EXHIBITION archive
Exhibiting is a core activity of the HS project.
The HS1, HS2, HS4, HS6 and HS8 projects are 2-year entry programmes that include masterclasses, coaching, mentorships, and exhibition trials in various public spaces.
The HS3, HS5, and HS7 projects are one-year expert programmes (no mentors but instead a coaching programme and exhibitions at reputable venues) with selected artists from the different HS projects.
HS Alumni/Curated exhibitions are one-off expert projects with selected artists from different HS projects. Each alumni exhibition differs according to the curator’s or exhibition premises’ selections, brief, and preferences.
Handshake 1 (2011-13):
Handshake 2 (2013-15):
| Toi Pōneke Gallery, Wellington |
| Stanley Street Gallery, Sydney (Sydney JMGA) |
| AVID, Wellington (Mentor/Mentee show) |
| Pah Homestead, Auckland |
Handshake 3 (2016):
| Objectspace, Auckland (collaboration) |
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 Vivien Atkinson |
Handshake 4 (2017-18):
| Pah Homestead, Auckland |
| Toi Pōneke Gallery, Wellington |
| Corban Art Centre, Auckland (Auckland Art Week), 7 September – 21 October 2018 |
| On-line exhibition, during 2018 |
Handshake 5 (2019):
| CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands, Oct 2019 – 19 Jan 2020 |
| Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery, Auckland, NZ Nov 2019 – 16 Feb 2020 |
HANDSHAKE 6 (2020 – 2021/22):
| HS6, Handshake in Hamilton, Weasel gallery, Hamilton, 08 July – 01 August 2020 |
| HS6, ‘Signing-In’ Te Auaha art gallery, Wellington Nov 2020 |
| ‘CHAINreaction: Handshakes at the Refinery’ , The Refinery, Nelson, 27 Mar – 17 Apr 2021 |
| HS6 online, ‘O-ne‘ the exercises |
| HS6, ‘Glimmer’, Whirinaki Whare Taonga, Upper Hutt, 21 May – 24 July 2022 |
| HS6, MORPH, end of project exhibition, Northart, Auckland, 30 August – 8 October 2022 |
| Minimental, NJW 2023, at Nelson City Framers Gallery (HS6 group’ organised exhibition) |
HANDSHAKE 7 (2022):
| HS7 WHANUI, exhibition at Marzee, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Nov 2022, 04 Dec – 12 Feb 2023 |
HANDSHAKE 8 (2023-24/25)
| Proof of Concept, Depot Artspace: 04 November – 20 December 2023 |
| Materialse, Pah Homestead: 08 November 2024 – 16 February 2025 |
| Materialse, The Refinery: 10 April – 10th May 2025 (HS8 organised exhibition) |
HS collaborations (2013 – current)
| HS1 mentor collaboration, Objectspace 15 June 2013 – 20 July 2013 |
| HS3 mentor collaboration, Objectspace 09 July 2016 – 13 August 2016 |
| HS3, Collaboration with texts, Dowse Art Museum, 5 August – 3 December 2017 |
| HS5, art object collaboration, CODA, NL, 14 October 2019 -19 January 2020 |
| HS5, Insite, space collaboration, Te Uru, Auckland, 07 December 2019- 16 February 2020 |
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HS5, art-object collaboration, CODA, NL, 14 October 2019 -19 January 2020
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| HSDC(TC) colab collaborations: |
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mini online challenge: ‘same-time–different-place’ (2016) “It Will All Come Out In The Wash”, Munich Jewellery Week, 2016 Te Ao Hurihuri – Ever-Changing World, The Crypt Gallery, London (selected HS3 + HS4 artists) collaboration with DC, London, 23 September – 27 October 2018 HSDC colab, Containment – Uncontained, includes Temp/Contemp, Melbourne, 2021 HSDCTC colab, Containment – Uncontained, (includes Temp/Contemp) Pah Homestead, Auckland, 14 Feb – 3 Apr 2022 HSDCTC colab, Containment – Uncontained, – jewellery & image & text Refinery Art Space, April 11th – May 6th, 2023 Buildings need Jewellery project: Containment – Uncontained, poster exhibition with different artists on the bollards of Nelson |
HS alumni/curation (2016 – current)
| Residenz, Munich, Curator: Peter Deckers (selection of 21 HSrs), 25–27 February 2016 (Munich Jewellery Week) |
| Atta Gallery, Bangkok, Curators: Peter Deckers and Atty Tantivi, (selected 12 HSrs from HS3 & HS4), 11 January–25 February 2018 |
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Super Positions, Stanley Street Gallery, Sydney, 4 – 21 April 2018 (during Sydney’s 21st Biennale) |
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Pātaka Art + Museum, Porirua, Curators: Mark Hutchins-Pond and Peter Deckers (selected 12 HSrs from HS3 & HS4), 14 September – 14 October 2018 |
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MAKERS of Traditional Change ‘The Conventional Reformed’, Stanley Street Gallery, Sydney, 02 – 23 October 2020 (part of Sydney’s Craft Festival) – |
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CHAINreaction, the Refinery ArtSpace, Nelson 2021, Curator: Peter Deckers (with 49 artists), anniversary exhibition at the 2012 Nelson Jewellery Week, 27 March – 17 April 2021 |
| WHĀNUI HS alumni at the National, Christchurch, 27 October – 19 November 2022 |
| WHĀNUI HS alumni at the National, Christchurch, 27 October – 19 November 2022 |
| 6720 days, 2276 full moons, Stanley Street Gallery, Sydney, 10 April– 4 May 2024 (during 24th Sydney Biennale) |
HANDSHAKE writing (2020-2021):
A pilot online programme coordinated by Benjamin Lignel nurturing object writing skills of craft and art professionals
to channel knowledge of craft practices and history into critical and historical writing.
