Meet our artists.
[ s p a c e ] art gallery represents the works of 10 artists all living and working on Waiheke island, near Auckland, New Zealand.
When visiting the gallery, your are very likely to be greeted by one of us.
We will be more than happy to tell you all about our works, our practice and to answer your questions and queries.
We are looking forward to meet you at the gallery, but in the meantime, please explore our works here on the website.
Jenny Mason
The pieces I create start from observations of New Zealand’s flora, fauna and landscapes, and a desire to translate them into objects. I also draw inspiration from found objects, historical traditions and the materials themselves.
Katie Trinkle Legge
Katie was born in New York. She graduated with an honors BFA from The University of the Arts in Philadelphia in 1988. She currently exhibits her work in New Zealand and the United States. Her work is a unique combination of contemporary and classical painting styles…
Mary Ferguson
Mary pursues her highly personal and intimate style through rigorous studio investigations and has an established professional practice on Waiheke Island, Auckland.
Maria Lloyd
I am fascinated by ancient civilisations, their cultures and how they created ceremonial art forms and objetcs to distinguish Themselves and document their histories. By Unravelling their mysteries we inevitably learn more about ourselves.
Emma Hughes
My goal is to create exciting works that invigorate the senses. There are always pockets of interest to be found – little portals into other worlds; a hidden landscape here, a brooding figure there.
Jay Lloyd
Bronze holds the same allure for me as it did for all those who have worked it for centuries.
I like my work to have simple clean lines and I take pride in the hand craft nature of what I do. The process is as important to me as the final product.
Margaret Emsley
I am drawn to flowers and insects. Lately I have been influenced by the early botanical artists who would sometimes deconstruct the flower, stem and leaves in order to portray each of its parts. Often the proportions were distorted and forms were exaggerated.
Paora Toiterangiuiai
Paora Toi Te Rangiuaia (Ngāti Porou) was born on the East Coast of Aotearoa/New Zealand. He first trained as a jeweller and silversmith, but his practice now includes larger-scale sculpture in bronze, aluminium, granite, marble, basalt, limestone, wood, and glass.
Kiya Nancarrow
I have worked with clay for the past 20 years with the aim of conveying a sense of movement and energy. This has been based on a belief that energy passes through all things, both animate and inanimate; This imagined energy offers much in terms of potential form.
Olivier Duhamel
New Zealand sculptor Olivier Duhamel has established his art practice on Waiheke in 2004. His distinctive laminated sculptures in wood, in acrylic and in bronze are held in many private and public collections and exhibited around the world but …