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Step into Art by the Sea's archive of previous art gallery exhibitions by solo artists. There remains a strong collection of art for sale in this space, and a chance to see past work by our award-winning New Zealand artists. ARCHIVE SOLO EXHIBITIONS Welcome to this collection of past art gallery exhibitions (including some with art for sale) by Art by the Sea's award-winning New Zealand artists. Enjoy exploring the incredible bodies of work that our artists have created and that we have been so proud to help curate and present. 2025 Tallulah Nunez Sanctuary Jan. 3 - Jan.26 Anna Korver Collections Feb. 22 - Mar. 15 Holly Haines Landscapes: A World Apart Apr. 12 - May 8 Paul Hooker Eclectic May 17 - June 3 Lyndy Wilson Alter Ego June 6 - June 23 Mark Dimock The Journey of Picasso's Woman Aug. 2 - Aug. 18 Jules Kesby Disruption 23 Aug. - 9 Sept. 2025 Graham Downs At the Water's Edge 13 Sept. - 30 Sept. 2025 Christian Nicolson The Iguana and The Wolf 11 Oct. - 29 Oct. 2025 2024 Jules Kesby Into the Light Jan. 27 - Feb. 14 Tallulah Nunez Ice Bombs & Sand Blasts Feb. 24 - March 11 Rosemary Eagles Drifting Through Seasons March 16 - April 4 Bill Hayes Works in Cone 6 April 6 - May 8 Natalie Pearce Midnight Garden 17 Aug. - 12 Sept. Craig Platt September Show September Julie Whyman Exhibition 19 Oct. - 31 Oct. 2023 Tallulah Nunez Standing on the Sun Feb. 25 - March 14 Mark Dimock Muse March 25 - April 17 Craig Platt Land Sea Sky April 29 - May 17 Natalie Pearce Broken Open July 8 - July 26 Anna Korver Exhibition Aug. 5 - Aug. 24 Zoe Feng Exhibition Sep. 2 - Sept. 21 Christian Nicolson Further Anecdotes of My Youth Sept. 25 - Oct. 5 Holly Haines A Journey in Oils Oct. 7 - Oct. 20 Tallulah Nunez Collectors' Edition Oct. 21 - Nov. 3 Brendan Adams Are We There Yet? Nov. 11 - Nov. 27 2022 Paul Hooker Landscapes & Figures Feb. 26 - March 24 Bill Hayes A Life Between Breaths May 28 - June 13 Zoe Feng Exhibition July 9 - July 26 Christian Nicolson My Trip to the South Island Oct. 1 - Oct.18 Graham Downs Water & Reflections Oct. 29 - Nov .15 Rosemary Eagles Sharing Coastal Visions Nov. 19 - Dec 6 2021 Anna Korver The Lighthouse Jan 16 - Feb 1 Joe Kemp Tironui Feb. 27 - March 31 Christian Nicolson Ready to Roll April 10 - April 27 Mark Dimock 40th May 8 - May 24 Zoe Feng Breathe Again May 29 - June 15 Rosemary Eagles Past to Present Sept. 11 - Oct. 5 Graham Downs From the Wellspring Oct. 9 - Oct. 26 Kirsty Nixon Greenscenes Oct. 30 - Nov. 16 Craig Platt Our Birds Dec. 3 - Dec. 18 2020 Paul Hooker Cirque March 14 - April 2 Rosemary Parcell Drawing in Paint July 11 - July 28 Derek March Homeland Oct. 4 - Oct. 20 2019 Joe Kemp Carving a Pathway of Humanity April 6 - April 23 Anna Korver Necessary Protection Feb. 23 - March 30

Step into Art by the Sea's archive of previous art gallery exhibitions by solo artists. There remains a strong collection of art for sale in this space, and a chance to see past work by our award-winning New Zealand artists. ARCHIVE Welcome to Art by the Sea Gallery's archive of past shows and exhibitions. Art by the Sea has been in business for 30+ years and, here, we have preserved a little of that history. Explore our award-winning artists' solo shows going back to 2019, or view a selection of our most popular group and charity exhibitions . Solo Shows 2019 - 2025 Group Shows & Charity Exhibitions

Our 2025 calendar of art exhibitions at Art by the Sea Gallery. We have a brand new art gallery exhibition every 4-6 weeks beginning with an exhibition opening and artist talk. 2025 Calendar At Art by the Sea, Takapuna, we have a brand new art gallery exhibition every 4-6 weeks, beginning with an exhibition opening and artist talk. Sign up to our newsletter for personal invitations to all upcoming events. JANUARY Tallulah Nunez FEBRUARY - MARCH Anna Korver APRIL - MAY Holly Haines MAY - JUNE Paul Hooker JUNE Lyndy Wilson August Mark Dimock AUGUST - SEPTEMBER Jules Kesby SEPTEMBER Graham Downs OCTOBER Christian Nicolson NOVEMBER - DECEMBER Rosemary Eagles DECEMBER Christmas Show

