Exhibitions

After entering art pieces in exhibitions with Pa Te Aroha weavers I was producing more and more kete. That meant our living room was becoming overcrowded, even for my very understanding husband. So to get them off my shelves I created my first exhibition named 'All Flax' at the Office Cafe in Maungatapere. That then led to supplying Tuatara Design in Whangarei and Tupo Art in Rawene with hats, kete and small art pieces.

Creating space for new work has not only freed up my mind (and living room) but also given me exposure as a weaver. As a result I was asked to be a guest artist at the Whangarei Heads Art Trail, shortly afterwars I was co-creating an exhibition – ‘Woven Together’ - at The Quarry Arts Centre in Whangarei, with a variety of harakeke and woven objects from the practical to the whimsical.

Initially I found it very daunting to 'put myself out there', but taking these first steps and as a response to people asking where they could see my work has encouraged me to create a Facebook artist page, where I can now easily upload photos of completed projects.

• Emma Collaboration, Saskatchewan, Canada, August 2024
• Whangarei Heads Art Trail, 30th and 31st March 2024,10 am to 5 pm
• Pop up weaving exhibition with Time Weavers, Toi Box, Opononi, 8th-14th January 2024
  
• Kings College, Auckland - 27-29th Oct 2023
• The Bach Gallery Space, The Bach, Town Basin, Whangarei - Aug 23 - Oct 23
• New Year at the Toi Box, Opononi, Hokianga, 27th Dec - 1st Jan 2023
• 2022 Art Salon, Fo Guang Yuan Art Gallery, Auckland, 29th Oct - 4th Dec 2022
• Quest Gallery, Fringe Festival, Whangarei Oct - Nov 2022
• Invited artist at Emma Collaboration, Big River, Saskatchewan, Canada 27th July  - August 4th, 2022
• Pop up weaving exhibition with Time Weavers, Toi Box, Opononi, 1-2 January 2022
  
• 3D (March/April 2021) and Whenua [Land] (June/July 2021), Village Arts Gallery, Kohukohu
• Nga Pākiwaitara ā Maui - Maui Stories Exhibition, Hihiaua Cultural Centre, Whangarei, July 2021
• Contributions to The Great Plate exhibition, Quarry Arts Centre, Whangarei, 2015-2021
• Taku Ahi Puanga, exhibition at Hihiaua Cultural Centre, June 2021
• Fibre resource artist at CollaboratioNZ, Forum North auctions, 2017, 2019 & 2021
• Guest artist at the Whangarei Heads Art Trail, 2016 - 2022
• Firebirds 'Charades', pottery exhibition at Reyburn House, Oct/Nov 2020
• Material Issues, textile and fibre works, Village Arts Gallery, Kohukohu, 5th Sep - 11th Oct 2020
• Whangarei Heads Art Trail and EMMA collaboration in Saskatchewan/Canada 2020 - cancelled due to Coronavirus.... :(
• CollaboratioNZ Exhibition Vision 20/20, Reyburn House, group exhibition, 18th Feb - 22nd Mar 2020
• Tatai Whenua, Waiheke Community Art Gallery, group weaving exhibition, 22nd Nov - 15th Dec 2019
• Toi Tu, Hihiaua Cultural Centre, past & present student exhibition, Whangarei, Dec 2020
• Laboratorium - Cabinet of Curiosities (joint exhibition), Hangar Gallery, Whangarei, Nov 2019
• Wawata (group exhibition), Te Pu O Te Wheke Gallery, Kaikohe, August 2019
• Te Manawa o te Whaariki (group exhibition), Waikato Museum, July 2019
• Terenga Mai (group exhibition), Hihiauau Cultural Centre Whangarei, June 2019
• Wawata (group exhibition), Village Arts Gallery, Kohukohu, June 2019
• X-Marks (joint exhibition), Te Kohangu Museum of Waitangi, Sep 2018
• GRID (joint exhibition), Waiheke Community Art Gallery, Waiheke Island, Jan 2018
• O.T.P. Art & Craft Working Exhibition, Bream Bay, Jan 2018
• The Quest, Whangarei, 'Kokiri - to Thrust Forward', December 2016
• Matariki TAKU AHI exhibition, Quarry Arts Centre, June 2016
• ONEONESIX BANK STREET, Whangarei, Oro Pukaea exhibition, June 2016
• Woven Together - co-exhibition with Elke Radewald at the Whangarei Quarry Arts Centre, May 2016
• All Flax, The Office Cafe, Maungatapere, my first own exhibition, October 2014
• Kohukohu Village Art Gallery, with the Pa te Aroha group, May 2011
• Te Karanga Gallery, Auckland, with the Pa te Aroha group, September 2011