Wellington - New Zealand
New Zealand
The New Zealand Portrait Gallery Te Pūkenga Whakaata was founded in 1990 as a charitable trust. We have been in our permanent home in Shed 11 on Wellington’s waterfront since 2010.
We enable audiences to encounter portraits of New Zealanders who, in all their diversity, have shaped our country’s development or influenced the way we think about ourselves. Through portraiture, we offer perspectives on ourselves, our history, our creativity, and our place in the world.
The Gallery relies almost exclusively on donations from individuals and organisations to fund for its ongoing work, and on sponsors to fund its annual portrait competitions – the Adam Portraiture Award and the Kiingi Tuheitia Portraiture Award. We would not exist without the hard work and dedication of our many volunteers who serve on our Board of Trustees our committees and as team members.
Website : www.nzportraitgallery.org.nz
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Shed 11, 60 Lady Elizabeth Lane Wellington Waterfront
6011 Wellington
OPEN DAILY: 10:00am – 4:30pm
From 14 March to 9 June 2024, find an exhibition by Hiria Anderson-Mita called Where we are/what we are doing.
"Hiria paints meticulous, situated portraits of members of her community in their environment, revealing the intricacies of Māori life and culture in the 21st century."
From 23 May to 11 August 2024: "New Zealand Portrait Gallery Te Pūkenga Whakaata. The biennial Adam Portraiture Award is New Zealand's premier portraiture prize."
June 13 - September 8, 2024: Telly Tuita - Tongpop Archetypes.
"Telly Tuita's fascination with portraiture stems from its ability to transform the sitter's personality into what the artist wishes to show. Born in Tonga in 1980, Telly Tuita was abandoned by his parents as a baby. The absence of stories and images from his childhood in Tonga led him to create his performative self-portraits over the past 25 years."
