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Aotearoa Exchange
Aotearoa Exchange group performed a unique presentation that opened SCHMUCKmuenchen 2026 at the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, on Friday, 6 March. The project brought together more than forty wearable works by twenty Handshake Project alumni artists. Six performers...
Aotearoa Exchange
Aotearoa Exchange is presented and performed by Mia Straka, Jessica Winchcombe, Grace Yu Piper, Hilda Gascard, Lisa van Hulst, and Peter Deckers on Fr 06 March 2026, at the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich. The project brings more than forty wearable works by HANDSHAKE...
Reflections on the Handshake Project:
A Journey of Innovation and Community (2011–April 2025) - By Peter Deckers Looking back on my time leading the Handshake Project (HS)—from its modest beginnings in 2010 to its conclusion in April 2025—I see a journey defined by transformation. What started as a...
MINUMENTAL
ex HS6 artists presented their group exhibition MINUMENTAL at Brunswick Street Gallery in Melbourne as part of the Radiant Pavilion Contemporary Jewellery and Object Biennale 2024. Following its debut at Nelson Jewellery Week (Aotearoa) in 2023, this second iteration...
MATERIALISE, HS8 exhibition
MATERIALISE: HANDSHAKE 8 Pah Homestead, Auckland, Aotearoa NZ 8 November 2024 - 16 February 2025 Denise Callan, Fiona Frew, Fran Carter, Genie Lee, Grace Yu Piper, Lisa van Hulst, Louise Hill, Nellie Peoples, Rachel Chapman, Rose Pickernell, Tūī Diprose MATERIALISE...
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Aotearoa Exchange
Aotearoa Exchange group performed a unique presentation that opened SCHMUCKmuenchen 2026 at the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, on Friday, 6 March. The project brought together more than forty wearable works by twenty Handshake Project alumni artists. Six performers...
Aotearoa Exchange
Aotearoa Exchange is presented and performed by Mia Straka, Jessica Winchcombe, Grace Yu Piper, Hilda Gascard, Lisa van Hulst, and Peter Deckers on Fr 06 March 2026, at the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich. The project brings more than forty wearable works by HANDSHAKE...
Reflections on the Handshake Project:
A Journey of Innovation and Community (2011–April 2025) - By Peter Deckers Looking back on my time leading the Handshake Project (HS)—from its modest beginnings in 2010 to its conclusion in April 2025—I see a journey defined by transformation. What started as a...
MINUMENTAL
ex HS6 artists presented their group exhibition MINUMENTAL at Brunswick Street Gallery in Melbourne as part of the Radiant Pavilion Contemporary Jewellery and Object Biennale 2024. Following its debut at Nelson Jewellery Week (Aotearoa) in 2023, this second iteration...
MATERIALISE, HS8 exhibition
MATERIALISE: HANDSHAKE 8 Pah Homestead, Auckland, Aotearoa NZ 8 November 2024 - 16 February 2025 Denise Callan, Fiona Frew, Fran Carter, Genie Lee, Grace Yu Piper, Lisa van Hulst, Louise Hill, Nellie Peoples, Rachel Chapman, Rose Pickernell, Tūī Diprose MATERIALISE...