29 July - 21 August 2022
Fifty-seven aspiring artists entered Percy Thomson Gallery’s premier art competition for young and emerging Taranaki artists. The Emergence Award for Young Taranaki Artists 2022 is generously supported by the Taranaki Foundation, through the Taranaki Hauora Fund. The fund was established in 2018 in memory of Leon Squire, son of Kelvin and Carolyn Squire. Creativity is at the heart of the fund, with flexibility to support the hauora (well-being) of rangatahi (young people).
Taranaki artist Haoro Hond exhibits his latest artwork 'Tōku reo Tōku ohooho' in Gallery 2. Haoro is inspired by the generosity of the Squire family, the memory of Leon and believes in the funds ongoing purpose to encourage young creatives in our community. As a result, this work called ‘Tōku reo Tōku ohooho’ was born.
Emergence is a bi-annual event and was first held in 2018.
There are several cash prizes for different Categories, with the Supreme Winner receiving $2000, a special trophy created by Haoro Hond and a solo exhibition at Percy Thomson Gallery in 2024.
The judges for 2022 were Justin Jade Morgan (Puke Ariki) and Simon Gennard (Govett-Brewster).
To enter EMERGENCE the young artist must be born in Taranaki, live in Taranaki, or have attended secondary school in Taranaki and be aged 13 to 26 years on July 8, 2022.
EMERGENCE 2022 aims to empower and encourage the creative talents of young, aspiring and emerging artists from Taranaki, whilst providing a showcase for their works.
The exhibition runs from 29 July to 21 August 2022.
The Gala Opening event takes place on Friday 29 July, 6pm with Guest speaker Josh Hickford, CEO Taranaki Foundation.
There are several categories with prizes, including Painting, 2D Non-Painting media, Toi Maori, 3D, Photography and Secondary School level awards. This year there is also a Judges Encouragement Award and Director's Choice.
A People’s Choice Award will be decided at the end of the exhibition. You can vote onsite at Percy Thomson Gallery.
Percy Thomson Gallery Director Laura Campbell says it’s important to give young artists the platform to present their work, “Emergence is all about providing a rare experience for our young people to show their abilities” she says. “It allows young artists to see their work in a public gallery, and grow their creative confidence”.
Taranaki Foundation Chief Executive, Josh Hickford, says the exhibition provides a great platform for budding young artists to show their work. “We have a huge pool of creative talent in Taranaki and it is great to support the awards which provide an opportunity to showcase these young emerging artists.”
Supported by
in conjunction with
2022 Judges
Simon
Gennard
Assistant Curator, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery
Simon is currently an Assistant Curator at Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth. He looks forward to seeing the next generation of Taranaki artists having their moment to be celebrated at Percy Thomson Gallery in July.
Simon contributes to the Gallery’s exhibition and public programs including research into and presentation of the Govett-Brewster collection. Previously, he was Assistant Curator at Enjoy Contemporary Art Space, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, the 2017 Blumhardt Foundation / Creative New Zealand Curatorial Intern at The Dowse Art Museum, Te Awakairangi Lower Hutt and co-facilitated artist-run initiative MEANWHILE. His research interests include queer art and politics in Aotearoa and his writing has been published around Aotearoa and Australia. Simon holds a Master of Arts in Art History through Victoria University of Wellington
Justin Jade Morgan
Exhibition Component & Support Fabricator, Puke Ariki
With an open and inclusive approach, Justin has been involved in the creative sector for 20 years working as a curator, director and educator. Growing up in New Plymouth his interest for the arts developed through time spent; with local artists, working at the Govett Brewster Art Gallery and being the founding curator of Justart a local artist project that then grew into a national / international programme (JJMorgan and Co) for emergent/mid-career artists (2002-2014) New Plymouth/Wellington/Auckland, New Zealand.
His professional practice has seen him work for a number of organisations such as; Waikato Museum, Wallace Gallery, NZ Contemporary Arts Trust (Auckland Art Fair/Artweek), New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, W.I.T.T and the Learning Connexion to name a few.
Justin’s individual arts practice dovetails between group collaborations, individual pieces and extended projects. Developing performative pieces, installations, drawings, audio and photographic works that explore the relationship between physical objects and life as performance. His projects have featured in the Govett Brewster Art Gallery, The Dowse, Lopdell House Gallery (NZ), the Border Museum (Slovenia), Digital Fringe 08 (Melbourne), 3rd ‘Arhipelag’ International Contemporary Arts Festival (Solvenia & Italy), International Museum of Collage, Mexico and ‘ArtColle’, France with residencies and other temporary projects taking place in France, Germany, Slovenia, Australia and New Zealand.