Steel artwork, stone carving, and outdoor sculpture NZ by Steve Molloy, installation artist. Steve creates eye-catching stone sculptures mounted on charred wooden pillars that can be installed indoors or outdoors. Find contemporary NZ artists and stone garden sculptures NZ at Art by the Sea Gallery. Steve Molloy Installation Sculptor Steve Molloy is an installation artist, wood carver, and stone sculptor from Taranaki, New Zealand. Steve works in stone, steel, wood, and bronze and is most known for his striking installation sculptures of stone carving mounted on charred wooden pillars. More > The Ripple Effect Out of stock New Beginnings Price $7,500.00 Ascending 2023 Price $9,500.00 Eclipse 2023 Price $8,500.00 Equilibrium Price $3,600.00 Polarity 2022 Out of stock Necklace Price $2,900.00 Frequency Out of stock Order Within Chaos Out of stock Eclipse Out of stock Equality Out of stock Ascending 2022 Out of stock Bio Steve Molloy is an award-winning stone, steel, wood, and bronze sculptor from Taranaki, New Zealand. He works predominantly in object and installation work, known for his steel artwork and his large stone garden sculptures (NZ) mounted on charred wooden pillars. Also a painter and photographer, Steve has photographs in magazines, newspapers, commercial businesses, galleries, and exhibitions across the world. An important aspect of his photography is to capture the intended image through the lens with minimal work in post-production. Steve’s art is uniquely defined by his process of incorporating the use of fragmentation, movement, miniaturization, space and illusion as a tool to view normal scenes and objects in an abstract way. Steve has won multiple awards for his art. He has sculptures in national and international galleries and attends sculpture symposiums in New Zealand and overseas. Steve’s sculptures are held in private and public collections across the country, with some of his monumental outdoor sculpture (NZ) installed in public spaces.

Found object sculpture and wall art Auckland by Alysn Midgelow-Marsden, New Zealand artist. Alysn stitches, knits, and crochets metal wire and found materials in her sculpture and wall art. Find NZ art and contemporary NZ artists at Art by the Sea Gallery. Alysn Midgelow-Marsden Mixed Media Textile Artist Alysn Midgelow-Marsden is a textile and mixed media contemporary artist from Auckland, New Zealand. Alysn creates intricate found object sculpture and wall sculptures (NZ) using materials that include (but are not limited to) stitched or crocheted wire, metal, gesso, verdigris, canvas, and gilded textiles. More > New 2025 Plume V11 Price $1,850.00 The Past in the Present Price $945.00 An Eerie Silence Price $945.00 As Simply as Breathing Price $1,235.00 Volume Without End Price $3,000.00 Fractured Flow Price $3,385.00 The Sun, the Moon, and the Hairclips Out of stock Gravitational Lensing Price $945.00 Bio There is a contemplative narrative formed through the patterns and figures in my works, along with the working of a mostly unconscious human ancestral memory swaying in the tides of unseen forces. Alysn Midgelow-Marsden is a contemporary fine artist from Auckland with a northern European heritage. Her sculptures (tabletop and wall-mounted) are intricate mixed-media combinations of textiles, metal or found plastics, gilding, canvas, gesso, verdigris, and stitching. Alysn’s work is inspired by her curiosity with the human psyche. She is driven by her background in science, her continuing interest in the natural environment, and her attention to the social stereotypes associated with textiles and stitching. She combines her environmental interests with a fascination for the traditions of different cultures and times, finding connections in shared human experience. My practice delivers an invitation to create pleasurably intimate connections to personal experiences through subconscious, visceral, and emotive interactions. Marked visually by a complex, lyrical fluidity, the sculptural works articulate connections, responses, fragility, and strength. Alysn’s complex mixed media textile art presents forms and figures whose meaning are largely open to the viewer’s interpretation. Themes emerge slowly in her gentle yet obsessive mazes of stitching or crochet as she exploits the boundaries of the surfaces and creates subtle combinations of colour and material. Alysn has received awards for her work at national and international exhibitions, including the Mandurah Wearable Art show in Australia (for a work entitled ‘What Lies Beneath’); the Wall Brooches II exhibition in Australia (for ‘Taniwha’); and Nelson’s Changing Threads show in New Zealand (for “The Spaces Between VII”).

