Events List

“I don’t draw or plan out any of my creations, I see the potential within each wooden canvas and go from there allowing the piece to speak to me about its rebirth.”

FOUR WALLS brings together four artists who will have use of a single wall each in the main gallery.

Artist Penny Clark's emotive response of the April 15th terrorist attack in Christchurch through pictures & words in the form of collages compiled from ink and coloured pencils .

Te Rua Raranga weaves together the diverse works of ArtsLab photographers as part of the Auckland Festival of Photography.

Our 24th Annual group exhibition, Unite, Create, Liberate brings together Depot members to create works that feature at least one element liberated from its past existence; a shoe could be made into a painting, a piece of frock fabric could add to a collage, an old can could be turned into the torso of a tin figure.

Altogether we received 99 works from 33 artists.

The Depot Gallery is closed on Sundays until further notice. Thank you for your ongoing support.

In this group exhibition we develop the theme of Matariki through contemporary painting, installation, carving and sculpture which celebrates the sentience of our environment at this time.

Robert Peper's photographic installation is an immersive visual diary of the people and the places in India through the use of accompanying fabric, incense and audio.

This exhibition features works from over 20 artists who work in the sex industry in New Zealand with the theme: ‘A day in the life of...’

We will talk about the decriminalization of sex work in NZ, it's impacts, and enduring issues such as a stigma, and the exclusion of migrant sex workers, based on our new book published by Bristol University Press.

This is run in conjunction & in the same venue as the Sex workers of Aotearoa event held at the Depot Artspace.

Printmaker Susanne Khouri's new series of works which arose from the Covid19 Lock-down period.

"I began a process of drawing shapes, which I felt had an appeal because they inspired a kind of open-ended interpretation. I liked how I could bunch the shapes up in clusters, to make them small or large, or leave lots of space in between and so notice some sort of meaning change.  They then also became metaphors for the small and large things we carry within us, involuntarily mostly." - Susanne Khouri

This captivating play "Rangitoto" by playwright Geoffrey Clendon inspired by real life encounters explores deep themes relevant to our current day & uncertainty of life across NZ & the globe during this period. This is proudly brought to you in conjunction with current Martin Law Painter of Paradise main galley exhibition.