Join us to celebrate the first exhibitions of 2026 - we are delighted to launch launch Kalisolaite ‘Uhila: Koe Tenga tete to tete Utu pe koia and Avtar Singh.
Kalisolaite ‘Uhila Koe Tenga tete to tete Utu pe koia (the seed you sow you will reap) is held at both Te Uru, Aotearoa, and at UNSW Galleries, Australia, ‘Uhila recapitulates 27 years of artistic practice, reflecting on gestures of hospitality, on family and togetherness/belonging, and on growth. Koe Tenga tete to tete Utu pe koia reflects on our links to the past, to collective histories and trauma. It considers how we grow through personal perseverance, unexpected opportunities, and new encounters.
Avtar Singh’s drawings begin with everyday printed and digital material: National Geographic magazines, school newsletters, art books, and images gathered online. Working page by page, she undertakes the steady task of rebuilding entire publications through drawing. Every spread, photograph, headline and corner of layout is carried across in her own way, forming a growing archive of re-made pages that reflect hours of sustained attention. the works in this exhibition highlight a practice shaped by repetition, duration, and vibrant material sensibility. Singh’s drawings reveal the quiet determination involved in turning everyday images however familiar or fleeting, into something built slowly, through colour, pressure, and touch.
