27 March - 22 April
Image by Gina Kiel and Gleo
Gleo, Janine Williams, Caratoes, Dream Girls Collective (Gina Kiel, Xöe Hall, Miriama Grace-Smith), Fluro, Meki, Paula Tikay.
Curated by Mirella Moschella and Mango Collective .
Visit the Exhibition live or view it online.
An exciting line-up of nine internationally recognised female street artists, from five different countries, presents Here & Out, a vibrant exhibition based on their reflections and journeys during the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak.
Here & Out is about resilience in difficult times, about adapting and reshaping artistic practices; finding ways to keep close in the digital realm when society requires us to stay apart. It is set to make a lively statement.
For street artists the confinement of lockdowns has resulted in work based on negation of the experience ‘of the outside’, bringing instead a desire to reconnect with the community, and new ways of understanding what is public.
Here & Out brings colourful paintings, sculptures, illustrations, performances and murals from around the world; expanding with performances on the streets outside of Toi Pōneke, celebrating the short-lived essence of street art.
Introducing our artists:
Gleo (Colombia) painted the biggest acrylic mural in the world (Wichita, United States, 2018). She moves around the colour spectrum finding the light in human nature with her massive murals which can be found globally.
Janine Williams (Aotearoa) is a member of The Most Dedicated Crew graffiti/Street art/Post-Graffiti crew that started painting on the streets of West Auckland in the early nineties.
Caratoes (Belgium) explores ancient cultures, navigating the encounter with inner darkness as a way to heal and rebirth; painting/sculpting off the demons and performing with them.
Dreamgirls Collective: Gina Kiel, Xoe Hall, Miriama Grace-Smith (Aotearoa) are a Wellington-based female street art crew that has a characteristic vibrant, feminine, Māori influenced, and psychedelic aesthetic.
Fluro (Aotearoa), brings her urban lettering style inspired by graffiti, signwriting, and typography.
Meki (Perú) is a renowned graffiti writer/muralist active since the early 2000s, painting on walls, sculpting, and creating big-scale artifacts that take a stand against pollution, cruelty, and boredom. She is responsible for the five-metre-high Andean Cat (the most threatened feline in the Americas), which will walk around Wellington CBD, alongside the amazing Big Girls puppets, and the Latin dance & music group Ollin Yoliztli, as part of the Here & Out mini festival.
Paula Tikay (Chile) works to highlight the Latin-American identity through indigenous characters protecting their territories.
Here & Out reimagines street art, combining murals with digital creations and performances that will provide a new visual experience.
This exciting art show will also be brought to you online, in a way that replicates the gallery exhibition.
“I feel that this exhibition brings a much needed and refreshing connection between local street artists and viewers here in Aotearoa and international street artists who are at the top of their game from South America, and Europe. To add another level of awesome to this, it is really inspiring to be part of an all-female street artist line-up for this project who all bring so much strength and incredible creative talent and soulful expression in what is still a heavily male dominated industry.”
Gina Kiel – Dreamgirls Collective, street artist
here & out panel discussions
studio 30 (toi pōneke) and online
saturday 2 and 9 april
Join Mango Collective for a series of online (and in person) panel discussions: Contemporary Art Institutions Around the Globe, Digital Collaborations, Street Art Producer-Curators, and Māori Wāhine in Public Arts.