Justin holds a Bachelor of Visual Arts, a post graduate diploma in Art and Design and a Master of Arts Management (Distinction). Bringing his wealth of knowledge and expertise back home, he is now an integral part of the Puke Ariki exhibitions team, working as an Exhibition Component & Support Fabricator.
Supreme Award Winners
Supreme Winner
and Photography Winner
in the Taranaki Foundation's Emergence Award
for Young Taranaki Artists 2022
Brett Morrison
'Somewhere South'
Brett Morrison
Age: 23
Artist Statement: This photography was taken from the side of the road during a trip around the South Island in January this year. A gloomy day somewhere near Hanmer Springs offered this point of view ona familiar rural scene in Aotearoa. I like black and white film as it reveals feelings and perspectives we can’t see with our own eyes. Captured using a Canon AE-1 and Kentmere pan400 film. One-off print and framing.
Somewhere South
Brett Morrison
Photograph, Film.
$650
Artworks listed with a price are for sale. (NFS = Not For Sale).
Judges Comments: This year’s winning entry is a quiet, evocative image, demonstrating a restraint and elegant use of contrast and deliberateness in its composition. The work demonstrates an intelligent understanding of scale and layering, as well as a sensitivity to the specific nature of film photography - Justin and Simon.
Runner-up
Supreme Award & 2D Non-Painting Winner
in the Taranaki Foundation's Emergence Award
for Young Taranaki Artists 2022
Melissa McCullough
'My Unconditional Memory'
Melissa McCullough
Age: 21
My Unconditional Memory. Made up of translucent layers of natural beeswax and resin rock, my work brings together the intricate solidities and memories held within portraiture. Through enkaustikos medium, this large-scale piece captures the emotion through tonal changes and artistic perception. An important figure built from fifty layers of brushwork and texture to identify a familiar face and characteristics held from only memory. Encaustic art involves honey bee materials derived from the pollinating workers of nature, and damar resin rock (obtained from hardwood trees). “Held within these layers are moments of healing for me. They unveil the half of me, that I received from my Mum. In this portrait, I see a woman of optimistim, vibrancy, radiance in beauty and personality. Lush romanticism indulges our senses and triggers moments of happiness. Your pottery exhibitions linger here, within the gallery walls. The belonging this piece has here, you lead me to enter and install. Enrapturing you forever in my life held in my memory. The path for an artist, you are the reason my passion is my identity. An art style respected and seen in the past as traditional. But this woman’s love was nothing but unconditional. Of you. For you.
In memory of Mum.”
My Unconditional Memory
Melissa McCullough
Encaustic
NFS
Judges Encouragement Award
in the Taranaki Foundation's Emergence Award
for Young Taranaki Artists 2022
Oliver Leuthart
'Lenox Linus'
Oliver Leuthart
Age: 26
I have always been intrigued by one-line-faces and the challenge of leaving the interpretation of the image ambiguous yet still representing the facial figures clear enough for viewers to ‘click’. My fascination with the juxtaposition of curves and edges drove the double superimposition of straight line on top of circles on top of soft edges. Big thanks to the old lady for the serving dishes to trace around. I had a windfall of red canvas from an awning replacement. The fiery but faded red inspired the colour ways of hot pink and yellow contrasted by the stark white and black in the foreground.
Lenox Linus
Oliver Leuthart
NFS
Judges Comments: We were struck by the bold, creative use of material, the distinctiveness of the mark making and the joyful use of colour in this work - Justin and Simon.
Director's Choice Award
in the Taranaki Foundation's Emergence Award
for Young Taranaki Artists 2022
Hayley Elliott-Kernot
'The Endless Cycle - Vanity, Greed, Ambition'
The Endless Cycle - Vanity, Greed, Ambition
Hayley Elliott-Kernot
Oil and Gold Leaf
Director's Comments: This artist shows great promise and is a budding young artist who deserves recognition from myself and the team here at Percy Thomson Gallery. It is a piece that keeps drawing me back in to look closer, observe and reflect. Thank you for sharing Hayley.
Hayley Elliott-Kernot
Age: 26
The Endless Cycle and Eventual Destruction – Vanity, Greed, Ambition. This work focuses on the
patterns in humankind that hold us back as a race and illustrates how the elite are often selected by breeding rather than suitability to lead. Vanity, greed and ambition turn the powerful away from the
welfare of those they have the means to care for and I can’t help but wonder, how far have we truly progressed? When I look around, I see a world that is entrenched in the very same corruptions that shaped the past. I see it in the environment, in poverty, in inequality, in the wealth divide, and war.
Can this change? Or will the cycle continue, just with a more contemporary façade and different faces? Admittedly, I am cynical about human nature and our ability to put the welfare of others over personal gain. Yet cynic or not, I must hope. We now live in a world with weapons that could cause our extinction and a habitat that is being destroyed, a world where an invisible line in the earth is enough for thousands to kill and be killed for, and where among those thousands, lay children.
I must hope, because to not hope would be to despair. I hope that there is a way we can evolve past these instincts, I hope in the power of community and kindness, and I hope in a future of safety, of equality, and of peace.
Category Awards
3D Winner
in the Taranaki Foundation's Emergence Award
for Young Taranaki Artists 2022
Lissa Lee
'The Self, In Public'
Lissa Lee
Age: 23
Walking along the steep suburban streets of Wellington, a flutter of paper caught my eye. On it, the figure of a superhero drawn by a child, a proud “Age 9” written in the corner. I began to wonder, is this drawing dearly missed; caught by the wind and snatched away? Was it “just another drawing” discarded by a parent? I began to search for these lost notes wherever I walked. Each gave me an insight into the life of a stranger. The limited context provoked questions and created narratives for the lives that passed me by, wrapped in everyday anonymity. We are blind to the people we pass on the streets, ignorant of the grief some carry, the milestones they celebrate; the banal and the extraordinary events of every day. This piece, “The Self, in Public” is a dedication to the little traces of us we leave in the world.
The Self, In Public
Lissa Lee
Mixed Media
$5,000
Toi Maori Winner
in the Taranaki Foundation's Emergence Award
for Young Taranaki Artists 2022
Molly McCullough
'Girl in Crowd'
Molly McCullough
Age: 17
This work is about loneliness and the feelings associated with it, positive and negative. There can be a sense of isolation with things like being excluded, feeling different from the masses, or being physically isolated from other people, hence the faded faces of the crowd depicted in my work, in contrast to the clearer, lone central figure. But there is a beauty hidden in this. I want to depict this
beauty, showing that being alone is not always a bad thing, and that the way you view it can change how it affects you. The way I have conveyed this piece can be viewed as sad, lonely, and that the figure is an outsider, or it can be viewed as beautiful solitude, strength, and that she is outstanding.
Girl in Crowd
Molly McCullough
Acrylic
⬤ SOLD
Toi Maori Runner-Up
in the Taranaki Foundation's Emergence Award
for Young Taranaki Artists 2022
Jamie Carr
'Bad Actions'
Jamie Carr
Age: 17
Expectation! What is it that’s expected from us? Some of us can carry this weight and ride through life...others not so. My work portrays that we are all learning, we are all experiencing life. Some of us take wrong turns....not expected! Not all of us are a perfect size! Some of us may experiment with illegal substances! Some of us may use drink to take us away from present troubles in our lives. None of this is planned. Life is a journey and we are all on it! Using paints, collage, images and words, I have represented these themes in my work.
Bad Actions
Jamie Carr
Mixed Media
$90
Winner
2D & Secondary School Winner
in the Taranaki Foundation's Emergence Award
for Young Taranaki Artists 2022
Jan Alyssa Lamberte
'Spiralling'
Jan Alyssa Lamberte
Age: 17
I find the human anatomy to be fascinating and hard to fully comprehend. Even though it is hard
to understand i still find it absolutely beautiful. I sometimes forget to be grateful for the things that
my body lets me do. I can walk to places and see the beauty of the world; I can talk and have conversations about surreal things with other people; I can sleep and feel absolutely alive the next morning, and most importantly I can make art with my own two hands. It also gives me the ability to feel.
When I’m happy I get to express that joy through laughter and when I am angry I get to express that through screams. I find it quite beautiful how our body allows us to do all these things. This work is my abstract representation of the human body.
Spiralling
Jan Alyssa Lamberte
Acrylic
$200
Judges Comments: We were impressed by the strong, bold handling of figuration and abstraction. The work demonstrates a skillful, subtle use of colouration and tone, with expressive brushwork and a sense of playfulness and curiosity.
- Justin and Simon.
Runner-Up Secondary School
in the Taranaki Foundation's Emergence Award
for Young Taranaki Artists 2022
Robyn Thorpe
Age: 16
$280
Sometimes it feels like the world is moving too fast. It feels like everyone around you is rushing to get things done, to finish school, get a job, start a family. Do you ever wish you could just slow down? Be alone until the waves of chaos around you start to settle? With this painting I tried to capture the feeling of relaxation and to relief you experience when you find that place or person. Personally this painting makes me open my mind, there are so many possibilities when it comes to the back story… where? Why? When?
Robyn Thorpe
'Sanctuary'
Third-Place
Secondary School Section
in the Taranaki Foundation's Emergence Award
for Young Taranaki Artists 2020
Ava Hashemi
'A Light From Within'
Ava Hashemi
Age: 13
People remind me of stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.
