Barrel Store Colony

Barrel Store Colony co-curator Andy Leleisi'uao has an exhibition opening @ Te Uru on Saturday 25 March, 2 - 6pm which includes an artists floor talk.

Titled UNBEAUTIFUL EVENING, his exhibition includes flood damaged works . . . just as water cycles through its various properties, when its swells settle and throats are quenched, a new process in life begins. . . . .

Barrel Store Colony artist Dagmar Vaikalafi Dyck has a new exhibition opening at OREXART, 221 Ponsonby Rd titled FALANOA.

Opening night is Thu 9 Feb 5 - 7pm + formally opened by Fatu Akelei Feu’u at 5.30pm.
ALL WELCOME.

Dagmar Dyck's paintings are inspired by her cultural heritage and explore traditional textile practices of Tonga including bark cloth mats, baskets and clothes. In this exhibition, Dagmar examines the construction methods used in the Tongan feminine art forms, called koloa. She translates some of this ancestral knowledge into contemporary forms using paint and weaving to voice her own story of ‘being Tongan’ in Aotearoa. The title, falanoa, draws together the concept of talanoa (storytelling) with fala (woven textiles). The exhibition is comprised of paintings on canvas, works on paper and woven installation pieces.

VERY excited for another Barrel Store Colony artist to be stepping out in style with his SOLO exhibition -

Aua e te fefe / Don’t be afraid
Raymond Sagapolutele

Opening THIS Saturday at Bergman Gallery, with Fatu Feu’u as guest speaker : )

"These are not the embodiment of journeys ended but are reminders of lessons around lives lived."

ALSO opening on Saturday, in support of Marcus’s SOLO exhibition is:
[ MOANA ARTISTS ]
a survey of current practices from artists around the wider Moana region.

Congratulations to Barrel Store Colony artists Andy Leleisi’uao, Sefton Rani + the talented Java Leonard 👏🏽

Barrel Store Colony Artist MARCUS HIPA has a solo show opening Scott Lawrie Gallery THIS Saturday, 24 Sept, 11am - 5pm ~ go check it out!!

NATIVE PRACTITIONERS

Marcus Hipa’s powerful and bold paintings are unflinching in their focus on the history and culture of his native Niue.

This focus on manual labour is inherent in each work in the show - combining stories and mythologies from his spiritual home, always with reference to the crushing shadows of colonialism in the background.

Barrel Store Colony artist Marcus, doing more great things . . .

"Unbearable Lightness" is the second off-site exhibition of the "The Nomadic Art Gallery" in an undisclosed apartment in the centre of Ghent. The exhibition brings together the work of renowned artists Philip Trusttum, James Robinson and emerging artist Marcus Hipa.

MORE Barrel Store Colony artists doing great things!

SENSATION_22 opens Saturday 11-5pm. Its a monumental show, with brilliant new work from 30 artists.

Congratulations Sefton Rani, Andy Leleisi’uao + Marcus Hipa 👏🏽

Barrel Store Colony Artist Java Leonard is a finalist in the Mairangi Arts Centre 8th Hibiscus and Bays Art Awards. This is a nationwide exhibition featuring works by artists who compete for a range of prizes including 3x Outstanding Artists Awards $1000 monetary prize plus the opportunity to exhibit at Mairangi Arts Centre together in 2022.

Kicks off at Midday ~ get on out there!!!

Best of luck Java🤞🏽

LÃST chance to catch this break through, sold out solo exhibition TRIALS oF A MIND by super cool young local Barrel Store Colony artist Java Leonardo 😎

12 - 6pm @ ALL GOODS

Sunday Visitors

LAST DAYS to see the show ~ today + tomorrow 12-6pm 😎

Photos from OPENING NIGHT taken by the talented Cullen Morrow!

E-mail [email protected] if you need a photographer : )