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Contemporary New Zealand Art & Design Objects
Meet the Artist
Scott McIntosh
Scott McIntosh's first solo exhibition, BULLSEYE, brings together twelve months of experimentation, exploration and growth from an emerging New Zealand artist finding his voice.
At the heart of BULLSEYE is an exploration of presence and place - not simply where we are physically, but what it means to occupy a place, to be seen, to belong and to understand ourselves within it.
Questions around ego and essence sit alongside a more playful engagement with skate and tattoo culture, with different styles and influences colliding across the canvas. The result is a body of work that doesn't always offer a clear answer. Instead, McIntosh creates moments of recognition and uncertainty - familiar imagery alongside unexpected juxtapositions, inviting viewers to bring their own experiences to the work.
BULLSEYE is both a reflection on where Scott McIntosh has been and a glimpse of where he might be heading next.
Scott McIntosh
Exhibited at Ashe as part of Scott’s first solo exhibition BULLSEYE October 2026
At the centre of the exhibition is Staged, a work that brings many of the ideas within BULLSEYE together. On the left, a figure sits on a stage playing guitar, his face partly hidden beneath the shadow of his hat. On the right, an audience fills the auditorium, watching from below. The figure on stage is performing, but there is also a sense of protection in the guitar and the character he has created.
Scott describes the work through the idea that “sometimes the only obstacle is yourself.” The pouncing panther becomes a representation of his own sense of self - a symbol of the confidence, ambition and instinct required to step beyond the small stage and into something bigger. It also speaks to one of the central questions running through the exhibition: what we choose to show people, and what they actually see.
Mixed Media on Canvas
Un-Stretched
Dimensions: 1550×1550mm
Darfield, Canterbury
Scott McIntosh is a New Zealand artist based between the mountains and the sea on Te Waipounamu’s east coast. The local landscape especially the mountains is a heavy influence in his works but not in a traditional sense, you will see them mixed in with a good helping of tattoo and skate culture and a blending of painting styles to create bold bright unique works of art.
My experiences in this world are what shapes my work and the ability to see things for what they really are and then portray them often in a juxtaposition in my paintings is what I feel leaves people often with more questions than answers or a flash to a memory of their own lived human experience.
Scott McIntosh
Exhibited at Ashe as part of Scott’s first solo exhibition BULLSEYE October 2026.
One of my personal favourites in the exhibition is NW, or Norwest. If you live in Canterbury, you’ll probably understand this one. The legendary Norwest wind can be relentless, and Scott has taken that experience and translated it into something that feels slightly chaotic and unhinged. It is a painting that captures what a few days of Canterbury weather can do to your head.
Mixed Media on Canvas
Stretched
Dimensions: 760×1015mm
Darfield, Canterbury
NW references the legendary Canterbury Norwester!
Scott McIntosh is a New Zealand artist based between the mountains and the sea on Te Waipounamu’s east coast. The local landscape especially the mountains is a heavy influence in his works but not in a traditional sense, you will see them mixed in with a good helping of tattoo and skate culture and a blending of painting styles to create bold bright unique works of art.
My experiences in this world are what shapes my work and the ability to see things for what they really are and then portray them often in a juxtaposition in my paintings is what I feel leaves people often with more questions than answers or a flash to a memory of their own lived human experience.
Scott McIntosh
Exhibited at Ashe as part of Scott’s first solo exhibition BULLSEYE October 2026.
$23.95 an hour. Feels like you’re working for peanuts sometimes, doesn’t it?
Mixed Media on Canvas
Stretched
Dimensions: 460×610mm
Darfield, Canterbury
Scott McIntosh is a New Zealand artist based between the mountains and the sea on Te Waipounamu’s east coast. The local landscape especially the mountains is a heavy influence in his works but not in a traditional sense, you will see them mixed in with a good helping of tattoo and skate culture and a blending of painting styles to create bold bright unique works of art.
My experiences in this world are what shapes my work and the ability to see things for what they really are and then portray them often in a juxtaposition in my paintings is what I feel leaves people often with more questions than answers or a flash to a memory of their own lived human experience.
Scott McIntosh
Exhibited at Ashe as part of Scott’s first solo exhibition BULLSEYE October 2026.
Two wheels, no plans, see where the weekend takes you.
Oil on Canvas
Stretched
Dimensions: 1000×1500mm
Darfield, Canterbury
Scott McIntosh is a New Zealand artist based between the mountains and the sea on Te Waipounamu’s east coast. The local landscape especially the mountains is a heavy influence in his works but not in a traditional sense, you will see them mixed in with a good helping of tattoo and skate culture and a blending of painting styles to create bold bright unique works of art.
