Current Exhibitions

Paintings by Nicholas

A collection of new works by Nicholas Clark.

“I have always looked to create something fresh in the context of formal painting. Grounded in existentialism, Clark sees himself as an eternal student of painting, and like all great painters, he avoids easy certainty. He is less interested in finished answers than in testing what painting can do and how far it can go.

In these new works, landscapes become places to experiment. Biomorphic shapes float across the surface, wax pools trap bits of string, and stencils, drips, and boxed forms turn the painting into something physical as well as visual. Each element is intentional, but nothing feels final.

Art or Vandalism | Jayde McDonald

Inviting current graffiti artists into the gallery, Jayde McDonald curates a body of work that confronts the tensions around graffiti. Painted in oil and acrylic, these gritty urban scenes argue for graffiti as a legitimate art form rather than mere vandalism, while remaining honest about the street environments in which it was born.

While Nelson does not have the scale of larger New Zealand cities, it has its own graffiti history and culture, reflected here through the work of artists based in or connected to the Tasman region at different stages of their practice.