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Te Uru exhibition - Giorgio Griffa (b. 1936)
Jul 2, 2025
Gallery visits
Te Uru exhibition - Giorgio Griffa (b. 1936)
Jul 2, 2025
Gallery visits

Detail from Canone Aureo, 2016

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Jul 2, 2025
Gallery visits
Exhibition Statement - July Seminar 2025
Jun 29, 2025
Exhibition Statements
Exhibition Statement - July Seminar 2025
Jun 29, 2025
Exhibition Statements
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Jun 29, 2025
Exhibition Statements
Studio Progress June 2025
Jun 28, 2025
Studio Progress
Studio Progress June 2025
Jun 28, 2025
Studio Progress
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Jun 28, 2025
Studio Progress
The Painterly and the In-Between - Peter Shand p132-149
Jun 27, 2025
Reading
The Painterly and the In-Between - Peter Shand p132-149
Jun 27, 2025
Reading
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Jun 27, 2025
Reading
Hugo Koha Lindsay, Mineral Spirit, Envy Gallery, Wellington, 19 June - 19 July 2025.
Jun 25, 2025
Artists of Interest, Inspiration, Gallery visits
Hugo Koha Lindsay, Mineral Spirit, Envy Gallery, Wellington, 19 June - 19 July 2025.
Jun 25, 2025
Artists of Interest, Inspiration, Gallery visits

Hugo Koha Lindsay

Script no 8. reordered and annotated, 2025

graphite compound and synthetic polymer on cotton duck

1390 x 1520mm

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Jun 25, 2025
Artists of Interest, Inspiration, Gallery visits
Selection of Artists of Interest - installation ideas
Jun 23, 2025
Inspiration, Artists of Interest
Selection of Artists of Interest - installation ideas
Jun 23, 2025
Inspiration, Artists of Interest

El Anatsui, Focus, 2015.
Aluminium and copper wire, 284 x 304 cm.

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Jun 23, 2025
Inspiration, Artists of Interest
Artist of Interest - Sally Tennent-Brown
Jun 23, 2025
Artists of Interest, Inspiration
Artist of Interest - Sally Tennent-Brown
Jun 23, 2025
Artists of Interest, Inspiration
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Jun 23, 2025
Artists of Interest, Inspiration
Cycles and Seasons - Cy Twombly. Essay by Tacita Dean
Jun 17, 2025
Reading, Artists of Interest
Cycles and Seasons - Cy Twombly. Essay by Tacita Dean
Jun 17, 2025
Reading, Artists of Interest

Edited by Nicolas Serota, 2008

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Jun 17, 2025
Reading, Artists of Interest
Jahnne Pasco-White
Jun 16, 2025
Artists of Interest, Inspiration
Jahnne Pasco-White
Jun 16, 2025
Artists of Interest, Inspiration
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Jun 16, 2025
Artists of Interest, Inspiration
Studio progress - June 2025
Jun 11, 2025
Studio Progress
Studio progress - June 2025
Jun 11, 2025
Studio Progress
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Jun 11, 2025
Studio Progress
The City and the Psyche: Painting Now - Hugo Koha Lindsay and Julian McKinnon
Jun 11, 2025
Artists of Interest, Reading
The City and the Psyche: Painting Now - Hugo Koha Lindsay and Julian McKinnon
Jun 11, 2025
Artists of Interest, Reading
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Jun 11, 2025
Artists of Interest, Reading
Image 22.jpeg
Jun 11, 2025
Artists of Interest
Tacita Dean - Why Cy?, 2010
Jun 11, 2025
Artists of Interest