My experiences in this world are what shapes my work and the ability to see things for what they really are and then portray them often in a juxtaposition in my paintings is what I feel leaves people often with more questions than answers or a flash to a memory of their own lived human experience.
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Featured Artworks
Discover the latest artworks and objects to our collection. Handpicked pieces that bring new energy to your space.
Cam Munroe
Medium: Acrylic & Mixed Media on Canvas
Frame: White Tray Frame
Year: 2026
Dimensions: 630×630mm
Kāpiti Coast, Wellington
Cam Munroe is a contemporary artist based in Kāpiti, New Zealand, whose richly layered mixed media paintings explore themes of time, memory and human presence. Using acrylic, ink and oil, she builds and erodes her compositions through a process of layering, scraping back and etching into the surface. Inspired by ancient landscapes, prehistoric sites and symbolic markings, her abstract works evoke forms that feel both historic and strangely familiar.
Munroe works slowly and intuitively, allowing each painting to develop over time. Through techniques such as impasto, wire brushing and sanding, she reveals textured surfaces that suggest traces of memory and place. Her motifs often appear like contemporary hieroglyphs, inviting viewers to interpret the quiet space between light and shadow, presence and absence, and the seen and the felt.
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Ross Jones
Limited Edition Giclée Print on 310gsm Vellum Textured Fine Art Paper
Edition of 49
Print Dimension: 940×500mm
Paper Dimension: 1180×800mm
Snells Beach, Northland
A toy can hold a whole universe in its hollow body. In Extinction, that universe is both vivid and doomed, as if childhood wonder has been drafted into service to carry the weight of the adult world. A strange creature — the last of its kind — stands on the right, half in water, half in garden, staring outward with the fixed expression of something that cannot understand why it is being watched. It is a toy, yes, but it is also a presence: vulnerable, singular, and already a relic.
Across the scene, a line of toy spacemen advances with that peculiar calm only toys can possess. Their clear bubble helmets catch the light like small moons. In their hands, they carry a mixture of instruments and guns — objects of inquiry and control, measurement and threat. Some hold devices that suggest surveying, sampling, or recording, while others grip weapons that turn the so-called expedition into something far more ominous. That detail shifts the story instantly. This is not simply exploration; it is extraction. It is not only curiosity; it is power.
The setting deepens the unease. A pristine suburban house sits in the middle distance: perfect lawn, tidy roofline, the quiet order of human comfort. Behind it rises a bank of cloud — thick, luminous, almost theatrical — like smoke made beautiful. Nature looms, but it is framed and contained. The sky is too perfect. The garden is too lush. Even the water reflects like glass. This is the kind of landscape we construct when we want to believe the world is stable, manageable, endlessly renewable.
But stability is an illusion, and the toys know it. The huge rocket on the left, painted in candy colours and stamped with bold lettering, is both celebration and warning. It promises escape, adventure, progress — all the bright ideas of the twentieth century — yet it also reads as a monument to human appetite. Rockets are made to leave, to conquer distance, to claim new ground. In the context of Extinction, it becomes a symbol of our restless urge to take more, to go further, without asking what gets left behind.
That is why the creature matters. It does not flee in motion; it flees by existing. It is cornered by the story itself. The painting echoes the question from the backstory: are the spacemen there to study or to destroy? The tragedy is that either answer can lead to the same end. To study can become to catalogue, to collect, to preserve, only after it is too late. To destroy can happen quietly, indirectly, through indifference, or through “progress” that does not pause to look behind itself.
Extinction rarely arrives as a single dramatic act. It happens by slow erosion — habitat reduced, water warmed, balance shifted — until “the last of its kind” becomes a sentence rather than a warning. The guns in the spacemen’s hands make that truth plain: this is a scene about domination, about the moment when knowledge and violence begin to resemble each other.
And yet, the painting’s power comes from its tenderness. These are toys: the rocket, the spacemen, the creature. They are the objects we once trusted to keep our fears small enough to hold. In Extinction, they are asked to do something harder — to remind us that wonder and loss are intertwined. The scene is beautiful, almost idyllic, and that beauty sharpens the grief. Because the world will still look lovely, even as it empties.
Extinction is a child’s story told with an adult’s knowledge. It asks us to decide what we are: curious visitors, careful guardians, or quiet destroyers. And it leaves us with the creature’s gaze — a toy’s stare that feels suddenly, painfully real.
