Current Exhibitions

Big Small (Annual Show)
24th November 2025 to 4th January 2026
Opening night
Thursday 27th November, 5–6:30pm

Closes 12:00 PM, Sunday, 4th January 2026
Duration 6 weeks

Genre – Mixed
Brief –

We’re excited to welcome you to the Big Small Exhibition
Showcasing the creativity and talent of 13 Aotearoa Artists.
This exhibition is a celebration of the playful scale of artwork, one large and one small artwork is exhibited by each artist. This is a vibrant exhibition of a contemporary artists across NZ.
✨ All welcome
Come along, explore the work, and support our talented artists of Aotearoa

Featured artists:

Carmel Boone

Erin Kelly

Hannah Schickedanz

Hikurangi Edwards

Hollie O’Neill

Jen halli

Jocelyn Friis

Justin Kite

Katie Stewart

Kelly Laurence

Michelle Hepburn

Selena kitchen

Tony Harrington

ASPIRING ARTISTS

nil – pending funding

Please contact us if you would like to make a contribution or sponsor the exhibition program
enquires@thecollaborationnz.nz

Upcoming Exhibitions for 2025

Big Small (Annual Show)
24th November 2025 to 4th January 2026

2026 Calendar

Maunga to Moana
5th January to 15th February 2026
Closing soon
“Undersized” 16th February  to 29th March 2026 Open Call
ReCreate Exhibition
30th March to 10th May 2026
Open Call
Contemporary Fibre 11th May to 21st June 2026 Open Call
A New Journey begins 22nd June to 2nd August 2026 Open Call
Bright & Bold
3rd August to 13th September 2026
Open Call
4 week – Taranaki Schools exhibition
14th September to 11th October 2026
Opening soon
TBC
12th October – 22nd November 2026
Open Call
Big Small
23rd November 2026 to 3rd January 2027
Open Call

Previous Exhibitions

Taranaki schools Exhibition 2025
To Paint With Light Exhibition 2025
ReCreate 2025
Forest and Fauna 2025
The Way Back Home  2025
Big Small 2024 to 2025
Ink and Etch 2024
Taranaki Schools Exhibition 2024
Bright and Bold 2024Contemporary Fibre 2024
UNDERSIZED – Smalls 2024
Paper Rain Art/Nature 2024
ReCreate 2024
New Light 2024
Big Small – Annual Show 2023/24
FORM – Sculpture and instillation 2023
Taranaki schools Exhibition 2023
Bright and Bold 2023
Taha Hinengaro – Mental Health Matters 2023
TATA – Taranaki Art Teachers Association 2023
Ultra Violet 2023
40 over 40 Photographic Exhibition by Helen Joy 2023
ReCreate Recycled Art 2023
Big Small 2022/23
Bright and Bold 2022
Taranaki Schools Exhibition 2022
All about Oils 2022
Deep in the Ngahere 2022
Contemporary Fibre Art 2022
INK Printmakers of Aotearoa  2022
Pasifika 2022
To Paint with Light 2022
Big small 2021
Artists of Taranaki 2021
Taranaki Schools exhibition 2021
Street Art 2021
Taha Hinengaro 2021
Into the Scape 2021
Surreal 2021
ReCreate 2021
Printmakers of NZ 2021
Big SMALL 2020
Kanohi ki te kanohi – Portrait Exhibition. Supported by Creative Communities NP 2020
PERSPECTIVE  Taranaki Schools Exhibition 2020
Capsule collection 2020
Summer Edition 2019
Spring Edition 2019
Winter Edition 2019
Autumn Edition 2019
The Summer Holiday Edition 2018/19
Spring Edition 2018

I am interested in exhibiting with The Collaboration