Matariki Postgraduate Exhibition

Past Exhibitions

Matariki Postgraduate Exhibition

Exhibition by graduating students of Master of Design, Master of Visual Arts, and Master of Cultural and Creative Practice at AUT

8 June 2019 - 15 June 2019

Projection onto dark wall, blue and red

Tori Mok, Shadowlands: A Search for the Unseen, 2019. Image courtesy of artist.

Matariki Postgraduate Exhibitions: Event programme



Opening Friday 7 June, 5.30pm
Saturday 8 June, 12pm – 4pm
Monday 10 – Friday 14 June, 10am – 5pm
Saturday 15 June, 12pm – 4pm

St Paul St Galleries One and Two (WM building)

Quishile Charan, Sida (Doris) Chen, Ellen (Ellie) Crowe, Xavier Ellah, Holly Grover,Zeenia Irani, Frank Liu, Michelle Mayn, Tori Mok, Ellen Ranseld, James Waters

St Paul St Gallery Three (WB239, WB building)
Abdulwahab (Abdul) Alkandari, Mallory Allen, Jiashu Li, Yaxiao (Irene) Li, Mikaela Russell,John Salamini, Charles Walker

Frontbox (WM building)
Charles Walker

Test Space (WM201, WM building)
Shawn Wimalaratne

Black Box live performance space (WG210, WG building)
Erena Donnelly

Corban Estate Arts Centre
Hasitha Jayasinghe (3 – 6 June)


Computer with a looped video and poster Abdulwahab Alkandary in Matariki Postgraduate Exhibition (installation view), 2019. Photograph courtesy of Steven Park.

Installation of embroidered fabrics hanging from sugarcane, suspended from ceilingQuishile Charan in Matariki Postgraduate Exhibition (installation view), 2019. Photograph courtesy of Steven Park.

Installation of embroidered fabrics hanging from sugarcane, suspended from ceiling Quishile Charan in Matariki Postgraduate Exhibition (detail), 2019. Photograph courtesy of Steven Park.

Framed images on wallSida (Doris) Chen in Matariki Postgraduate Exhibition (installation view), 2019. Photograph courtesy of Steven Park.

Print of Instagram page on wall

Ellie Crowe in Matariki Postgraduate Exhibition (installation view), 2019. Photograph courtesy of Steven Park.

Multiple Instagram posts of fictitious characters Ellie Crowe in Matariki Postgraduate Exhibition (detail), 2019. Photograph courtesy of Steven Park.

Projections onto rā sails installed with tapa underneathErena Donnelly in Matariki Postgraduate Exhibition (installation view), 2019. Photograph courtesy of artist.

Three drawings hung from metal rodXavier Ellah in Matariki Postgraduate Exhibition (installation view), 2019. Photograph courtesy of Steven Park.

Installation view of Holly Grover's artworkHolly Grover in Matariki Postgraduate Exhibition (installation view), 2019. Photograph courtesy of Steven Park.

Various contraptions of flour suspended in fabricZeenia Irani in Matariki Postgraduate Exhibition (installation view), 2019. Photograph courtesy of Steven Park.

Patterns made of flour on floor

Zeenia Irani in Matariki Postgraduate Exhibition (detail), 2019. Photograph courtesy of artist.

Hasitha Jayasinghe at Corbans Estate

Hasitha Jayasinghe in Matariki Postgraduate Exhibition (installation view), 2019. Photograph courtesy of artist.

Book with brown paper cover and title 'A Chinese GridJiashu Li in Matariki Postgraduate Exhibition (installation view), 2019. Photograph courtesy of Steven Park.

Computer display and poster aboveYaxiao Li in Matariki Postgraduate Exhibition (installation view), 2019. Photograph courtesy of Steven Park.

Posters along back wall and paper-constructed rooms on plinthsFrank Li in Matariki Postgraduate Exhibition (detail), 2019. Photograph courtesy of Steven Park.

Hanging harakeke rope, stones along floorMichelle Mayn in Matariki Postgraduate Exhibition (installation view), 2019. Photograph courtesy of Steven Park.

Harakeke seeds in and around glass vitrineMichelle Mayn in Matariki Postgraduate Exhibition (detail), 2019. Photograph courtesy of Steven Park.

Tori MokTori Mok in Matariki Postgraduate Exhibition (installation view), 2019. Photograph courtesy of artist.

Installation view, sign on wall display and designed ovenJohn Salamini in Matariki Postgraduate Exhibition (installation view), 2019. Photograph courtesy of Steven Park.

Installation view, map on floor, metal plinths displaying objectsCharles Walker in Matariki Postgraduate Exhibition (installation view), 2019. Photograph courtesy of Steven Park.

Installation view in Front BoxCharles Walker in Matariki Postgraduate Exhibition (installation view), 2019. Photograph courtesy of Steven Park.

Wood displayed on low tables, prints on wallJames Waters in Matariki Postgraduate Exhibition (installation view), 2019. Photograph courtesy of Steven Park.

Shawn WimalaratneShawn Wimalaratne in Matariki Postgraduate Exhibition (installation view), 2019. Photograph courtesy of artist.