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Kevin Burgess
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 760×760mm
Frame Dimensions: 773×777mm
Kevin Burgess is a Canterbury University graduate whose career has spanned a lifetime in education, culminating in his role as Head of the Arts Faculty at Nelson College. Since retiring, he has returned to his painting practice, presenting two successful solo exhibitions with Craig Potton Gallery.
Working almost exclusively in oils on canvas, Kevin describes himself as an “old school” practitioner, creating realist paintings that balance a strong sense of place with an appreciation for the material qualities of paint itself. His work explores the relationship between subject and surface, allowing the construction and character of the paint to play an integral role in the finished image.
With a longstanding connection to the Nelson region, Kevin has recently turned his attention further inland. His latest series, Beyond Gravel Roads, captures the mountains, shifting weather and expansive landscapes of the South Island. These atmospheric land and weather-scapes reflect his deep affinity with the region and its distinctive natural character.
Grounded in traditional oil painting yet distinctly personal in style, Kevin’s work invites viewers to look beyond the landscape itself and consider the expressive possibilities of paint, light and atmosphere.
Paora Tiatoa
ACMA (Abstract Contemporary Māori Artist)
Mount Maunganui
Dimensions: 420×590mm
Edition: 6/40
Year: 2025
Paora Tiatoa Ngā Puhi, Ngāti Raukawa, is a contemporary Māori artist now based in Mount Maunganui. He is known for his bold, expressive works that merge tradition with modernity. Over the past decade, Paora has developed and mastered his signature multi-pass screen-printing technique - a meticulous, layered process that allows colour, texture, and energy to build in powerful, unexpected ways.
Much of his recent work continues a long-standing exploration of taonga Māori that is housed at the British Museum. During a trip to the British Museum in 2024, Paora viewed significant taonga in person. Rather than recreating these objects literally, Paora responds to them intuitively - abstracting, reinterpreting, and honouring their forms through a contemporary lens.
Paora creates from the heart. His process is instinctive rather than symbolic, and he doesn’t aim to embed overly complex narratives into each piece. Instead, he focuses on rhythm, movement, and feeling - allowing the mana of the taonga he references to guide the work in its own way. The result is a striking body of one-of-one prints that feel both modern and deeply connected to whakapapa, bridging past and present with vibrancy and respect.
Hollie O’Neill
Pigment soaked cotton canvas
Framed in black float frame
Dimensions: 200×300mm
Veil-Fields continues Hollie O’Neill’s exploration of colour and light, shifting her focus to the absorbent intimacy of cotton canvases. Through a soak-stain approach, she applies delicate veils of diluted pigment, using her brush to guide the paint as it merges and flows across the surface, creating luminous effects that respond to both material and movement. The process balances intention and intuition, producing surfaces where colour appears to breathe and shimmer within the fabric itself.
These paintings evoke atmospheric depth and shifting light, capturing the ephemeral interplay of colour and illumination. Inspired by the skies at sunrise and sunset, each composition radiates the subtle glow of sunlight glare or the fleeting hues of twilight afterglow. The works are gently layered, luminous expanses of colour that float across the canvas like veils of light, encouraging the viewer to linger and experience shifting atmospheric effects, inviting repeated, slow looking to discover new subtleties with each moment of observation.
Fluid Pottery
Olive Green glazed tea cups with handle by Fluid Pottery
Hand crafted using Aotearoa clay, made for a lifetime of enjoyment.
Hand painted with quality, long lasting glaze
Food Safe
Quality New Zealand clay
Approximately 80cm wide x 13cm (including handle) x 6.5cm high
Each piece is different due to being lovingly handmade by Fluid Pottery (Megan Hope) in Ōtautahi Christchurch.
Cathryn Ryan
Dimensions: 400×640mm
Edition of 50
Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland
Museum-grade Giclée prints on archival Hahnemühle 100% cotton rag. Hand-signed and numbered, these editions are produced with professional pigment inks to capture the rich detail and nuance of the original painting. A gallery-standard reproduction designed for longevity and a beautiful, matte finish
Cathryn Ryan’s contemporary paintings invite viewers into miniature, surreal worlds where the wild landscapes of Aotearoa are cradled within the everyday. Drawing on a deep passion for New Zealand’s native flora and fauna, her work explores the interplay between domestic life and the natural environment through playful shifts in scale and perspective.