Sculpture art by Anna Korver, world-class wood carver and sculptor. Anna is an internationally-recognised sculptor whose female figurative pieces appear in positions of strength and confidence balanced with elegance and delicacy in the design. Find stone carving, steel artwork, corten steel, garden sculptures NZ, modern sculptures, and metal art New Zealand at Art by the Sea Gallery. Anna Korver International Award-Winning Sculptor Anna Korver is an established New Zealand stone, wood, bronze, and steel sculptor from Taranaki, now based in Benin. She is renowned nationally for her strong, female figure sculpture art and has an international reputation as an invited sculptor attending symposiums in countries across Europe, Central America, Australasia, and the Middle East. More > New 2025 Mauve and Black Steel Dart Formation Price $950.00 New 2025 NZ Black Marble Dress Figure Price $4,500.00 Lifeboat Price $8,500.00 Red Facet Dress on Staircase Price $7,200.00 New 2025 Flight Squadron - Darts Price $1,800.00 Dart (Ebony) Price $3,500.00 Dart (African Wood) Price $2,850.00 Lighthouse Price $1,250.00 Bronze Dress Series Out of stock New 2025 Bowenite Dress Figure Price $6,000.00 Carrara Marble Dress Figure 3 Price $1,200.00 New 2025 Flight Squadron Price $2,000.00 Carrara Marble Dress Figure 5 Price $1,200.00 Melina Dress Figure Price $6,000.00 Dark and Light Figures Price $8,000.00 Blackwood Figure Price $6,500.00 Mauve Facet Dress Figure Price $6,500.00 Staircase Dress 3 Out of stock Purple Facet Dress Figure Price $7,000.00 Ebony Dress Figure Price $6,000.00 Paper Darts x 3 Price $950.00 Pink Faceted Dress Figure 2021 Price $3,500.00 Basalt Lifeboat on Stand Price $2,000.00 Blade Price $2,500.00 Exhibitions Collections Anna Korver 2025 Exhibition Anna Korver 2023 The Lighthouse Anna Korver 2021 Necessary Protection Anna Korver 2019 Bio Anna Korver is an established New Zealand sculptor with a national and international reputation and a wide and varied skillset. She is a wood carver and a sculptor working with stone carving, steel, corten steel, and cast bronze (NZ). She does her own welding for her faceted steel artwork and outdoor garden sculptures (NZ). Originally from Taranaki, Anna is now based in Benin in Africa but returns regularly to create her New Zealand sculptures. Anna has a BFA in sculpture from the University of Canterbury. In her modern sculptures, she works with themes of the female form in relation to strength and fragility, balance, identity, and symmetry. Her more abstract and minimalised forms conceal complex ideas about feminine roles and the projection of the inner self through the outer form. Anna’s works are autobiographical, using the female figure to communicate her experiences. Of her 2023 exhibition, she said: This exhibition explores the two sides of my reality from the static works portraying myself in the present form conjuring hard, but delicate lines to the light hearted, tender works which refer to memories and dream states produced from a distortion of reality and transient, personal thoughts that revisit the playful mischief and mystery of childhood. Anna is a regular participant in sculpture symposia and sculpture park exhibitions both locally and abroad. Anna has participated in (and won prizes in) international symposia in Qatar, Montenegro, Cyprus, Australia, Denmark, Romania, Albania, Macedonia, Egypt, Turkey, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Korea, and Costa Rica, among others. Many of her symposium pieces have been installed as public art sculptures following the event. In New Zealand, Anna was awarded first prize for her work at sculpture symposia in Rotorua (2014), Whangarei (2012), and the Coromandel (2008). She has been exhibited on multiple occasions at Sculpture Onshore (Devonport), Sculpture on the Peninsula (Banks Peninsula), Art in a Garden (Canterbury), and Shapeshifter at the Dowse (Lower Hutt). She has twice been a finalist in the prestigious Wallace Art Awards (2016 and 2018). Anna was a trustee on the board of Eco Artists New Zealand, a charitable trust that uses funds from the sales of art to help environmental projects, specifically focusing on native New Zealand species and their ecosystems. On her views about the relationship between humans and environments, Anna said: …the figure represents myself in varying states of tension and emotion but the new elements are recognising the structure, the strength, and with that the weakness of the communities we are connected to. Anna has completed many commissions of indoor and outdoor sculpture and is available for more.

Neo surrealism art for sale by Robert Campion, NZ contemporary artist and oil painter. Robert's paintings of NZ have a compelling ghostly or dystopian surrealism atmosphere. Find NZ artists and contemporary oil painting at Art by the Sea Gallery. Robert Campion Neo Surrealism Artist Robert Campion is a New Zealand contemporary artist and oil painter of neo surrealism art. Originally from Auckland, Robert's contemporary oil painting has a compelling ghostly or dystopian surrealism atmosphere. More > Awakened Regular Price $8,200.00 Sale Price $7,000.00 Fury Regular Price $7,000.00 Sale Price $6,000.00 Forshadow Out of stock Delirium Regular Price $7,000.00 Sale Price $6,000.00 Nocturnal Out of stock Manifestation Out of stock Disturbing Out of stock The Three Graces Out of stock Lucid Out of stock Lake Okareka - Nocturne Out of stock The Space Between Times Out of stock Bio surrealism noun 1. a 20th-century avant-garde movement in art and literature which sought to release the creative potential of the unconscious mind, for example by the irrational juxtaposition of images. (Oxford Reference online) Robert Campion is a neo surrealist artist from Auckland, New Zealand, who works exclusively in oil on canvas. His intricately detailed paintings of NZ reflect his love of the New Zealand bush, particularly geographical spaces with which he has a personal connection. A fan of the Flemish painter Vermeer, Robert paints in greys first to achieve tonal balance before applying colour. He is a realist painter and has extensive experience in figurative studies with a specialisation in portraiture. Robert is available to do private portrait art commissions. Robert has been a professional teacher and artist for over 20 years. He has works in many private and public collections nationwide and overseas. A major commission now hangs in the Auckland Town Hall. He has had several exhibitions at Art by the Sea, all of which incorporate his love of surreal, imaginative, and powerful imagery. His surreal landscape art and dystopian art is held in private collections nationwide.

