Kiri Aroha Wicks | Visual arts
Kiri Aroha Wicks
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25.01.2022 Looking for something interesting to do on a Wednesday night? Tonight (6th) and next Wednesday (13th) I will be painting LIVE at Beavs Bar Painting a large work inspired by the music line up and the eclectic atmosphere!! 7pm until 10pm... Come down and check it out, listen to awesome live music and have a chat!
25.01.2022 What a fantastic opening night. @hueandcrycollective curated brilliantly. If you didn't get a chance to go tonight, the show is on for a while! I loved people checking out our studios! Haha it's like letting some inside your brain/heart!! As for my work; It felt sombre, it felt important. FourThreeFour was my way of discussing Blak deaths in custody. We need to be shocked, we need to make change. I'm glad this installation made it into the last bit of 2020. I think change is coming. We need to learn more and push for that change.
24.01.2022 The "Elements of Culture Arts Trail" starts today! Go check out some amazing diverse artists! I'm honoured to be selected in what is a great move for Pako Festa!! Follow the link to download your map https://www.pakofesta.com.au/program-program-and-m/artists/
22.01.2022 Latest artworks for sale. Check in the comments for details Any questions please send me a message or ask in the comments.
21.01.2022 Well that was fun!! Wicked atmosphere, great music!! Can't wait to do it all again next week!! Thanks for having me Lukeys Open Mic Nights!
18.01.2022 The making of Miss Valerie I love seeing how a painting unfolds.
18.01.2022 This was so much fun! Went back to my love of character painting and colour play! Thanks to Lukeys Open Mic Nights! for letting me paint live at #beavsbar ANY ARTIST FRIENDS - message Luke and have a go, painting with an audience is a load of fun!!
18.01.2022 Anyone in the area come join the chat about connection, finding oneself, identity, culture, belonging and how that's represented in art
13.01.2022 2020 what a whirlwind. Started with my solo exhibition and curated show, ending with a political installation bringing awareness to Blak deaths in custody as part of the group exhibition at Hue and Cry Gallery. All the in between? A job at NIKERI Institute has allowed me to run artistic events, paint live, give talks on my story, speaking on panels about the importance of Aboriginal voices telling Aboriginal stories, I've made myself a sweet little studio space at Hue and ...Cry Collective, I've planned for collaborations as a member of GEXA Art Collective , I've made art, I've sold art and I've loved sharing with all of you! Bring on 2021. Watch this space! A quote from a fav... "That is beautiful which is produced by the inner need, which springs from the soul." - Kandinsky Make stuff, from your heart, from your soul, tell your story! Paint, draw, weave, carve, write, build. For you.
12.01.2022 Come on down and check out our amazing gallery space and this very cool selection of work
10.01.2022 Sound Wave, Side A, Side B and Side C Acrylic Painted live at Beavs Bar as a part of Lukeys Open Mic Nights and inspired by the eclectic atmosphere and lineup of live musician's. Can be bought as a triptych $500... Or as individual works $200 each. See more
06.01.2022 What's with the boxes? When faced with the question what would Geelong look like 1000 years in the future, I had to answer. I don't know. Who am I to answer such an important question.?! So I gathered Community. We had the yarns. Each told a story, shared some knowledge and embedded that into a box (our building blocks). The future must be grounded in Indigenous Knowledge, Culture and humour. With this as a foundation WE can build OUR future. So, we created those foundational building blocks. Grab one and build the future!! You can come along in the arvo Thursday 25th and build with me! Centreline Arcade 132 Little Malop Street, Geelong
05.01.2022 38.7944 S, 176.0756 E Songlines|Acrylic| Framed A3 Artwork|$400 Thanks Artemis for helping me photograph my art!! This one is from my Whanau (family) land, I'm Noongar but I'm also Maori - Tuwharetoa. There is a path that winds along the river, down a way from Mum and Dad's home. The green there is so different, so vivid, from the greens I see from home.
01.01.2022 Breathe the Change - My Karak Dream This is a wip depicting the Change of everything normal since the onset of Covid-19. Karak is the Noongar name for black cockatoos... one of their many representations is that of change!! The shadows are many and a little menacing just like how big change can make us feel! But if you stop and breathe and truly see, it is beautiful and there is always a guide!! To see it and feel it in real life....come along to GEXA - inaugural exhibition BREATHE https://fb.me/e/3nG5T3QAD
21.12.2021 Drawing one of many boxes as a part of Vacant Geelong. This installation is called We. From the past, today, tomorrow and the future.... Check it out alongside other works at Geelong Creative Hub - 132 Little Malop Streer on Geelong here until Thursday night (18/11)!
17.12.2021 Some images from today's installation. Including some of the amazing people that came in and added in their ideas of FUTURE GEELONG! Thanks to First Nations artists and academics who came along, who I value as my Community. Special thanks to Dr Jessamy Gleeson, Dr Jenny Murray-Jones and Gerard Black (and little Ozzy).
10.12.2021 I've got an exciting conceptual installation coming together over the next couple of days. Very excited to be inviting amazing First Nations artists, educators and generally interesting peops to collaborate. Storytelling, discussions, art and the importance of a future grounded in Indigenous Knowledges, culture and humour! https://www.vacantgeelong1000-years-back-forward.org/
02.12.2021 Check out this awesome time lapse of my latest work and if you're not already following my instagram then you definitely should!! https://www.instagram.com/tv/CVfK8Jxg90a/
25.11.2021 Working on a new piece. I'm already loving the texture and colour commission piece with a cool bit of story telling
21.11.2021 On the weekend I got to facilitate (on behalf of myself as artist/curator/mentor while also representing NIKERI Institute) an amazing Cultural Conversation for #GeelongArtsCentre Speaking with two amazing Indigenous Women, Wadawurrung Traditional Owner emerging Elder and Artist Deanne Gilson and rising Instagram superstar, Wellbeing and Instagram influencer Allira Potter. It was such a fantastic experience and I learnt so much. When a public link to the Cultural Conversation becomes available I'll share here! Watch this space!
09.11.2021 I'm feeling Kusama today! And always always, Rodin. How bout you?
03.11.2021 It's been a long time pause...but I'm back and have started experimenting with something a little new...continuing down a path I looked at for a short time two old forms of traditional arts collide into something a little contemporary
25.10.2021 Want something epic to do during NAIDOC? Head down to Narana Aboriginal Cultural Centre!! I have four awesome works in this exhibition alongside some great local artists and grab some epic gifts from the shop there!!
15.10.2021 Four of my favourite artworks are headed off to Narana Cultural Centre for an epic multimedia NAIDOC Art Exhibition. Heal Country Watch this space for more details and in the meantime go check out how awesome they are http://www.narana.com.au
