade in response to her sorting and archiving of drawings amassed over her career and stored in her studio. She re-imagines the activities of cataloguing, organising and storing art works as new ground for making art and the occasion for meditating on the workings of memory.
Wendy Bornholdt was born in Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai Lower Hutt. Bornholdt’s practice is multidisciplinary, spanning photography, text, postal projects, installation, object making and drawing. Bornholdt briefly studied television and film in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland before settling in London in 1998. In 2007 she relocated to Sydney and in 2020 returned permanently to New Zealand. Bornholdt has exhibited since 1990 in New Zealand, England, Mexico and Australia. Solo exhibitions include: Drawing on Resources (Aratoi Wairarapa Museum of Art and History, Masterton, 2022); Tissue Solo & The Artefacts (PG 192 Gallery, Christchurch, 2016); Low Tide: Window Work (SLOT Gallery, Sydney, 2015); The Wgtn Experiment (City Gallery Wellington;, 2002); The Dunedin Incident (Dunedin Public Art Gallery, 2002); Vellum Subspace (Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery, Blackburn, UK, 2000); Low Tide (Museum of Installation, London, 1998); Installation VI (Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, 1996); Installation V (Artspace Auckland, 1995), and Life of a Line (Lazelle Gallery, Auckland, 1990).
Aro Toi/Art Collection in Focus: A Gift, A Celebration, An Invitation
Curated by Curator, Collections Sophie Thorn
Level 1
This is the second of two presentations in the Aro Toi / Art Collection in Focus series in the Gallery in 2023. It features three works on hiapo by Cora-Allan purchased in 2022 as part of the 125 celebrations at the University and a large Tongan ngatu gifted to the University as part of the centenary celebrations in 1999 by the University of the South Pacific. Situated in the Stairwell Gallery, Cora-Allan’s hiapo are accompanied by items borrowed from the artist for the occasion: shells, ike (tapa beaters) which she has been casting from resin, whenua pigment and videos of the artist’s technique for gathering kāpia ink. Wrapping the Lower Chartwell Gallery, the complete 50 langanga launima ngatu is on display for the first time since going into storage in 2008. The occasion serves as an opportunity to find out more about the ngatu and the ‘unknown Tongan village collective’ listed as the object’s makers. In addition, an invitation to New Zealand-born Tongan artist, 'Uhila Moe Langi Nai has been extended to develop a response to the ngatu that will be integrated into the Gallery’s future programme.
Cora-Allan is of Māori (Ngāpuhi, Ngātitumutumu) and Niue descent. A contemporary practitioner of the Niue tradition of barkcloth known as hiapo, Cora-Allan is credited with reviving the ‘sleeping artform’ which has not been practised in Niue for several generations. In 2013 she graduated with a Masters of Visual Art and Design in Performance from AUT, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. In 2020 she was the recipient of the Pacific Heritage Trust Award, Creative New Zealand Arts Pasifika Award and the McCahon House Residency 2021. In 2021 she received an Arts Foundation New Generation Award. Cora-Allan's work is held in the collections of Te Papa Tongarewa, Auckland War Memorial Museum, Arts House Trust and Massey University Te-Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington. Solo and group exhibitions include; From Otītori Bay Rd (Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, 2022); Love and Lost (Auckland Museum War Memorial Group Exhibition, 2021); Moana Legacy (Tautai Gallery, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, 2020); and From the Ground Up (Dowse Art Museum, Te-Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, 2020).
Tongan Village Collective – makers unrecorded. We hope through the process of this exhibition to expand this stub file in our Collection Database.
'Uhila Moe Langi Nai is a New Zealand-born Tongan artist who emigrated to Tonga with her Nena, ′Ana va′inga Nai in 1999. Nai is from the village of Pelehake and genealogically connected to the village of Tatakamotonga, Fua′amotu and the island Foa and Nomuka in Ha′apai. Nai completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts at AUT in 2018, followed by a Master of Visual Arts in 2020. She has been the recipient of a number of awards, including the inaugural BC Collective Award, Auckland Art Gallery Award for High Achievement and the Vā Moana Pacific Spaces Postgraduate Award. Nai is currently a PhD candidate at AUT and based in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. Solo and group exhibitions include: Motherland Homeland (HOEA! Whare Whakaatu Toi, Te Tairāwhiti and Enjoy Contemporary Artspace, Te-Whanganui-a-Tara, 2023); Fepotalanoa′aki pea mo ′ekufangakui: In conversation with my great-great-great-grannies (Blue Oyster Art Project Space, Ōtepoti Dunedin, 2022); and Matrilineal (Depot Artspace, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, 2022).
