The Bay of Plenty Garden and Art 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.
Clive Armstrong constructs distinctive sculptures that are cleverly crafted from recycled metal and panel steel. His humorous and quirky creations...
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Isaac Weston is a full-time artist who uses acids, salts, and sunlight to reveal copper’s hidden character. His vividly patinated...
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Rob, like everyone else, is multifaceted, having a range of abilities and pursuits: an occasional painter, regular tutor with regular...
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Bold, bespoke creations crafted in recycled copper by Copper Poppa — some practical, some decorative, and all unapologetically imaginative. A...
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Alison Blain is one of New Zealand’s most beloved jewellers. Renowned for her timeless, feminine, and sophisticated designs, she blends...
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Lynne Brown creates beautiful and emotional artworks inspired by the natural landscapes around her. After pursuing art full time later...
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Best recognised for her bold, vibrant use of colour. Christie’s work seeks to uplift, conveying the positive energy experienced through...
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Paula Knight is a painter with a deep appreciation for Aotearoa’s natural world. Originally trained in botanical painting, she now...
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Pamela Lines is an abstract watercolour artist. She lives at Waihi Beach where her work is influenced by the sea,...
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Sue Mac Dougall is a renowned artist celebrated for her vibrant, bold, and flamboyant works. Each piece serves as a...
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Using predominately NZ Kauri timber Kevin hand carves highly realistic sculptures of clothing and every day objects reflecting the kiwi...
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Angela’s striking pieces explore aspects of the natural world and the complex mental process of storing memories that often shape...
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Annie & Celia regularly collaborate in the studio and their works range from serene and atmospheric seascapes to dramatic landscapes....
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Tracy Stamatakos creates works that blur the boundaries between photography, drawing, and painting. Using single-capture long exposure techniques, she paints...
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Elevate your garden with Art of Outdoors, where recycled scrap metal is transformed into stunning sculptures. From delicate birds to...
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Nicola’s Bethlehem studio and gallery is a light airy space designed to show off her colourful expressionist paintings that are...
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RusticMetalArt is a family-run business located in Whakatane, specializing in crafting metal art products to enhance your home and garden....
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Step into Back Studio, the creative haven and home to resident artist Jacki Barklie. Here you’ll discover a gallery-style art...
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Mandy creates fun, modern, stylised portraits and figurative works that merge Pop Art influences with realism. Working in oils and...
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Lynda Soutar creates small-scaled mainly indoor sculptures that celebrate textures and rhythms of the natural world. Working with reclaimed materials...
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Jenny’s paintings revolve around gardens and flowers with botanical emphasis in both watercolour and oils. This year I will show...
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Heather Wratt creates sculptural felted pieces. The tactile and organic nature of felting with wool suits her work. As a...
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Dee Callaghan is a Papamoa Beach based artist working in acrylic mixed media. Her practice embraces ever changing themes, allowing...
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Vicki Fraser finds joy in creating art that treasures moments and adds a special touch to spaces. Using oils, her...
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Shona Moller, a professional artist for over two decades, boasts a remarkable career with sell-out solo exhibitions in London. Renowned...
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Ngāti Ranginui, Ngai te Ahi. Harley Moore, BFA Whitecliffe. Rather than manipulating natural materials, he uses industrial materials to make...
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Brian is a self-taught artist based in Ōmokoroa. He paints in oils and is drawn to the expressive possibilities of...
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Inspired by her love for nature, Monica transforms seashells into delicate jewellery trays using the art of decoupage. Each shell,...
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Rebecca is a botanical artist. She creates paintings that bring a sense of calm and peace. Using multiple layers of...
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Meg Gaddum’s studio sits on the edges of Ohiwa Harbour where she paints abstract in oils & mixed media (collage,...
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Experience the artistry of Donna Lipinski from Coastal Vision. Explore her mesmerising abstract seascape mixed media pieces, adorned with delicate...
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In retirement Christine’s ceramic hobby has become her full-time passion. She lovingly hand makes colourful pieces for people to enjoy....
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Ulemj Glamuzina is a contemporary artist whose practice explores emotion, memory, and presence through expressive, intuitive mark-making. Working primarily in...
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Jen Stewart’s abstract paintings are immersive expressions of colour, movement, and the vitality of life. Working intuitively, she builds layered...
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Yana lives in rural Katikati, with her family and myriad of animals, a self taught artist preferring to work with...
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Art is one of my happy places. As you will see I love to create. Creating brings me joy, that...
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A returning participant in the Garden and Art Festival, this vibrant collective showcases a selection of works from members. From...
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The Pyromaniacs is a close-knit group of friends united by a shared passion for pottery and glass. They actively support...
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Patrick Barry is an Irish-born sculptor based in New Zealand, known for his work in stone, bronze and large-scale public...
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Tauranga Lyceum Art Group is a group of ladies who meet every Monday morning to paint, encourage one another, and...