A Light From Within
Ava Hashemi
Charcoal
$450
Josh Hickford, CEO Taranaki Foundation:
"The detail of this work is phenomenal for an artist who is just 13 years old! There is so much to look at and I keep going back to see it. Incredible achievement for such a young talent."
Finalists
Photography
Jorge Copplestone
Photography $180
Jorge Coplestone
Age: 23
I grew up in the rural parts of Taranaki. My job gives me an awesome opportunity allowing me to take my camera with me wherever I go.
I work alongside stock as a shepherd. Beacause of this I was able to start my own small photography business called Wallagophotography.
Kadee Bunn
Age: 17
Having grown up in the Taranaki landscape all my life, this photograph captures what I view each day - Mount Taranaki during mid-spring and the calving season. The essence of light and tone celebrates where I am from.
Kadee Bunn
Photograph $70
Ash Kenny
Photography
NFS
Ash Kenny
Age: 18
I am currently in my last year of high school at Francis Douglas Memorial College and second year studying photography. I am working on my second board this year which requires three
boards worth of photos centered around a specific theme. My theme is woolsheds and farms. During my first photo shoot I noticed a pīwakawaka (fantail) following me around. I thought using the shutter at its fastest speed would be a good way to capture it.
Emma Kuriger
Age: 18
With this photograph, I want to show others how I see the world. This is the view that I would see many times when I would go to and from my house. I took a picture that captures the landscape that I see each day. This work invokes a feeling of calm and happiness for me and I wanted to share it with others as well. Throughout my years of doing photography I have come to see that the sky is never the same and always changing.
Emma Kuriger
Photography $150
Ash Locker
Age: 18
The photograph was taken of my sister’s pond. I enjoy taking photographs of nature and anything that shines. I am presently working on a series of images called the ‘Movement of Time’. My camera is taking me on an inspiring journey. Capturing the movement of water within ponds, the ocean and rivers. It’s amazing what you see when you really look.
Ash Locker
Photography $86
Kendra Meuli
Photography
$75
Kendra Meuli
Age 16
Kendra Meuli
Age 16
Photographing key moments. My aim each time I go out to shoot, is to capture beauty around me, constantly evolving overtime. The colour and shadows give the delicate flower a strong, dramatic feeling. How beauty can be strengthened from within.
Denby Scott
Photography on ACM
$800
Denby Scott
Age: 17
I am passionate about astrophotography, almost every clear night I go out to take photos,
sometimes with my telescope set up on my own front deck. I have worked a casual job at bunnings to fund my equipment and to set myself up to study at Canterbury university next year. This piece is my most recent one, taken from Lake Mangamahoe between 9 and 11 PM in early May. The image is a panorama, meaning several images were taken over the course of two hours and digitally stitched together for a wide field of view and increased detail. It is also one of my favourite images so far, I feel it effectively expresses the peaceful calm I experience amongst the landscape. I love capturing stories in the stars. Almost everyone has a memory related to the sky and it’s endlessly
interesting to learn about. The image features a few commonly known constellations including Scorpius - rising on the left and the pointers & southern cross - Above the tree, along with several grand nebulae and star clusters.
Amy Taunt
Age: 26
This photograph was taken on the wild Wairarapa Coast at Castlepoint. I have visited most of this coastline from Ngawi to Akitio. On different visits this tree caught my eye, on my most recent visit I found that the tree had been washed away by the sea. This photograph was part of a square landscape series that I did where I overlaid texture in photoshop and saturated the colour to give them an antique look.
Amy Taunt
Photography
$150
Painting
Jack Perkins
Age: 21
‘Oh, I’ll sort it out later. But later never comes’ - Dave Malloy. Reflections on my relationship with avoidance. Ignoring problems until they become overwhelming. I let sleeping dogs lie until they eventually decide the outcome for me. This painting was done with acrylic paint on canvas.
*Jack Perkins was our Supreme Winner for EMERGENCE 2020.
Jack Perkins
Acrylic
$850
Oliver Foy
Acrylic
NFS
Oliver Foy
Age: 15
I am a 15 year old student at New Plymouth Boys High School. I love art and I also love to surf, skate and play football. My artwork merges my style of painting and nature. New Zealand’s scenery is very beautiful with picturesque beaches, rocky mountain ranges, and stretches of lush green bush. Having grown up in the lovely region of Taranaki I think it is extremely important that we recognise natures fragility and beauty. I believe we must do our best to protect it. I have tried to represent this with a collage of drawings showing the land, sea, and sky. My self portrait represents my own place, in helping preserve its beauty. Painting is new to me and I chose to use this medium because of the beautiful textures and blending you can create. I’m honoured to take part in this competition and I think it is a great opportunity for emerging artists in Taranaki.
Louis Newton
Age: 19
Your voice. Shhh ... close your eyes and listen carefully. You were once the voice of someone who was afraid. The voice of someone who believed they had no hope. The voice of someone who couldn’t speak. The voice of one who had become encapsulated by society with no escape. Life weighing heavier and heavier crushing the soul from within until life is no longer bearable. Until life and your surroundings become numb and tears begin to rise. The body becomes full with memories of hurt, regret, pain and trauma until the tipping point. The deep rich blue flows from within letting go of the past to focus on the present, focussing on taking just one step forward and feeling all the weight of what once felt impossible to overcome weeping down your body and grasping hold of this newfound feeling, Freedom.
When you have no voice… Close your eyes and listen closely, feel the emotion pour out from within. For I am your voice.
Louis Newton
Acrylic on Ply
$1750
Crystal Ammundsen
Acrylic, Resin
NFS
Crystal Ammundsen
Age 13
This piece is about how the ocean is part of us. Water is part of our life force, we are made up of mostly water. I like to visit lookouts in New Plymouth to view the ocean. It makes me feel like the water is a part of me. When I hear the ocean crashing I feel at peace, and I hope others feel peaceful when they look at this artwork.
It is modeled after a beach I saw in Auckland. That beach stuck in my memory because the sand was warm but the ocean was stormy, In a way I felt like I was lost at sea.
I was inspired by my friends mother who was working with resin and making a beach-themed campervan. I made this piece alongside her and she helped me master the resin. I really liked the finished result. It took forever to dry and it was really hard not touching it while I waited.
Sarah Goodman
Oil on canvas
NFS
Sarah Goodman
Age: 18
Depression and dreams. These two seemingly different concepts converge in the work of Taranaki artist, Sarah Goodman. The artist conjures up images that play with ideas of depression as a way to reveal a little of what a mental health struggle can be. While one in four of us will experience a period within the spectrum of mental illness, there is so much stigma or lack of understanding about what it means. We often find it hard to articulate it’s impact on our daily lives or the immense impact it has on our loved ones. Contrast this with dreams, a vague and fluid space of possibilities or an aspirational goal somewhere in the future. This conversation is prevalent in my work. In this painting I invite you to see the world from my perspective. The grey cloud is haunting, the same feeling you get when suffering from mental illness. Being surrounded by these harsh realities, I turn to my family and dreams as inspiration for my work. Using oil paint I create a window for you all to experience what I see. My escape.
Katie Coplestone-Tipler
Acrylic
NFS
Katie Coplestone-Tipler
Age: 26
(Above)
Created to commemorate those who fought in WW1 and WW2. To achieve this final result i used acrylic paint infused with opium oil. Lest we forget.
Crystal Gryshchuk
Age: 16
(below)
This rose means everlasting love. Give this rose as a token of everlasting love or to show your everlasting love together.
Crystal Gryshchuk
Watercolour
NFS
Hannah Hitchcock
$500 each
Hannah Hitchcock
Age: 17
This diptych portrays two interrelated scenes, each representing twisting forms of man vs nature. They’re contrasting. The left painting features two mirrored forms each in their contorted movements, as well as in the water. I took the idea of a mirrored form of different substance as well as the looming cliff faces from Salvador Dali’s ‘Metamorphosis of Narcissus,’ The right painting depicts a giant mass of entwining tendrils and human faces ensnaring small figures against a heavily condensed landscape. This piece is meant to be full of movement. This diptych is striking, as if the viewer was struck in the face by the writhing mass of colour and composition. I play with scale, colour and composition, the difference in height adding to the impression of size and power difference. I was heavily influenced by the great pieces of surrealism when creating these artworks, focus on symbolism, perspective and the disrupting of classical form.
Napier Loveridge
Acrylic
⬤ SOLD
Napier Loveridge
Age: 17
I have been studying different cultures and religions. The Norsemen were mighty invaders. Vikings are preceived to be violent, piratical heathens or as intrepid adventurers. Conflicting varieties of the modern Viking myth has taken shape by the early 20th century. Current popular representations of the Vikings are typically based on cultural clichés and stereotypes, complicating modern appreciation of the Viking legacy. My favourite medium to use is acrylic. I enjoy the freedom of trying different brushworks, using the paint freely. In this work there is a strong use of colour, showing the power and strength of the invaders.
Nina Hoeta
Age: 17
(Below)
My work evolves through doodling and mark making. When drawing the ‘Decanter of Light’ I noticed how the light through the window highlighted the cut glass and reflected colours in and around the objects. Sometimes I don’t always plan my work....it just evolves.
