![]() Moselen has shown throughout Aotearoa at sculpture events such as NZ Sculpture on Shore and Sculpture on the Gulf, and her work is held in several private collections. Over the following decades she expanded her practice to encompass printmaking, painting and stone-carving, before settling on sculpture. Moselen completed a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Metalcraft and Jewellery Design before moving to Aotearoa in 1998 and founding her own contemporary jewellery studio. The elegant forms adhere to the complex mathematical patterns repeated in the natural world, with curvilinear twists that defy the strength and rigidity of the raw material, inviting the viewer to a moment of quiet repose.Įach work is sculpted entirely by the artist, from the intense physical labour of cutting, welding, grinding and shaping steel with handmade tools, to the precise application of surface treatments. He is currently working as a tutor with Kākano Youth Arts Collective, based out of Corban Estate Arts Centre, alongside his art by the ancient symbolism and rugged coastline of her Cornish homeland, Julie Moselen’s stone and metal sculptures explore the dualities of light and shadow, softness and strength, the masculine and the feminine. Reihana’s work featured in the comprehensive survey of Māori contemporary art Te Atinga: 25 Years of Contemporary Māori Art which exhibited over 2013. Reihana holds a Bachelor of Māori Visual Arts (Hons) from Massey University (Palmerston North, 2012) and has exhibited throughout Aotearoa since 2015. Reihana’s practice has developed as a personalised response to traditional cultural practices, relating current social, political and environmental issues to a Māori perspective. His paintings are often rendered in a fine, illustrative style and incorporate reworked aspects of traditional Māori designs such as kōwhaiwhai (painted scroll pattern), tukutuku (woven lattice panels), and whakairo (carving). Working at both a large-scale publicly and on smaller-scale wall-based works, Reihana typically paints flora and fauna native to Aotearoa. Each studio has separate climate control.Jermaine Reihana (Ngāti Hine, Pākehā) is a painter and arts educator whose practice focuses on customary Māori narrative and art conventions that navigate the complexities of contemporary society. A window allows visibility to the outdoors. Studios are equipped with a writing desk and adjustable office chair, a desk lamp, a reclining lounge chair book shelves and overhead track lighting. Two separate writer studios are located in a cabin that is outfitted with furnishings and utilities in comfortable spaces to support privacy and reflection. A small single window allows visibility to the outdoors and maximizes the amount of running, usable wall space (11, 13 and 24 continuous running feet) for two dimensional work. ![]() ![]() Flat fourteen foot ceilings enhance the spaciousness of the studio. Studios are equipped with two worktables (one on wheels and glass topped at 76 x 34 inches and the other metal topped at 34 x 60 inches), a standard wooden straight back chair, an adjustable stool on wheels, a full length mirror, a day bed, a utility sink with hot and cold water, a small metal trash can, a closed metal cabinet, a paper towel dispenser, broom and dust pan, and good overhead light with both track and fluorescent lights on separate controls. ![]() The artist studios are located in a pole barn, a typical metal ranch outbuilding that is outfitted with ventilation and lighting to accommodate four artists with large, individual 400 square foot studio spaces.
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