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Welcome to
ARTSELECT GALLERY
This is more than an art gallery. It’s a friendly place where a community of new and old friends of the gallery can come to enjoy the pleasure of viewing and collecting a variety of works of art by our amazingly talented artists.
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Address:
19A Osborne Street
Newmarket
Auckland 1023
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Also please like and follow us on Facebook (ArtSelectGallery) and Instagram (artselectgallery)
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Subscribe to our guest list to receive invitations to exhibition openings at this link:
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Opening Hours:
Tuesday - Friday 10:30 am - 4:00 pm
Sat -Sun 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
By Appointment:
Contact Ngaire on +64 21 415 449
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If the Gallery is closed and you would like to purchase any works of art then contact Ngaire on 021 415 449 for a special viewing.
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Our web site is updated regularly so please return to see more updates as we make progress with our window to the creative world of our amazing artists.
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Mother & Son
Judy & Oliver Curnow
Upcoming Exhibition
Win a Devonshire Tea and Garden Walk at one of Auckland's premier gardens, Addenbrooke Gardens, by attending our next exhibition opening. Judy & Oliver Curnow are traveling from the South Island and will be at the opening of their "Mother & Son" Joint Exhibition. Join us and share a glass of wine and light refreshments to celebrate the amazing work they have created.
Date: Tuesday 24 September 2024
Time: 6pm - 8pm
Venue: ArtSelect Gallery, 19A Osborne Street, Newmarket
Judy Curnow
Judy's style is impressionism, bordering fauvism, enhancing the colours and tones of the natural world. Painting mainly landscapes Judy finds this genre invigorating and reaches into the core of her imagination as an artist. She is fascinated with light and its constantly changing effects.
Meeting Tim Wilson, one of New Zealand's most acclaimed landscape artists in 2009 changed her life. After viewing Judy's work Tim offered to mentor her and take her work to another level.
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The amazing years spent with Tim enabled Judy's paintings to get to the level where they featured in his own exclusive gallery in Queenstown. As the value of Judy's paintings increased, so has her global profile and her work has become highly sought after in New Zealand and abroad.
Painting full time from her studio in Akaroa, Judy draws inspiration from her surroundings. In her studio, Judy translates these observations from her life and selects her subjects with an eye attuned to their shape, colour, pattern and texture. She instinctively places these into balanced arrangements that reveal her renowned ability as a colourist and her confident eye for design.
Within her detailed paintings Judy wishes her work to give the viewer a sense of happiness and wellbeing, beauty and abundance as our world needs so much more of that.
The works of art on display can be previewed on this web page:
https://www.artselect.gallery/judy-curnow
Oliver Curnow
Oliver skillfully navigates the interplay of light and shade, reveling in the art of juxtaposition and contrast. This dynamic is evident not only in his motif selection, it can also be seen in his adept use of two and three-dimensional aspects. His approach is nuanced, balancing a naive charm in certain elements with the precision of hyperrealism in others.
Each of Oliver's pieces is a labour of love, requiring months of dedication to meticulously layer multiple transparencies and achieve a truly distinctive aesthetic.
"I prefer to work in oils. The medium allows for incredible depth, and I love how it can glow and shine differently with the changing light of the day," he remarks.
Oliver's art emphasizes the allure of imperfections—broken glass, chipped paint, and discarded objects become focal points, intentionally highlighted for their unique beauty. "Everyday life's overlooked details can be remarkably beautiful, especially when illuminated just right."
His works provide a subtle commentary on the urban decay of our world, juxtaposing the glossy debris of aimless consumption against older structures in need of continual upkeep and love.
Having spent considerable time painting with and studying under the late Tim Wilson, Oliver seamlessly incorporates learned techniques into his art, evident in his sky work and masterful color blending. Each piece is not just visually captivating but also an exploration of the complex nuances within our ever-changing world..
The works of art on display can be previewed on this web page:
https://www.artselect.gallery/oliver-curnow
Contact me, Ngaire, on any of my contact details below to register your interest to purchase any of these works of art before the opening.
Kevin Dunkley
Solo Exhibition Now Showing
We are very excited to invite you and your guests to the opening of Kevin Dunkley's Solo Exhibition.
Date: Tuesday 20 August 2024
Time: 6pm - 8pm
Venue: ArtSelect Gallery, 19A Osborne Street, Newmarket
Kevin Dunkley
Kevin's retro subconscious trips back to his childhood, via his landscape paintings, have taken on a fluency that reflects the accumulative years of dedication to paint.
Despite sell-out exhibitions, Kevin remains grounded, "I started out not having a clue what to do or how to do it but by experimenting I have found a style I enjoy and I have become part of my paintings."
Still non-specific; they are invocations of a mood rather than true recordings. Reminded of a place (or time) viewers often feel a strong and personal connection to specific paintings.
The works of art on display can be previewed on this web page:
https://www.artselect.gallery/kevin-dunkley-1
Contact me, Ngaire, on any of my contact details below to register your interest to purchase any of these works of art before the opening.