New Zealand contemporary art by Christian Nicolson, New Zealand artist. Christian's NZ art is jouyful and nostalgic, remembering iconic music and storytelling scenes across the decades. His work includes beach painting, surfing art, and pop art. Find modern art for sale nz and contemporary NZ artists at Art by the Sea Gallery. Christian Nicolson Contemporary Pop and Landscape Artist Christian Nicolson is a contemporary abstract artist and installation artist specialising in NZ landscape paintings and NZ pop art. Based in Auckland, Christian is renowned for his free and colourful beach and surfing scenes, and for the joyful nostalgia of his pop art celebrating film and music icons from different decades. More > See inside Christian's studio > O'Neills Storm Out of stock Barebottomland (Bad Jelly the Witch) Price $3,700.00 Winstone Cove Price $1,600.00 New 2025 Walking Back from the Pools at Hot Water Beach Price $6,500.00 Push Push Price $5,200.00 New 2024 Morning Crew Hot Water Beach Price $12,500.00 New 2024 The Girls Price $6,800.00 New 2024 Small Vessels, Big Water Price $5,700.00 New 2024 Waiake Creek Price $3,700.00 New 2024 Sid and Nancy Price $8,500.00 The Great Trolley Race, 1983 Price $3,700.00 New 2024 Magnificent Price $6,000.00 New 2024 A Walk at Karekare Out of stock New 2024 Batman and Kennedy Price $4,200.00 New 2024 Tough Day at The Office Price $4,200.00 Flying Nun Price $4,200.00 Sweetwaters Out of stock Surfer, Hot Water Beach Out of stock Am I At the Right Beach? Price $11,700.00 9 Mile Beach, Westport Price $6,100.00 The Surfers and the Seal Price $5,700.00 Punk City Price $4,500.00 The Morning Surf Crew Price $11,500.00 Mad Metropolis Price $5,900.00 Matapōuri Bay Price $4,700.00 Private Sale Driving Along the West Coast Looking for a Break | Christian Nicolson Price $7,000.00 Skinny Dipping at Tongapōrutu Price $4,500.00 Exhibitions The Iguana and the Wolf Christian Nicolson 2025 Further Anecdotes of My Youth Christian Nicolson 2023 My Trip to the South Island Christian Nicolson 2022 30th Anniversary Group Show 2022 Ready to Roll: The Kiwi Music I Grew Up With Christian Nicolson 2021 Bio Christian Nicolson is a contemporary abstract artist from Auckland, New Zealand. In his pop art, Christian has the unique ability to capture memory in a way that is both nostalgic and joyful. His style is at times subtle, comical, and personal, compared with other pop art that may be more cliched or appropriative. Meanwhile, his landscape paintings evoke feelings of joy and freedom, celebrating Aotearoa New Zealand's incredible surfing beaches. Speaking to his love of the great outdoors, Christian’s surfing and contemporary beach painting comes from his own experiences exploring Aotearoa’s coast lines in the North and South Islands. His abstract modern art paintings and sculptures are inspired by his childhood memories, film and music media of different decades, and festivals and famous people from the past. Christian's artwork touches the nostalgia nerve within a wide variety of ages, inviting us to remember the golden years in all their glory. I like to be creative in as many ways as possible. Whatever it is to get across my idea and explore what I am doing. I make sculptures. I do large installations in the landscape. I use photography, paint, screen printing, have a rock band, I make videos and film. This is the way I want to continue. I pride myself in doing different things. Christian has a diploma in design (Visual Communications) from Unitec in Auckland. He worked as a designer directing ads, magazines, and logos for several years before leaving that work to follow his dream and become a full-time artist. For a conceptual artwork, Christian begins with idea and composition. He then searches for hours for the type of images that will support this composition. Mostly they are a mix of images taken from online and his own drawings. He then uses a coarse screen (like the old fashioned newspaper screen of 60 dots per inch) to transpose the image over his painting technique. This process is reminiscent of comic book artworks from the 60's and 70's. Actual painting starts in the beginning and is applied throughout the entire process. The final piece of pop art contains layers upon layers of painting, design, and screen printing, often with some oil pastel stick as the final layer. Christian continues to be remembered for some of his more daring artistic endeavours. This includes his “Toetoe” installation series placed in several iconic Auckland locations, including in Auckland City Harbour (with the tide coming in!). Today, alongside his contemporary art followers, collectors, and investors, Christian has a small fanbase as a result of his feature film, This Papier Mache Boulder is Actually Really Heavy (2016), for which he won a number of international film festival awards. Christian has been represented by Art by the Sea Gallery since 2006. He is a prolific artist and has had many, highly successful exhibitions in our gallery. He has also appeared in public exhibitions and sculpture symposiums across the country. Christian has produced art on commission and continues to be available for such work. His work is held in many private collections, including the Wallace Trust which has over 40 of his pieces. Art for me is a passion. Sometimes pure instinct, sometimes quite structured, but usually it’s a fairly organic process. It makes me feel good to express myself. And it’s great to be able to share that with others. Thank you for the love. See inside Christian's studio >

