Kiwi Art House Gallery is an art gallery on Cuba Street in Te Aro, Wellington, offering a wide variety of art with a particular selection of Wellington-themed paintings. The gallery runs regular exhibitions and represents a large roster of New Zealand artists, showing both available and sold work.
Visitors can browse recently arrived paintings through the gallery's New Art selection, view a dedicated Small Paintings Gallery, and see the gallery's current exhibition programme. The gallery also offers commissions for custom artwork, sells art prints, and offers gift vouchers for those wanting to give the gift of original art.
The gallery's current exhibition, running from 17 June to 12 July, is a "30 by 30" small paintings group show featuring artists Lindsay Blakeley, Shawna Chow, Jules Crafts, Joya de Geus, Vincent Duncan, Kit Ong, Jill Sutton, Dianne Taylor, Paul Vincent and Iwen Yong, alongside a feature exhibition by artist Miranda Woollett. Woollett describes her practice as exploring how nothing stands alone physically or spiritually, working with environment, colour, spatial platform, rhythm and light as key relational elements in her paintings.
The gallery represents a wide range of artists including Gabriel Heimler, Anna Proc, Iwen Yong, Vincent Duncan, Paul Vincent, Tut Blumental, Peter Augustin, Graham Young, Escha van den Bogerd, Bruce Luxford, Graham Moeller, Eliza Xu, Samantha Qiao, Miranda Woollett, Bill MacCormick, Jamie Stewart, Ronda Thompson, George Thompson, Joya De Geus, Dianne Taylor and Tatyana Kulida, among others. Visitors can also join the gallery's Gallery Friends programme for a monthly newsletter and invitations to exhibition openings.
Kiwi Art House Gallery sits on Cuba Street in Te Aro, in the heart of Wellington, offering a wide variety of art with a particular focus on Wellington-themed paintings. The gallery runs a regular programme of exhibitions, giving visitors a reason to return and see new work throughout the year.
The gallery's current exhibition, running from 17 June to 12 July, is titled "30 by 30" — a small paintings group show bringing together work from artists Lindsay Blakeley, Shawna Chow, Jules Crafts, Joya de Geus, Vincent Duncan, Kit Ong, Jill Sutton, Dianne Taylor, Paul Vincent and Iwen Yong. Running alongside it is a feature exhibition from artist Miranda Woollett, who describes her practice through the belief that "nothing stands on its own physically or spiritually" — a philosophy reflected in how she treats environment, colour, spatial platform, rhythm and light as interconnected elements in her paintings.
Beyond the current show, Kiwi Art House represents a substantial group of New Zealand artists, including Gabriel Heimler, Anna Proc, Iwen Yong, Vincent Duncan, Paul Vincent, Tut Blumental, Peter Augustin, Graham Young, Escha van den Bogerd, Bruce Luxford, Graham Moeller, Eliza Xu, Samantha Qiao, Miranda Woollett, Bill MacCormick, Jamie Stewart, Ronda Thompson, George Thompson, Joya De Geus, Dianne Taylor and Tatyana Kulida. Visitors can browse each artist's page to see both their available and previously sold work, giving a sense of an artist's range and pricing history over time.
For those after something recent, the gallery maintains a New Art page showing recently arrived paintings across its represented artists. There's also a dedicated Small Paintings Gallery for those looking for more compact pieces, whether for a smaller space or a first art purchase.
Beyond browsing and buying finished work, Kiwi Art House also takes commissions, allowing clients to work directly with gallery artists on a custom piece. The gallery sells prints as a more accessible entry point into its artists' work, and offers gift vouchers for those wanting to give someone the experience of choosing their own piece of original art.
Visitors can join the gallery's Gallery Friends programme, which provides a monthly email newsletter along with invitations to exhibition openings — a way to stay connected with the gallery's programme and be first to see new shows as they launch.
Kiwi Art House Gallery is located at 225 Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington. It's open Tuesday to Friday from 10:30am to 6:00pm, Saturday from 10:30am to 5:00pm, and Sunday from 10:30am to 4:00pm, and is closed on Mondays. The gallery can be reached by phone, and maintains a presence on Facebook for updates on new exhibitions and arrivals.