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Celebrating the talent of

Emerging Canterbury Artists

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THOMAS HANCOCK

Title: Yeltel Crosna

Details: Oil on board

Size: 550 x 520 mm

Price: $975

Title: Belas Laving


Size: 550 x 520 mm

Price: $975

Title: Phaden Ghojec


Size: 620 x 580 mm

Price: $1500

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THOMAS HANCOCK (cont’d)

Title: Linkdev Boset, 2016


Size: 550 x 400 mm

Price: $875

Title: Wonum Flage, 2016


Size: 550 x 400 mm

Price: $875

Artist Statement: Thomas is a Lower Hutt-born artist, who has been living and working in Christchurch

since 2010, graduating with an MFA (Painting) with Distinction from Ilam School of Fine

Arts in 2016. His earlier works are mostly a mix or portraiture and genre painting while in

more recent years he has concentrated more on still life.

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THOMAS HANCOCK (cont’d)

“I use found objects with the aim to create something that is both figurative and abstract. I

choose objects based on their ambiguity, their potential to create paintings that intrigue

the viewer. The objects I depict are often domestic and banal, yet have strong formal

qualities, which I look to amplify through the processes of photography and painting. The

object becomes the source from around which everything, from colour to composition, is

centered. Light is cast on the object to produce shadows that accentuate the linear, wiry

forms while also creating levels of variation in colour and brushwork. Through

photography and painting the subject is removed further from its original setting and gains

new life that is not tied to its original function. Its new function is to describe the

painting.”

Artist Details:

Name: Thomas Hancock

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 027 307 2789

Website: www.thomashancockfinearts.com

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DONNA-MARIE PATTERSON

Title: Drawing Water I, Drawing Water III

Details: Acrylic and resin

Size: 800 x 640mm each

Price: $875 each

Title: Drawing Memories 2017

Details: Arcylic and resin

Size: 800 x 640 x 800 mm

Price: $3450

Title: Baxter Glacier, 2017

Details: Hand drawn Ink Pen on Cotton Paper

Size: 700 x 875 mm

Price: $2650

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DONNA-MARIE PATTERSON (cont’d)

Artist Statement: Christchurch born Donna-Marie Patterson spends her time between Kaimata on the

West Coast and Christchurch. She graduated in 2016 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree

from the University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts, majoring in sculpture. Whilst

studying she was the recipient of more than ten awards and scholarships. Currently she is

completing postgraduate studies at the University of CanterburyChristchurch born

Donna-Marie Patterson spends her time between Kaimata on the West Coast and

Christchurch. She graduated in 2016 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the

University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts, majoring in sculpture. Whilst studying she

was the recipient of more than ten awards and scholarships. Currently she is completing

postgraduate studies at the University of Canterbury.

The driving force behind my work resides in conjoining ideas and aesthetics. My practice

investigates my deep personal relationship with New Zealand’s landscapes and environs,

(especially geological formations, rivers, glaciers and forests). My family’s 100-acre Kaimata

property, beside a hydro power station, was previously mined and farmed. The glacial

formed land is now naturally regenerating into lush rainforest, providing a sanctuary for

wildlife. This environment provides constant inspiration for my work as an artist, and a

reminder of the environmental, agricultural and economic issues relating to water.

Many consider that drawing is still basically the same as it has been since prehistoric times,

as it brings together man and the world. In its rawest form, drawing has an immediate

connection to human thought. Modern approaches to lines and drawings are varied, as are

the materials used. These drawing panels and sculpture reference flowing water, translated

though modern synthetic industrial materials.

Awards: (Select 2016, 2017)

Parkin Drawing Prize 2016 Highly Commended

Award

James Wallace Art Award 2016 Finalist

Molly Morpeth Canaday 2D Award 2016 Finalist

Molly Morpeth Canaday 3D Award 2016 Finalist

Clifton Asia Pacific Art Award 2016 Finalist

NZ Art Trust, Emerging Artist Award 2016 Award

Select Art Award, University of Canterbury Art Acquisitions 2016 Award

University of Canterbury, Seager Prize in Fine Arts 2016 Award

University of Canterbury, Vice Chancellor's Excellence Award 2015 & 2016 Award

Bickerton Widdowson Memorial Trust Scholarship 2015 & 2017 Award

Graduate Women Trust Award 2016 Award

Molly Morpeth Canaday 2D Award 2017 Highly Commended

Award

University of Canterbury, Ethel Rose Overton Scholarship 2017 Award

Exhibitions: (Select 2016 & 2017

Tai Tapu Sculpture Garden, Canterbury March 2016

Give Way (Solo Exhibition), University of Canterbury August 2016

Wallace Art Award, Pah Homestead, Auckland August 2016

NZ Sculpture on the Shore, Auckland November 2016

The Artists Room Fine Art Gallery, Dunedin December 2016

Refinery Art Space (Solo Exhibition), Nelson January 2017

CORNER Project Space (Solo Exhibition), Auckland February 2017

Pataka Art Museum, Porirua City February 2017

Artist Details:

