Joan Ross is one of the most respected artists working in Australia today. Across painting, video, installation, VR, and sculpture, her practice examines the visual language of early settlement imagery, reworking historical narratives through sharp wit and her trademark hi-vis fluro yellow to reveal how the past continues to shape contemporary culture.
Booth 15
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Tracey Jones employs precise brushwork rooted in the techniques of European realist painters, creating work that bridges the traditions of representational painting with a distinctly contemporary lens. Her multidisciplinary practice spans across the genres of still life, portraiture, and landscape. In her oil paintings, Jones renders glossy surfaces and saturated hues with meticulous detail. Luxury packaging, crushed paper, shopping bags and delicate objects deceive the viewer’s eye with her command of shadow and light. Her realism reaches its most captivating moments in the delicate folds and the tactile imperfections of everyday opulence.
Booth 62
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Joan Ross is one of the most respected artists working in Australia today. Across painting, video, installation, VR, and sculpture, her practice examines the visual language of early settlement imagery, reworking historical narratives through sharp wit and her trademark hi-vis fluro yellow to reveal how the past continues to shape contemporary culture.
Booth 15
This event is free to all ticket holders and does not require an RSVP.
Join artist Kauri Hawkins in conversation at the CHALK HORSE booth, who will be discussing his practice, the body of works on show at the Fair and his specially commissioned staircase work for Aotearoa Art Fair.
Booth 10
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Join Ruby Wilkinson in conversation with Graeme Douglas, host of The Good Oil podcast and avid collector, to discuss Ruby’s solo exhibition Belle Plaine. The discussion will explore the development of the new works and the themes shaping this latest body of paintings.
Booth 8
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Emily Parker, Director of PARKER Contemporary (Brisbane), introduces a group of artists whose practices are shaped by material engagement and respond to our contemporary world. Through carving, layering, pulping, spraying and casting, the artists explore how images emerge through touch, pressure and time. The talk considers how contemporary practitioners are revitalising print and paper based techniques, offering tactile, material driven, analogue alternatives to digital imagery while fostering dialogue between artists from Australia and New Zealand.
Booth 57
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Pound, Play, Placed.
In this talk Nicholas plans to dissect a few paintings and the “language” of found game pieces- to explore how rules, colour, and placement create meaning in the work. Moving from personal diaristic encounters in the op-shop to broader art-historical and political “games”, hoping to reveal how small, humble offerings can articulate large, complex ideas about identity and what we choose to create.
Booth 45
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Fresh Gallery Ōtara presents a collection that brings together recently created works and earlier foundational pieces, offering insight into the evolution of A’aifou Potemani’s practice.
Join us for an Artist Walk and Talk at the Fresh Gallery Ōtara booth and hear directly from one of South Auckland’s most exciting emerging artists. We’ll begin at the booth before heading outside to experience A’aifou’s large-scale outdoor flag works, which extend his practice into the surrounding public space.
A’aifou Potemani is a visual artist of Samoan (Falease’ela Lefaga) and Tongan (Tokomololo, Tongatapu) descent, born and raised in Ōtara, South Auckland. His practice is grounded in screen printing, printmaking, and painting, drawing on cultural heritage and urban life. Potemani holds a Master of Visual Arts from AUT.
Come along, hear his insights, and experience the stories embedded in his work.
Booth 53
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