Desolation – Art Exhibition | Serena Deane
4 August 2022 – 28 August 2022
Shit-Imma-Artist (Serena Deane) is a local artist working towards a full time freelance career. They create highly stylised, often surreal, art. Ranging from people to eldritch inspired monsters, that are often bathed in pastels and bright colours.
Liminal Femininity | Jessica Philbrick
4 August 2022 – 28 August 2022
Jessica is a Manawatu-based artist working with constructs of femininity through domestic spaces. The spaces employ elements of liminality and make use of a feminine colour pallet to explore ambivalence of femininity in transitional home- environments. Many of the space are of personal significance or experience as a representation of everyday thoughts and emotions of a young woman’s sense of domestic space and relationship to home. The spaces are typically empty to allow for viewer projection of their own memories with domestic spaces.
Rainbow Arts | MALGRA
3 July 2022 – 2 August 2022
“All things Rainbow” – this exhibition is for our rainbow communities and people to share their stories and expressions through the media of art. Every LGBTQI+ person has a coming out story or tales of tribulation.
HOME away from HOME | Manawatū Afghani Community
3 July 2022 – 2 August 2022
The faces and narratives of the Afghani Community are presented in this stunning photographic exhibition.
Tears and Blood, the fleeting beauty of life – Deb Mulholland & Timeless change of permanence – Shirley Jepsen | Pop-Up Gallery
June 3 – July 3 May 2022
During lockdown, Deb and Shirley spent time painting roses and found their relationship to the subject very different.
Rangitīkei – 1 day Showcase event | Te Matapihi Bulls Community Centre
4 June 2022
Artists and arts organisations from across the wider Manawatū participated in a one day showcase and market event, demonstrating their skills, and sharing classes, events, and workshops that they have on offer.
Rangitīkei – Exhibition | Main & Entry Galleries
June 3 – July 3 May 2022
Sculpture, pottery, paint, and drawings – come in and see the stunning works of 12 artists from the Rangitīkei region.
Michele Theobald & Rachael Smith | Urban Fabric
6 – 30 May 2022
Michele and Rachael regularly get together to support each other’s creative practice, often with a glass of wine. They have been discussing emotions, art and collaboration for some time. This is their first exhibition together. These works are a combination of photos and paintings from local street scenes, each with their own interpretation of the surroundings and individual emotional environment.
Film Talk presents The Art of Christian Nicolson
6 – 30 May 2022
An exhibition of local landscapes, popular culture and sci-fi themed paintings and sculptures.
Robyn Laing, Ken Thomas & Colin Hoare | Anzac Tribute – lest we forget
8 April – 1 May 2022
Every painting has a backstory. This Anzac exhibition is about memories and people, pain and joy, and respectful reflection, and what they fought and died for – tolerance, fairness and peace.
Sandra Douglas | The Road Not Taken
8 April – 1 May 2022
Eleven Manawatū based photographers shared the first exhibition of their work at Square Edge gallery in 2012.
Eleven | Series
8 April – 1 May 2022
Eleven Manawatū based photographers shared the first exhibition of their work at Square Edge gallery in 2012.












