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The 2021–22 exhibition
20 November 2021 – 3 April 2022
The artists participating in the 2021 were: Brit Bunkley and Andrea Gardner, Iain Cheesman, Glen Colechin, Miss Tino/Jessica Collins, Margaret Feeney, Gina Ferguson and Dale Cotton, Natalie Guy, Larisse Hall, Bernie Harfleet and Turtle Sarten, Indigenous Clay Artists Collective, Samantha Lissette, Richard Mathieson, Michelle Mayn, Lynden Over and Christine Robb, Lipika Sen and Prabhjyot Majithia, Panico Theodosiou , Raewyn Turner and Brian Harris, Chris Van Doren, Jim Wheeler.
Winners
The McConnell Family Supreme Award
The Indigenous Clay Artists Collective, Taiki e! United in Purpose!
The Friends of the Auckland Botanic Gardens Acquisition
Richard Mathieson, Reservoirs
The People’s Choice Award
Glen Colechin, Serenity
Artists
Brit Bunkley and Andrea Gardner, Through the Looking Glass, 2021, 6 metal filing cabinets, PLA plastic and epoxy, paint, wooden table and concrete slab.
Iain Cheesman, Zen and the art of Accumulation, 2021, Materials Stainless steel tube, paint.
Glen Colechin, Serenity, 2021, Stainless steel, copper finished, incralac clear coating.
Miss Tino/Jess Collins, Te Puāwaitanga, 2021, Corten steel.
Margaret Feeney, Safe Haven, 2021, Hand built stoneware ceramic, hand painted with glazes and underglazes.
Gina Ferguson & Dale Cotton, We’re going to live in the trees, 2021, Aluminium, rubber, plastic, steel, found materials, algorithmic sound equipment.
Natalie Guy, Brise Soleil (after Jane Drew), 2021, Powder coated aluminium.
Larisse Hall, the night we met..., 2021, Stainless steel, acrylic.
Bernie Harfleet & Turtle Sarten, Operation Ranch Hand, 2021, Aluminium, commercial grade printed vinyl, para cord, creating 2000 leaf shapes.
Indigenous Clay Artists Collective, Tāiki e! United in Purpose!, 2021, Auckland Botanic Gardens uku, stoneware clay slips, terra sigillata, bronze filings, crawl glazes, crystalline glazes, cone 6 glazes, hardwood posts, corten steel.
Samantha Lissette, Bug Lane, 2021, Cast bronze.
Richard Mathieson, Reservoirs, 2021, Sand cast bronze, machined bronze, solar powered pump, pvc, stainless steel underground tank, water.
Michelle Mayn, Te Harakeke, Te Kōrari, 2021, Pokinikini: cylindrical, dried harakeke from three cultivars; Tākirikau, Kōhunga and Tāpoto and rigging: steel post, stainless steel cable, stainless steel turnbuckle.
Lynden Over & Christine Robb, Fragile Tree, Fragile Future, 2021, Glass, steel.
Lipika Sen & Prabhjyot Majithia, Jugalbandi in the Gardens, 2021, Timber, stainless steel and multi-tonal bells.
Panico Theodosiou, Rolling Stone, 2021, Hand carved Ōamaru Stone, stainless steel framework, solid bronze sun plaque, macrocarpa handle.
Raewyn Turner & Brian Harris, Crumbs, 2021, Recycled copper, control electronics and seed dispenser mechanism, glass demijohn, stainless steel, porcelain, aluminium composite.
Chris Van Doren, Woven thoughts. A Talanoa with landscape, 2021, Corten steel, mild steel, found materials.
Jim Wheeler, Mangemange Homage to an Unsung Hero, 2021, Cast and fabricated bronze, brass, copper.