Louise Mair: Integration
April 30 @ 8:00 am – June 2 @ 4:00 pm
Louise Mair: Integration
30th April – 2nd June 2026
Exhibition Opening & Artist Talk:
Thursday 30th April, 6 – 7.30 pm
Live Auction of an original artwork, 6.30 pm
DEPOT Lounge
28 Clarence Street, Devonport
About the Exhibition:
”Integration” from the Latin root meaning ” to make whole” explores themes of belonging, transition and acceptance. The paintings emerge from the tension between these places- the landscape that forms us, the one we inhabit now and the one we are shaping.
Each painting is built through a process of layering, early layers are informed by memory rather than direct observation and are loosely, energetically created. These are then covered and worked on with more layers, scraping back paint revealing/exposing earlier marks or spaces in time.
The square format of each painting is used to disrupt the traditional portrait/landscape expectations, leaving us with a contained field where geographies must co-exist. A space of negotiation rather than depiction.
Alongside the theme of past and present there is of course the question of future, the third element: the viewer. The landscapes are intentionally open and unresolved, inviting each persons lived experience to enter the painting.
About the Artist:
Louise Mair is a Scottish-born multi-disciplined artist living and working in Aotearoa, New Zealand.
Louise Mair is a multi-disciplined artist, completing her B.A Hons in Fine Art at Plymouth University in Exeter. Here, she specialised in sculpture and installation.
Born in Aberdeen, Scotland and now living in Aotearoa, New Zealand, Louise is currently creating loose, energetic, multi-layered landscape paintings in acrylic and oil. Her practice explores themes of belonging and transition. How place and experience are carried within us, layered over time, continually reshaping to form our current experience and mold the world around us.
She has enjoyed over 30 years of creating, exhibiting, collaborating and curating in the U.K, Europe and Aotearoa. Studying for a year in Paphos, Cyprus under the painter Stass Paraskos. Closer to home, she was one of the standout finalists from the 2025 Devonport Art Battle – and selected as a DEPOT Top Pick.