https://handshakeproject.com/object-writing-programme
EXHIBITION online (current)
Aotearoa Exchange
Aotearoa Exchange is presented and performed by Mia Straka, Jessica Winchcombe, Grace Yu Piper, Hilda Gascard, Lisa van Hulst, and Peter Deckers on Fr 06 March 2026, at the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich. The project brings more than forty wearable works by HANDSHAKE...
MINUMENTAL
ex HS6 artists presented their group exhibition MINUMENTAL at Brunswick Street Gallery in Melbourne as part of the Radiant Pavilion Contemporary Jewellery and Object Biennale 2024. Following its debut at Nelson Jewellery Week (Aotearoa) in 2023, this second iteration...
MATERIALISE, HS8 exhibition
MATERIALISE: HANDSHAKE 8 Pah Homestead, Auckland, Aotearoa NZ 8 November 2024 - 16 February 2025 Denise Callan, Fiona Frew, Fran Carter, Genie Lee, Grace Yu Piper, Lisa van Hulst, Louise Hill, Nellie Peoples, Rachel Chapman, Rose Pickernell, Tūī Diprose MATERIALISE...
67206 Days, 2276 Full Moons (last days)
April 10 – May 4, 2024 The jewellery artists featured in this NZ exhibition contemplate themes of discovery, origins, integration, and conflict. Becky Bliss Nadene Carr Alpha Cheesman Nina van Duijnhoven Neke Moa Mia Straka Caroline Thomas Sarah Walker-Holt Raewyn...
67206 Days, 2276 Full Moons
NEW EXHIBITION at Stanley Street Gallery, Sydney 67206 Days, 2276 Full Moons April 10 - May 4, 2024 Becky Bliss, Nadene Carr, Aphra Cheesman, Nina van Duijnhoven, Neke Moa, Mia Straka, Caroline Thomas, Sarah Walker-Holt and Raewyn Walsh The NZ jewellery artists...
my flexible quasi-process
A few years ago I felt the necessity and had the privilege of time to study and to develop a framework for my practice. With many thanks, especially to Johanna Zellmer, my MFA supervisor, the Dunedin Art School community and my family, clarity around my practice...
Proof
Putting it out there - talking about it. What to exhibit in an exhibition that marks the halfway point in this two year handshake project? In a public process show how resolved should that process be? Does it need to be jewellery, to be wearable? So many questions...
PROOF of CONCEPT, 21Nov-20Dec
Proof of Concept HS8 group exhibition at DEPOT ArtSpace, Auckland 4 November – 20 December, opening Saturday 4 Nov, 2 pm ‘Proof of Concept’ is an exhibition that marks the halfway point in the journey of HANDSHAKE 8's two-year professional development...
PROOF of concept, HS8 exhibition
4 November – 21 December, opening Saturday 4 Nov, 2 pm ‘Proof of Concept’ is an exhibition at DEPOT Artspace , Devenport, Auckland that marks the halfway point in the journey of HANDSHAKE 8; a two-year professional development programme for 11 contemporary jewellers....
HSDCTC co-lab exhibition during NJW
In the HSDCTC co-lab collaboration three art jewellery groups from NZ, UK, and AU joined forces to collectively explore ‘Containment/Uncontained’, reflected by the relationships between jewellery objects and themes of freedoms and restrictions. This exhibition...