Name: Donna-Marie Patterson


Phone: 021 360 339

Web: www.donna-mariepatterson.com

Facebook: Donna-Marie-Patterson

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PHILIP MURRAY

Title: Your Stones to Hold

Details: Silicone Structures

Size: Between 800 mm - 1600 mm diameter

Price: $800 - $1600 (price based on diameter)

Artist Statement: ‘Your stones to hold’ is an installation that brings atmospheric and landscape features

inside a building. The sculptures are lenses that amplify soft changes of light and frame

floating stones against the outside view.

Inspiration comes from some of the natural states of water; snow melt, frost, hail and

condensation. Modern architectural conventions limit the effect these elements have on

our day to day lives. ‘Your stones to hold’ reconnects viewers with features of a landscape

that continue to be environmentally important.

The works can be temporarily located in any arrangement. The overlapping circles can be

quickly peeled from the window placed into any space.

Artist Details:

Name: Philip Murray


Phone: 021 039 1982

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CHARLOTTE JACKSON

Title: Instant Food Series

Details: Oil paint and graphite paper on cradled board

Size: 160mm x 160mm

Price: $250.00

Size: 300mm x 300mm

Price: $350.00

Artist Statement: This selection of works are from my 'Instant Food Series' 2016. The body of work consists

of 12 paintings in total, and was created for my third year painting project at UC School of

Fine Arts. The series focuses on the depiction of various instant foods you can find on a

day-to-day basis. Having always obtained an interest in Still Life, the original inspiration for

this series was to generate a body of work that reflected the historical antecedents of Still

Life, but could also fit into a Contemporary context. As the series evolved, I decided to

explore the realms of scale, and how size effected compositional elements within the

work.

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CHARLOTTE JACKSON (con’t)

The linear section of the works show the drawing process used at the start of each

painting. I use white graphite paper as a medium to transfer the basic outline of

figure/form to the cradled board. Working with graphite paper provided an unpredictable

nature to the works surface, as the paper must be used face-down and can only be used

on one occasion. Following this process, I selected areas of the composition to paint in

fine detail. Combining these two techniques allows a realistic depiction of the works

subject matter, while also providing insight towards the process in which the paintings are

made.

Artist Details:

Name: Charlotte Jackson


Phone: 021 207 2267

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MAIA ABRAHAM

Title: Pumanawa

Details: Charcoal on wall, audio of ‘Poi E’ (Installation work – not for sale)

This work is charcoal directly on the wall and it is an attempt to capture the movement

and rhythm of the poi. Although the work is a drawing which is still, the nature and

context of the work gives it a sense of movement and draws your eye constantly. The

name and audio suggests the connection to poi and Maori performance art giving it life,

context and adding to the idea of movement and performance. Its scale and immersive

nature relates to performance but also touches on the very broad idea of culture and

community

Title: Pumanawa Kotahi’

Details: Oil pastel on paper

This work is an extension of the large performative charcoal work down the concrete

wall. I have wanted to push this idea into another medium with the addition of colour to

enhance the ideas around performance, movement and contemporary presentation. This

also highlights the action and displays the process in a different way yet still referencing

the wider context of the larger work.

Price: TBC

Title: E Ora ai te Reo

Details: Coloured acrylic, jewellery cord

Price: $250.00 each

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MAIA ABRAHAM (con’t)

Artist Statement: Ko Maia Abraham ahau, no te mana whenua o Tauranga Moana me nga tupuna hoki o tera

rohe ki Katikati. I now live in Otautahi Christchurch while I study. Throughout my

practice as an artist I am dealing with my identity and my context as a person within the

society of Aotearoa. I draw and celebrate aspects of my culture such as performance art,

objects, adornment and cultural practices through the presentation of my art. Reflecting

on and understanding traditional practices are very important to me but it’s also

important for me to allow my culture and expression of it to develop and evolve. I enjoy

doing this through my exploration and translation of my culture through non-traditional

practices such as using materials with a nature of being bright coloured and synthetic. This

technique is a way for me to advance Maori art and culture from a distant practice of

tradition that operates out of history and the past into the current and relevant context of

the present.

