Exhibition news
What is coming up, what was ….
Exhibition news
What is coming up, what is, what was……
see below the exhibition’s programme
current & past exhibition blog posts:
current & past
- exhibition blog posts:
‘CHAINreaction’ – exhibition review
by Sarah McClintock: A handshake is a sign of peace, in the offering of open hands you are showing that you bear no ill will. A give and take, there is no winner in a handshake. Instead it is a mutual ritual, an exchange of power and expression of trust and respect....
Reflections on Signing In: 2020
Dear Blog, Firstly, apologies I have been slack on posting since our Handshake6 exhibition in October/November last year. My life has settled with a new home since then and this is my commitment that I will be better! Before moving forward I want to share my...
Signing-In
EXHIBITION: 31 Oct - 13 Nov, 2020. Te Auaha gallery, 65 Dixon St, Wellington (opening event Fr 30 Oct, 5:30 pm) SIGNING IN reflects the participants’ work as a group since the start of their mentorship and marks the halfway point of their two-year journey. Here you...
HANDSHAKE in HAMILTON
Handshake in Hamilton is a group exhibition co-curated by contemporary art collector, Garth O’Brien, and Weasel Gallery Director, Laree Payne. Handshake in Hamilton presents a diverse range of contemporary jewellery from the Handshake 6 cohort alongside paintings by...
HANDSHAKE IN HAMILTON
A CONTEMPORARY JEWELLERY EXHIBITION WITH PORTRAITS BY HANNAH IRELAND 8 JUL – 1 AUG. 2020 OPENING NIGHT 10 JUL / 4–6PM Weasel C O N T E M P O R A R Y A R T G A L L E R Y 260 Victoria St / Hamilton / New Zealand MORE image: Aphra Cheeseman
An Expedition – Part 2
Part 2 is an interview that pertains to questions about the two exhibitions put to the three coaches and the Handshake5 artists. The opportunity to create a dialogue with those involved to express perspectives and experiences brings consideration to both Handshake5...
An expedition – Part 1
October 2019 Artist and HS5 participant SARAH WALKER-HOLT travelled to CODA museum in the Netherlands. This is her story: Handshake5 is my third participatory reiteration in the Handshake Project and as a consequence I am engaged in articulating the results of the...
Exhibition at Te Uru: till 16 February 2020
LAST DAYS: HS5 exhibition at Te Uru art gallery, Titirangi, Auckland
Roseanne Bartley reviews the latest international Handshake project
Handshake 5: In Dialogue - an exhibition in which 12 emerging New Zealand contemporary jewellers respond to artworks from the permanent collection of CODA Museum, the Netherlands The review is by Rosanne Bartley and published by Contemporary HUM. READ MORE
Standing Room Only, RNZ interview
Lynn Freeman interviews Peter Deckers, Caroline Thomas, Vivien Atkinson and Becky Bliss. Radio New Zealand Standing Room Only, 1:46 pm on 8 December 2019 LISTEN: PLAY
SELECTED exhibition projects:
SELECTED exhibition projects:
Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, the Netherlands, 04-Dec-2022 till 12-02-2023, opening Sunday, 4 December 2022.
read artist statements coached by writing expert: Sarah McClintock
Stanley Street Gallery, Sydney, 02 – 23 Oct , 2020
HANDSHAKE alumni
For Sydney Craft week, selected NZ jewellery artists from the HANDSHAKE project exhibits work that connects to the context of traditional jewellery.
The artists respond or reflect towards widely known jewellery traditions, e.g. why jewellery exists or is worn. This could be in a physical format (a solitaire ring, charm bracelet, etc), or an existing function (like jewellery clasps, stone settings and shapes, etc), or the purpose of jewellery, like how jewellery triggers the memory, how jewellery communicates class, wealth, power, and status.
The exhibits will be a deconstructed or an abstracted version of the traditional, rendering new opportunities for contemporary jewellery.
Each artist statement reveals the attention of their transformation.
The Handshake Project blog reveals some of these reflective processes at close, with regular updates.
SIGNING IN : HANDSHAKE 6 exhibition at TE AUAHA gallery, Wellington 30 Oct – 13 Nov 2020
SIGNING IN presents the twelve emerging NZ artists who have signed-up for a two-year commitment to HANDSHAKE 6. This group started in January 2020, initiating their creative processes with a masterclass from US based artist Iris Eichenberg. SIGNING IN reflects the participants’ work as a group since the start of their mentorship and marks the halfway point of their two-year journey. Here you will see an emphasis on process as much as ‘finished’ work, an opportunity to catch a glimpse of ideas in their nascent phase, with many options and opportunities yet to emerge.
The title SIGNING IN also gives a nod to this exceptional year of the coronavirus, and there is perhaps evidence of this in some of the work.
exhibition activities with selected/invited artists from current and/or former HS projects.
past shows:
WHĀNUI the National, Christchurch, 27 Oct – 9 Dec 2022
CHAINreaction, Refinery Artspace, Nelson, March-April during NJW 2021
MAKERS of Traditional CHANGE, Stanley Street Gallery, Sydney, 02 – 23 Oct 2020
TE AO HURIHURI – Ever Changing World, The Crypt Gallery, London, 23 – 27 Aug 2018
CHAINreaction, Atta Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand, 11 Jan–25 Feb 2018
IWA: New Zealand Makers, The Frame galleries, Munich, 7 – 13 March 2018
SUPER-POSITIONS, Stanley Street Gallery, Sydney, 4 – 21 April 2018
JEWELdisplayJEWEL, Pātaka Art + Museum, Toi Gallery, Porirua,14 September– 14 Oct 2018
HS4 EXHIBITION masterclass with Tanel Veenre (Est), February 2017
Tanel Veenre’s brief was to run a workshop about EXHIBITION development in its widest context. See below some samples:
Sandra Schmid, Kylie Sinkovich & Nadine Smith, “Recherćhe” show.
A performance-based jewellery installation in an elevator in one of Wellington’s historic buildings. The performance occurred with a Franz Liszt piano solo playing in the background and had a Stanley Kubrick feel with their roleplay and voyeuristic elements.
Katie Pascoe, Caroline Thomas, “Private Lives” – viewing is through a peep-hole in the wall
