Exhibitions

RAY HAYDON

Evolve

11 Nov - 8 Dec 2024 Sanderson are pleased to present the exhibition Evolve by Ray Haydon. Haydon is an artist and sculptor with a career spanning more than twenty years. Responding intuitively to space, the artist creates works of refinement and precision. His pieces retain a lyricism and freedom of line that evoke a sense... Read more

ZARA DOLAN

Pulse

11 Nov - 8 Dec 2024 Sanderson are pleased to present the exhibition Pulse, featuring a suite of works by award-winning printmaker Zara Dolan. Read more

SIMONE ROSENBAUER

Like Ice In The Clouds

16 Oct - 10 Nov 2024 This body of work extends the thematic exploration of Rosenbauer’s preceding series ‘Like Ice in the Sunshine I (Sydney)’ and ‘II (Los Angeles)’ and continues to explore the transient nature of ice cream melting; utilizing natural light to capture the temporal interplay between past, present, and future and the concepts... Read more

SHINTARO & YOSHIKO NAKAHARA

Perpetual

16 Oct - 10 Nov 2024 Sanderson are pleased to announce the exhibition Perpetual featuring a new suite of paintings by Shintaro Nakahara (b.1972, Saitama, Japan) and Yoshiko Nakahara (b.1978, Kanagawa, Japan). Using waves as the main motif, the inspiration for this series emerged from contemplative moments at the beach. The artists describe the feeling of... Read more

SIMON KAAN & WI TAEPA

Nohoaka toi ki Puketeraki

17 Sep - 13 Oct 2024 Sanderson are pleased to announce a new exhibition by Simon Kaan (Kāi Tahu, Kāti Mamoe, Waitaha) and Wi Taepa (Ngāti Pikiao, Te Arawa) ONZM - Nohoaka toi ki Puketeraki 2024. Opening on September 18th the exhibition will present a series of new work by Kaan and Taepa that has been... Read more

JULIA HOLDERNESS

Botanical Pursuits

12 Aug - 15 Sep 2024 In her solo exhibition at Sanderson Contemporary, Julia Holderness refers to the garden, landscape and still life across a range of mediums and forms. Exhibiting in the company of her longtime art historical conduit Florence Weir, there is also research into Bloomsbury group painter and gardener Vanessa Bell and Welsh... Read more

EMBELLISH

Group Show

6 Aug - 15 Sep 2024 Sanderson are pleased to present EMBELLISH – a group exhibition of adornments and objects related to the body. The exhibition features work from Josephine Cachemaille, Arapeta Hākura exhibiting under ‘Camp Father,’ Julia Holderness, Iza Lozano, Sung Hwan Bobby Park, Hanna Shim and Lisa Walker (ONZM). Each artist has chosen to... Read more

LIAM GERRARD

After the Garden

10 Jul - 11 Aug 2024 Sanderson are pleased to present the solo exhibition After the Garden by Liam Gerrard. Based in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Gerrard is celebrated for his ability to wield a pencil, piece of pastel, or stick of charcoal to capture and distil the breathing, humming, three-dimensional natural world onto a sheet of... Read more

KATE VAN DER DRIFT

In the Presence of Absence

8 Jul - 4 Aug 2024 Known for her large-scale ‘river exposures’ the artist has extended her camera-less photographic explorations in this evocative new series, gently collaborating with nature and utilising site-specific materials. In the Presence of Absence draws from the dense fluidity of Waikato's peat lakes, sites of both ecological richness and historical significance. Formed... Read more

KARYN TAYLOR

Visual Linguistics

10 Jun - 7 Jul 2024 Taylor’s practice is informed by geometric abstraction, a concept that has long been used to explore complex philosophical notions that transcend the physical realm. Spirituality, light, time and perception can all be experienced but cannot be physically grasped nor easily explained. [1] For Taylor, geometric abstraction is a conduit: allowing... Read more

