Finalist in the New Zealand and Printmaking Award, 2025

I was a finalist in the New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Award, 2025 with my print work 'Mighty Tōtara'. The exhibition was on from 21st Feb-22 March, 2025, at ArtsPost Galleries, 120 Victoria St, Hamilton.

'Mighty Tōtara'
The multi-plate monoprint is sandwiched between two ‘gravy boat’ shaped laser cut 4.5mm clear acrylic cutouts, mounted together by six metal mirror clips. Size: w500mm, h300mm, d9.5mm,
The gravy boat shape can be viewed as a vessel of culture, which landed in Aotearoa along with my colonial ancestors.
The dominant theme of my art practice reflects on the impact of New Zealand’s colonial past, the country’s varied landscapes and the life-forms, indigenous and introduced, that inhabit them.