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Axis | Unitec Design and Contemporary Art alumni
Amul Topiwala, Kairau Bradley, Marina Fepulea’i, Peeti Lamwilai, and Yolanda Huang
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Liminal Illumination: Bringing the Light Inside / 16 – 20 Feb
Exploring embodied, multisensory installation art at liminal times and places.
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Decolonizing identity and culture within the contexts of Te Ao Māori in Aotearoa / 2 October, 2025
How can markers of whakapapa activate Takatāpui identity within Toi Māori?
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Queer Theory & Practice
Curated by 3rd year students Cal Danvers and Izzy D. O’Hagan, this exhibition celebrates art that engages in ‘queering’ ideas, perspectives, objects and conventions. The collection examines queerness not just as identity, but as performative and transformative acts. Atarangi Anderson, Frankie Ayers, Sarah Bailey, Rachie Campbell, Emma ‘Eden’ Cockerton, Cal Danvers, Gabby Gee, NIX, Alex Watene,…
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Top Art
Top Art is an annual touring exhibition featuring a selection of NCEA Level 3 portfolios that achieved Excellence in Visual Arts in the previous year. Five streams are covered: design, painting, photography, printmaking and sculpture. Top Art gives secondary students and teachers an opportunity to see what’s required to achieve Excellence at Level 3. It…
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He Kahu Kōrero – Cloaks that Speak: A Love Letter to my Mokopuna
This exhibition is a celebration of the traditional practice and pedagogy of whatu kākahu. Cloaks that whānau Māori have made for their mokopuna, tamariki and whānau will be on display. Alongside these storied cloaks are a photo of the kaiwhatu(weaver) and a letter they have written to their mokopuna. The series of monthly wānanga held over a 2 year externally funded research project built a whatu community of practice across three rūmaki…
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Translating the Real
Every photograph is a translation from the real. In this process the real becomes an artifact, one that’s been mediated by the choices of the photographer to a greater or lesser extent. Artists working with archives and the photographic document have long recognised the tension between the subjective way memory is socially constructed while attempting to stay true…
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Raranga Taura Kūtai ki Wairaka / 4 – 18 April, 2025
This installation features taura kūtai (woven mussel ropes) made from harakeke gathered at Rangimārie Pā Harakeke and woven by Hinewaimarama Reihana-White, with support from John Kaulima-Panapa and members of Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei weaving rōpū, Te Puāwai. Framed images by Peeti Lamwilai accompany the taura, documenting the making process and the relationships that sustain this kaupapa.…