Installation view, Sophia Smolenski: Offering It Up, in Back of House, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker
Installation view, Sophia Smolenski: Offering It Up, in Back of House, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker
Sophia Smolenski, digital video, 55 mins, looped, 2023. Installation view, Sophia Smolenski: Offering It Up, in Back of House, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker
Sophia Smolenski, digital video, 55 mins, looped, 2023. Installation view, Sophia Smolenski: Offering It Up, in Back of House, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker
Sophia Smolenski, welder’s screen, fire resistant plastic, steel wire & eye bolts, 2023. Installation view, Sophia Smolenski: Offering It Up, in Back of House, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker
Sophia Smolenski, detail of welder’s screen, fire resistant plastic, steel wire & eye bolts, 2023. Installation view, Sophia Smolenski: Offering It Up, in Back of House, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker
Installation view, Sophia Smolenski: Offering It Up, in Back of House, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker
Sophia Smolenski, custom crate, stainless steel, paint, Tyvek, core-flute, PVC, personal items belonging to the artist, 2023. Installation view, Sophia Smolenski: Offering It Up, in Back of House, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker
Sophia Smolenski, detail of custom crate, stainless steel, paint, Tyvek, core-flute, PVC, personal items belonging to the artist, 2023. Installation view, Sophia Smolenski: Offering It Up, in Back of House, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker
Sophia Smolenski, detail of custom crate lid on chocks, 2023. Installation view, Sophia Smolenski: Offering It Up, in Back of House, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker
Installation view, Sophia Smolenski: Offering It Up, in Back of House, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker
Sophia Smolenski, custom crate, printed emails & power drill belonging to the artist, 2023, 2023. Installation view, Sophia Smolenski: Offering It Up, in Back of House, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker
Sophia Smolenski, printed emails & power drill belonging to the artist, 2023. Installation view, Sophia Smolenski: Offering It Up, in Back of House, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker
Sophia Smolenski, vitrine, glass, acrylic, steel, paint, aluminium, MDF, Tyvek, 22 metal mounts, art works by 22 artists, 2023. Installation view, Sophia Smolenski: Offering It Up, in Back of House, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker
Sophia Smolenski, detail of vitrine, glass, acrylic, steel, paint, aluminium, MDF, Tyvek, 22 metal mounts, art works by 22 artists, 2023. Installation view, Sophia Smolenski: Offering It Up, in Back of House, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker
Sophia Smolenski, detail of vitrine, glass, acrylic, steel, paint, aluminium, MDF, Tyvek, 22 metal mounts, art works by 22 artists, 2023. Installation view, Sophia Smolenski: Offering It Up, in Back of House, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker
Sophia Smolenski, detail of vitrine, glass, acrylic, steel, paint, aluminium, MDF, Tyvek, 22 metal mounts, art works by 22 artists, 2023. Installation view, Sophia Smolenski: Offering It Up, in Back of House, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker
Sophia Smolenski, detail of vitrine, glass, acrylic, steel, paint, aluminium, MDF, Tyvek, 22 metal mounts, art works by 22 artists, 2023. Installation view, Sophia Smolenski: Offering It Up, in Back of House, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker
Sophia Smolenski, detail of vitrine, glass, acrylic, steel, paint, aluminium, MDF, Tyvek, 22 metal mounts, art works by 22 artists, 2023. Installation view, Sophia Smolenski: Offering It Up, in Back of House, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker
Sophia Smolenski, detail of vitrine, glass, acrylic, steel, paint, aluminium, MDF, Tyvek, 22 metal mounts, art works by 22 artists, 2023. Installation view, Sophia Smolenski: Offering It Up, in Back of House, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker
Sophia Smolenski, detail of vitrine, glass, acrylic, steel, paint, aluminium, MDF, Tyvek, 22 metal mounts, art works by 22 artists, 2023. Installation view, Sophia Smolenski: Offering It Up, in Back of House, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker
