Current Exhibitions

To Paint With Light Exhibition
26th June to 3rd August 2025

Opening night Thursday 26 June 2025 5-6.30pm
Closes 3rd August 2025 – 12pm
Duration 6 weeks

Genre – Mixed
Brief – To Paint With Light brings together an inspiring line-up of photographers who use light as their brush and the lens as their canvas. This curated collection explores the evolving art of photography across both contemporary and traditional forms.

Featured artists:

Bella Foster · Catherine Cattanach · Charlotte Curd · Derek Hughes · Mel Waite · Olivia Boulieris · Rebecca Kempton · Robyn Morrison · RoOm · Samantha Matthews · Sarah Good · Tracy Stamatakos

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

Bright and Bold (Annual Show)
4th August 2025 – Sunday 14th September 2025
Taranaki schools Exhibition
16th September – Sunday 13th October 2025 (4 weeks)
TATA – Taranaki Art Teachers Exhibition
13th October 2025 – 23rd November 2025
Big Small (Annual Show)
24th November 2025 to 4th January 2026

2026 Calendar

Maunga to Moana
5th January 15th February 2026
Open Call
ReCreate Exhibition
15th February to 29th March 2026
Open Call
TBC
30th March 2025 to 10th May 2026
Open Call
“Undersized”
11th May to 21st June 2026
Open Call
Contemporary Fibre
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

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 2024

Contemporary 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