Past Exhibitions and Events

Exhibitions and events that have been held at Te Kōputu in the past are presented below in reverse chronological order (newest first).

Whakatau Miromiro

Date:

Sat, 13/08/2022 - 11:00am to Sun, 16/10/2022 - 2:00pm

Whakatau Miromiro
Terri Te Tau

Te Maramataka: Ko Wai Koe? by Lisa Purda

Date:

Sat, 23/04/2022 - 11:00am to Sun, 24/07/2022 - 2:00pm

This month in Te Kōputu, Lisa Purda will take over the main Brookfields Gallery with her new exhibition Te Maramataka: Ko Wai Koe?

Originally from the Edgecumbe area, Lisa returns to our rohe from the Manawatū where she recently completed a Masters in Māori Visual Art. Through photographing the ephemeral - the life of water - with a camera, a tool that traditionally replicates the real and tangible elements that are placed in front of it, she challenges our perception of what is physically present and what may exist in liminal spaces just beyond our gaze.

I followed you into the sea by Wesley John Fourie

Date:

Sat, 23/04/2022 - 11:00am to Sun, 24/07/2022 - 2:00pm

In the Sheaff Gallery this month, Wesley John Fourie has created a suite of works that explore and pay honour to the beauty of flora found in our inland valleys, following the routes of the rivers and streams of Te Urewera.

Whiria te hauora: Ngāti Rangitihi Koeke by Maija Stephens and Kimiora Whaanga

Date:

Sat, 23/04/2022 - 11:00pm to Sun, 24/07/2022 - 2:00pm

Maija Stephens and Kimiora Whaanga’s photographic response to a dementia prevention feasibility project undertaken by Te Puna Ora o Mataatua kaimahi with Ngā

2022 Molly Morpeth Canaday Award 3D

Date:

Sun, 13/02/2022 - 10:00am to Sat, 09/04/2022 - 2:00pm

Featuring works by artists from throughout Aotearoa and chosen from 294 entries, finalists were selected by three independent Preliminary Judges and the winners by Guest Judge Bob Jahnke.