Get a sneak peek of the talented local artists who took part in the BOP Open Studios 2025.
Inspired by the rhythm and richness of nature, Jacqui’s mixed media work celebrates the beauty of ocean life, natural textures...
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Lynda Soutar creates small-scale indoor sculptures that celebrate the textures and rhythms of the natural world. Working with reclaimed materials...
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Shona Moller is an established contemporary artist with a professional career spanning over 25 years. Renowned for her large-scale, richly...
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Millie Pidwell is a full-time muralist based in Te Puke, known for transforming blank walls into meaningful, nature-inspired art. She...
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Suzy Granger is the ceramic artist behind Slab Ceramics, a practice that blends functionality with expressive hand-built form. Working across...
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Based in Mount Maunganui, Mandy Williams is known for her joyful, expressive oil paintings and her long-standing commitment to creativity...
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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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Constanza Briceno creates richly layered abstract paintings that celebrate memory, emotion, and the beauty found in imperfection. Her acrylic works...
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David Henderson is a painter and printmaker with a deep-rooted passion for woodblock and lino printing. A graduate of the...
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Acrylic and watercolour artist Jen Wills captures the magic of coastal living through soft, joyful scenes inspired by her surroundings...
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Stella Clark is a Mount Maunganui-based artist known for her large-scale mixed media works on wood and canvas. Her art...
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Working from her small, lovingly renovated studio at the Mount, Elizabeth Wood paints landscapes that pulse with colour, movement, and...
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Emma Davie’s paintings are raw, intuitive, and emotionally resonant, an abstract expression of her deep connection to the land, the...
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This warm and welcoming family studio brings together three generations of creative women, each offering a unique perspective and medium....
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Janet Fox is a mixed media artist with a love of texture and unusual raw materials. Tears, rips, splashes and...
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Jen Stewart is a contemporary abstract expressionist painter based in Papamoa. Working mainly with acrylics, she creates vibrant, layered works using...
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Kim Fifield is a Mount Maunganui-based visual artist working at the intersection of science, sustainability, and art. With a practice...
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Kristin Hyde is a full-time mixed media and resin artist whose colourful, uplifting work is inspired by flowers, sailing, and...
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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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Rebecca Mathews is a botanical oil painter based in Papamoa Beach. Her delicate floral works are created with layers of...
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Rob McGregor has been a professional artist since 1999, living and working from his home opposite the ocean in Mt...
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Stacey Moore is a Papamoa-based abstract artist known for her bold colour palettes, intuitive layering, and expressive mark-making. Using Golden...
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Tony Barnett is the creative force behind Copper Poppa, a Mount Maunganui-based artist who transforms recycled copper into sculptural and...
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Arlene Foster is a self-taught jeweller and silversmith whose work combines technical skill with playful exploration. Working primarily in silver,...
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Deb Clarke is a bold and expressive watercolour artist known for her grand-scale floral works and vibrant depictions of native...
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Jenny Tollemache is a joyful abstract artist whose work is driven by colour, texture, and playful experimentation. Painting intuitively in...
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Katja Pott is a multidisciplinary artist, bookseller, and storyteller. Her work spans painting, sculpture, garment design, poetry, and photography. Each...
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Nicola Welten is a Tauranga-based expressionist artist whose work radiates joy and vibrancy. Inspired by English-style gardens and New Zealand’s...
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Shona Mackenzie is a mixed media artist working primarily with water-based paint, collage, ink, and drawing materials. Her expressive, intuitive...
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Lynn Ross is a ceramic artist whose organic, textured forms are inspired by the natural world. Working with heavily grogged...
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Lynn Isherwood is a ceramicist and painter whose creative practice is grounded in tactile exploration and imaginative expression. Her handbuilt...
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Isaac Weston transforms reclaimed metals into contemporary artworks that explore light, texture, and patina. Drawing inspiration from natural patterns and...
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Born in the Netherlands and based in New Zealand since childhood, Christie Cramer is recognised for her bold and vibrant...
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Doreen McNeill is an abstract painter whose intuitive process brings emotion, spontaneity, and reflection to the canvas. Working primarily in...
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Tracy Stamatakos is a Tauranga-based photographic artist known for her quietly powerful work that explores light, texture, and time. Using...
