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EXHIBITION archive

Exhibiting is a core activity of the HS project.

The HS1, 2, 4, 6 and 8 projects are 2-year entry programmes that include masterclasses, coaching, mentorships, and exhibition trials in various public spaces.

The HS3, 5, and 7 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.

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):
Studio 20/17, Sydney NZ
NZ Jewellery Showcase, Wellington
Masterworks Gallery, Auckland
Toi Pōneke Gallery, Wellington (JEMposium)
The National, Christchurch
Handwerk & Design 2013, Munich
Objectspace, Auckland (collaboration)
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)
Platina, Stockholm 
collaboration 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

 

 

HANDSHAKE 7 (2022)
HS7 WHANUI, exhibition at Marzee, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Nov 2022, 04 Dec – 12 Feb 2023

 

HANDSHAKE 8 (2023-24)
Depot Artspace: 04 November – 20 December 2023
Pah Homestead: Nov 2024
online exhibition: Oct 2024

 

 

 

 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
HS5Insite, space collaboration, Te Uru, Auckland, 07 December 2019- 16 February 2020
HS5, art object collaboration, CODA, NL, 14 October 2019 -19 January 2020

HSDC(TC) colab collaborations:

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 colabContainment – Uncontained,  includes Temp/Contemp, Melbourne, 2021

HSDCTC colabContainment – 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

 

HANDSHAKE curation (2016 – current) HS alumni::

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
Stanley Street Gallery, Sydney, Curators: Peter Deckers, Merilyn Bailey and Liza Feeney (selected 12 HSrs from HS3 & HS4),  4 – 21 April 2018 (Sydney, Sydney Biennale)

Pātaka Art + Museum, Porirua, Curators: Mark Hutchins-Pond and Peter Deckers (selected 12 HSrs from HS3 & HS4), 14 September – 14 October 2018

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

 

 

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)

 

Proof

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, 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

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

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...

Handshake7 at Gallery Marzee

Handshake7 at Gallery Marzee

The Exhibition Climbing up the industrial iron staircase to our final Handshake7 exhibition on the second floor of Gallery Marzee in the Netherlands, I am greeted by a narrow gallery with twelve rectangular tables. Standing to attention in a linear row, they are...

 

 

 

HANDSHAKE is funded by CNZ and organised by Makers 101