We are excited to announce and welcome our next artist in residence Taipei-based award-winning architect, curator, critic and writer Ching-Yueh Roan 阮慶岳. This residency is in collaboration with Satellites, with Roan arriving in Tāmaki Makaurau next week and Pōneke on the 4th of November.  

Cat Auburn is an artist from Aotearoa based in Argyll, Scotland. Cat’s art practice (sculpture, textile, film, event, and writing) focuses on how cultural heritage is constructed, reinforced, and strategically employed.

Christine Borland is an artist based in Argyll, Scotland who has pioneered cross-disciplinary collaborations at the intersection of ecologies of practice. Christine’s works are built on co-production with; communities of growers and makers, institutions of science and medicine, museums, collections and archives.

a palmful of water is a group exhibition by The Handmade Darkroom, curated by Lily Dowd and Belinda Whitta, showcasing sustainable and alternative analogue photography. The kaupapa of this exhibition is centered around the theme of water as a form of connection to place, people, knowledge, memory, and earth.

Anonymouz is a NZ born Samoan composer and creative producer artist whose explorations involving sound design, music production and video composition can be found across a wide range of industries, with award-winning projects in recorded music, theatre, orchestral, dance, urban, film, tv, radio and new media.

Jessica Hinerangi Thompson Carr is of Ngāti Ruanui, Ngāruahine, Ngāpuhi and Pākehā descent. Born in Ōtepoti, she has a degree in English and art history with a masters in Māori ekphrastic poetry. She is a poet, journalist and illustrator, working primarily on Instagram under the name @maori_mermaid. Her previous work has appeared in Landfall, Starling, The Big Idea and The Pantograph Punch.

Arihia Latham (Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Waitaha) Is a writer, creative, and rongoā practitioner.

Te Whare Hēra is excited to welcome Yasmine Attoumane, a French artist from Reunion Island, to our residency from February to April of 2024.

Te Whare Hēra hosted award winning Māori musician THEIA as the artist residency from December 2023 to January 2024.