Welcome to the imaginarium of Bill Hayes, well-known bronze sculptor and pottery artist. Bill's unique pieces include mountain climbing figures, nz bird pottery vessels, cast bronze seascapes with sailing ships, bronze garden sculptures nz, and ceramic bird placques. Find New Zealand contemporary art for sale and bronze sculpture nz at Art by the Sea Gallery. Bill Hayes Imaginative Sculptor and Auckland Potter Bill Hayes is a bronze and ceramic sculptor and pottery artist from Auckland, New Zealand. His diverse range includes (but is not limited to!) surreal alien bronze sculptures, quirky ceramic vessels with suspended ceramic birds, landscape and seascape ceramic wall art, and large bronze nautical pieces with sailing ships or waka. More > New 2025 Blue Bird Price $1,200.00 New 2025 Blackbird Breakout Vessel Price $1,800.00 New 2024 Flying Gannet Vessel Price $1,200.00 New 2025 Men at Work Price $1,800.00 Raptor Price $1,200.00 The Spire Out of stock Repellers Price $1,100.00 The Crossing Price $10,000.00 New 2024 Flying Ruru Wall Plaque Price $650.00 New 2024 Tūī in the Kōwhai Price $2,200.00 New 2024 Diving Gannet Wall Plaque Price $650.00 New 2024 Diver and Fish Dome Out of stock Green Finned Vessel (Extra Large) Regular Price $2,800.00 Sale Price $2,000.00 New 2024 Bird Dome Price $950.00 Hammerhead Shark Vessel Price $780.00 Night Flock Vessel Price $900.00 Sky Flock Vessel Price $900.00 Task Price $5,200.00 Artist's Tribune Price $5,200.00 To Sea Out of stock Orb 1 and 2 Price $10,000.00 Art is Art Price $3,500.00 Hydro Dynamic Electro Guide Price $1,200.00 Exhibitions Works in Cone 6 Bill Hayes 2024 A Life Between Breaths Bill Hayes 2022 Bio Bill Hayes is a leading NZ bronze sculptor and ceramicist who has been making a name for himself as a commission artist for well over 25 years. He works in cast bronze and hand-crafted ceramic, and has taught many classes and workshops on these mediums. I have been enthralled in the act of creation for many years now . . . [My bronze sculptures] have a textural quality that is so much a part of working with cast metals, and they show the physicality that is required to produce a finished work . . . they challenge the viewer to look, contemplate, and bring their own aesthetic sense of form and texture to the work. Bill’s earlier weird and wonderful New Zealand contemporary art featured chevron shapes in many forms, interactive wall pieces with travelling marbles, and alien or underwater imaginary creatures with spines and pods. Today, his vessels and wall plaques depict NZ seascapes and landscapes with diving gannets, soaring tūī, and swimming hammerhead sharks. His large bronze ocean scenes with historic sailing ships and waka have appeared in exhibitions and prompted several commissions. Some of Bill’s commissions include: a giant “Pelagic Chevron” public sculpture at the corner of Tangihua Street and Quay Street in Auckland City; a large, bronze interpretation of Captain Cook’s sextant; a bronze entranceway for the Wairakia Golf Course; a copper and ceramic fountain for the entrance to the Lake House Art Centre; bronze plaques for the Sir Edmund Hillary Ice Axe memorabilia case; and a sculpture of renowned art benefactor Lady Becroft’s hands.

Contemporary Māori art by Ngahiwi Walker, wood carver. Ngahiwi's Māori pou are hand-carved and finished with a charcoal effect. Each pou has its own unique story, as told through the carvings. Find New Zealand wood carvings, outdoor art NZ, and Māori totem pole carvers near me at Art by the Sea Gallery. Ngahiwi Walker Māori Pou Wood Carver Ngāti Porou, East Coast (Tai Rāwhiti) Ngahiwi Walker is a Māori wood carver from Te Araroa (Gisbourne Region), now based in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. He is known for his beautifully carved Māori pou (Māori totem pole), each with their own story. More > Tāne's Ta Moko Out of stock New 2024 Aroha Atu - Aroha Mai Price $6,000.00 Te Kaitiaki Whahangu Out of stock New 2024 Awatoto Commission Out of stock Te Pou o Taku Ate Out of stock New 2024 Pou te Whenua Out of stock Kōrero Manu Out of stock Motuhake Pou Out of stock Tama Tu and Tama Ora Out of stock Māreikura and Te Rangatira Out of stock Pouawhina Out of stock Poutiaki Out of stock Exhibitions 30th Anniversary Group Show 2022 Bio Ngahiwi Walker is a Māori wood carver known for his beautifully crafted Māori sculpture or pou (pillars). His iwi (tribe) are Ngāti Porou in Tai Rāwhiti (the East Coast) of Aotearoa New Zealand’s Te Ika-a-Māui (North Island). Originally from Te Araroa in the Gisbourne Region, Ngahiwi is now based in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. Ngahiwi works mostly with macrocarpa and occasionally NZ tōtara. He hand-carves each piece, creating a charcoal effect with a blow torch and finishing with a bristled brush. Every pou tells a story in the Māori wood carving and the moko (tattoo), some tales and memories passed down by elders, others speaking to the mana (spiritual energy/standing) of men and women and their position within the iwi (tribe) and hapu (community). Ngahiwi began carving in 2003 to help someone he knew who had undergone a traumatic experience. He wanted to do something for them so he carved a pou. The family was taken away by it and very grateful. My first carvings were gifts for family members whose lives had been affected in some way by death or birth. Since then, I have been carving stories that I remember from way back. Ngahiwi’s contemporary Māori art is in high demand, often carved on commission. Pieces that do come into the gallery are gratefully received as they contribute much to the wairua (spirit) of our space but they are rarely with us long.