Catherine Griffiths, Self-preservation #108, 2022, human hair, archive #001-142, acid-free unbuffered paper packets, courtesy of the artist. Installation view, Sophia Smolenski: Offering It Up, in Back of House, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker
Emily Hartley-Skudder, Birth of Venus, 2022, oil on board, plastic, electric motor, courtesy of the artist. Installation view, Sophia Smolenski: Offering It Up, in Back of House, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker
Jasmine Te Hira, Pre-currency, Post-language, 2022, single-channel video, wai (water), courtesy of the artist. Installation view, Sophia Smolenski: Offering It Up, in Back of House, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker
Jasmine Te Hira, Pre-currency, Post-language, 2022, single-channel video, wai (water), courtesy of the artist. Installation view, Sophia Smolenski: Offering It Up, in Back of House, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker
Installation view, Wendy Bornholdt: Studioland, in Back of House, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker
Wendy Bornholdt, Drawings wrapped in Tissue I, II, III, 2014, framed archival pigment print on Canson Rag, Photographique, 3 x 1000 mm width overall. Installation view, Wendy Bornholdt: Studioland, in Back of House, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker
Wendy Bornholdt, Drawings wrapped in Tissue III, 2014, framed archival pigment print on Canson Rag, Photographique, 1000 mm width overall. Installation view, Wendy Bornholdt: Studioland, in Back of House, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker
Wendy Bornholdt, from series Tissue Solo, 2015, framed archival prints on Hahnemüle Rag, various widths overall. Installation view, Wendy Bornholdt: Studioland, in Back of House, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker
Wendy Bornholdt, Tissue Solo 4_I_150515, 2015, framed archival print on Hahnemüle Rag, 660 mm width overall. Installation view, Wendy Bornholdt: Studioland, in Back of House, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker
Wendy Bornholdt, Snowball…, 2015, framed archival print on Hahnemüle Rag, 330mm wide. Installation view, Wendy Bornholdt: Studioland, in Back of House, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker
Wendy Bornholdt, from series DWiT_Action, 2017-18, framed archival prints on Ilford Photo Rag, various widths. Installation view, Wendy Bornholdt: Studioland, in Back of House, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker
Wendy Bornholdt, DWiT_Action 2_Archive Box #’s 1-9, 2017/18, inkjet print on photo rag, courtesy of the artist.
Installation view, Wendy Bornholdt: Studioland, in Back of House, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker
Wendy Bornholdt, Heart pic RUMOUR 4d_4060, 2021, inkjet print on photo rag, courtesy of the artist.
Installation view, Wendy Bornholdt: Studioland, in Back of House, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker
Wendy Bornholdt, DLF RUMOUR 4d2_4060, 2021, inkjet print on photo rag, courtesy of the artist.
Wendy Bornholdt, from series MINING_Action_24, 2018, framed archival prints on Canson Rag, Photographique, 4x 640 mm wide. Installation view, Wendy Bornholdt: Studioland, in Back of House, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker
Wendy Bornholdt, from series ERASURE, 2021, framed archival prints on Ilford Photo Rag, 4x 640 mm wide. Installation view, Wendy Bornholdt: Studioland, in Back of House, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker
Wendy Bornholdt, ERASURE Conversation with Snowball_4060, 2021-22, framed archival print on Ilford Photo Rag, 330 mm wide. Installation view, Wendy Bornholdt: Studioland, in Back of House, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker
Installation view, Aro Toi/Art Collection in Focus: A Gift, A Celebration, An Invitation, in Back of House, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker
Cora-Allan, Gifts from Niue; Hiapo Tools; and, Whenua paint tools; 2022, whenua paint, kāpia ink, barkcloth, Ngā Puhipuhi o Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, purchased as part of the University’s 125-year anniversary celebrations, 2022. Installation view, Aro Toi/Art Collection in Focus: A Gift, A Celebration, An Invitation, in Back of House, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker
Cora-Allan, Gifts from Niue, 2022, whenua paint and kāpia ink on Hiapo, 765 x 570 mm, Ngā Puhipuhi o Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, purchased as part of the 125 Celebrations 2022.
Cora-Allan, Hiapo tools, 2022, whenua paint and kāpia ink on Hiapo, 760 x 580 mm, Ngā Puhipuhi o Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, purchased as part of the 125 Celebrations 2022.