Artist Details:

Name: Maia Abraham


Phone: 021 124 7191

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MIKAELA MARSHALL

Title: Living Room, 2016

Details: Pen on paper

Size: 2000 x 1500 mm

Price: $500

Title: Pending, 2016

Details: Pen on butter paper in frosted perspex box

Size: 297 x 210 mm

Price: $500

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MIKAELA MARSHALL (cont’d)

Artist Statement: The translator is, at first glance, the author. But who is the author? What is the status of

the ‘I’ who writes and who writes in the name of an ‘I’ who speaks? What do they have in

common, given that, during the course of the narrative, the relation of one to the other

and the signification of the one and the other do not change? The existence of the writer

is proof that within one individual there exists, side by side, a mute who has lost all words.

The writer finds no other reason for her inclination to confess herself. But the refusal to

say nothing shows that the most irrepressible speech that knows neither boundary nor

end, has for its origin its own impossibility. Here, the translator, when she very

tendentiously invites us to find out who she is, presents to us those individuals who

experience the need to express themselves, and yet have nothing constructive to say, and

perhaps because of this say a thousand things, without being concerned about the

approval of the interlocutor who they cannot, however, do without.

Artist Details:

Name: Mikaela Marshall


Phone: 021 0869 4224

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OLIVIA ISABEL SMITH

Title: I Can’t Put My Finger On It

Details: Acrylic and chalk on canvas

Size: 1000 x 1200 mm

Price: $750

Title: Object Series

Details: Glass, super sculpy, clay, hair, found objects

Size: Variable

Price: $250

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OLIVIA ISABEL SMITH (con’t)

Title: Min–I-Mal

Details: Watercolour, pencil and chalk on watercolour paper

Size: 310 x 280 mm each

Price: $180 each (or $450 for set of three)

Artist Statement: I have just completed my Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of Canterbury, Majoring

in Painting. I am now residing in Lyttelton, living and working on my art practice in a

garage space. Most of my interest is in still life painting, sculpture and exploring objects in

relation to the body and the environment.

I use forms drawn from the natural and man-made worlds as sources of inspiration. The

natural elements include fleshy tones and sculptural moulds, while a man-made and

spiritual contrast is suggested in the objects and the use of white or blank space. My work

explores objects derived from sculptural still life compositions through to abstract process

driven paintings and drawings. Still life is treated as a point of departure, toward a variety

of works that incorporate photo release methods, water colours and linear elements,

realised within a limited colour palette.

Artist Details:

Name: Olivia Isabel Smith


Phone: 027 841 5091

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MATTHEW FENNELL

Title: No Escape!

Details: Vinyl on acrylic, LED lights

Size: 500 x 350 x 150 mm

Price: $800

Title: Death’s Embrace!

Details: Vinyl on acrylic, LED lights

Size: 500 x 350 x 150 mm

Price: $900

Title: Untitled

Details: 10mm neon glass, mounted on perspex

Size: 770 x 900 mm

Price: $1050

Artist Statement: Throughout and following my studies at the University of Canterbury, where I graduated

with a Bachelor of Fine Arts specialising in Graphic Design, I have continually strived to

engage with a multitude of different outputs and mediums within my practice as an artist.

This formal exploration allows me to continuously redefine my work and reach new

audiences, and provides the satisfaction of seeing digital work become represented in the

physical space.

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MATTHEW FENNELL (cont’d)

My body of work often draws from a sense of despair and pessimism that is depicted

through refined, bold graphics. Regularly taking influence from popular culture and

referencing imagery from film noir.

Death’s Embrace! draws on such imagery, explicitly the idea of the femme fatale. The

portrayal of a hostile anti-hero proposes confrontation, and offers a single, static moment

from an undefined narrative. The euphoria of the blue light creates an aura of ghostly

serenity. No Escape! Is the result of this interest in somber language and an attempt to

communicate this separate from the use of an image.

Whilst continually working on my art practice I am also pursuing an interest in streetwear

and fashion design and am always looking for new ways and opportunities to output my

work.

Artist Details:

Name: Matthew Fennell


Phone: 027 847 7557

Website: owncritic.com

Instagram: owncritic

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GRACE GOURLEY-REID

Title: Untitled

Details: Video installation

Price: Not for sale

Artist Statement: I am a second year fine arts student studying Film at the University of Canterbury. My

work is about confrontation and exploring the connection between strangers through eye

contact.

Artist Details:

Name: Grace Gourley-Reid


Phone: 027 236 8021

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