Past Exhibitions and Events

Exhibitions and events that have been held at Te Kōputu in the past are presented below in reverse chronological order (newest first).

Waitangi, Why Tangi, Why we Tangi

Date:

Sat, 13/08/2022 - 11:00am to Sun, 16/10/2022 - 2:00pm

Waitangi, Why Tangi, Why we Tangi is a group exhibition that features works that respond to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. The works critique the contrasts and dualities this documents has created and offers provocation for viewers to ponder.

From where I stand

Date:

Sat, 13/08/2022 - 11:00am to Sun, 16/10/2022 - 2:00pm

From Where I Stand
Sheaff Gallery

Home is not only found in temporal or pictorial space, but also in community these artists have together and the joy they find in creation. Eight Whakatāne artists have operated outside the classical hierachies of vanishing points and horizon lines, giving the observer a given perspective in time and place.

Whakatau Miromiro

Date:

Sat, 13/08/2022 - 11:00am to Sun, 16/10/2022 - 2:00pm

Whakatau Miromiro
Terri Te Tau

Te Maramataka: Ko Wai Koe? by Lisa Purda

Date:

Sat, 23/04/2022 - 11:00am to Sun, 24/07/2022 - 2:00pm

This month in Te Kōputu, Lisa Purda will take over the main Brookfields Gallery with her new exhibition Te Maramataka: Ko Wai Koe?

Originally from the Edgecumbe area, Lisa returns to our rohe from the Manawatū where she recently completed a Masters in Māori Visual Art. Through photographing the ephemeral - the life of water - with a camera, a tool that traditionally replicates the real and tangible elements that are placed in front of it, she challenges our perception of what is physically present and what may exist in liminal spaces just beyond our gaze.

I followed you into the sea by Wesley John Fourie

Date:

Sat, 23/04/2022 - 11:00am to Sun, 24/07/2022 - 2:00pm

In the Sheaff Gallery this month, Wesley John Fourie has created a suite of works that explore and pay honour to the beauty of flora found in our inland valleys, following the routes of the rivers and streams of Te Urewera.