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Te Haunui Tuna is a contemporary Māori artist whose work explores the rich intersection between tradition and pop culture. His...
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Andrea Green is a mixed media artist whose practice centres around portraiture, while also embracing a wide creative range. From...
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Now at home in Aotearoa New Zealand, with South African and British roots, Angela Maritz is an established full-time artist...
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Anna Solich’s art is a raw and honest extension of her inner world, an expressive, emotion-driven practice that shifts between...
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With over three decades of experience working in clay, John Roy is a celebrated New Zealand ceramicist whose hand-built earthenware...
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Donna Lipinski’s work is a celebration of New Zealand’s coastal beauty, expressed through two distinct and highly original styles. Her...
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Joyce van der Lely is a mixed media artist whose whimsical, illustrative work brings together reclaimed materials, intuitive expression, and...
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Lois Parish Evans is an award-winning mixed media textile artist whose work explores the extraordinary in the everyday. Influenced by...
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Malcolm Bowling’s work captures quiet, fleeting moments of the natural world, whether it’s the stillness of a rural landscape, the...
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Robyne Dowdall is an emerging multidisciplinary artist based in Tauranga, working primarily with clay to create functional, textured vessels rooted...
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Eight artists from the Incubator Creative Hub will showcase their work, offering a diverse range of styles and mediums. Nick...
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Sorren Groshinski is an experimental artist working across a wide range of mediums, from bold woodblock prints and acrylic portraiture...
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Tracey Finch is a Tauranga-based painter whose work captures fleeting, ordinary moments with tenderness and nostalgia. Through expressive paintings, she...
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Vicki Fraser is a contemporary New Zealand artist whose work captures the beauty of life’s often-overlooked moments. Through a painterly,...
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Originally from Ireland and now based in Wellington, Patrick Barry joins Bay of Plenty Open Studios 2025 as our Guest...
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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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Known for her vibrant, expressive style, Sue MacDougall creates bold and colourful works using acrylics, oil pastels, and pencils. Her...
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Lynne Brown creates deeply emotive and visually captivating landscapes that reflect both the strength and softness of the natural world....
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Gill Brodie is a fine art photographer and digital artist whose work seamlessly blends the traditional and the experimental. Her...
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Alison Brain creates original welded sculptures for both indoor and outdoor spaces, incorporating an intriguing mix of materials such as...
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Debbie Tipuna is an award-winning illustrator and visual artist whose richly detailed gouache paintings reflect a deep connection to Aotearoa....
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Alison Brain creates original welded sculptures for both indoor and outdoor spaces, incorporating an intriguing mix of materials such as...
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Jacki is a mixed media artist driven by curiosity, constantly exploring methods, textures, and the materiality of art. Her creative...
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Jo Tricker fuses art and science. Working with kiln-formed and torch-shaped glass, her sculptural practice explores themes of social anthropology:...
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Karen Miller is an American-born acrylic painter now based in Maungatapu, Tauranga. Her work captures the quiet wonder of natural...
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Michelle Clair is a painter and photographer with an international background, having lived and worked in South Africa, Zimbabwe, the...
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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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Ulemj Glamuzina is a contemporary mixed media artist whose work exists in the space between abstraction and figuration. Known for...
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Lynley McMillan is the ceramic artist behind Kaimaiblue, a rural studio inspired by the ever-changing colours and textures of the...
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After retiring, Brian discovered a deep passion for oil painting. His work explores the expressive potential of this richly versatile...
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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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John East brings the vivid beauty of Aotearoa’s natural world to life through bold, expressive acrylic paintings. His work features...
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Pamela Lines is an abstract watercolour artist whose work is deeply rooted in her environment at Waihi Beach. The sea,...
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Graham Young paints the essence of Aotearoa’s laid-back lifestyle, capturing nostalgic, often-overlooked corners of New Zealand in oil on canvas....
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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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Robert Murdoch creates retro-futuristic art under the name Enjin Art, breathing new life into reclaimed metals and salvaged materials. His...
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Sas Pearce is a multidisciplinary artist whose tactile, nature-rooted practice spans ceramics, textiles, and printmaking. Working with clay, natural fibres,...
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Yana Meech is a self-taught artist based in rural Katikati, where she paints from her home studio surrounded by animals...
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