Oil paintings for sale by Catherine Mansfield, oil painter. Catherine's current and ongoing body of work is inspired by a wild and windy Wellington night when her TV began producing pixelated images. Find NZ art, abstract art NZ, and affordable original art at Art by the Sea Gallery. Catherine Manchester Abstract Oil Painter Catherine Mansfield is a trained fine artist specialising in abstract and figurative work. From Wellington, Catherine thinks of her paintings as “landscapes of the mind” and often includes elements of the sea in them. More > 2020 Price $1,680.00 Figures from the Anthro Scene Price $1,850.00 Figuring the Multiverse Price $1,850.00 Bio Catherine Manchester is a mid-career abstract and figurative artist from Wellington, New Zealand. She holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Diploma of Fine Arts. Her paintings often have elements of the sea; she thinks of them as “landscapes of the mind.” Her current and ongoing body of abstract art (NZ) is inspired by a wild and windy Wellington night when her TV began producing pixelated images. The wild distortions of the images and changing bands of colour were my weird gift from the wind to the wire. I ran to get my cell phone and captured some of the fast changing images. I printed them off and for the next year or so I stayed with them, imagining how I would paint them. Catherine grew up in a coastal settlement of Eastbourne in Lower Hutt. Her early memories are of beaches in Auckland. As a teenager, she wrote her hopes and dreams into poems. When she was 19, the death of a friend plunged her into sorrow and her work is often about working her way towards the light and giving a permanence to those early dreams of love. I am interested in where we come from and the places we love and inhabit. When I turned 65, I wanted to know about my ancestors so I sent off a DNA sample and was surprised and delighted to find I was 51 percent Celtic and 41 percent Scandinavian, and with Italian, Spanish, and Greek for the rest. My ancestors lived by the sea in Cornwall, and some came from Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The Scandinavians are seafaring people. One of my early dreams was ancient artefacts being washed up on Days Bay beach. They looked Roman! Catherine is a writer and poet, as well as an artist. She spent 15 months in Auckland in Laingholm, a seaside settlement near Titirangi. It was a perfect place to paint, work on films and to start a novel in between covid lockdowns. Catherine has work in both private and public collections throughout New Zealand. Public collections include the Christchurch Law Society and Timaru's Aigantighe Art Gallery. In 2025, one of her works was published in The Orion Powerhouse Gallery Akaroa: A Half Century of the Arts by Marie Connolly. She was a finalist in the 2006 Adam Portraiture Award, the Greater Wellington regional art award in 2018, and the Whirinaki Whare Taonga Wellington Arts Review.