Cora-Allan, Whenua paint tools, 2022, whenua paint and kāpia ink on Hiapo, 760 x 600 mm, Ngā Puhipuhi o Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, purchased as part of the 125 Celebrations 2022.
Installation view, Aro Toi / Art Collection in Focus: A Gift, A Celebration, An Invitation, in Back of House, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker
Cora-Allan, Ike, left to right, resin with black pigment and lilac pearl; resin with white pigment and lilac pearl; and resin with Māwhero pigment and faux leaves, courtesy of the artist. Installation view, Aro Toi / Art Collection in Focus: A Gift, A Celebration, An Invitation, in Back of House, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker
Cora-Allan, Pigment vessels, kai moana shells, coconut shell, courtesy of the artist. Installation view, Aro Toi / Art Collection in Focus: A Gift, A Celebration, An Invitation, in Back of House, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker
Cora-Allan, Whenua Pigments: Pukepoto; Paikia – Honey Wall; Tarakena Bay; #13; Otitori #1 Mist, courtesy of the artist. Installation view, Aro Toi / Art Collection in Focus: A Gift, A Celebration, An Invitation, in Back of House, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker
Cora-Allan, Glass Muller and Pestle & Mortar, courtesy of the artist. Installation view, Aro Toi / Art Collection in Focus: A Gift, A Celebration, An Invitation, in Back of House, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker
Installation view, Aro Toi / Art Collection in Focus: A Gift, A Celebration, An Invitation, in Back of House, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker
CORA-ALLAN, Collecting soot from kauri gum to make Kāpia ink, 2022, digital video, 25 seconds; and, How I make my Kāpia ink, 2022, digital video, 30 seconds, courtesy of the artist. Installation view, Aro Toi / Art Collection in Focus: A Gift, A Celebration, An Invitation, in Back of House, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker
Kautaha Koka‘Anga, Tongan Village Collective, detail of Ngatu tāhina, launima, date unknown, Ngā Puhipuhi o Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, gift of the University of the South Pacific, 1999. Installation view, Aro Toi / Art Collection in Focus: A Gift, A Celebration, An Invitation, in Back of House, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker
Kautaha Koka‘Anga, Tongan Village Collective, Ngatu tāhina, launima, date unknown, Ngā Puhipuhi o Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, gift of the University of the South Pacific, 1999. Installation view, Aro Toi / Art Collection in Focus: A Gift, A Celebration, An Invitation, in Back of House, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker
Kautaha Koka‘Anga, Tongan Village Collective, Ngatu tāhina, launima, date unknown, Ngā Puhipuhi o Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, gift of the University of the South Pacific, 1999. Installation view, Aro Toi / Art Collection in Focus: A Gift, A Celebration, An Invitation, in Back of House, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker
Kautaha Koka‘Anga, Tongan Village Collective, detail of Ngatu tāhina, launima, date unknown, Ngā Puhipuhi o Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, gift of the University of the South Pacific, 1999. Installation view, Aro Toi / Art Collection in Focus: A Gift, A Celebration, An Invitation, in Back of House, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker
Kautaha Koka‘Anga, Tongan Village Collective, detail of Ngatu tāhina, launima, date unknown, Ngā Puhipuhi o Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, gift of the University of the South Pacific, 1999. Installation view, Aro Toi / Art Collection in Focus: A Gift, A Celebration, An Invitation, in Back of House, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker
Kautaha Koka‘Anga, Tongan Village Collective, detail of Ngatu tāhina, launima, date unknown, Ngā Puhipuhi o Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, gift of the University of the South Pacific, 1999. Installation view, Aro Toi / Art Collection in Focus: A Gift, A Celebration, An Invitation, in Back of House, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker
Kautaha Koka‘Anga, Tongan Village Collective, detail of Ngatu tāhina, launima, date unknown, Ngā Puhipuhi o Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, gift of the University of the South Pacific, 1999. Installation view, Aro Toi / Art Collection in Focus: A Gift, A Celebration, An Invitation, in Back of House, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker
Installation view, Work in Progress, in Back of House, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker
Detail of archival items, installation view, Work in Progress, in Back of House, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker
Installation view, Work in Progress, in Back of House, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker
Installation view, Work in Progress, in Back of House, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker
Installation view, Work in Progress, in Back of House, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker
Installation view, Work in Progress, in Back of House, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker