Artist profiles

Jane Armour BVA 


I have been a maker of objects for as long as I can remember. In 2011, after years of creating, exhibiting and being involved in both commercial galleries and community projects, I completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts at Dunedin School of Art. The house form developed out of my degree work and I have been expanding on these ideas, and engaging in dialog around house and home. As people view these miniature houses, and touch or move them, it seems to release stories about houses grown up in, or moved to. I enjoy that connection to people and their stories.
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Becky Cameron BVA Honours


A recent graduate of the Dunedin School of Art, I am interested in ideas about landscape, belonging and home.  This has come from my personal experiences, having travelled extensively and then settled far from my original home in England. My art practice is part of the exploring of new places and of making a home, whilst at the same time ‘unpicking’ the source of my response to these places.
I use drawing as my main tool, and works can take the form of prints, small or large scale drawings or cut paper models. My 2013 Honours exhibition Shadow Aspects used kinetic light pieces to explore memory and our feelings about time and space. I aim to work in a sustainable way, using low-impact and locally-sourced materials.

Nicki Gilmore Dip Fine Arts. Dip in Art (Specialty), BVA



Having reinvigorated my love of painting through attending the Dunedin School of Art, I continue to work in the Dowling Street Studios, initially, with the help of the Feldspar Award. I am so pleased to be a part of the Salon des Femmes group because I greatly value the opinions of the women and the ideas that arise from the group interactions. Creating material based around the themes of our exhibitions challenges and encourages me to think beyond my usual ways of working.
Generally, my paintings evolve from isolated places. Nature is always the starting point. These are places that I find beautiful and that challenge me to interpret them to create a sense of place and atmosphere. I am fascinated by water and its reflective qualities – these are mysterious places of an upside down world seen in the reflections- hazy murky places not quite of the real. I love to work with the colour and light, and discover new conceptions of these special experiences.



Kiri Mitchell BFA







In my work I am interested in the human condition, sexual politics and power within relationships. Drawing is the dominant force in my work, which I then translate into print, either line etching on zinc plates developed with tonal washes of aquatint, or using the simplicity of line that lino cuts can give you.
I took the opportunity, at the first Salon des Femmes show last year, to exhibit a departure from previous work; a group of small sculptures titled ‘Mother superior and her martyr. This new development into the three dimensional is going to be the main focus of this year’s work.
I have returned to the DSA to do the Bachelor of Visual Arts Honours and intend to complete a Master of Visual Arts degree the following year.
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Claire Peters BFA

Through my work I explore an inner world of questioning and expression regarding evolution with specific focus on genetics, the human body and its environments.  Multiple layers of paint accumulate upon the canvas leaving impressions of their photographic source.  Autobiographical in nature these motifs mix, weave and then evolve into new forms and layers that build up the visual image and become memories that reoccur while painting.  
Although these motifs are abstract they refer to representational objects.  Man-made objects, for example MRI scans and petri dishes are mixed with motifs referencing the body, internal organs and cellular structures.  The motifs become more abstracted from their source material to the stage that a unique language develops.

Anna Smythe BFA











In my current practice I am drawing attention to the construction of a flat painted surface through many different application techniques; layers, pattern, uncontrolled glazes, detailed brushwork and opaque, flat areas vie for control of the paintings voice. I am also exploring the notion that paint can return wonder to a simple landscape. I choose scenes that might seem banal to others yet intrigue me in their understated beauty. By transforming these scenes with heightened colour and introducing whimsical elements I hope to create a place of wonder and allow the viewer to journey beyond the surface (even in its obviously painted construction) into the emotional experience of being there; in a place that is unrecognizable, yet strangely familiar. 

Susan Videler BFA

I completed my four year BFA degree in 2011, majoring in Painting and taking the Painting Prize and the Lindsay Crookes Memorial Life Drawing prize for that year. Since graduating I have developed a studio/gallery space, ‘Red Thread’ where I tutor life drawing and host a weekly three hour evening life drawing class. I paint and draw in this space. I also enjoy printmaking and have attended two Polytech run workshops in recent years.
Although I graduated in painting I have a love of jewellery making and have been fortunate enough to work alongside Tony Williams for the last two years. I have exhibited paintings in Wanaka, at the Dunedin Airport Terminal, had a joint show of Life Drawings in my gallery space and was part of the inaugural Salon Des Femmes ‘Hellcats’ exhibition. I was the judge at last year’s North Otago Biennial Exhibition, as well as running life drawing weekend workshops in Oamaru and for the Otago Art Society.
In the future I see my work increasingly in the field of jewellery making.


Marion Wassenaar MFA


I have a passion for Print, however my art practice also includes sculpture, photography and curating. My research relates to the human impact on the environment and I look for experimental methods of art making with sustainability and recycling in mind. My recent project looked at methods of charcoal making, transforming printed matter into pure carbon and creating sculptural works by transforming recycled newspaper into charcoal with clay. This body of work was exhibited at the Dunedin Gasworks Museum.

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