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Creative Connections

Mandy Jakich

In conversation with Aotearoa"s visual artists, talking practice, process and creative life.

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Sofia Athineou - Glass Artist

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2023/11/30

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Andrew J. Steel - Contemporary Artist

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2023/11/23

Andrew J. Steel is a New Zealand contemporary artist with a passion for story telling. Over his career he has worked across the mediums of public art, private interiors, fine artwork, letterpress, land, body, photography and digital works. "An artists role is to live a remarkable life and report back on it in their work." says Andrew. Andrew makes art to learn more about people & the world, then he retells these stories in his work to offer perspective and peace - both for himself and

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58:16

Tanya Blong - Contemporary Artist

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2023/10/12

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Julie and Michael Freeman - Hyperrealist Pastel Artists

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2023/10/05

Julie and Michael Freeman are award winning hyperrealistic pastel artists living in Auckland NZ.Julie is currently creating work with the intent of realism beyond the photograph. Her subject matter is varied, from coastal and nautical to the natural fauna and flora of NZ, but if asked she would say she has an affinity with painting animals.Michael’s subjects range from his current series of still life paintings featuring iconic New Zealand toys and objects, through to landscapes featuring old

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76:32

Toby Raine - Contemporary Artist

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2023/09/27

Toby Raine is a contemporary artist living in Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland. He has a distinctive approach to his work, moving large quantities of oil paint across the surface of a canvas with confident strokes, creating expressive, emotive, gestural paintings.Toby spent eleven years studying at Elam School of Fine Art in Auckland, beginning in 2006 when he was 23-years-old. Over the next decade he would go on to complete a degree, then a masters, then a doctorate in Fine Arts. In this episode Toby

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116:08

Matthew Browne - Abstract Artist and Founder/Director...

Creative Connections ·

2023/09/16

Matthew Browne is an abstract painter living in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. Born in London UK, he relocated to New Zealand in 1991. Matthew's striking geometric paintings feature sharp lines with bold, experimental colour palettes. His process starts in exploring formal relationships in colour and form and develops greater complexity as the work progresses. He has been making and showing paintings and sculptures for more than 40 years.After many years of teaching visual arts in both the community

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97:53

Fleur Woods - Contemporary Fibre Artist

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2023/09/01

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Evan Woodruffe - Abstract Artist

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2023/08/25

Abstract artist Evan Woodruffe lives in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. He is a well known, much loved figure in the NZ art world.Evan is an artist with many threads to his practice. Most of his time is spent making work for exhibitions, projects, and commissions. He's also the “product specialist” for Gordon Harris, running workshops and writing editorial for their art stores. He is one of six Global Brand Ambassadors for both Schmincke Artist Colours and da Vinci Artist Brushes in Germany. He

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125:20

Sean Beldon - Visual Artist

Creative Connections ·

2023/08/10

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Jasmine Kroeze - Artist and Textile Designer

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2023/08/04

Jasmine Kroeze is an an artist and textile designer living in Papamoa near Mt Maunganui. With a background in the fashion and textile design industry, Jasmine fell into the art world through painting large scale murals as a passion project and now she applies the same creative process to her original paintings and digital artworks. Jaz enjoys working with commercial clients and interior and product designers and she has collaborated with many well known companies such as Kathmandu and Bolt of

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Elliot Love - Contemporary Artist

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2023/07/29

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Linda Va'aelua - Visual Artist | Designer

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2023/07/21

Linda Va’aelua is a full time visual artist and designer of Samoan Scottish heritage. She grew up in the West Auckland suburb of Te Atatu South and is based in Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland.Linda straddles the worlds of digital graphic design and fine arts. Her aim is always to bring unique perspectives to the creative landscape. Her recent work explores her identity and mixed heritage through abstract maunga forms and malu patterns.Linda strives to provoke emotions and challenge conventional

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69:18

Frankie Meaden - Textile Artist

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2023/07/13

Frankie Meaden is a textile artist and painter from Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland. She makes giant embroidery artwork from recycled materials.Frankie’s art is almost always botanical, with her large-scale sculptural pieces challenging the scale at which embroidery is usually seen. Frankie tells the story of the rich biodiversity of our world using colourful rope and recycled street banners in a way that is impactful, beautiful and sustainable.We talk about how Frankie came to work on such a large scale,

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73:56

Mandy Rodger - Contemporary Abstract Artist

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2023/07/06

Mandy Rodger is a contemporary abstract artist based in Auckland, New Zealand.Mandy's first career was in law and in 2014 she began studying painting and drawing at Browne School of Art. Since 2017 her art practice has been her main focus and she hasn't looked back.. Mandy's abstract paintings are characterised by fluid moves and sweeping energy flows made up of spontaneous dynamic gestures. She is motivated by the way painting allows her intuition to come to the forefront of logic.

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78:44

Matt Payne - Landscape Painter

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2023/06/29

Matt Payne is a landscape painter living on the North Shore, in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. Much of Matt’s work is inspired by a love of New Zealand’s landscapes and coastlines, which is reflected in dramatic compositions and depicted with vivid colour and extraordinary attention to detail. He has a fascination with the relationship between colour, light and form and how these are perceived by the eye.Matt's career began in high level sportsmanship where he represented New Zealand in Waterpolo

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Sam Mitchell - Visual Artist

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2023/06/22

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Gavin Chai - Emerging Artist, Painter

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2023/06/13

Gavin Chai, born in 1997 in Malaysia, is a figurative painter and artist based in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. He specialises in the traditional technique of oil painting on wooden panels, linen and canvases and paints the world through a subtle introverted gaze. He captures everyday contemporary experiences through his careful composition and clever treatment of colour, light, and shadow. His world is idyllic yet often bound by loneliness, and colourful yet often tinged with a certain sadness and

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77:46

Marcus Hipa - Visual Artist

Creative Connections ·

2023/06/02

Marcus Hipa is a Niuean artist born and raised in Alofi, Niue Island, currently living in Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa NZ. Drawing, painting and carving are some of the mediums he utilises to explore and share insights of his people's history and culture.Marcus moved to Aotearoa New Zealand at age 17, attending the Elam School of Fine Arts at the University of Auckland, completing both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees.His work celebrates the values, traditions, progress and sense of community

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Dagmar Dyck - Interdisciplinary Artist

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2023/05/25

Dagmar Dyck is an interdisciplinary artist, researcher, art educator and social justice advocate. She is a New Zealander of Tongan and German descent, living in Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland.Dagmar graduated from Elam School of Fine Arts at the University of Auckland in 1995 and was the first woman of Tongan descent to do so. She has spent the last 30 years regularly exhibiting nationally and internationally with her works being held in significant public and private collections in New Zealand. Her

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Janet Hafoka - Photographic Artist

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2023/05/19

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