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Maureen Fell’s intuitive paintings explore feminine energy, nature, and inner healing through portraiture and expressive abstraction. She uses flowing hair,...
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Meet Flossiphy, a talented watercolour artist and pattern designer. She brings her enchanting watercolour art to life by digitising it...
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Abigail Perano paints semi-abstract landscapes inspired by a craving for adventure, alongside a smattering of florals. Using layered acrylics and...
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A NZ Artist based in the beautiful BOP. Along with a lifetime full of creativity and design, Angie’s career as...
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Beverley Pieters is the creative force behind Bluebird Ceramics and Pottery, where she has been shaping clay and exploring ceramic...
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Sue Stowell creates captivating outdoor sculptures inspired by the delicate beauty of dandelion seed heads, long associated with wishes and...
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Brenda Brickland is a Bay of Plenty artist inspired by the landscapes she moves between – Pukehina Beach and Whangamata....
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Deb Clarke is a local watercolourist whose work is inspired by her constant observation of the beauty of nature. She...
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Based in Papamoa Beach, Emma is an artist with over thirty years of painting experience. Her intuitive, emotive practice emerges...
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Emma Prill is a celebrated mixed media artist known for her vibrant, three-dimensional floral landscapes. Using painted and sculpted canvas,...
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Fiorella Silva Pérez is a Uruguayan–New Zealand artist based in Mount Maunganui. She works across painting and mixed media, using...
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Paulene Longley is a self-taught watercolour artist and surface pattern designer whose joyful, colourful style finds its way onto fabric,...
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Graham has built a reputation for creating realistic paintings that capture the familiar, yet often overlooked subjects found throughout New...
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Helen’s work is realistic in nature. Usually, some man-made feature is incorporated in a natural environment. She also enjoys depicting...
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Jamie Harkins is a multi-disciplinary Artist covering many themes and styles. It was his 3D beach art that put him...
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Jenny is an abstract artist working in mixed media and acrylic. She loves colour, shape, mark making and repetition. She...
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Katrina loves to work with detail and a touch of realism in the paintings, paired with negative space or a...
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Random Guy is an artist shaped by contrast, merging discipline with disruption. Influenced by his New Zealand upbringing and military...
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Sculptor, Logan Humphrey, draws inspiration from nature and recycled items. Logan loves upcycled rustic materials from yesteryear which bring joy...
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Handcrafted NZ-made metal art by Rustic Metal Art, featuring elegant corten steel garden sculptures, native bird designs and decorative outdoor...
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Lianne’s fascination with magnolias continues to deepen as she observes the extraordinary detail, colour, and activity within each bloom. Through...
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Lois Parish Evans is an award winning Mixed Media Textile Artist, who lives in Tauranga and exhibits locally and internationally....
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Lori Pittard is a painter and printmaker based in Pukehina Beach. Drawn to the subtle shifts of light and atmosphere,...
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Lucy Viechweg is an Etherealist oil painter who honours classical Old Master techniques with a contemporary spirit. Her work offers...
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Lynley McMillan is a ceramic artist inspired by the ever-changing colours and textures of the Kaimai Ranges. Working primarily with...
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Marion creates sculptural garden art from chicken wire, mixed metals, leadlight and mosaic. Her work transforms everyday materials into expressive...
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Michelle Clair is an award winning painter and photographer with an international background, having lived and worked in South Africa, Zimbabwe,...
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Add colour to your home and garden with beautiful ceramics by PH Pottery. Each piece is inspired by nature and...
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Ratree Sawat is an abstract artist known for bold textures, layered surfaces, and industrial-inspired forms. Shaped by years of travel,...
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Raye Catran grew up in rural Tauranga and has had an affinity with the native forest in the Kaimais from...
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Rhianna May is a contemporary figurative artist based in Mount Maunganui, Aotearoa. Working primarily in oil and pastel, her practice...
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Ryan’s furniture art transforms everyday materials into expressive, functional art pieces with energy, texture, and colour. Visitors to his workshop...
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Stella creates large-scale expressive mixed media paintings on canvas and wood. Bold acrylic brushwork combine with gestural oil stick mark-making...
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Sue is an award-winning contemporary abstract artist known for her vibrant and expressive paintings inspired by her garden and the...
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Timo works from his Mount Maunganui studio. He has worked full-time producing his iconic, wide angled and stylised creations for...
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Wendy’s art is inspired by nature’s beauty and people from other cultures. Using various mediums she creates unique textured work....
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The Symposium features 10-12 artists working on site and creating works for public and private spaces, plus a hosting pavilion...
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Tanya Paton is an intuitive abstract painter based in the Coromandel, New Zealand. Her work explores natural forms, light, colour,...
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Based in Tauranga, Helen Rejthar is a visual artist with a deep passion for florals and portraits. Working in her...
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Suzanne has been making garden Totems for about the last 5 years and has been a ceramic artist for the...
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