Events
Each year we bring you exhibitions that showcase some of our wonderful artists & their stunning work.
We host an opening night for each show where everyone is welcome & this is the perfect way to meet the artist & preview the exhibition. Openings are held on Friday nights, which we think is the perfect way to end the week & welcome in the weekend.
If you’d like to view pieces that were part of a previous exhibition, simply click the details button & you can view the show sheet. Works that may still be available can be found on their artist page.
Hannah Shand Live Drawing Tour
Sunday 6 December 2020
10 am - 12 noon
We’d love you to join us as Hannah stops by our gallery as part of her Live Drawing Tour of the North Island. This will be a rare treat where you will be able to see Hannah in action, ask her questions . We will have an extensive range of her prints and some originals available for purchase.
Hannah is also gifting Free greeting cards with all prints!
4 cards with every A4 and A3 print
8 cards with every A2 print and A1 print
*Please note these cards are not for sale, and are only available with prints purchased at live drawing events*
Christmas Drinks
27 November 2020
Everyone welcome from 5pm Friday 27 November
Join us to celebrate the start of the festive season, meet some of our artists, and be the first to view new pieces on the gallery, including from artists new to the gallery.
We will also start a 3 day collection for Give a Kid a Blanket’s “Operation Kindness” - a food bank to help those in need over Christmas & New Year. They need pantry staples & Christmas treats, so please feel free to bring something to donate & spread the word. Collection runs from 27 - 30 November.
Neighbourhood
9 - 23 October 2020
Opening Night from 5pm Friday 9 October 2020
Group show celebrating the place we live, work & play through the eyes of 14 artists.
John Allen, Sean Beldon, Philippa Bentley, Tim Corbett, Josh Lancaster, Michelle McIver, Alan McLintic, Harriet Millar, Maria Napier, Craig Primrose, Jane Puckey, Kylie Rusk, Carmel Van Der Hoeven Dean Wallace.
Aliveness - We Are Nature
John Allen
31st July - 14th August 2020
Opening night from 5pm Friday 31st July 2020
This marks John's second exhibition here at Turua Gallery following his successful solo show in August 2019 ‘New Beginnings’ & brings to you his signature pieces that showcase his stunning skill combining form and function. John’s pieces are all crafted from fallen & found native woods, to be treasured for generations. Working with the natural form of a branch or root, he pars back the wood to highlight the fundamental form that already exists - less is more - giving each piece a second life & allowing its story to unfold.
John’s pieces are supported by the works of Jane Puckey & Maria Napier.
Artist talk with John Allen
Saturday 8th August 2020 from 2pm
John will share with us a bit about his creative process, how his search for the perfect piece of fallen timber has developed & what goes into crafting those ‘simple’ works of art.
John's talk will start at 2.30pm, all are welcome & there will be an opportunity to meet Maria Napier & Jane Puckey.
Rhythm
Carmel Van Der Hoeven
20th March - 3rd April 2020
Opening night from 5pm Friday 20th March 2020
‘Rhythm’ is Carmel Van Der Hoeven's first Auckland solo exhibition. She has used the simple act of marking canvas with painted brush strokes, which helps to convey a sense of time & movement. She would like to think this body of work has moved beyond its subject & now offers the viewer a visible example of the rhythm of nature.
Ultramarine
Philippa Bentley
14th February - 28th February 2020
Opening night from 5pm Friday 14th February 2020
Philippa Bentley’s solo exhibition ‘Ultramarine’ refers to both ‘ultramarine blue’, a paint colour used extensively in her paintings, & the focus on the sea. The sea is the link. You can expect to be treated to both Philippa's paintings & Paper Boats, in which some of them incorporates augmented reality (AR).
Listen to the sea, it has something to say to you.
10,000 Steps
Sean Beldon
15th November - 29th November 2019
Opening night from 5pm Friday 15th November 2019
Sean's new work explore his morning & evening walks around Glendowie, St Heliers, Kohi & Mission Bay - all within 10,000 steps of Turua Gallery.
