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features a photograph by Denise Batchelor
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Photographs by Denise Batchelor. Oil on canvas by Carole Prentice
Right to Left: Calligraphy by Bevan Holmes, mirrors, paint, pencil by Sue Vincent Hill
Photographs by A.A.M. Bos, M Harrison + T Vink, K Rasic
Right to Left: works by Bevan Holmes + Sue Vincent Hall.
Still from a video by Mekhlla Harrison + Thom Vink.
artists
A.A.M. Bos, Auckland | Tāmaki-makau-rau mokopopaki.co.nz
Angiola Bonanni Madrid, Spain angiolabonanni.com
Anna Borrie Madrid, Spain instagram.com/anna.borrie
Bevan Holmes, Whangārei
Bev Goodwin, Auckland | Tāmaki-makau-rau instagram.com/bevgoodwinartist
Brenda Liddiard, Auckland | Tāmaki-makau-rau brendaliddiard.co.nz
Carlos Tejo, Galicia, Spain carlostejo.com
Carole Prentice, Whangārei caroleprentice.co.nz
Dave Taylor, Whangārei quarryarts.org
Denise Batchelor, Hokianga denisebatchelor.com
Denise Corden, Matauri Bay
Dr P, Auckland | Tāmaki-makau-rau mokopopaki.co.nz
Elaine Arkell, London, UK linkedin.com
Emma Snell, Ruakaka emmasnellart.com | @pphthalo
Geert Keuter, Leiden, The Netherlands instagram.com/geertkeuter | studio12.nl
Ian S Mozdzen, Mexico instagram.com/iansmoz
Jacqueline Wassen, Maastricht, The Netherlands jacquelinewassen.nl
Jeff Thomson, Helensville jeffthomson.co.nz
Jessy Rahman, The Hague, The Netherlands instagram.com
Judith Bloedjes, Leiden, The Netherlands instagram.com/judith_bloedjes | judithbloedjes.nl
Katarina Balunova, Bratislava, Slovakia instagram.com/katarina.balunova | katarinabalunova.com
Katarina Rašić, Belgrade, Serbia instagram.com/katarinarasicart | katarinarasic.com
Liam Astbury, Whangārei instagram.com/cattitude.by.liam
Lenny Murupaenga, Whangārei creativenorthland.com
Mekhlla Harrison, Gurgaon, Haryana, India instagram.com/mekhlaharrison/
Nicolas Chevallier Whangaroa NicolasChevallier.com
Pierre Spierckel, Périgueux, France
Pieterje van Splunter, The Hague, The Netherlands pietertje.net
Penny Collins, Kerikeri instagram.com | facebook.com | pennycollins.co.nz
Sara Haq, London, UK instagram.com | bb10.berlinbiennale.de
Sen McGlinn, Kawakawa
Sonja van Kerkhoff, Kawakawa sonjavank.com
Stephanie Rohlfs San Francisco, U.S.A stephanierohlfs.com
S Vincent Hill, Rodney
Thom Vink The Hague, The Netherlands thom-vink.com
Ursula Christel, Warkworth ursulachristel.com
Vivekananda Kadakam Ramakrishna, Mangalore, India instagram.com/wewakeandah
Yell Freeman, New York, USA instagram.com/yellfreeman | yelvertonfreeman.com
Right: Denise Batchelor Hokianga
Abstraction I + II, 2017, photograph (mounted), limited edition 1 of 5
In this body of work, I explore the Lion’s Mane jellyfish through a lens of intimate proximity. The jellyfish itself is a responsive organism, guided by unseen currents and invisible routes. It shapes itself around change, following pathways both internal and environmental. In removing the context of the complete body, the imagery becomes otherworldly, suggestive of celestial formations, microscopic structures, or imaginary landscapes. Ultimately, this work invites reflection on how we perceive and interpret the unfamiliar, and how perception is shaped not only by what we see, but by what remains unseen.
Denise Batchelor is a visual artist based in Hokianga. A recipient of artist residencies and art awards, Batchelor has exhibited widely in galleries, art centres and festivals, both in New Zealand and internationally. Her work is held in public and private collections. Batchelor completed a Master of Fine Arts from Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design in 2011. denisebatchelor.com
Carole Prentice Whangārei Harbour
Autumn Nations, 2022, Oil on canvas, 110 x 75 cm
A moa bird wrestles with a stone he will have to swallow to clear his gullet before his encounter with the rooster! In a fierce encounter in 2023 New Zealand was beaten by France for the second time in a row at the Stade de France. This year, 2025, we won!
Carole is represented by mokopopaki.co.nz | caroleprentice.co.nz
Left to Right: Two photographs by A.A.M Bos, video still by Mekhlla Harrison + Thom Vink, photographic collage by Katarina Rasic.
Right to Left: Bevan Holmes Whangārei
Choose your Destiny framed calligraphy, 60 x 43 cm
Sue Vincent Hill Wellsford
The Shadow, 2025, mirrors, paint, pencil
In Jungian psychology, the Jungian shadow is the unconscious, repressed part of the personality that contains traits, desires, and qualities an individual considers undesirable, unacceptable, or shameful. While it includes negative aspects, the shadow also holds positive, untapped potential in terms of psychological insight and creativity. Seldom do we see our shadow and reflection together; more often, it is as they pass each other by.
Text in the middle panel:
Between the sight and the existence
Between the capture and the escape
Between the idea and the reality
Falls the shadow..
T.S.Elliot
Left to Right: Northland Roadsong I + II, 2025, two 30 x 30 cm photographs by A.A.M. Bos, Auckland | Tāmaki-makaurau
A.A.M Bos is represented by mokopopaki.co.nz
Right:
You Could Feel The Sky-II, video still, 2025, by Mekhlla Harrison and Thom Vink, India
A slow passage of the elements filmed in Gurgaon, Haryana, India. Thom lives part of the year in the Hague, the Netherlands. A surreal collection of images of the burning “ kandas” that are a metaphor for the changing landscape. info: thom-vink.com