From the book Why Cy?, by Tacita Dean

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Jun 11, 2025
Artists of Interest
Lit Review 4 - The Value of Painting: Notes on Unspecificity, Indexicality, and Highly Valuable Quasi-Persons - Isabelle Graw
Jun 9, 2025
Assignments
Lit Review 4 - The Value of Painting: Notes on Unspecificity, Indexicality, and Highly Valuable Quasi-Persons - Isabelle Graw
Jun 9, 2025
Assignments
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Jun 9, 2025
Assignments
Studio Progress May-June 2025
Jun 9, 2025
Studio Progress, Supervisor Meetings
Studio Progress May-June 2025
Jun 9, 2025
Studio Progress, Supervisor Meetings
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Jun 9, 2025
Studio Progress, Supervisor Meetings
Marion Barthelme Lecture: Jenny Saville on Cy Twombly 14 Feb 2024
Jun 9, 2025
Inspiration, Reading, Artists of Interest
Marion Barthelme Lecture: Jenny Saville on Cy Twombly 14 Feb 2024
Jun 9, 2025
Inspiration, Reading, Artists of Interest
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Jun 9, 2025
Inspiration, Reading, Artists of Interest
Aotearoa Art Fair - May 2025
Jun 3, 2025
Inspiration, Artists of Interest
Aotearoa Art Fair - May 2025
Jun 3, 2025
Inspiration, Artists of Interest

Hugo Koha Lindsay

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Jun 3, 2025
Inspiration, Artists of Interest
Lit Review 3 - Reassembling Painting - David Joselit
May 26, 2025
Assignments
Lit Review 3 - Reassembling Painting - David Joselit
May 26, 2025
Assignments

Julie Mehretu, Empirical Construction, Istanbul, 2003, ink and acrylic on canvas, 10 x 15’

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May 26, 2025
Assignments
Sewing Machine drawing - May studio time
May 19, 2025
Studio Progress
Sewing Machine drawing - May studio time
May 19, 2025
Studio Progress
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May 19, 2025
Studio Progress
Anoushka Akel, Group Portrait (Red Eye), 2021, lithographic ink, acrylic, oil, charcoal, turmeric, sea silt, 1050 x 1130mm
Apr 28, 2025
Artists of Interest, Reading
Anoushka Akel
Apr 28, 2025
Artists of Interest, Reading
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Apr 28, 2025
Artists of Interest, Reading
Yoko Ono.jpg
Apr 28, 2025
Gallery visits
Gus Fisher exhibition - Having it all, all, all
Apr 28, 2025
Gallery visits
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Apr 28, 2025
Gallery visits
Apr 28, 2025
Blog Categories
Apr 28, 2025
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Apr 28, 2025
Seminar - April/Autumn 2025
Apr 21, 2025
Exhibition Statements, Seminar Crits
Seminar - April/Autumn 2025
Apr 21, 2025
Exhibition Statements, Seminar Crits
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Apr 21, 2025
Exhibition Statements, Seminar Crits
IMG_0236.jpeg
Apr 13, 2025
Studio Progress
Studio Progress - March/April 2025
Apr 13, 2025
Studio Progress
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Apr 13, 2025
Studio Progress
Lit Review 2 - March 2025
Mar 24, 2025
Assignments
Lit Review 2 - March 2025
Mar 24, 2025
Assignments

Agnes Martin, ‘Little Sister’, 1962

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Mar 24, 2025
Assignments
Lit Review 1 - March, 2025
Mar 24, 2025
Assignments
Lit Review 1 - March, 2025
Mar 24, 2025
Assignments
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Mar 24, 2025
Assignments
Studio visit Dan Arps and Glen Snow March 6th & March 17th, 2025
Mar 6, 2025
Supervisor Meetings
Studio visit Dan Arps and Glen Snow March 6th & March 17th, 2025
Mar 6, 2025
Supervisor Meetings

Judith Scott, Untitled.

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Mar 6, 2025
Supervisor Meetings
The Story of Art - Without Men, Katy Hessel, (2022) Introduction
Mar 6, 2025
Reading
The Story of Art - Without Men, Katy Hessel, (2022) Introduction
Mar 6, 2025
Reading
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Mar 6, 2025
Reading
Research Proposal
Mar 6, 2025
Research Proposal
Research Proposal
Mar 6, 2025
Research Proposal

Research Proposal: Unravelling the Feminine Line:

