EXHIBITION archive
Exhibiting is a core activity of the HS project.
The HS1, HS2, HS4, HS6 and HS8 projects are 2-year entry programmes that include masterclasses, coaching, mentorships, and exhibition trials in various public spaces.
The HS3, HS5, and HS7 projects are one-year expert programmes (no mentors but instead a coaching programme and exhibitions at reputable venues) with selected artists from the different HS projects.
HS Alumni/Curated exhibitions are one-off expert projects with selected artists from different HS projects. Each alumni exhibition differs according to the curator’s or exhibition premises’ selections, brief, and preferences.
Handshake 1 (2011-13):
Handshake 2 (2013-15):
| Toi Pōneke Gallery, Wellington |
| Stanley Street Gallery, Sydney (Sydney JMGA) |
| AVID, Wellington (Mentor/Mentee show) |
| Pah Homestead, Auckland |
Handshake 3 (2016):
| Objectspace, Auckland (collaboration) |
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 Vivien Atkinson |
Handshake 4 (2017-18):
| Pah Homestead, Auckland |
| Toi Pōneke Gallery, Wellington |
| Corban Art Centre, Auckland (Auckland Art Week), 7 September – 21 October 2018 |
| On-line exhibition, during 2018 |
Handshake 5 (2019):
| CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands, Oct 2019 – 19 Jan 2020 |
| Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery, Auckland, NZ Nov 2019 – 16 Feb 2020 |
HANDSHAKE 6 (2020 – 2021/22):
| HS6, Handshake in Hamilton, Weasel gallery, Hamilton, 08 July – 01 August 2020 |
| HS6, ‘Signing-In’ Te Auaha art gallery, Wellington Nov 2020 |
| ‘CHAINreaction: Handshakes at the Refinery’ , The Refinery, Nelson, 27 Mar – 17 Apr 2021 |
| HS6 online, ‘O-ne‘ the exercises |
| HS6, ‘Glimmer’, Whirinaki Whare Taonga, Upper Hutt, 21 May – 24 July 2022 |
| HS6, MORPH, end of project exhibition, Northart, Auckland, 30 August – 8 October 2022 |
| Minimental, NJW 2023, at Nelson City Framers Gallery (HS6 group’ organised exhibition) |
HANDSHAKE 7 (2022):
| HS7 WHANUI, exhibition at Marzee, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Nov 2022, 04 Dec – 12 Feb 2023 |
HANDSHAKE 8 (2023-24/25)
| Proof of Concept, Depot Artspace: 04 November – 20 December 2023 |
| Materialse, Pah Homestead: 08 November 2024 – 16 February 2025 |
| Materialse, The Refinery: 10 April – 10th May 2025 (HS8 organised exhibition) |
HS collaborations (2013 – current)
| HS1 mentor collaboration, Objectspace 15 June 2013 – 20 July 2013 |
| HS3 mentor collaboration, Objectspace 09 July 2016 – 13 August 2016 |
| HS3, Collaboration with texts, Dowse Art Museum, 5 August – 3 December 2017 |
| HS5, art object collaboration, CODA, NL, 14 October 2019 -19 January 2020 |
| HS5, Insite, space collaboration, Te Uru, Auckland, 07 December 2019- 16 February 2020 |
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HS5, art-object collaboration, CODA, NL, 14 October 2019 -19 January 2020
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| HSDC(TC) colab collaborations: |
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mini online challenge: ‘same-time–different-place’ (2016) “It Will All Come Out In The Wash”, Munich Jewellery Week, 2016 Te Ao Hurihuri – Ever-Changing World, The Crypt Gallery, London (selected HS3 + HS4 artists) collaboration with DC, London, 23 September – 27 October 2018 HSDC colab, Containment – Uncontained, includes Temp/Contemp, Melbourne, 2021 HSDCTC colab, Containment – Uncontained, (includes Temp/Contemp) Pah Homestead, Auckland, 14 Feb – 3 Apr 2022 HSDCTC colab, Containment – Uncontained, – jewellery & image & text Refinery Art Space, April 11th – May 6th, 2023 Buildings need Jewellery project: Containment – Uncontained, poster exhibition with different artists on the bollards of Nelson |
HS alumni/curation (2016 – current)
| Residenz, Munich, Curator: Peter Deckers (selection of 21 HSrs), 25–27 February 2016 (Munich Jewellery Week) |
| Atta Gallery, Bangkok, Curators: Peter Deckers and Atty Tantivi, (selected 12 HSrs from HS3 & HS4), 11 January–25 February 2018 |
