Aroha Gossage
The precious matrilineal knowledge that our mother gave to us , of how to fish and how to grow kai, is so important to me. I feel it is part of our connection to our whenua. We move away, we live in two worlds, but we always return back to our hau kainga (homeland).
Aroha Gossage graduated with a Masters of Art & Design (Honours) in 2015, Auckland University of Technology. Her Iwi (tribe) of Ngāti Wai, Ngāti Ati Awa and the hapu (sub-tribe) Ngāti Ruahine/Ruanui, Ngāti Manuhiri.
Gossage has been represented at ARTIS Gallery since September 2016, when she exhibited in a joint exhibition 'Waenga' with Maori artist, Zena Elliott.
During 2016 Gossage was commissioned by the Kelliher Art Trust to paint a work of Little Barrier Island which was unveiled in December 2016. In March 2017 the Kelliher Art Trust held an exhibition of their Collection - 'New Zealand Landscapes, Six Decades: Leonard Mitchell to Aroha Gossage'.
Her first solo exhibition at ARTIS, Whenua, was held in March/April 2017. The huge interest in this exhibition resulted in all works selling - one of which was purchased by the Auckland War Memorial Museum. The body of work in Whenua focused on a personal and spiritual relationship with the coastal area north of Auckland named Pakiri and Little Barrier Island, the ancestral home of Ngāti Manuhiri.
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Aroha GossageGolden Hour, 2024Oil on canvas75 x 120 cm
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Aroha GossageKumara Harvest, 2024Watercolour30 x 49 cm
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Aroha GossageDreamed, 2023Work on paper28 x 37.5 cm
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Aroha GossagePapakāinga, 2024Oil on canvas75 x 120 cm
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Aroha GossageWhakapapa, 2024Oil on canvas80 x 120 cm
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Aroha GossageAnahera, 2023Oil on board75 x 50 cm
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Aroha GossageAnahera Pono, 2023oil on board34 x 25 cm
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Aroha GossageAwa, 2023oil on board300 x 250 mm
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Aroha GossageDescend, 2023Oil on board50 x 75 cm
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Aroha GossageMāori, 2023Oil on board34 x 25 cm
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Aroha GossageMarae, 2023Oil on board75 x 50 cm
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Aroha GossagePapatūānuku, 2023Oil on board70 x 120 cm
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Aroha GossagePohutakawa, 2023oil on board25 x 30 cm
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Aroha GossageProtection, 2023oil on board34 x 25 cm
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Aroha GossageRangatira, 2023oil on canvas24 x 30 cm
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Aroha GossageRiverside, 2023Oil on board75 x 50 cm
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Aroha GossageTī Kōuka, 2023Oil on board70 x 120 cm
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Aroha GossageToetoe, 2023Work on paper28 x 36.5 cm
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Aroha GossageTūpuna, 2023Oil on board50 x 75 cm
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Aroha GossageWairua, 2023oil on canvas240 x 300 mm
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Aroha GossageWhanau, 2023oil on board250 x 300 mm
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Aroha GossageWhenua, 2023Oil on board70.5 x 120 cm
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Aroha GossageWhero, 2023oil on board34 x 25 cm
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Aroha GossageAncestors, 2021Work on paper25.5 x 38 cm
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Aroha GossagePakiri Awa, 2021Oils on board71 x 120 cm
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Aroha GossageToetoe, 2021Oils and earth pigment on board50 x 70 cm
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Aroha GossageGarden Study IV, 2020Ink drawing on paper29 x 37 cm
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Aotearoa Art Fair 2024
17 - 22 April 2024 -
Fiona Garlick + Aroha Gossage
Off Balance + Kōkōwai 24 July - 13 August 2023This exhibition features new work from two of our represented artists Fiona Garlick and Aroha Gossage. Fiona's bronze sculptures are mainly focused on a postcolonial landscape and the tensions between introduced and native fauna within New Zealand. Aroha's paintings utilize the technique of mixing kōkōwai, a red clay, with oil paint which she collects from her hometown of Pakiri.Read more -
Aotearoa Art Fair 2023
STAND A5 2 - 5 March 2023ARTIS Gallery returned Aotearoa Art Fair on Thursday 2 - Sunday 5 March at The Cloud on Tāmaki Makaurau Queens Wharf. Located at Booth A5 the Gallery featured two distinct instalments over the course of the Fair. During the opening two days, we exhibited new works from Liam Barr, Nigel Brown, John Edgar, Fatu Feu'u, Hamish Foote, Andy Leleisi'uao, Peter Panyoczki, Ann Robinson, and Terry Stringer.Read more -
Aroha Gossage
He Māra Oranga 9 June - 3 July 2020“This series of works are paintings of my whanau , who live on our ancestral land at Pakiri. The paintings show our family gardening and growing kai on the land....Read more -
Aroha Gossage
Wairua 14 August - 2 September 2018Aroha Gossage’s paintings seek to connect with tupuna and the past. Her landscapes are located in Pakiri and Hauturu (Little Barrier), physically, spiritually and conceptually. Much of the conceptual foundation...Read more