The Art of Undoing, Reclaiming, and Redefining Feminine Expression

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Mar 6, 2025
Research Proposal
Studio Progress - February 2025
Mar 5, 2025
Studio Progress
Studio Progress - February 2025
Mar 5, 2025
Studio Progress
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Mar 5, 2025
Studio Progress
Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists? - Linda Nochlin, 1971.
Mar 5, 2025
Reading
Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists? - Linda Nochlin, 1971.
Mar 5, 2025
Reading
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Mar 5, 2025
Reading
Featured
Te Uru exhibition - Giorgio Griffa (b. 1936)
Gallery visits
Jul 2, 2025
Te Uru exhibition - Giorgio Griffa (b. 1936)
Gallery visits
Jul 2, 2025

Detail from Canone Aureo, 2016

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Gallery visits
Jul 2, 2025
Exhibition Statement - July Seminar 2025
Exhibition Statements
Jun 29, 2025
Exhibition Statement - July Seminar 2025
Exhibition Statements
Jun 29, 2025
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Exhibition Statements
Jun 29, 2025
Studio Progress June 2025
Studio Progress
Jun 28, 2025
Studio Progress June 2025
Studio Progress
Jun 28, 2025
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Studio Progress
Jun 28, 2025
The Painterly and the In-Between - Peter Shand p132-149
Reading
Jun 27, 2025
The Painterly and the In-Between - Peter Shand p132-149
Reading
Jun 27, 2025
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Reading
Jun 27, 2025
Hugo Koha Lindsay, Mineral Spirit, Envy Gallery, Wellington, 19 June - 19 July 2025.
Artists of Interest, Inspiration, Gallery visits
Jun 25, 2025
Hugo Koha Lindsay, Mineral Spirit, Envy Gallery, Wellington, 19 June - 19 July 2025.
Artists of Interest, Inspiration, Gallery visits
Jun 25, 2025

Hugo Koha Lindsay

Script no 8. reordered and annotated, 2025

graphite compound and synthetic polymer on cotton duck

1390 x 1520mm

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Artists of Interest, Inspiration, Gallery visits
Jun 25, 2025
Selection of Artists of Interest - installation ideas
Inspiration, Artists of Interest
Jun 23, 2025
Selection of Artists of Interest - installation ideas
Inspiration, Artists of Interest
Jun 23, 2025

El Anatsui, Focus, 2015.
Aluminium and copper wire, 284 x 304 cm.

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Inspiration, Artists of Interest
Jun 23, 2025
Artist of Interest - Sally Tennent-Brown
Artists of Interest, Inspiration
Jun 23, 2025
Artist of Interest - Sally Tennent-Brown
Artists of Interest, Inspiration
Jun 23, 2025
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Artists of Interest, Inspiration
Jun 23, 2025
Cycles and Seasons - Cy Twombly. Essay by Tacita Dean
Reading, Artists of Interest
Jun 17, 2025
Cycles and Seasons - Cy Twombly. Essay by Tacita Dean
Reading, Artists of Interest
Jun 17, 2025

Edited by Nicolas Serota, 2008

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Reading, Artists of Interest
Jun 17, 2025
Jahnne Pasco-White
Artists of Interest, Inspiration
Jun 16, 2025
Jahnne Pasco-White
Artists of Interest, Inspiration
Jun 16, 2025
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Artists of Interest, Inspiration
Jun 16, 2025
Studio progress - June 2025
Studio Progress
Jun 11, 2025
Studio progress - June 2025
Studio Progress
Jun 11, 2025
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Studio Progress
Jun 11, 2025
The City and the Psyche: Painting Now - Hugo Koha Lindsay and Julian McKinnon
Artists of Interest, Reading
Jun 11, 2025
The City and the Psyche: Painting Now - Hugo Koha Lindsay and Julian McKinnon
Artists of Interest, Reading
Jun 11, 2025
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Artists of Interest, Reading
Jun 11, 2025
Image 22.jpeg
Artists of Interest
Jun 11, 2025
Tacita Dean - Why Cy?, 2010
Artists of Interest
Jun 11, 2025