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Super Positions, Stanley Street Gallery, Sydney, 4 – 21 April 2018 (during Sydney’s 21st Biennale) |
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Pātaka Art + Museum, Porirua, Curators: Mark Hutchins-Pond and Peter Deckers (selected 12 HSrs from HS3 & HS4), 14 September – 14 October 2018 |
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MAKERS of Traditional Change ‘The Conventional Reformed’, Stanley Street Gallery, Sydney, 02 – 23 October 2020 (part of Sydney’s Craft Festival) – |
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CHAINreaction, the Refinery ArtSpace, Nelson 2021, Curator: Peter Deckers (with 49 artists), anniversary exhibition at the 2012 Nelson Jewellery Week, 27 March – 17 April 2021 |
| WHĀNUI HS alumni at the National, Christchurch, 27 October – 19 November 2022 |
| WHĀNUI HS alumni at the National, Christchurch, 27 October – 19 November 2022 |
| 6720 days, 2276 full moons, Stanley Street Gallery, Sydney, 10 April– 4 May 2024 (during 24th Sydney Biennale) |
HANDSHAKE writing (2020-2021):
A pilot online programme coordinated by Benjamin Lignel nurturing object writing skills of craft and art professionals
to channel knowledge of craft practices and history into critical and historical writing.
https://handshakeproject.com/object-writing-programme
EXHIBITION online (current)
Decisions, one liners, and haphazard joy
DECISION TIME: At the end of the Estela Saez workshop I had two very strong desires: one was to continue to make a family of rings. The other idea was to revisit my plastic take-away brooches. Leftover, found and gifted metal, had been the material I landed on at the...
Handshake7 at Gallery Marzee
The Exhibition Climbing up the industrial iron staircase to our final Handshake7 exhibition on the second floor of Gallery Marzee in the Netherlands, I am greeted by a narrow gallery with twelve rectangular tables. Standing to attention in a linear row, they are...
The pursuit of efficiency will drain your life of meaning* series 2022
*Oliver Burkeman, Sam Harris podcast #289 Time management for mortals approx 22:29 minutes I’m interested in how we experience, value and record time. As a social medium adornment has the potential to act as catalyst, conduit and communicator in this realm. I invited...
Morph report – here and now
We chose Morph as our collective title and theme for this culminating exhibition to embody the transitional and transformative epoch of both the pandemic and Handshake6 on our lives, work and group dynamic.
WHĀNUI at the National
'Whānui' is an exhibition by ten innovative Aotearoa artists that have participated in former HANDSHAKE projects. The HANDSHAKE project has been for the last 10 years instrumental in supporting early career and emerging jewellery artists, allowing them in developing...
Morph report part I – time based works
Information Age adornment projected through space and time
‘August 2020’- a Glimmer
at Whirinaki Whare Taonga, Upper Hutt 21 May – 27 June 2022 Our second exhibition of new work as members of Handshake_6, GLIMMER reveals a sample of our current work as we build towards our final exhibition at Northart in Auckland later in the year. For the year July...
JEWELLERY GLIMMER
HANDSHAKE 6 exhibition at WHIRINAKI WHARE TAONGA, Upper Hutt, Wellington, NZ Saturday 21 May - Sunday 24 July, 2022 'Jewellery Glimmer' is how jewellery is in conversation with many of their surroundings. The art works in this exhibition are made from...
“Do not Cross the Line”, video from HSDCTC-colab
Contained/Uncontained, working across borders, HSDCTC-colab
Containment/Uncontained, working across borders: HSDCTC-colab Pah Homestead 17 February – 3 AprilFirst Floor GalleriesOpening Night: Wednesday 16 February, 6 – 8pm HSDCTC colab collaboration unpacks at Pah Homestead the issues that were experienced during the current...