Welcome to our archive housing photographs and memories of the charitable art exhibitions and events we have held over the years. Events include art shows, poetry readings, sculpture trails, and musical performances in support of charities such as I Am Hope, Amnesty International, and War Child UK. Art exhibitions Auckland; charity fundraiser; New Zealand artists; New Zealand poets. ARCHIVE GROUP & CHARITY EXHIBITIONS In this archive you can explore a selection of Art by the Sea's group shows in celebration of gallery milestones, and charity art exhibitions fundraising for nonprofits like Amnesty International, I Am Hope, and War Child. Some of the work is still available for sale. We are so incredibly grateful to all of the artists who have provided work for our charity shows, and to the poets and musicians who volunteered their time and creative passion to make the opening nights such a success. We consider ourselves privileged to be able to curate this space for charitable enterprise and feel it come alive through the hard mahi of everyone who lends a helping hand. These events raised considerable funds for the charities they supported. They also provided a space for talking and learning about important issues that affect us all, and listening to and reflecting on the experiences of others. 30th Anniversary Show April 2022 Intruder | Jules Kesby Tāne's | Ta Moko Hauraki Gulf; Dean Buchanan City Blue | Mark Dimock Three Wise Men | Mark Dimock Surfer, Hot Water Beach | Christian Nicolson Sunflowers and 3 Suns | Tallulah Nunez 3 Setting Suns | Tallulah Nunez Strong & Steadfast | Peter Latham Hine Kauri | Joe Kemp Offering Bowl | Sherie Kemp Meet Cute | Kirsty Nixon Long Grass | Brendan Adams Hahei Haven | Mary Taylor Kākāriki | Mary Taylor Tall Vase with Tie | Dulcie Draper Bell Bowl | Nick Duvall Smith Torpedo Bay | Nicky Heenan Tāwharanui, Sacred Land | Rosemary Eagles Flying Past | Rosemary Eagles Core | Rosemary Eagles Abstract Horizon | Rosemary Eagles Celebrating 30 years in business, this was one of Art by the Sea's first big group shows at our Takapuna location, marking one year since our move from Devonport. We remain humbled by the passion and commitment of our artists who have blessed us with their mahi for so many years and, in this exhibition, we were honoured to showcase their talent and express gratitude to the clients who have supported us. Navigate the slideshow above to see a selection of artwork from the exhibition. Below, we have some key pieces that remain available for sale in our Takapuna gallery. Artwork Available for Sale Tora Wairarapa Coast 1 | Nigel Wilson $3,800.00 Drawing 3 | Rosemary Parcell $4,000.00 The Food Face Dilemma | Merle Bishop $2,100.00 Te Wa Kokiri | Joe Kemp $50,000.00 Whites Beach | Carl Foster $2,000.00 Travellers 3 | Carl Foster $3,200.00 Protestor Group | Lucy Bucknall $3,700.00 Milford Centre Sculpture Trail October 2020 Graham Downs . Bill Hayes . Anna Korver . Joe Kemp . Derek March . Christian Nicolson . Rustic Twist . Ngahiwi Walker Celebrating Aotearoa New Zealand's Art Week, this exhibition and charity fundraiser featured a free sculpture trail in Milford Shopping Centre to raise funds and awareness for the Key to Life Trust and I Am Hope , a mental health and suicide prevention charity in NZ. The exhibition was sponsored by Milford Shopping Centre and curated by Art by the Sea. Free guided tours of the trail were offered by Art by the Sea staff in small groups every 15 minutes for the duration of the show. Pōwhiri The event opened with a pōwhiri hosted by artist Ngahiwi Walker (Ngāti Porou). He acknowledged the kaupapa of the event: to fundraise and raise awareness for the I Am Hope foundation. Pou by Ngahiwi Walker (left) Walker's five pou show a kaumatua, a kuia, male and female leaders, and mokopuna. They represent the strength of whanau in the face of Te Korekore or the darkness that surrounds mental health. “If you’ve got the darkness there in the family, it affects everyone.” Ngahiwi Walker To Market by Bill Hayes (above) & Black Sheep by Rustic Twist (left) To Market shows an iron figure with a ceramic heart and multimedia brain pulling a cart of thoughts and dreams. In their piece, Rustic Twist feature a corrugated iron black sheep leading a flock of white sheep. The Final Anchorage by Graham Downs (above) "The half rudder flotsam came ashore in Devonport where it was rescued by me. An elegant yacht shape with its own history written in the patina of its many years of paint. The completed sculpture honours the heritage of seafaring and navigation, harking back to Nordic ship building and exploration." Graham Downs Papatūānuku by Joe Kemp (above) A standing Māori carving of the Earth Mother by artist Joe Kemp (Ngāi Tahu, Ngāpuhi, and Te Arawa (Ngāti Mākino)). "Anxiety and depression are main protagonists in the battle for health, happiness, and wellbeing. Many artists know all too well the nature of this battle. It takes a huge amount of courage to dig deep and express oneself creatively." Mike Geers, Curator The Spitfire by Christian Nicolson (right) & Dress Figures by Anna Korver (below) Recalling the dreams of childhood, a giant replica of a balsa wood plane by Christian Nicolson. A selection of hand-welded, powder-coated dress figures by Anna Korver, poised confidently on the edge of corten steel spiral staircases. In Aotearoa New Zealand we remain in a mental health crisis, with increasing numbers only representing reported cases. The Key to Life Trust and I Am Hope promote positive attitudinal societal change in schools and communities up and down the country, funding private