In Ryan’s detailed compositions, familiar domestic vessels - such as weathered buckets, ceramic mugs, and delicate eggshells - become miniature ecosystems. Treasured native species like the Tūī, Pīwakawaka, and Kea find sanctuary within these humble containers, transforming ordinary objects into vibrant, imagined landscapes.
Central to Ryan’s practice is an exploration of belonging and memory. By juxtaposing the wild with the domestic, she highlights how deeply our identity is intertwined with the natural world. Each piece offers an intimate, captivating window into Aotearoa, encouraging audiences to look closer, question scale, and find vast wonder within the smallest spaces.
Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu
The islands of Aotearoa New Zealand were once inhabited by birds. Shrieking, warbling, tinkling, booming. Poised, strutting, gliding, dancing in scribbled loops through the air. Forest, river, marsh, mountain, ocean, shore—everything charged with their mauri, life force.
Across centuries, artists have strived to capture their essence, creating a rich dialogue that traces human and avian histories in parallel. Bird Land is an immersive visual exploration of the cultural, ecological and imaginative breadth of the realm of birds in Aotearoa—from ancient rock art and taoka Māori, to colonial and scientific drawings and paintings, to modern and contemporary sculpture, weaving, carving, ceramics and photography.
A rich selection of engaging and wide-ranging texts—by Māori historian Te Maire Tau, curator Ken Hall, musician and author Ariana Tikao, novelist Peter Walker, art historian Rebecca Rice, de-extinction expert Douglas Campbell, weaver Kohai Grace, ornithologist Michael Szabo, documentary maker Bill Morris and writer Greg O’Brien—and artist interviews provide thoughtful context for the reader.
Authors: Ken Hall, Douglas Campbell, Kohai Grace, Bill Morris, Greg O’Brien, Rebecca Rice, Michael Szabo, Te Maire Tau, Ariana Tikao, Peter Walker and more
ISBN: 9781877375880
Pages: 240
Dimensions: 255 x 210 mm
Publisher: Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu
Janina Hodges
Material: Wheel Thrown Stoneware Clay Blend
Dimensions (H x W): 200×170mm
Sirra Ceramics is the work of Janina Hodges, who works in ceramics with an approach shaped by intuition, texture and movement. Coming from two generations of New Zealand artists, she was drawn to clay as a way to carve out a creative practice of her own, working on the same wheel once used by her father.
Trained originally in textile design, Janina brings a strong sense of pattern and surface to her ceramic work. She treats glaze and underglaze much like paint, using colour, movement and texture to build depth across each piece. Natural, flowing glazes are central to her practice, each piece carrying its own individual character from the firing process.
Working primarily in vessel forms, Janina creates small collections and one-off statement pieces, each shaped as much by process and material as by intention. Pieces made to be admired and lived with, bringing something distinctive and tactile into the home.
Peter Latham
Limited Edition Photograph Print
Stretched Canvas in box frame 436×1682mm
Framed Canvas in Dark Brown Timber
Location: Castle Hill Station, Arthurs Pass
Limited Edition: 125 individually signed, numbered & certified prints, total all sizes
"A public walkway through these fascinating limestone rock formations at Castle Hill station offers infinite views of this geological wonder. I scouted this trail the day before & although it impressed, I sought an image to capture the whole grandeur & decided that this distant position offered the best vantage point of the entire rock field. With snow forecast that night, I stayed nearby & returned at dawn, in time to witness this spectacular scene unfold. As the sun rose, it dodged in & out of the clouds, which made it difficult to correct & join the 52 separate frames. But the result is this epic panorama which captures the magic."
Sarah Albisser
Acrylic on Plywood Box Frame
Dimensions: 450x650x42mm
Showing now at Ashe as part of ‘In Good Company’ a special group exhibition celebrating One Year of Ashe
17-31 August 2026
Sarah Albisser’s background as a contemporary dancer and choreographer has had a powerful influence on both her life and her art. She is fascinated by movement and self-expression, which over the past decade has resulted in a collection of striking black-and-white portraits of female faces.
Devoting herself to a unifying theme for so many years has enabled her to explore and experiment with various techniques and materials, including pens, acrylics, perspex and thread. Her art captures form, feeling and evanescent moments in time, and she often leaves a section of the canvas unfinished for the viewer to complete with their own interpretations and imaginations. Sarah has had exhibitions of her work in New Zealand, Australia, Switzerland, Los Angeles. Her artworks are now held in private collections around the world.
Jade Barclay
Unframed Paper Dimensions: (A3) 297×420mm
Printed in NZ with archival pigment inks (aka giclée printing) on heavy-weight 310gsm textured archival 100% cotton rag paper.