A pedestrian take on his ongoing ‘Into the Heartland’ series, which explores his road trips throughout our beautiful country. This exhibition promises to deliver, with pieces of various sizes, the connection with the smaller moments from Sean's daily excursions.
Light Years
Helen Bankers
20th September - 11th October 2019
Opening night from 5pm Friday 20th September 2019
‘Light Years' - a personal tribute to the influential still life painters of the 17th Century. The work of photographer Helen Bankers has a painterly quality that draws on the past while looking to the future. Her eye for composition & colour, combined with her skillful use of natural light, transform her photographs into timeless creations. “I’m drawn to aesthetics which resonate on an emotional level. My work explores memories that are kept within, secrets that we all have, & nature’s ever unfolding energy”
Breathtaking Bespoke Editions. Each work has been lovingly styled & photographed, Helen is a master with lighting that gives each piece a delightful painterly quality that does not disappoint. Low editions are produced & each is framed to the highest quality using museum glass.
Artist talk with Helen Bankers
Saturday 5th October 2019 from 2pm
Helen will be chatting to us about why she loves flowers, her process & how her beautiful images have developed into a gorgeous range of ready made goodies & fabrics.
New Beginnings
John Allen
2nd August - 23rd August 2019
Opening night from 5pm Friday 2nd August 2019
Through his sculpture work John has been starting to see the world differently. Part of the difficulty of learning to focus on the wholeness & life around us is heightened awareness of the state of the world. It’s easy to get stuck in negativity & battling things not working, but John is not buying into the doom & gloom any more.
The way forward is connecting inside, feeling & living the wholeness already present in the core of our beings – being the change we want to see, & reminding us of our part in the world. John’s current work taps into old forms as a link to our deeper being & includes pieces crafted from woods such as Puriri, Pohutakawa & Kauri, using fallen trees, driftwood & reclaimed wood.
![[PHOTO] Synthesis - Tim Corbett7th June - 28th June 2019Opening night from 5pm Friday 7th June 2019[Photo] Synthesis, is curated upon Tim's recent award winning work & is presented in large format, archival prints to encourage viewers to slow down, absorb & connect. They are inspired by the fine line pencil & watercolour drawings early botanists made to record the intricate structure & beauty found in flora, capturing them for both research & to communicate through art.Lotus Lilies, the subject of this series, have been used throughout history & across cultures to symbolise purity, peace, harmony & grace. Their growth pattern of rising up from the mud before flowering is used to represent our own struggles to detach & rise above our struggles, so we too can find harmony & peace. All these images are taken ‘in situ’ with natural light, no studio lighting, artificial light or image manipulation. As such, these images can never be repeated or replicated, they are, as nature presented them, on this particular day, in February, 2019.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7bfa052adef5066a0801a4/1597716987076-N87LE1A915HGXEKLQ23N/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kOnFd6yS9AGNiVEN6Nsa8DB7gQa3H78H3Y0txjaiv_0fDoOvxcdMmMKkDsyUqMSsMWxHk725yiiHCCLfrh8O1z5QHyNOqBUUEtDDsRWrJLTmQyViSO8WVy1F2YAzXWvEVMfcNVZVRKirC0_getl2X6fylxjMpQUNaI9sHzOptneW/IMAGE+2+S.jpg)
[PHOTO] Synthesis
Tim Corbett
7th June - 28th June 2019
Opening night from 5pm Friday 7th June 2019
[Photo] Synthesis, is curated upon Tim's recent award winning work & is presented in large format, archival prints to encourage viewers to slow down, absorb & connect. They are inspired by the fine line pencil & watercolour drawings early botanists made to record the intricate structure & beauty found in flora, capturing them for both research & to communicate through art.
Lotus Lilies, the subject of this series, have been used throughout history & across cultures to symbolise purity, peace, harmony & grace. Their growth pattern of rising up from the mud before flowering is used to represent our own struggles to detach & rise above our struggles, so we too can find harmony & peace.
All these images are taken ‘in situ’ with natural light, no studio lighting, artificial light or image manipulation. As such, these images can never be repeated or replicated, they are, as nature presented them, on this particular day, in February, 2019.