Thirty years ago four young women graduated from Beijing’s Central Academy of Fine Arts and went their separate ways. Lan Zi, Wei Wei, Xiao Ling and Judy Huo are now back together to host an exhibition in Wellington. Their varied life experiences are reflected in their individual styles—but their shared love of painting remains unchanged. This exhibition will highlight the unique and shared Aspects of their works.

Opening to include a Tea Ceremony by Ms Huang Lihong of the Ming Tea Studio.

Copacetic. A wonderful word whose origin nobody can seem to agree on. I like the theory that it derives from Cajun French coup esètique / coupersètique, which means “able to cope with anything and everything”. When art is in my life, when I create, I feel like everything will work out, everything will be fine.

Celebrating and empowering artists to tame Wellington’s boring walls.

Over the week three works will be completed outside the gallery in the streets of Wellington. Phlegm (UK) will cover a wall Jessie Street, local artist T-Wei is at work on Taranaki St, and a cohort of emerging artists take over Inverlochy Place.

LUCY is an exhibition that explores the nuances that make us human, the small details that our habits reveal about us. It offers the opportunity to explore the intimate nature of an individual's bedroom from the safety of a gallery.

The analytical approach to the subject matter allows the viewer to start their own investigation into the subtle changes in an individual’s space, documented by daily photographs, notes, and a small selection of objects.

Constructed by Kate Bartlett, in collaboration with Rebecca Solomon, Our Catharsis is a performance work that looks to address the destabilising effects of life’s apparent fragility.

How do we wear our worry? In what form do we find cathartic release from this?

I am Kathryn Armitage, a local photographer from Wellington and have recently been studying at The Photo School in Raumati, which is where my passion for Documentary Photography evolved. I have discovered that I have a huge interest in community and love connecting with people, places and gaining an understanding of different aspects of our community.

This photographic exhibition is about community and breaking down the barriers and the “box” which people are often put into.

Blooming Cuba Dupa

Tuesday 15 March: 10am - 3pm

Drop-ins welcome!

Come and get involved in the creation of a fabulous pop-up Urban Garden for the Cuba Dupa Festival with REACT (Rangiwahia Environmental Arts Centre).

I would like to invite you all to my first solo show in over five years; The Enchanting.

A world of the ethereal and ghostly.

Filled with doe eyed dolls with butter skin who only listen to the saddest of songs.

This is a love story, a ghost story, a tragedy.

An exhibition of recent paintings and prints by Nelson artist Riki Sommers.

The artwork reflects his everyday observations represented in a still life format. In addition, the exhibition will be supported by older works; a series of portraits from 2013 2014 using aerosol and oil, sketches & illustrations.

The assimilation of computers into humanity’s cultural fabric has created an interest in what I see as a correlation between computers and painting. They both utilise codified information and abstract data; both are storage devices and retrieval systems; we see the viewer as user interface; they use partitions to order and relay information.