From the book Why Cy?, by Tacita Dean

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Artists of Interest
Jun 11, 2025
Lit Review 4 - The Value of Painting: Notes on Unspecificity, Indexicality, and Highly Valuable Quasi-Persons - Isabelle Graw
Assignments
Jun 9, 2025
Lit Review 4 - The Value of Painting: Notes on Unspecificity, Indexicality, and Highly Valuable Quasi-Persons - Isabelle Graw
Assignments
Jun 9, 2025
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Assignments
Jun 9, 2025
Studio Progress May-June 2025
Studio Progress, Supervisor Meetings
Jun 9, 2025
Studio Progress May-June 2025
Studio Progress, Supervisor Meetings
Jun 9, 2025
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Studio Progress, Supervisor Meetings
Jun 9, 2025
Marion Barthelme Lecture: Jenny Saville on Cy Twombly 14 Feb 2024
Inspiration, Reading, Artists of Interest
Jun 9, 2025
Marion Barthelme Lecture: Jenny Saville on Cy Twombly 14 Feb 2024
Inspiration, Reading, Artists of Interest
Jun 9, 2025
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Inspiration, Reading, Artists of Interest
Jun 9, 2025
Aotearoa Art Fair - May 2025
Inspiration, Artists of Interest
Jun 3, 2025
Aotearoa Art Fair - May 2025
Inspiration, Artists of Interest
Jun 3, 2025

Hugo Koha Lindsay

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Inspiration, Artists of Interest
Jun 3, 2025
Lit Review 3 - Reassembling Painting - David Joselit
Assignments
May 26, 2025
Lit Review 3 - Reassembling Painting - David Joselit
Assignments
May 26, 2025

Julie Mehretu, Empirical Construction, Istanbul, 2003, ink and acrylic on canvas, 10 x 15’

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Assignments
May 26, 2025
Sewing Machine drawing - May studio time
Studio Progress
May 19, 2025
Sewing Machine drawing - May studio time
Studio Progress
May 19, 2025
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Studio Progress
May 19, 2025
Anoushka Akel, Group Portrait (Red Eye), 2021, lithographic ink, acrylic, oil, charcoal, turmeric, sea silt, 1050 x 1130mm
Artists of Interest, Reading
Apr 28, 2025
Anoushka Akel
Artists of Interest, Reading
Apr 28, 2025
Read More →
Artists of Interest, Reading
Apr 28, 2025
Yoko Ono.jpg
Gallery visits
Apr 28, 2025
Gus Fisher exhibition - Having it all, all, all
Gallery visits
Apr 28, 2025
Read More →
Gallery visits
Apr 28, 2025
Apr 28, 2025
Blog Categories
Apr 28, 2025
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Apr 28, 2025
Seminar - April/Autumn 2025
Exhibition Statements, Seminar Crits
Apr 21, 2025
Seminar - April/Autumn 2025
Exhibition Statements, Seminar Crits
Apr 21, 2025
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Exhibition Statements, Seminar Crits
Apr 21, 2025
IMG_0236.jpeg
Studio Progress
Apr 13, 2025
Studio Progress - March/April 2025
Studio Progress
Apr 13, 2025
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Studio Progress
Apr 13, 2025
Lit Review 2 - March 2025
Assignments
Mar 24, 2025
Lit Review 2 - March 2025
Assignments
Mar 24, 2025

Agnes Martin, ‘Little Sister’, 1962

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Assignments
Mar 24, 2025
Lit Review 1 - March, 2025
Assignments
Mar 24, 2025
Lit Review 1 - March, 2025
Assignments
Mar 24, 2025
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Assignments
Mar 24, 2025
Studio visit Dan Arps and Glen Snow March 6th & March 17th, 2025
Supervisor Meetings
Mar 6, 2025
Studio visit Dan Arps and Glen Snow March 6th & March 17th, 2025
Supervisor Meetings
Mar 6, 2025

Judith Scott, Untitled.