care and counselling for young people stuck-in-the-mud on waiting lists. The staff and owners of Art by the Sea Gallery, and the artists whose mahi toi were exhibited in this show, were proud to offer their valuable work and time to support this important cause. Te Koha October 2017 This exhibition was held in support of the Key to Life Charitable Trust and their I Am Hope campaign, raising awareness and funds for youth mental health and suicide prevention. We are hugely grateful to the artists and poets who contributed their incredible mahi to this event and cause. Thanks, also, to Mike King for being our MC for the evening, and to rising Niuean singer/songwriter star Tommy Nee for his special guest performance. Poets . Serie Barford . Michelle Chote . Annette Docking . Katea Duff . April-Rose Geers . Michelle Leggott . Ria Masae . Cole Meyers . Artists . Brendan Adams . John Adams . Neil Adcock . René Baxalle . Merle Bishop . Jonathan Bourla . Sheila Brown . Beatrice Carlson . Sean Crawford . Mark Dimock . Liam Downes . Graham Downs . Rosemary Eagles . Carl Foster . David Jones . Michelle Jones . Joe Kemp . Anna Korver . Bill Hayes . Bronwyn Menhinick . Steve Molloy . Christian Nicolson . Kirsty Nixon . Craig Platt . Dean Raybould . Jayne Thomas . Nicky Thompson Early Bird | Kirsty Nixon Tractor Vessel | Bill Hayes Staircase Dress 3 | Anna Korver The Gift | Bronwyn Menhinick Loops Landscape | Brendan Adams All We Need is Love | Christian Nicolson Duck | David Jones Tumanako Hope | Jayne Thomas Lucy and a Lemon | Michelle Jones Raw Paradise | Nicky Thompson Bees Gold | Rosemary Eagles Beneath | Mark Dimock Gulls & Rock | Jonathan Bourla Peroni | Craig Platt Spot Home Comforts | Merle Bishop Hine Te Tama | Joe Kemp Love & Peace | Christian Nicolson Te Koha | Dean Raybould Obscurity | Rosemary Eagles Monkeys Hanging Around | Lucy Bucknall Homeward Bound | Sheila Brown Mean Ol' Black Snake | Carl Foster Equilibrium | Steve Molloy The I of the Storm | John Allen Graham Downs Held during mental health awareness week, poets spoke with compassion, vulnerability, and incredible strength, opening the door to discussions about diverse mental health experiences and the impact of external/societal pressures in a country with so little available support. Many artworks were created exclusively for this show and its cause; a percentage of all sales went to the charity with some works donated entirely through a silent auction. Our heartfelt gratitude to: Graeme Bethell and the Picture Framing Company in Kumeu. Goina Thedinga from Aotearoa.co.nz. Sarah Adams from Paper Boy Magazine (Bauer Media Group) Rob Drent from the Devonport Flagstaff Magazine. Robert Heheworth from Eco Foods NZ Michelle Jones Photography The Takapuna Rock Shop Nicky Thompson, Judith Walker, and Kirsty Nixon. “Because three families lose a loved one to suicide every two days in our country.” Key to Life NZ I Am A Child July 2016 We believe that every child deserves a happy and joyful childhood. This exhibition raised funds for War Child UK , contributing to their relief work in providing aid and support to children who are and have been affected by war and conflict. Artists created work celebrating what it is to be a child in Aoteaora New Zealand - from the simple pleasures of a marble run and fishing on the wharf, to the enchantment of pretending to fly. The resulting exhibition stood as a pillar representing the standard that should be experienced by all children across the world. The Fish | Craig Platt I Wanted to Hug Them All | Merle Bishop Kid Kit | Dean Raybould In Her Hand | Kelly Edwards Dress Ups | Bronwyn Menhinick A Sea of Legs | Jayne Thomas My Brother | Christian Nicolson Bedtime Stories | Paul Hooker Faraway Tree | Brenda Nyhof Mum Made the Best Milkshakes | Graham Downs Pickup Sticks | Jamie Adamson Child of the 70s | Christian Nicolson Makeup | Luke Hollis Strawberry Swirl | Rosemary Eagles The Shadows | Nicky Thompson Paradise on Foot | Nicky Thompson Jeremy Goes to Flying School | Anna Korver Kitesurfers | Zoe Feng Sunroom Floor | David Jones Marble Run | Bill Hayes A Day in the Life | Christian Nicolson Music Notes | Alison Hale Under the Hill | Brenda Nyhof I Love a Good Storm | Christian Nicolson Jamie Adamson Kay Bazzard Merle Bishop Lucy Bucknall Beatrice Carlson Mark Dimock Artists Graham Downs Dulcie Draper Rosemary Eagles Kellie Edwards Zoe Feng Alison Hale Bill Hayes Luke Hollis Paul Hooker David Jones Karen Kennedy Anna Korver Bronwyn Menhinick Steve Molloy Christian Nicolson Brenda Nyhof Craig Platt Dean Raybould Jayne Thomas Nicky Thompson Cause for Collaboration December 2013 Celebrating International Human Rights Day (December 10th), and in collaboration with Amnesty International, this event comprised artwork and poetry with each piece inspired by a different article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This exhibition had a difficult brief and our artists and poets put together an incredible show that set the tone for future charitable events at Art by the Sea. We are so proud of our artists and of what this exhibition achieved. Poets John Adams Raewyn Alexander Katea Duff Frances Eckles April-Rose Geers Michelle Johansson Anne Jones Kelly Malone Selina Tusitala Marsh Artists Kay Bazzard René Baxalle Merle Bishop Andrew Bond Bill Hayes Paul Hooker Ariel Hu Anna Korver Sue Lloyd Derek March Christian Nicolson Michel Perrin Craig Platt Dean Raybould Nicky Thompson Zeke Wolf This event was a great success with a moving and inspiring opening night and most works selling in the first week. A percentage of all proceeds went to Amnesty International NZ.