Since graduating from Elam with BFA Honours in 2018, I have continued to paint, exhibiting in a number of solo and group exhibitions. In 2018 I received the New Zealand Adam Portraiture Award for my painting "Elam". I've continued to explore the portrait since. Expressing primarily in oil paint, my focus on capturing the portrait has evolved over the years. My earlier portraits were direct observations of subjects that I captured in detailed, realistic portraits. My focus now is on capturing the audience's portrait through encouraging introspection and a moment of pause - though amalgamating the elements of figures, environment, size and structure of the painting and canvas.
Highlights
Solo Exhibitions
2022
Through the Mist, Studio One Toi Tu, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
2020
If You Close Your Eyes, Allpress Studio, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
The Mind Is, The New Zealand Steel Gallery, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
2014
The Homeless, The Franklin Art Gallery, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Group Exhibitions
2022
Reality Bytes, Arcadia at Queens Arcade, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Artists on Artists, Studio One Toi Tu, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
2021
Art Beijing 2021 (First exhibit of New Zealand artists in China since Covid lockdown)
2019
When We Were Dust, The Steel Gallery, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Cross the River, Northart, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Touring Group Exhibition, China
The Adam Portrait Awards touring exhibition
Available Works