BRIANA JAMIESON

Fruit Bowl

10 Jun - 7 Jul 2024 Sanderson are pleased to announce the solo exhibition Fruit Bowl by Briana Jamieson. Jamieson is a painter, writer and publisher based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington. The artist graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts with First Class Honours from Massey University in 2015. A home of four flatmates in their... Read more

MOLLY TIMMINS

Rewilding the Garden

13 May - 9 Jun 2024 Timmins is a painter based in Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland. Her work explores gardens as both an environmental physical place, and as a painted subject throughout art history. Directly referencing her recent master’s thesis, Timmins’ ‘Rewilding the Garden' critiques European gardening conventions, and through her research she aims to reject the... Read more

LLENYD PRICE

A Temporary Observer

13 May - 9 Jun 2024 Sanderson are pleased to present the exhibition A Temporary Observer featuring a new body of work by Llenyd Price. A Temporary Observer is a nod to the ephemeral nature of experience. For Price, painting serves as a way of processing experiences, thoughts, and anxieties through the lens of memory. Memory... Read more

JULIE CROMWELL

Properties in Matter

15 Apr - 12 May 2024 Sanderson are pleased to present the exhibition Properties in Matter featuring a new collection of works by award winning ceramicist Julie Cromwell. This new series extends Cromwell’s technical exploration into the physical properties of clay; the artist using resources from the land that surrounds her in Northland to both create... Read more

NATASHA WRIGHT

Les Biches

15 Apr - 12 May 2024 Sanderson are pleased to present the exhibition Les Biches, featuring a new body of work by New Zealand born, New York based artist Natasha Wright. Drawing from portrayals of women throughout antiquity to modern day advertising campaigns and fashion shoots, Wright’s works are grounded in the history of our image... Read more

KATHERINE THRONE

Floral Rebellion

18 Mar - 14 Apr 2024 Sanderson are pleased to present the exhibition Floral Rebellion featuring a new body of work by Katherine Throne. Floral Rebellion is a collection of oil paintings that champion the flower in a contemporary manner. This new body of work explores Throne’s own garden, which she started from half an acre... Read more

DAMIEN KURTH

Coil

18 Mar - 14 Apr 2024 Sanderson are pleased to present the exhibition Coil by Damien Kurth. Kurth is a contemporary painter based in Te Moana-a-Toi, the Bay of Plenty. He holds a Master of Fine Arts from Elam School of Fine Arts and was the winner of the Otago Polytechnic Painting Award, as well as... Read more

BRENDON MCGORRY

Hero

19 Feb - 17 Mar 2024 Sanderson are pleased to present the exhibition Hero featuring a new body of works by Brendan McGorry. McGorry (b.1966) is a contemporary painter who lives and works in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. The artist is known for his distinctive painting style: with bold, striking arrangements of colour and linear use of... Read more

WANDA GILLESPIE

Crossing the Rubicon

19 Feb - 17 Mar 2024 Wanda Gillespie is an Australian/New Zealand contemporary artist based in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. The artist describes her sculptural works as a ‘reimagining of known forms’. A belief in the spiritual potency of physical objects drives Gillespie's work. The artist chooses wood for ‘it’s energetic qualities’ describing it as ‘a conduit... Read more

LOREN MARKS

Free Verse

23 Jan - 18 Feb 2024 Sanderson are pleased to present a new suite of paintings by contemporary abstract painter Loren Marks. Marks lives and works in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. Her artworks present ethereal and dreamlike scenes whereby figures emerge from the alchemic realms of paint. Marks was the recipient of the Whitecliffe College of Art... Read more

Emerging Artists 2024

Group Show

23 Jan - 18 Feb 2024 Sanderson’s annual Emerging Artists exhibition supports promising new talent - this year showcasing a collection of works from recent graduates of Elam School of Fine Arts, Massey University Te Kunenga Ki Purehuroa, Ilam School of Fine Arts and Whitecliffe College of Art and Design. The show provides a platform for... Read more