Upcoming events.
KŌURARINI TOI
Please join us for an exhibition opening and launch of Kōurarini Toi at Taste Nature, Dunedin, on the 1st of September 2023 from 6 -7 pm where Macanui Taura & Johanna Qiao Tong will give a short talk on kete whakairo.
All kete will be available to purchase on the evening and from there forward, at Taste Nature.
Movement, Stillness, Silence.
photo: Alan Dove Photography
Movement, Stillness, Silence.
Johanna Elizabeth Qiao Tong
Spanning the artist’s career to date, the paintings and drawings of Movement, Stillness, Silence, survey the evolution of an important Southland painter. Johanna Elizabeth Qiao Tong was born (1983) in Gore. Her early childhood was spent in Waikoikoi before moving to live on other farms around the West Otago and Strath Taieri regions. In 2001 she moved to Dunedin where she began to paint seriously. Since then she has built a practice that focuses the interconnectedness of breath, heart and body - a practice that is at once singular, while rooted in the practice of Qigong and the tradition of twentieth century action painting. Johanna has exhibited widely in group shows and solo exhibitions and is a committed Ren Xue & Yuan Qigong practitioner. She lives and works at the foot of the Rock & Pillar mountain range.
Michael Steven is a poet, reviewer and amateur photographer. He is the author of Walking to Jutland Street and The Lifers, both published by Otago University Press.