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‘My heart is in here’  ‘Give me your beautiful, crumbling heart’ – Kae Tempest This show is a collection of precious wearable objects – as precious as all the feelings we have in a day, an hour, a moment. These are sculptures that you can put on, wear close to your body as protection in softness, or a thousand stitches holding together the many pieces of us like an armour of acceptance. Some of them are small like a talisman. Others are larger, with silk velvet cushions that nestle into your chest or rib cage. You can hang them on the wall when you need a reminder that there are ways to protect ourselves at the same time as showing...

Superwā was conceived by the artists as a space where wāhine creativity flourishes, a realm originating from the state of potential that is Te Kore. Manifested from Superwā, this show presents each artist’s distinct sculptural language as a group installation. The works engage with and extend architectural features, working in dialogue with the site to provoke productive tensions between the ephemeral and the enduring. Resonating with the Māori new year, these sculptural conversations encourage contemplation of multiple perspectives and endless possibilities. SIOBHAN WOODING (Te Atihaunui-a-Pāpārangi) Instagram: @siobhanwoowooTeam up, 2025-ongoing. Nylon and recycled Polyester fill. For Siobhan, sculpture is a form of whakapapa building, a process of connecting and relating materials together. Team up takes this idea literally. Through modular sculptural-units,...

Emily Mahoney is a recent graduate from Massey University, completing herBachelor of Fine arts (with Honours) in 2025. Emilyʼs practice exploresabjection, body horror, and the human bodyʼs capabilities. Using latex, humanhair, makeup, and molding and casting bones, Emily's sculptures haveuncanny resemblances to the human body while simultaneously feeling alienand peculiar. Her works are strange and uncomfortable, yet soft and inviting,provoking the audience to question if they should care for these creatures or reject them

Llyr Williams is a Te Whanganui-a-Tara based multidisciplinary artist and designer.“The Lyall Bay Flotsam and Jetsam collection” is an exhibition of furniture and small sculptures based and designed around disregarded objects found at Wellington’s surfing hot spot, Lyall Bay. Llyr’s process is largely Influenced by working within limitations; having a pre-existing object as a starting point and using this archetype to inform the design and character of a new work. In this new series, Llyr plays with the notion of perceived value and presents a discussion about true value and what is deemed valuable by society. This dialogue is presented in the context of its surroundings at Hunters and Collectors, a place that, like Llyr’s work, deals with how and...