Nina Hoeta
Acrylic
$75
Lydia Morresey
Acrylic
$85
Lydia Morresey
Age: 17
My work is inspired by René Magritte and the mystery of his famous 1928 painting ‘The Lovers’. In his work the two figures faces are covered in a white cloth; their true identity hidden intentionally by the artist. Who are they? In the end, who are we? My work also refers to female identity. To create this work I have used coffee, paint and collage.
Bridget Mestrom
Acrylic
NFS
Bridget Mestrom
Age: 24
A floral study captured in the evening.
Wes Milne
Age: 24
Vermin is inspired by my relationship with my pet rat who passed away at the end of last year and a life lesson he taught me. As a younger queer, gender diverse young person I felt like it was easier to not take up space. Not be noticed or visible, and it felt like that’s what some people wanted from rangatahi too, for us to be there but not be ‘feral’. Learning to love and celebrate a rat taught me that we all deserve an authentic and loud existence. It also taught me that queer, gender diverse rangatahi can be visible and we are loved. The vermin and bugs in my painting are things that people say are gross but illustrated as colourful vibrant critters because they’re all magical in someone’s eyes - they’re also all angry too because we’re allowed to be angry for the negative spin people direct at us and how that can impact us.
Wes Milne
Acrylic
NFS
Stella Munro
Acrylic
$85
Stella Munro
Age: 17
I enjoy painting figurative work with colour and fluidity. My paint moves on the surface to evoke a feeling. A lot of my work is inspired by the artist, Alexandra Levasseur. I also love to portray nature in my work. At times I question my abilities. The theme of feeling uncertain or insecure are often portrayed in my art. Painting allows me to express myself, feeling a sense of calm when I create.
Jodi Naik
Acrylic
$6,500
Jodi Naik
Age: 25
Hononga translates to union and connection. I created this as a reminder that under all of our differences and unique life paths, we are all the same - and through connection with one another we are stronger. I am also inspired by navigation, exploration, light, the stars and natural elements. These are explored within my work.
Nancy Yu
Age: 15
(below)
This is one of my school assessments so I did add in some artist model features like the dripping building. Everything else is original. The dragon, building and girl in hanfu clothing represent my chinese heritage. The building is from Palace Museum in Beijing, which I have visited. While there I also remember seeing the Nine Dragon Wall. So basically, this is a big ‘mash up’ of my favourite symbols from my culture and I used acrylic paint to achieve this. I want to be that little girl under the umbrella.
Nancy Yu
Acrylic
NFS
Esme Pease
Acrylic
NFS
Esme Pease
Age: 14
(Above)
This painting is of an octopus (hopefully thats clear!) Swimming around, completely oblivious to the fact that there are humans on land, polluting our earth. He has quite a bit of character about him and is rather friendly.
Blake Tanner
Oil
⬤ SOLD
Blake Tanner
Age: 22
There once was a gentleman, who thought to think. Deeper everyday he would sink. He pondered and dreamt of all he could, never stopped to question if he should. Riches and wealth, success and fame from dawn to dusk was all the same. Time marched on but there he stayed. Trapped in his mind, drowning in thought.
George Newton
Age: 19
The title, If eyes could speak was inspired by the aspect that every one views things in trough their own eyes, so everyone’s eyes speak to tell a different tale, though no story is a wrong story in those eyes…. Just different, telling a different story to each of those who pass by this painting. The painting was done on acrylics on marine ply, it was done with a mix of drawing, palette knife and brush work.
George Newton
Oil on ply
$795
Adair Valentine-Robertson
Acrylic
$2000
Adair Valentine-Robertson
Age: 23
I allow myself to imagine my ancestors’ spirits in a combination of myths and creatures. Here, worlds cross as a bird falls from the sky, into a turbulent sea. The seabird looks into the waves as she crashes. Expressing how we can’t control where we fall, but we can heal sometimes in little ways. By glimpsing small moments of peace. It’s comforting to paint in the spirit of distant relations. It brings them close, and lifts me up. I use patterns and portals to reference the interconnected nature of memory and winding realities. With all the unknowns of the past, it is fitting to personify it with the mysterious qualities of eels. Tuna have always come into my life in special moments. Since I was younger, they have only become more beautiful as I learn more about them.
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Opunake High School Students, with support from Tutor Haoro Hond
1) Jezzhara Churchill, Age 13 2) Kodee Ngaia, Age 14 3) Fred Oliver, Age 14
4) Mytalia Cassidy-Whaipu, Age 15 5) Jahryl Anderson, Age 13 6) Marama Mohi, Age 17.
