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Artist Expression of Interest

Artists

Our festival will showcase an exciting mix of local, national and international artists. The artists will display a wide range of mediums such as sculpture, jewellery, ceramics and paintings with a myriad of inspirational content. Check out some of our talented artists from the 2022 Festival below.

Harley Moore – Metal Sculptor

Harley Moore has been a practicing artist for over 20 years now and in 2012 he moved from painted images...

Liezl

Liezl’s fine art paintings embrace nature, songs, poems, bible scriptures, butterflies and beautiful blooming flowers. She loves painting different coloured...

Cook Islands Tivaevae Group Tauranga

The Cook Islands Tivaevae Group will be at to the Bay of Plenty Garden & Art Festival for the first...

Neilson Studio

With acrylic paints, Ross produces bright and colourful art of New Zealand in stylised realism. A common theme is capturing...

Jo-anne Halls/BeJo

Award winning Milliner Jo-anne Halls shows her bespoke raceday/wedding hats showing the art of millinery with a modern twist. Taught...

Melody Downie – NO LONGER IN FESTIVAL

Due to unforeseen circumstances Melody Downie and her beautiful art will no longer be in this year’s festival. If you...

Tauranga Cake Decorators Guild

Cake artistry is a natural fit with gardens, as floral themes are some of the most popular choices for decorated...

Coral Noel Yang

Coral Noel Yang is a multidisciplinary painter based in Auckland. She specialises in expressive figurative and abstract paintings with oil...

Robin Purllant

Robin’s paintings and artworks tell stories and the visual use of words are often an important element in the way...

Fibre Floozies

The Fibre Floozies are a group of four women who have been creating with felt for a number of years....

Alexandra Catriona Holmes

Alexandra Catriona Holmes is a Tauranga artist/illustrator, and former secondary school art teacher. In her exhibition she presents an intimate moment...

Ninette Kruger Metal Art

Tauranga metal artist and photographer Ninette Kruger specialises in one-of-a-kind handcrafted botanical and ocean-inspired metal art for discerning nature-lovers. Her...

Zoe Sizemore

Originally from Northland, Zoe went on to study Graphic Design at Auckland University’s Elam School of Fine Arts, graduating in...

Shona Moller

Shona Moller has been a professional artist for more than twenty years. She has had sell-out solo exhibitions in London...

Vicki Fraser

Vicki Fraser is an abstract-realist artist living in Tauranga, where she works in oils and acrylics creating works with a...

Kristin Hyde

Kristin is an Auckland-based intuitive mixed media and resin artist who creates from a place she calls her ‘inner being’....

Susan Brauchli

Susan has been creating exquisitely detailed bronzes for more than 35 years. Some 10 years ago, a client brief led...

Talitha Rosanne Brauchli

Talitha began painting birds when her brother found a little thrush fledging hopping around the garden. Now over twenty years...

Malcolm Bowling

Malcolm Bowling is a celebrated South African artist with a focus on wildlife oil paintings and lifelike pencil drawings. With...

Dee Callaghan

Early experimentation with varied mediums at ArtsPost, Hamilton, led Dee on her path of discovery. Developing her own personal style –...

Heather Wratt

Heather is a creator of sculptural felted pieces. The tactile and organic nature of wool suits the way she likes...

Sarah Barton-Hills

Sarah paints to inspire connection, provoke thought of how we spend our lives, and how we prioritise our time and...

David Henderson

David is both an artist and art teacher. His environment and community play an important part in the artwork he...

Tony Dawson

Tony has been creating oil on canvas works for around 20 years. His current focus is on producing low key...

Tauranga Porcelain Artists

The art of painting on porcelain goes back many centuries and lends itself to a variety of techniques and styles...

Sarah Ferris

Sarah’s paintings come from a joyful place, as her way of responding to the beauty of creation and bringing some...

Jenny Coker

Jenny is a professional artist painting botanical and portrait in watercolour and oil. Flemish style still life at small scale...

Lynda Soutar

Lynda lives in Papamoa where she crafts metal sculptures. She uses reclaimed material where possible and is influenced by nature...

Heidi Borchardt

Heidi Borchardt is an Aotearoa artist who explores many mediums, but always returns to her love of painting. Over the...

Mandy Williams

Local artist Mandy Williams is back with a new series of artworks celebrating ‘play’ with a 70s twist and Palm...

Matthew Brauchli

Matthew Brauchli is fascinated by wildlife. As a kid he spent hours reading books, watching documentaries, and observing any fauna...

Jacki Barklie – Back Studio

Back Studio is a unique art nexus where resident artist Jacki Barklie makes art, runs workshops, and collaborates with inspiring...

Wayne Vickers

Wayne Vickers is a realism landscape and seascape artist based out of his studio in Papamoa. Working from either his...

Estelle Withy – NO LONGER IN FESTIVAL

Due to unforeseen circumstances Estelle Withy and her magnificent art will no longer be in this year’s festival.

Angela Maritz

Angela Maritz fills gaps on walls with art that fills hearts with joy. The intention behind her art is for...

Lynne Brown

Lynne has been seriously painting for many years and has continued to prove popular as consistent sales – locally, nationally and internationally...

