Howick Frames - A Platform for Local Creatives
Howick Frames is a community-driven exhibition initiative that brings art into the heart of Howick. Created in collaboration with Phantom Billstickers, the Howick Village Association, and a supportive local business owner, this innovative project transforms everyday spaces into opportunities for creativity.
Each month, a new set of works is featured, showcasing a range of mediums from painting and photography to textiles and design. The rotating exhibitions not only provide local artists with greater visibility but also invite the public to engage with art as part of their daily lives.
By turning the village into an open gallery, Howick Frames celebrates creativity, supports our artistic community, and enriches the cultural fabric of East Auckland.
Current Exhibition: TELLURIC
TELLURIC is a series of printed matter that explores cultural exchange, belonging, memory, and meaning. As a New Zealand-born artist of Gujarati Indian descent, Jessie Kanji’s work will speak to the layered experience of migration, adaptation and connections between old and new worlds, focusing on migrant stories of locals from East Auckland.
In a dialogue between heritage and place highlight’s identity, memory, and belonging, these prints draw inspiration from South Asian textile patterns - specifically, through fibre painting. The pulp paintings are made through eastern papermaking influenced by ancient textile patterns and hand-embroidery from the desert areas of Rajasthan, India.
Each work is made on handmade paper, created using sustainable and locally sourced fibres. By connecting materiality to place, these forms will reference the landscapes and organic forms of the Tāmaki Estuary, with the work acknowledging ecological interdependence and honoring traditional craft processes. The work invites viewers to consider how personal and collective histories are intertwined and tied to the place.
Jessie Kanji (born 1997) is a New Zealand artist of Indian descent. She primarily uses print as a method of thinking. In the amber-like qualities of ink, her work seeks to evoke rasa, a state of total absorption and aesthetic immersion.
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Past Exhibitions :
Brendan Kitto: Howick Ward 2024
Howick Frames is a partnership between Arts Out East Howick Village Association and a local Business owner. Arts Out East is a Te Tuhi programme supported by the Howick Local Board.