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THE VITRINE : Waikato's tiniest INSTALLATION SPACE


e.c. by Shelley Norton
by Donna Campbell
by Maria Farinassa

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

Current Feature

CLOUDS : by John Roy. 13 March - 25 July 2010. Tauranga ceramic artist John Roy presents his first exhibition at the Waikato Museum.

next feature artist:

PUNCTUATED EQUILIBRIUM : 31 July - 7 November. An installation of handmade books by Meliors Simms.

 

Past exhibitions

  • 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 jeweler, 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 of 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