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Supervisor Meetings
Mar 6, 2025
The Story of Art - Without Men, Katy Hessel, (2022) Introduction
Reading
Mar 6, 2025
The Story of Art - Without Men, Katy Hessel, (2022) Introduction
Reading
Mar 6, 2025
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Reading
Mar 6, 2025
Research Proposal
Research Proposal
Mar 6, 2025
Research Proposal
Research Proposal
Mar 6, 2025

Research Proposal: Unravelling the Feminine Line:

The Art of Undoing, Reclaiming, and Redefining Feminine Expression

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Research Proposal
Mar 6, 2025
Studio Progress - February 2025
Studio Progress
Mar 5, 2025
Studio Progress - February 2025
Studio Progress
Mar 5, 2025
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Studio Progress
Mar 5, 2025
Featured
Te Uru exhibition - Giorgio Griffa (b. 1936)
Jul 2, 2025
Te Uru exhibition - Giorgio Griffa (b. 1936)
Jul 2, 2025

Detail from Canone Aureo, 2016

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Jul 2, 2025
Exhibition Statement - July Seminar 2025
Jun 29, 2025
Exhibition Statement - July Seminar 2025
Jun 29, 2025
Read More →
Jun 29, 2025
Studio Progress June 2025
Jun 28, 2025
Studio Progress June 2025
Jun 28, 2025
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Jun 28, 2025
The Painterly and the In-Between - Peter Shand p132-149
Jun 27, 2025
The Painterly and the In-Between - Peter Shand p132-149
Jun 27, 2025
Read More →
Jun 27, 2025
Featured
Exhibition Statement - July Seminar 2025
Jun 29, 2025
Exhibition Statement - July Seminar 2025
Jun 29, 2025
Read More →
Jun 29, 2025
Lit Review 4 - The Value of Painting: Notes on Unspecificity, Indexicality, and Highly Valuable Quasi-Persons - Isabelle Graw
Jun 9, 2025
Lit Review 4 - The Value of Painting: Notes on Unspecificity, Indexicality, and Highly Valuable Quasi-Persons - Isabelle Graw
Jun 9, 2025
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Jun 9, 2025
Lit Review 3 - Reassembling Painting - David Joselit
May 26, 2025
Lit Review 3 - Reassembling Painting - David Joselit
May 26, 2025

Julie Mehretu, Empirical Construction, Istanbul, 2003, ink and acrylic on canvas, 10 x 15’

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May 26, 2025
Seminar - April/Autumn 2025
Apr 21, 2025
Seminar - April/Autumn 2025
Apr 21, 2025
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Apr 21, 2025
Lit Review 2 - March 2025
Mar 24, 2025
Lit Review 2 - March 2025
Mar 24, 2025

Agnes Martin, ‘Little Sister’, 1962

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Mar 24, 2025
Lit Review 1 - March, 2025
Mar 24, 2025
Lit Review 1 - March, 2025
Mar 24, 2025
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Mar 24, 2025
Exhibition Statement Nov 2024
Nov 26, 2024
Exhibition Statement Nov 2024
Nov 26, 2024
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Nov 26, 2024
Key Questions Assignment, October 2024
Oct 25, 2024
Key Questions Assignment, October 2024
Oct 25, 2024
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Oct 25, 2024
Exhibition Statement, September seminar, 2024
Sep 17, 2024
Exhibition Statement, September seminar, 2024
Sep 17, 2024
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Sep 17, 2024
Practice Statement
Sep 17, 2024
Practice Statement
Sep 17, 2024
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Sep 17, 2024
Exhibition Statement - July Seminar 2024
Jul 14, 2024
Exhibition Statement - July Seminar 2024
Jul 14, 2024

Tapis 3

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Jul 14, 2024
IMG_2110.jpeg
Jun 14, 2024
Unpacking a Critical Text
Jun 14, 2024
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Jun 14, 2024
IMG_6949.jpeg
Apr 30, 2024
Seminar - April 2024
Apr 30, 2024
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Apr 30, 2024
Cy Twombly, ‘Untitled’ 1954
Mar 4, 2024
Q&A Considerations
Mar 4, 2024
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Mar 4, 2024
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Studio Progress June 2025
Jun 28, 2025
Studio Progress June 2025
Jun 28, 2025
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Jun 28, 2025
Studio progress - June 2025
Jun 11, 2025
Studio progress - June 2025
Jun 11, 2025
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Jun 11, 2025
Studio Progress May-June 2025
Jun 9, 2025
Studio Progress May-June 2025
Jun 9, 2025
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Jun 9, 2025
Sewing Machine drawing - May studio time
May 19, 2025
Sewing Machine drawing - May studio time
May 19, 2025
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May 19, 2025
IMG_0236.jpeg
Apr 13, 2025
Studio Progress - March/April 2025
Apr 13, 2025
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Apr 13, 2025
Studio visit Dan Arps and Glen Snow March 6th & March 17th, 2025
Mar 6, 2025
Studio visit Dan Arps and Glen Snow March 6th & March 17th, 2025
Mar 6, 2025

