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Māori Deaf Vol. 1: Journey by Ryan Cassidy
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- Ryan Cassidy (Ngāpuhi, Te Rarawa, Ngaāti Kahu, Ngāti Kuri, Ngāti Whātua) is a Turi Māori (Māori Deaf) artist whose work explores identity, language, reclamation and belonging through the layers of Māori and Deaf worlds. Born and raised in Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland), Cassidy is now based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington), where he has lived since November 2025. Drawing on decades of lived experience, multiple art styles, sign languages, whakapapa exploration and access to te ao Māori, Cassidy’s practice responds to the ongoing challanges faced by Turi Māori including lack of awareness, limited support, tokenism and the ongoing impacts of colonisation. His work is bold, deeply personal and grounded in lived reality. At its core, Cassidy’s practice is about creating space: space for Turi Māori stories, visibility, language and tino rangatiratanga within contemporary art. Māori Deaf Vol. 1: Journey is Ryan Cassidy’s first solo exhibition after a long hiatus from art practice and public showing. This deeply personal body of work explores what it means to be both Māori and Deaf in Aotearoa. Through painting, text, sign language, street influences, and mixed visual style, the exhibition reflects a journey marked by identity, determination, heartbreak, loss of hope, resilience and achievement. The works confront the realities of moving between Māori and Deaf spaces while carrying the weight of invisibility, exclusion, and cultural disconnection. At the same time, the exhibition celebrates survival, whakapapa, resistance and the strength of Turi Māori identity. Rather than creating art for comfort or decoration, Māori Deaf Vol. 1 speaks honestly from lived experience. Opening space for kōrero, wero (challenge), and visibility for Turi Māori voices within contemporary art.
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LUCID by Jessica Kirton
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- Jess Kirton-Luxford is a Pōneke-based artist. She is interested in texture and colour and works across mediums, combining surrealism with real world observation. Lucid is an exploration of colour, contrast, and contains pieces ranging from enhanced realism to abstracted surrealism. Instagram: @ink_loading_dock Email: jessicakirtonlux@outlook.com
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Old Gods New Gods
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- Shanti Gore is a Wellington-based artist, working across oils, acrylics, watercolours, and linocut printing. Their practice is a rich exploration of natural forms, myth, and visual storytelling. Deeply influenced by gothic literature and 20th-century illustration, their most meaningful works often carry a slightly unsettling, psychological edge — images that speak to the viewer on both conscious and subconscious levels. Old God New Gods is a study of mythology and folklore, drawing from personas across religious and cultural fables close to the artist's heart. Artworks weave together stories, invoking the anticipation of forces shifting just beyond the visible world. Each piece becomes a threshold—where ancient archetypes brush against contemporary identities. In these layered narratives, the sacred is neither fixed nor forgotten; it is continually rewritten, reshaped, and reborn in the hands of those who dare to look closely.
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Cryptid Creatures
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- Featuring the work of local artists Adam Gallivan, King Komodo, Datura Child and Tyler Clifton
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Francis Frances
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- Power Poles Carry the Dreams of Both Human and Electric Sheep Pen and ink on paper. Colour version of an earlier piece. Commentary on society, the layers of technology that surround us and a speculation into the dreams of other things including a duck, a robot and a winged horse. A first time artist raised around artists, currently working in technology, this exhibition is about finding and expressing voice through colour, mixing cultural styles and working with negative space. @francisfrances
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