Rhianna McCormick-Burns

Rhianna May is a contemporary Artist, living in Papamoa Beach. Intricate and distinctive with an ethereal tRhianna May is a...

Paula Knight

Paula Knight has a background in watercolour botanical painting and now paints mostly NZ coastal sea/landscapes in acrylic. “I love...

Tracy Stamatakos

Tracy Stamatakos is an editorial, commercial and fine art photographer who is highly regarded for her simple, stylish imagery. Her...

Gill Brodie APSNZ

Gilly is a semi-professional photographer, a digital artist and professional gold medal award winning fine art printer. Her passion is...

Rob McGregor

While Rob has painted images based on overseas travels, his paintings tend to be centred on his life, places he...

Isaac Weston

Isaac Weston is a local artist whose design process incorporates fire, water, air and acids to reveal the hidden aspects of...

Lee Kleiman

Lee is a contemporary abstract landscape painter inspired by an aesthetic of imperfection. Her paintings are a celebration of well-worn, weathered surfaces...

Clive Armstrong

Clive Armstrong’s distinctive sculptures are cleverly crafted out of recycled and panel steel. His work is exhibited exclusively through the...

Tauranga Lyceum Club Art Group

From its genesis in 2008, the Tauranga Lyceum Club Art Group is still going strong, with members (old and new)...

Nicola Welten

Nicola is a local expressionist artist with a love of exuberant, colourful palettes. Inspired by a love of flower gardens...

Fay Thomson

Fay began painting over 20 years ago and enjoys painting a wide variety of subjects in either watercolours or oils. She...

Art of Outdoors

Scrap metal and old engine parts fashioned into sculptures. Art of Outdoors, headed by Samantha Steel, is a Tauranga business...

Annie Sale & Celia Baunton – Deux Femmes

Atmospheric landscapes dominate the work of Annie and Celia who regularly share studio time. Guided by intuition and a fascination with light,...

Shaun Ryan

Shaun paints beachscapes, seascapes, native plants and birds using acrylics on canvas. He likes to be involved in all parts of...

Dave Roy

Dave could best be described as a ‘consistently erratic artist. Exhibiting for 30+ years: consistent in production but erratic in...

Jane Elizabeth Rochester

Jane is ‘Bubala Creations’ a self-taught fluid resin artist with a background in surface pattern design. Jane uses resin to...

Bethlehem Pottery Club

Since 1975 Bethlehem Pottery Club has offered a creative hub and learning space for men and women of all ages...

Paula Petherick

New Zealand-based artist, Paula Petherick, crafts masterpieces using fine art photography. Her incredibly detailed pieces are enriched with textures and...

Angela McKenzie

In 1998 Angela took a night class in watercolour, later her tutor exhibited works by the students in an early...

Jeanette McCraken

Jeanette has been painting for more than 20 years – the past three as a full-time artist. She specialises in...

Kevin McCardell

A Sculptor with 30 years’ experience, Kevin hand-carves NZ kauri timber into highly realistic sculpture. Items of clothing and everyday objects...

Linda May

Chainmaille artist Linda May uses ancient techniques to create modern designs that are guaranteed to mesmerise. She has more than...

Sue Mac Dougall

This full-time artist is recognised for living life loudly through the use of three different art mediums, namely encaustic, cold...

Pamela Lines

Pamela is a Waihi Beach-based watercolour artist who endeavours to reduce the image of her environment to the simplicity of...

John East

John’s artwork is a collaboration of New Zealand birds, flowers and horses. He finds by using acrylics he is able...

Peter Cramond

Peter Cramond’s name features prominently in the Bay of Plenty art scene and beyond. More than three decades as a...

Christie Cramer

Christie Cramer is best known for her love of vibrant colour. Her work is organic and multilayered due to the use...

Tauranga Society of Artists

Tauranga Society of Artists is the Bay’s largest group of vibrant local artists. The artists have worked hard throughout the...

Stephanie Brebner

Stephanie Brebner has a great love for the outdoors, and nature is her main inspiration. She especially loves trees and...

Alison Blain

Tauranga’s Alison Blain is recognized as one of New Zealand’s best-loved jewellers. Her designs are timeless, feminine and sophisticated. Using...

Cooper Poppa

Copper Poppa (Tony) has had a passion for copper all his life. That passion started when he made planters for...

Anne Bailey

Anne has always loved pattern and colour and her work is an exploration of these. She has studied botany, zoology...

Lianne Adams

Lianne Adam’s Art is collection created, designed and produced in New Zealand. Lianne is a Kiwi artist who celebrates her...

Jacqui Van den Berg

Jacqui’s WILDHEART STUDIO, with its tropical island vibe, is an exciting new, purpose-built creative space nestled amongst banana trees, an abundant vegetable...

Tauranga Woodcrafters Annual Show

Welcome to a hall that’s full of wood art, garden art, demonstrations of carving, wood turning, painting and scroll sawing...

RusticMetalArt

RusticMetalArt offers all sorts of goodies for the garden, outdoor BBQ areas and home décor too. That range includes firepits,...

Janet Collenette

Janet Collenette has been painting fine art murals since 2011. Her unique style of illustration is based on shape and...

Jo Tricker

“I am fascinated by glass – by its ability to transform itself from a solid to a liquid and back...

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