Judith Scott, Untitled.

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Mar 6, 2025
Studio Progress - February 2025
Mar 5, 2025
Studio Progress - February 2025
Mar 5, 2025
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Mar 5, 2025
Studio progress Sept/Oct 2024
Nov 17, 2024
Studio progress Sept/Oct 2024
Nov 17, 2024
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Nov 17, 2024
Studio Progress - July/Sept 2024
Sep 17, 2024
Studio Progress - July/Sept 2024
Sep 17, 2024
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Sep 17, 2024
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Jun 10, 2024
My week at DEMO - June 2024
Jun 10, 2024
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Jun 10, 2024
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May 3, 2024
Natural Dyes
May 3, 2024
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May 3, 2024
Van Gogh, marks
Mar 22, 2024
Studio progress - mark making
Mar 22, 2024
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Mar 22, 2024
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Exhibition Statement - July Seminar 2025
Jun 29, 2025
Exhibition Statement - July Seminar 2025
Jun 29, 2025
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Jun 29, 2025
Seminar - April/Autumn 2025
Apr 21, 2025
Seminar - April/Autumn 2025
Apr 21, 2025
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Apr 21, 2025
Exhibition Statement Nov 2024
Nov 26, 2024
Exhibition Statement Nov 2024
Nov 26, 2024
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Nov 26, 2024
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Oct 7, 2024
Seminar - September 2024
Oct 7, 2024

Penelope by John Roddam Spencer Stanhope, 1849

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Oct 7, 2024
Exhibition Statement, September seminar, 2024
Sep 17, 2024
Exhibition Statement, September seminar, 2024
Sep 17, 2024
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Sep 17, 2024
Exhibition Statement - July Seminar 2024
Jul 14, 2024
Exhibition Statement - July Seminar 2024
Jul 14, 2024

Tapis 3

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Jul 14, 2024
IMG_6949.jpeg
Apr 30, 2024
Seminar - April 2024
Apr 30, 2024
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Apr 30, 2024
Te Uru exhibition - Giorgio Griffa (b. 1936)
Te Uru exhibition - Giorgio Griffa (b. 1936)

Detail from Canone Aureo, 2016

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Gallery visitsKaren CovicJuly 2, 2025
Exhibition Statement - July Seminar 2025
Exhibition Statement - July Seminar 2025
Exhibition StatementsKaren CovicJune 29, 2025
Studio Progress June 2025
Studio Progress June 2025
Studio ProgressKaren CovicJune 28, 2025
The Painterly and the In-Between - Peter Shand p132-149
The Painterly and the In-Between - Peter Shand p132-149
ReadingKaren CovicJune 27, 2025
Hugo Koha Lindsay, Mineral Spirit, Envy Gallery, Wellington, 19 June - 19 July 2025.
Hugo Koha Lindsay, Mineral Spirit, Envy Gallery, Wellington, 19 June - 19 July 2025.

Hugo Koha Lindsay

Script no 8. reordered and annotated, 2025

graphite compound and synthetic polymer on cotton duck

1390 x 1520mm

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Artists of Interest, Inspiration, Gallery visitsKaren CovicJune 25, 2025
Selection of Artists of Interest - installation ideas
Selection of Artists of Interest - installation ideas

El Anatsui, Focus, 2015.
Aluminium and copper wire, 284 x 304 cm.

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Inspiration, Artists of InterestKaren CovicJune 23, 2025
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