3D
Portia Roper
Embroidery, collage and paper
NFS
Portia Roper
Age: 20
My intention for my work was to explore the idea of mixing breeding animals in my own way by creating my very own species/ creatures. I did this by collaging from source books which I collected overtime. From there I cut and pasted animal body parts and stitched them together. People described this as being a very Frankenstein way of making these creatures. Throughout the time making these I really enjoyed the playfulness these works became as I named them all with their own incredibly unique name. I was heavily influenced by Patricia Piccinini who is by far my favourite artist. Most of Patricia’s work investigates the possibility of doing the wrong things for the right reasons. Patricia explores integrating abject genetically modified mutation, evolution, implications both being negative and positive frightening things and comforting things. For my works I want to make creatures which have never been seen before. I always wonder why a lizard cannot have an emu’s body, why cannot an antelope have a butterfly wing with a whale tail and an emu head. To me that is fascinating, I wish that were a real animal. I explored both ideas of creating these creatures as 2D and 3D which I really liked how each of them worked. If I were to talk about my creature Burton, what would he eat? How does he move and walk, does he fly? Does he live in the sea? What noise does he make? All these questions are now there for me to decide.
Emma Goodin
Age: 15
After visiting a well known tourist attraction I was inspired to create a sculpture based on my experience. I used a range of materials and extended my techniques learnt in school to complete this - my second diorama. I’m excited to share this work with friends and family. I have noticed that when viewed it takes people on their own journey around the ideas of who lives in the house in the hill.
Emma Goodin
Sculpture
NFS
Maddie Buchanan
Maddie Buchanan
Age: 15
I started with a lump of clay. From there, with experimentation of shino glazes, It took shape. The sculptures embrace our differences.
⬤ SOLD
2D (Non-Painting)
Elisha Black
Age: 19
This piece represents me. How far I’ve come since I moved out of home. How my talents and capabilities have expanded. It represents my true self.
Left Home, Left the Comfort Zone
Elisha Black
Acrylic, Collage, pen
$250
Briana Blake
Age: 25
My drawing is representative of a young woman as she breaks through from her past to blossom into a new life. So many young women search to find themselves, feeling isolated and trapped. I wanted to demonstrate the freshness of a new beginning as she emerges into womanhood.
Briana Blake
Pencil, Drawing on paper
NFS
Asher Forbes
Digital Drawing
$55
Asher Forbes
Age: 16
I create anime style art. The characters in my work are created from my imagination. I work through my ideas developing storylines and events, mainly digitally. I am currently creating my drawings and paintings on my tablet. Enjoying the process and I’m proud of the results that it creates.
Kaylee Fouche
Age: 16
This painting was done by the 22nd of October 2021 while I was working through some challenging times in my life. I used my art as a way to escape reality and turn my heartache into something beautiful. Colour has always been a way to communicate through my art. The slate blue and dark shadows surrounding the figure tells a story of feeling trapped in my own mind. The scribbled lines indicate voices and screams in my own thoughts.
Kaylee Fouche
Digital Painting
SOLD
Kassie Geerlings
Black pen, drawing
$150
Kassie Geerlings
Age: 15
As a person with autism I already struggle with socialising. I struggle to find common interests with other people especially in this generation where social media is normalised. It brings a lot of judgement, controversy and arguments. The World is changing for better or for worse. I personally feel like I don’t belong in New Zealand and want to move away. It’s strange, New Zealand is a beautiful country but I feel I don’t fit in here. This drawing is a bit of a representation of these feelings. Sometimes I feel insignificant like a butterfly but then again they are gentle and kind. Sometimes I feel as excited as a cat, but also lazy and not good enough. I feel like a lost teenager, and that is who I am, along with many others feeling the exact same at my age. That’s part of growing up and life as a whole.
Leah Harre
Acrylic, pen
NFS
Leah Harre
Age: 15
This artwork is my way of showing the beauty of hunting. My piece has 3 elements. The horse who sits on the white paper displays the pure class and beauty. The hare watching, alert for the hounds and horses. Better yet waiting still, blending in with the environment ready to run at any moment. The hound, all happy and talked about with years of breeding sitting on the newspaper everyone sees. This piece shows the beauty and respect for these animals. Hunting is special to me. I love spending the day riding, jumping and chasing hare with the hounds but still giving the hare a sporting chance.
Cassia Krumm-Jury
Pastel
NFS
Cassia Krumm-Jury
Age: 16
Hierarchy - positions of power most commonly held by men. Are women’s opinions taken seriously? Or are their words twisted by men who want to hide their misogyny, and seen progressive? This piece shows that women’s opinions are often oppressed even when they are in the highest of positions.
Brilee Oakes
Age: 17
‘Where have all the women’s magazines gone?’ is a part of my Level 3 Art board. The theme of my board is ‘Women’s evolution in reverse’ showcasing going back in time from the 1970’s to 1950’s. Located in the 1970’s, this piece poses the question ‘Where have all the women’s magazines gone?’ showcasing that as women have evolved and broken out of the stereotypical female role to become more independent, the women’s magazines have lost their target market of the “house mouse”. The woman is in black and white because society still expects her to fill stereotypical roles. The colours and patterns surrounding her represent all that she knows and all she can become.
