The Unshackled Image | Te whakaahua whakawātea

Quest Art Space
58 Bank Street, Whangārei, Aotearoa | New Zealand
curated by Sonja van Kerkhoff

13 Nov - 17 Dec 2023
open: Mondays - Fridays: 8am-5pm, Sat & Sun: 9am-4pm
Gallery contact: Lenny at creativenorthland.com

Artworks that break the mould. Images and ideas that release. On alternative ways of telling stories.

opening performances | PR, social media links | @sonjavank



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artists
Aodhán Floyd, Cork, Ireland facebook.com/aodhan.rilke
Bev Goodwin, Auckland | Tāmaki-makau-rau instagram.com/bevgoodwinartist
Brenda Liddiard, Auckland | Tāmaki-makau-rau brendaliddiard.co.nz
Camilla During, Auckland | Tāmaki-makau-rau instagram.com/dadsoncamilla
Chris Schreuder, Whangārei, Northland | Te Tai Tokerau facebook.com/chris.schreuder
Cle Tukuitonga,Ōtangaroa, The Far North | Te Tai Tokerau
Colin Harris, Auckland | Tāmaki-makau-rau artsintheville.co.nz/colin-harris
Carol Peters, Whangārei, Northland | Te Tai Tokerau wdc.govt.nz
Emma Papadopoulos, Athens, Greece emmapapadopoulos.wordpress.com
Jago Neal, West Auckland jagoneal.com
Jeff Thomson, Helensville jeffthomson.co.nz
Lissy and Rudi Robinson-Cole, Auckland | Tāmaki-makau-rau lissycole.com
Miriam von Mulert, Whangārei area, Northland | Te Tai Tokerau reyburnhouse.co.nz
Nawruz Paguidopon, Manila, The Philippines linkedin.com/in/nawruzpaguidopon
PĀNiA!, Auckland | Tāmaki-makau-rau @mokopōpaki
Pascal Atiga-Bridger Auckland | Tāmaki-makau-rau brucepulmanpark.com
Phil Dadson, Auckland | Tāmaki-makau-rau vimeo.com/showcase/7171056
Piet Nieuwland Whangārei area, Northland | Te Tai Tokerau pietnieuwland.com
Robert Carter Hikurangi, Northland | Te Tai Tokerau instagram.com/rob_is_different
Sen McGlinn, Kawakawa, Northland | Te Tai Tokerau sculpturebysen.wordpress.com
Shaeron Caton Rose North Yorkshire, U.K. shaeron.com
Sonja van Kerkhoff, Kawakawa, Northland | Te Tai Tokerau / The Hague, The Netherlands) sonjavank.com
Sophia Dadson, Auckland | Tāmaki-makau-rau
S Vincent Hill, Rodney, North of Auckland | Tāmaki-makau-rau
Tracey Willms Deane, Hūkerenui, Northland | Te Tai Tokerau instagram.com/tracey.wd
Ursula Christel, Warkworth (South Africa) ursulachristel.com
Willa O'Neill Cameron, Hikurangi, Northland | Te Tai Tokerau / Auckland
Xiaojie Zheng, San Francisco U.S.A. / Wenzhou, China facebook.com/xiaojie.zheng.92



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Urban Tumbleweed by Willa O'Neill Cameron.
First Thursdays Karangahape Rd Tāmaki Makaurau December 1 2022

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Micro-Observation I, II, III, IV, hahnemuhle paper photographic print, four works by Camilla During

Nicosia Crossing, 2021, by Aodhán Floyd + Sen McGlinn
Sen extended and divided Aodhán's drawing, in which his father stands near the UN buffer zone
in Cyprus, looking at a house he can no longer walk to. Aodhán Floyd lives in Cork, Ireland.

Postcards from the other side, 2021
Collated by Ursula Christel for the Tiakina exhibition (sonjavank.com/takecare), in which NZ artists were
kaitiaki (caretakers) for artists in countries more afflicted by Covid.
Five metal postcards were made in NZ, from images taken in January 2021 by Nawruz Paguidopon, Manila,
The Philippines; Shaeron Caton Rose, North Yorkshire, U.K; Xiaojie Zheng, San Francisco, U.S.A. / Wenzhou,China;
Emma Papadopoulos, Athens, Greece; Aodhán Floyd, Co. Cork, Ireland.

Gannet triptych Liquid Light on paper, plywood, pine, photo transfers, wax & oil paint by Jago Neal
Liquid Light is a silver-gelatin liquid emulsion applied to any material.
This gannet colony at Muriwai was devastated during cyclone Gabrielle. Jago manages the Kumeu Arts Centre.

Tūī, by Pascal Atiga-Bridger, sprayed paint on plastics and card. Pascal (Samoan, European, Tainui, Whānau-ā-Apanui)
based in Papakura, works in community arts and large-scale mural projects.

Spot the Predator, acrylic and other materials on board by S Vincent Hill
"Predator Free NZ 2050 is an ambitious goal which I fully support. But it also spotlights the fact that here in New Zealand,
and in the greater global context, we (humans) have become the worst predators of the natural environment."
S.Vincent Hill lives in Rodney
Opening Programme

Sunday, 19 Nov, 1 - 1:30 pm:
poem, performances, speed tour


Child friendly.

Poem by Piet Nieuwland. Performances by Willa O'Neill Cameron, Sen McGlinn and others. Followed by a speed tour by Sonja van Kerkhoff




Artworks


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Northland Overhang Seat (Supersize Keyring), 2023 by PĀNiA!,
Modified antique wooden chair, keyring, key. Courtesy of @mokopōpaki

within, without / a roto, a waho, 2023 by Ursula Christel
Two piece work, repurposed birdcage and photographs on aluminium

Information about these will be added, starting with the collaboratively made works




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Sonja's instagram page: detail of Tracey's new work | Urban Tumbleweed - Willa O'Neill Cameron


Curated by Sonja + others   Sonja's c.v.