Current exhibitions

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3. Oh My Murray Darling Web
Tuhiwai mere pounamu nephrite weapon 1500_1800 Otago maker unknown Gift of the Wineera family
Our Harbour – Te Awarua-o-Porirua, 2017, illustration detail by artist Mat Tait.
Our Harbour – Te Awarua-o-Porirua, 2017, illustration detail by artist Mat Tait.
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3. Oh My Murray Darling Web
Tuhiwai mere pounamu nephrite weapon 1500_1800 Otago maker unknown Gift of the Wineera family

Events

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Recent exhibitions

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Star Gossage

Kia tau te Rangimārie – Let Peace be Among Us

Noise Pekere Fruean

Pēkere Fruean & Darcy Nicholas


Contemporary Māori Artists

Detail of Ponga by Agnes Hauptli

Ngahere – The Bush of Aotearoa

Professional Weavers Network of New Zealand
Friday 18 August - Sunday 1 October 2023 Bottle Creek Gallery

Kohai grace 2023 muka harakeke natural dyes web

Toiora: Ki te Pō ki te Ao

The Art of Wellbeing: Through Light and Shadow
1 Jul – 13 Aug Bottle Creek

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Tim Li

Te Tini a Tangaroa - The multitudes of Tangaroa
16 June – 23 July Toi Gallery

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Here and Beyond

Photographs and Interviews by Ehsan Hazaveh
12-25 June Bottle Creek

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Peter Mitchell

Past & Present Exhibition
5 May to 11 June 2023 Toi Gallery

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Creative Fibre

National Exhibition 2023
24 March – 7 May Bottle Creek

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Lines of Sight

Elisabeth Vullings
31 March – 30 April | Toi Gallery

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Vicki Fanning

Passenger
18 March to 11 June

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Kura Pounamu

Tō tātou kōhatu | Our Treasured Stone
18 March – 11 June

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Hā!

Ngarongo Phillips, Kahurangiariki Smith, Shairae Taepa, Hori, Pirika Taepa, Cecilia Kumeroa and Robyn Kahukiwa
3 February 2023 - 19 March 2023. Bottle Creek

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Huia

Claire Jensen, Fiona Pardington, Hannah Shand, Kirsty Gardiner, Michelle Arnold (nee Black)
3 February 2023 - 26 March 2023.

Cyanotype-HERO

Student Cyanotype Exhibition


16 Dec 2022 – 30 Jan 2023 Bottle Creek

CPotY10

Capital Photographer of the year


28 October2022 – 11 December2022 Toi Gallery

Untitled design (1)

Tesserae Tales of Aotearoa

Rowena Rooney, Michelle Arnold nee Black and Rachel Silver
9 December 2022 – 29 January 2023 Bottle Creek

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The Festival of Wood

The Wellington Guild of Woodworkers
Saturday 5 November – Sunday 4 December Bottle Creek

Glen Wolfgram - A'eva Tokotaha he Pasifiki-Solo across the Pacific

A‘eva tokotaha he Pasifiki:

Solo across the Pacific
20 November 2022 – 26 February 2023 Pātaka

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Tūrama

Lighting the Collection
20 November 2022 – 26 February 2023 Pātaka

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Gerda Leenards:

Regeneration - a story of trees
16 September – 23 October

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Apato

Anna Hayes
Pākehā, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Te Wairoa, Ngāti Rakaipaaka

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Kanohi ki te
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Faces from the Collection
24 July – 30 October 2022

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Kohai Grace
Matariki 2022

Ringatoi - Pouako
Ngāti Toa Rangatira, Ngāti Porou, Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Raukawa Lives in Porirua.

Friends of Pātaka Art Awards 2022

The Friends of Pātaka
Art Awards 2022


26 August-30 October Bottle Creek Gallery

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Star Gossage

Kia tau te Rangimārie – Let Peace be Among Us
24 July – 30 October 2022

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Porirua Harbour
Connections

Mana Arts Society
1 July – 21 August 2022 Bottle Creek Gallery

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Phthalo + Quinacridone + Azo

Helen Reynolds
24 June – 31 July 2022 Toi Gallery

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Jack Trolove:
Thresholding


July 24 – October 30 West Gallery

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Friends of Pātaka Art Awards 2022

26 August – 30 October 2022
Bottle Creek Gallery

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Purely Pastel

Pastel Artists of New Zealand PANZ
1 April – 15 May 2022 Bottle Creek Gallery

School programmes

Venues for hire

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