We look forward to seeing you and your guests at the opening reception and during the exhibition.
JK Reed
Now Showing in the Back Gallery
We are excited to invite you to the opening celebration of JK Reed's solo exhibition.
Date: Friday 19 July 6pm - 8pm
Venue: ArtSelect Gallery, 19A Osborne St, Newmarket
RSVP to Ngaire info@artselect.gallery
New Zealand Water-colour Artist JK Reed is regarded as one of New Zealand’s leading landscape water-colourist, with works sold through-out Australasia and the United States of America.
In 1996 Keith Reed was sponsored by Fisher’s Fine Arts of Christchurch to undertake a painting and study trip to England, France and Venice. As a result his paintings now show a variety of influences from well-known tourist locations that include fishing villages, city scenes and cafe’s, Venice waterways and local New Zealand landscape.
Born in England and emigrating to Dunedin in 1954, Keith Reed attended school at Otago Boys’ High. When only sixteen he held his first exhibition in which three-quarters of the works displayed were sold.
He moved to Christchurch in the early 1960s to attend the University Of Canterbury School Of Fine Arts, attaining his Diploma of Fine Arts in 1968. During this time he held many exhibitions through-out the South Island.
In 1969 Keith Reed started teaching, and after a year’s leave of absence in 1974 to visit galleries overseas, returned to develop a successful career as an artist.
His paintings, depicting street scenes around the world are held by notable persons as ex-President Bill Clinton, ex-Prime Minister Helen Clark, Jenny Shipley and are displayed in numerous galleries in New Zealand and overseas.
The abstract works developed from Art School influence and a keen interest in figurative and Cubistic painting. The medium of oil paint was a contrast to watercolour during those early years.
A preview of JK Reed's exhibition can be seen by clicking on this link below:
https://www.artselect.gallery/johnkeithkreed-1​
Get in touch with me, Ngaire, on info@artselect.gallery to register your interest early for these exquisite works of art before the exhibition opening.
Bernie Kirkham
On Show in the Back Gallery
We are excited to invite you to the opening celebration of Bernie Kirkham's solo exhibition:
Date: Tuesday 18 June 6pm - 8pm
Venue: ArtSelect Gallery, 19A Osborne St, Newmarket
RSVP to Ngaire info@artselect.gallery
Bernie Kirkham takes us on a journey into a different world, captured by her imagination and interpreted on canvas.
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Elements of steampunk and whimsical art works will enhance your reality and transform your spaces, an island theme which leads on from some of my earlier work but there is a bit of an environmental statement such as rising sea levels in some of these with the islands on stilts.
Bernie's an acrylic artist with imaginative and illustrative works being her forte.
Her colourful paintings and distinctive style emanate joy, freedom and adventure.
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She's a story teller and her paintings tell a story about the journey of life.
The Red Chair Auckland Project - Simon Woolf
Solo Exhibition Now Showing in the Back Gallery
In conjunction with the Auckland Festival of Photography
ArtSelect Gallery supports The Auckland Festival of Photograhy with The Red Chair Auckland Project by Simon Woolf at Woolf Photography.
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The Red Chair Project by Simon Woolf is about a Chair, its travels, its originality, and its ability to start a conversation!
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The Red Chair Project is about Original One Off Fine Art Photography, beautifully constructed composed and created.
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It is about the pureness, printing, and final presentation of a piece of art no one else will have. The Red Chair, in each of its locations, guises and moods is a one off, not to be replicated.
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Each is large and framed. The Red Chair Project aims to raise money for charities including Women’s Refuge and The Wellington Hospital Foundation.
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Opening: 6-8pm Fri 31 May
RSVP essential to Ngaire Stone on info@artselect.gallery
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Image credit: Synergy with our Natural Environment, Simon Woolf
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Solo Exhibition - Now Showing in the Back Gallery
The Blah Blah Variations by Paul Vincent
Paul Vincent's works of art have been collected by prominent art collectors around the world including Andy Serkis (Golem), Murray Ball etc. Many refer to him as the King of Quirk. He enjoys the spontaneity and randomness of everyday life. "Painting for me is the cat's tail flicking around the corner".
Paul studied film production at the Wellington Arts Centre in 1988. Since then he has been successfully exhibiting his paintings with numerous group and solo shows, predominantly in the Wellington area, Auckland and also in South Africa.
He has work in many public and private collections including the Beijing and Argentina Embassies, the Duxton Hotel and the New Zealand School of Dance. Vincent's paintings have also featured in advertisements, on television shows and on the cover of New Zealand House and Garden magazine.
A preview of Paul's exhibition can be seen by clicking on this link below:
https://www.artselect.gallery/paul-vincent-upcoming-exhibition
Get in touch with me, Ngaire, on info@artselect.gallery to register your interest early in these quirky and entertaining works of art.
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"Don't only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets"