Chelsea is an experienced Arts Educator with a Bachelor of Visual Arts and a Graduate Diploma in Secondary Teaching, from AUT. Chelsea specialises in Painting and Photography, while also wearing a range of creative hats to fill her kete (basket) of knowledge, including but not limited to sculpture, printmaking, textiles, and more recently; ceramics. Chelsea has previously worked in an established dealer gallery, working directly with artists and art lovers alike, and has also worked in the youth not-for-profit space, showing her passion for fueling the next generations.

Darian Serrano is a Mixed Media artist/Illustrator and third year student at Whitecliffe College of Art and Design. His current practice is focused on story telling and societal critique through the use of Textiles, Acrylic ink, narrative composition, absurdism, and satire.

Gavin is a practicing artist whose main focus is painting. He also has experience with drawing, printmaking, art installation, exhibition design as well as working as a materials consultant for an art supplies store. Gavin’s painting methodology is loosely structured intentionally; this allows him to unlock new shapes and locate them within a pictorial space so that an alternative meaning can emerge.

Grae Burton is a visual / performing artist and filmmaker. He has over 160 artworks in the Wallace Arts Trust Permanent Collection.

Kyung’s art practice floats between the mediums of textiles, painting, text, and publication. She studied at the Elam School of Fine Arts, experimenting with various new modes of expression before finding her own artistic voice. Kyung enjoys sharing her passion for art and is excited to help others experience the same enthusiasm through a playful approach to creation.

Lisa is an Auckland born, contemporary sustainability artist, whose visual language is bold, expressive and always surprising. Her works embody the tension between glamour and grit through wildly inventive compositions, blending humour, social commentary and deep respect for material histories

Louise is a fabric artist and educator. Her whakapapa and Scottish heritage provides influences for her art practice.

Madison is a ceramicist with a background in oil painting. Her primary interest is in ecology and patterns within the natural environment. Madison graduated with a BFA from Elam School of Fine Arts in 2022.

Marcel attended Elam school of Art in the early 2000s. He has contributed to various group shows such as Art Ache and Artist on Artists.

Devonport based artist, Michelle Male has been fine tuning her skills as a portrait and landscape painter in watercolour, acrylic and oil over the last 20 years.

Natanahira graduated from the Maori Arts and Crafts Institute as a wood sculptor. He has extensive experience managing sculpture symposiums and creating public sculptures around New Zealand.

Navid Masoudnia is currently pursuing a PhD in Media and Communication at Massey University in Auckland, New Zealand.

Dip. Performing Art. Music composer, producer and director. Guitar, piano, percussion and vocals.

Rachael is an artist and art educator. She completed a Fine Art degree with (Honors) at Whitecliffe in 2021.

Rathikka has always been immersed in various platforms used for self-expression forms of art, literature and performance. She teaches and facilitates art classes for children.

Rosemary has a passion for pottery using the wheel, whilst also using molds and hand-made methods.

Selina Zhu is a bilingual Chinese artist currently in her final year of a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the university of Auckland. Her current practice focuses on painting, printmaking, and ceramics, exploring the impact of pollution on the natural environment and the search for cultural connection through material processes.

Shiraz is a fine artist who has exhibited internationally, created murals with children and is currently immersed in the art of paper quilling.

Sue loves to explore the beauty of different cultures and the connections between people.

Susan has technical experience working with ceramic including hand building; slab method, pinch potting, coiling, slip casting and clay modelling.