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THE VITRINE : Waikato's tiniest INSTALLATION SPACE


Andrea du Chatenier Dancing Death
Meliors Simms Punctuated Equilibrium

THE VITRINE showcases contemporary fine and applied artists from the waikato and nationally. it is the waikato's tiniest contemporary art space

Current feature artist:

Whispers in the ears of saints: Jane Siddall's elaborate contemporary boxed embroidery. 27 January - April 2012

Past exhibitions

  • THREE CIVIC TOWERS: Gareth Williams' works often investigate the way we look at urban structures we are accustomed to seeing and considering them more as signifiers of place and identity. 29 OCTOBER 2011 - JANUARY 2012                 
  • THIS IS NOT AN VITRINE, THIS IS AN OCEAN: Jim Vivieaere collaborates from across the great Ocean of Kiva.  1 August -October 2011
  • DANCING DEATH WITH INTERCHANGEABLE HEADS by Andrea du Chatenier 16 April - 28 August 2011. Andrea du Chatenier presents a woolly version of death.
  • TE AO HURIHURI by Eugene Kara 5 November 2010 – 11 April 2011.  Tainui feature artist celebrating Ngaa Pou Whenua
  • PUNCTUATED EQUILIBRIUM by Meliors Simms. 31 July - 31 October.  A site-specific multi-media installation investigating 543 million years of adapation and extinction.
  • GINGER  by The Underwater Collective. 22 October 2009 - 7 March 2010. In true Underwater style, this promises to be a collaborative installation not to be missed
  • e.c. BY SHELLEY NORTON: 18 June - 18 October 2009. e.c. is one of the many sculptural works by artist and jeweller, Shelley Norton.
  • LEST WE FORGET ANZAC FEATURE INSTALLATION Concept by Thomas Amos. 24 April - 14 June 2009. An installation of objects and images in commemoration of the fallen.
  • FAMILY SECRETS: An installation by Emily Rumney. 30 January 2009 - 20 April 2009, unsettling dioramas based on archival family photographs, that suggest all may not be as wholesome as it appears.
  • DELICATE FORMS Celebrating the Pottery of Robert (Bob) Hislop b.1930 d.1998, 18 October 2008 - 25 January 2008. Waiclay, the Waikato Museum and The Heritage Gallery proudly present the works of Robert Hislop.
  • RIDICULOUS SUBLIME: Works by Gregor Kregar. 26 July - 12 October. More than just glass gnomes, they represent magic, mystery, science and the ridiculous.
  • AUTOMATA THREE: An installation by artist Simon Nicholls. 11 June - 18 July. Is it still drawing or art if computer technology has had a hand in it's construction?
  • TOWARDS ANOTHER SUMMER an installation by the 2008 ANZAC invited artist, Georgina Watson. 23 April - 1 June 2008
  • DEIRDRE AIREY Artist in clay - works by the late Dr Deirdre Airey
  • THE WAIKATO RIVER Glass works by Colleen Ryan-Priest
  • THE RECLAIMED KETE SERIES Recycled harakeke forms by Donna Campbell
  • LINEOUT Hei tiki made from Gilbert rugby balls by Jodi Tautari
  • ESPERANZA Traditional Uruguayan aluminium embossing by Maria Isabel Farinasso
  • MEMORIAL A glitter carpet installation by Mark Curtis, contemporary art honouring the memory of those who fell in the many campaigns of the Great War.
  • TRANSLUCENT Cast Glass Works by Ann Robinson from the Collection of Ron Sang, Architect, art collector and publisher privileges us with his collected works by one of Aotearoa' pioneering and noted cast-glass artists, Ann Robinson.
  • SHARED STORIES Tom and Wailin Elliott works in ceramic and wood. 14 October - February 2008
  • Three buildings and a Squirrel Drama is multimedia installation by ex-patriate artist Nicky Deeley. 9 February - 20 April 2008