Limited Edition of 100
Above it all, we see the lay of the land, and understand, it’s been here all along, quietly unfolding, settling into place.
Inspired by the view from Corner Peak in Hawea, looking toward Lake Wanaka.
Upcoming Events
There's always something happening at Ashe. From hands-on creative workshops to contemporary exhibitions and artist-led conversations, our events are designed to bring people together through art, creativity and community.
BOOBIE MUG CLUB
Pottery Workshop with Fluid Pottery
Learn to hand-build a Boobie Mug with artist Megan Hope from Fluid Pottery! A 90-minute guided workshop making and decorating a ceramic mug, and your finished piece will be yours to keep. Clay, firing, and clear glaze included.
Sunday 1 November 2026 from 11am
KATE McLEOD: IN CONVERSATION
Join us for ‘Kate McLeod: In Conversation’, an intimate evening with Christchurch abstract painter Kate McLeod. Discover ‘The Invisible Weight’ painting series in a one-week exhibition of three large-scale works, and hear directly from Kate about her art and creative process. Meet the artist and experience a special process demonstration on Tuesday 24 November 2026 5-7pm
Art Collections
Discover a curated collection of contemporary New Zealand art, including original paintings, limited edition fine art prints, sculpture and ceramic objects by emerging and established artists. Explore unique artworks and handcrafted pieces created across Aotearoa.
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Handcrafted ceramics made with New Zealand clay
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A curated collection of original screenprints, monoprints, open edition, limited edition and giclee prints.
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A diverse collection of original paintings. An exploration of different mediums, materials, and subject matter from emerging and established New Zealand artists.
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Original artworks, limited and open edition sculptures.
Home Collections
Discover contemporary New Zealand homeware by local makers and designers - including books, furniture, home fragrance and textiles - all thoughtfully crafted to elevate your space and celebrate New Zealand design.
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A curated collection of our favourite New Zealand art & design books.
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A curated collection of home design objects plus hand poured candles from Ōtautahi & Wellington.
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A curated collection of textile wall art. Plus a handcrafted range of interior design cushions and table runners.
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Collecting original artwork is often a considered and deeply personal decision. At Ashe Gallery, we understand that the right artwork doesn't always arrive at the right moment financially.
To support collectors in acquiring the works they love, we offer personalised, interest-free payment plans on eligible artworks. This service is designed to make collecting more accessible while continuing to respect the value of the artwork and the practice of the artists we represent.
A Curated Gift Guide
Discover a curated collection of Contemporary New Zealand gift ideas to meet every budget. Gift thoughtful Art & Design Objects you know they will love. Can't choose? How about a Gift Voucher.
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The gift of art you know they will love. Both physical in-store gift certificates and online gift vouchers are available.
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Discover a curated collection of Contemporary New Zealand gift ideas to meet every budget. Gift thoughtful Art & Design Objects you know they will love.
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Discover a curated collection of Contemporary New Zealand gift ideas to meet every budget. Gift thoughtful Art & Design Objects you know they will love.
Ashe Journal
Explore the latest stories from Ashleigh, featuring artist interviews, studio visits, art collecting advice and tips for styling contemporary art in your home. Discover the people, inspiration and ideas behind today’s New Zealand artists.
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Ashe Gallery and Ashleigh are featured in the latest New Zealand edition of Transit Magazine, sharing the story behind Ashe, settling in Ōtautahi, and creating an unpretentious space for art, local artists and community in Christchurch.
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Looking for thoughtful corporate gifts in Christchurch? Ashe curates a considered selection of New Zealand art, handcrafted ceramics, bronze sculpture, textiles and photography for clients, colleagues and international guests. Tell us your budget, occasion and recipient, and we’ll create a curated selection of art gifts that tell a uniquely New Zealand story.
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At Ashe, art is about more than what's hanging on the walls. It's about creating connection, supporting local artists, and building a welcoming creative community in Christchurch. Discover the philosophy behind the gallery, why art belongs in everyday life, and how meaningful conversations, relationships, and shared experiences help shape a thriving artistic culture.
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What goes into curating a gallery collection? More than most people realise. From light and scale to contrast, storytelling, and the placement of each work, thoughtful curation shapes how we experience art. Go behind the scenes at Ashe to discover how a Christchurch art gallery supports local artists, helps collectors buy New Zealand art, and creates exhibitions that inspire meaningful art collections and beautiful homes.