Brilee Oakes
Collage, Mixed Media
NFS
Ben Payne
Coloured Pencils
NFS
Ben Payne
Age: 17
My work aims to show the beauty I see in cars. I started drawing cars from a young age. I’ve learnt different techniques from other automotive artists and incorporated them in with my own style. I take my time with drawing, ensuring I do the car justice. Attention to detail is very important to me. I try to make it as realistic as I possibly can. Sometimes I take my mother’s passion for mid-century design which I have grown to love and incorporate those design styles into my drawings. This particular drawing is of a 1966 Lamborghini Miura p400 S. I’ve put this work together with coloured pencils, alcohol markers and a small amount of paint. This car is one of the most iconic super cars of the 20th century, designed by Marcello Gandini for Ferruccio Lamborghini. With a timeless design, the Miura today is a show stopper and classic car enthusiasts’ dream.
Jessica Taunt
Age: 24
This year I decided to try a new embroidery technique, so I gave crewel work a go. I find birds fun to stitch and decided on a pheasant because of their colours. This is the largest and most complex embroidery I have done.
Jessica Taunt
Crewel Embroidery
$250
SUPREME WINNER EMERGENCE 2022, Brett Morrison photographed on Opening Gala Night next to her winning artwork 'Somewhere South' (2022) film/photograph. Brett took home the Winner's trophy (graphics by Haoro Hond), $2,000 cash prize (kindly supported by Taranaki Foundation, through the Hauora Fund) and a solo exhibition at Percy Thomson Gallery in 2024.
Congratulations to ALL Winners and Finalists of the Taranaki Foundation EMERGENCE Award for Taranaki Artists 2022.
Exhibition runs 29 July - 21 August.
We look forward to holding this exhibition again in 2024, with our Supreme Winner Brett Morrison having her first solo exhibition in Gallery TWO.
Mā te wā,
- Laura, Amy and the PTG team
GALLERY TWO
The Emergence Award for Young Taranaki Artists 2022 is generously supported by the Taranaki Foundation, through the Taranaki Hauora Fund. The fund was established in 2018 in memory of Leon Squire, son of Kelvin and Carolyn Squire. Creativity is at the heart of the fund, with flexibility to support the hauora (well-being) of rangatahi (young people). Haoro is inspired by the generosity of the Squire family, the memory of Leon and believes in the fund’s ongoing purpose to encourage young creatives in our community. As a result, this work called ‘Tōku reo Tōku ohooho’ was born.
Haoro Hond explains the meaning behind the title of his artwork:
“The title ‘Tōku reo Tōku ohooho’ refers to Leon. In Te Reo Māori there are no ‘L’s or ‘N’s’ in our alphabet, so by converting the ‘L’ to an ‘R’, it ultimately changes his name to ‘Reo’. Leon reawakens me through this piece, its’ his reawakening within me. That’s the belief of finding self-empowerment to create art. Tōku reo Tōku ohooho.”
Haoro Hond (Taranaki, Ngā Ruahinerangi, Te Āti Awa, Ngai Tāmanuhiri). placed Runner-Up for the Emergence Award in 2020. His waharoa / gateway entitled Te Whatawhata Ā Rangi featured recently at the Festival of Lights: Winter Pop-Up in New Plymouth. Haoro is an established artist doing great mahi in Taranaki and a strong advocate supporting our rangatahi to be creative at an early age.
Tōku reo Tōku ohooho
Haoro Hond (2022)
Acrylic on framed MDF
$13,000
Ngāruahine Toi Collective, Wananga with Haoro Hond
Ngāruahinerangi iwi held a series of five workshops (Wānanga Toi) with Haoro Hond. The objective was our pahake (adult) sharing our history with rangatahi (youth) and let them interpret these stories in their artworks. This collection of paintings reflects some of the significant history and events and looking to the future of Ngāruahine; Te Hīkoi ki te Waipounamu, Titokowaru, Ngā Parāoa and Tiro Whakamua. Haoro Hond invited Ngāruahine Toi Collective to display their pieces alongside his major work. According to the Artist, the final results of these workshops demonstrate ‘the importance of art and investing in our community to become artists. This collaboration from start to finish has resulted in a strong display of Toi Māori.
He reo anō te toi, he toi anō te reo │ Our artform is another language, our language is another artform.
Kawa Whakanake Ora
Poua te Patutu
Nga Poi
Te Hikoi ki te Waipounamu - Tamatea
Tiro Whakamua
Tītokowaru - Guardian of Te Ngutu o te Manu
Tītokowaru
Nga Paraoa
