A mural for Graffiato Street Art Festival about the body being an adaptable energy alchemist form, ever changing (growing/ageing) moving and processing the good and painful feels of life (and the craziness of world💔)
A little bit feline for the ZONE Physio & Pilates studio inside the building and their love of cats and making people’s bodies and minds healthier, flexible and agile.
Thank you so much @graffiato_taupo_street_art for having me in Taupō for the weekend
A mural inspired by the Ocean and Sea birds in the new Lyall Bay Junction area in Wellington.
The colourful wave forms flow and ripple out from within her face/mind and then her hand emerges from those same waves. Showing a cyclical concept that the water is within her and she also emerges from the water as Sea Birds fly freely into the sky.
Many thanks to Tymone Winter from Empire of Genius for initiating this project and to the Lyall Bay Junction community for having me.
Thanks to the Sponsors KRL & The Wellington Airport and more.
My South Sea Spray Wāhine(women) mural is dedicated to Mothers.
To me it represents my Grandmother and my Father and my Son and I.My Grandma was born in Waihōpai, the very south of Aotearoa where the South Sea Spray Wāhine street art festival was held. My Grandma and her son (my Father) both passed away many years ago and my son is named after my Father. The string of stars they are holding represents the connection between mother and child that exists beyond time and tangibility.
Including a small spontaneous second wall I had time to squeeze in
Thank you so much the the South Sea Spray Trust and artist Whānau for this amazing week full of uplifting Manaakitanga!
Here’s to taking care of and protecting our mothers and children of the world it takes a giant village
Photos by the one and only @mira_a_mire
@goodstuff_aotearoa #badlands mini paint and music festival.
Free flow live painting alongside live music Friday night, art exhibition at @badcompanyworkspace Saturday night & rainy weather meant quick improvised and experimental mural jams in spontaneous locations over the weekend.
Huge mihi to you alchemist @mrcinzah for bringing us together in your home town and thanks to the beautiful artists and musicians and to all who organized and attended ❤️
Photos by @mifarr & Shanti
Thanks for having me Boon Street Art Festival & Waikato University with @miriamagracesmithartist and @tw.ei for our intertwining murals wrapping around three buildings connecting together our representations of wonder, imagination, magic, potential, guidance, learning, organic growth and Kaitiakitanga. 📸 @tim.crater
Recent murals at Archway Recruitment, where people help people find work and connections on their life path
A large mural of The Utopian rainbow fountain goddess of flow at Work Inc, Sydney.
Special Thanks to Mark Davidson.
Project co-ordinator - Zoe Edema @ Muralisto
Photos by Sandra May
Oil and acrylic on canvas
Shown at Te Matapihi Exhibition at Masterworks Gallery, Auckland
‘The Last Bloom’
Cozumel has become primarily a tourist area with hundreds of people coming onto the Island from cruise ships daily, to go diving or snorkelling, to see the coral, which as I experienced first hand is fast becoming an underwater desert.
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Coral is commonly mistaken for rocks or plants and many of us are unaware that these delicate creatures, growing like little mothers providing a nursery for thousands of species of fish, are actually living creatures. In my mural I have personified coral in the form of the face of Mother Nature, a relatable image for us humans, illustrating that coral is a living entity and to tread carefully in the water. Just like us, once it is gone, it is gone. A reminder to be careful not to stand on or touch her and not to use sunscreen in the ocean as it creates a barrier stopping nutrients from the sunlight reaching through the water to the coral.
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The black and white splitting and melting of the form in the mural represents the rapidly declining and dying coral reefs. This is due to many human impact/global warming factors including rising water temperatures that cause non-reversible coral bleaching and an increase in smothering sponges & algae, sunscreen, and sediments upturned by ships. The large scale of the coral mother in comparison to the tiny diver represents the large scale of the issue we are facing and the beauty we are loosing before our eyes.
This is a @pangeaseed Foundation latest edition of their international public art program, @seawalls_ Artists for Oceans in partnership with @proyectopanorama.
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Location: Cozumel, Mexico | 20.4230° N, 86.9223° W
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Mural theme: Coral reef conservation
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Photos by: @abovebelowphoto, @yoshi_travel & @thestillsagency .
Gracias to @mexicobienhecho for sponsoring all of our acrylic paint and materials for Sea Walls Cozumel.
Huge thanks to Tre and Akira, Melissa and the Panorama crew and our legendary ops team and the rad artist humans that came together for thi project. Mucho amor!!!
Perspective, scale, space and microorganisms.
An interior painting at a new under-construction office space for a local and expanding Wellington technology company, FNZ.
A mural for the rad team at Urban Fitness, 4 College St, wellington
One of my striped sun chimeras entered into my pal @tw.ei ‘s hexagonal pin world and this 4 piece pin collab was born.
Fitting in all the ways with @tw.ei ‘s collectible pins and growing into its own multi mix & match creature self.
Released originally through a @myartshipper members live stream and now there are a few available via the link:
Final shots of my piece from @seawalls_ Tairāwhiti @pangeaseed 💙
The wave forming in stages internally through the deconstructed parts of the Sea lion represents the sea as the emotion of nature that is currently trying to communicate to us the effects of our destructive actions. Sea lion population numbers have halved and could halve and halve again until extinction within the years of my generation. We have the opportunity to collectively rise with this tide into a new state of awareness where we can live in harmony with nature and all her beings.
After I had sketched up the Sea Lion I discovered a leaking water pipe unintentionally positioned in the heart/shoulder of the Seal, I felt like it was significant so I painted a blue heart around it. We are all made of water.
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There was another moment that @vanessarushtonphotographyspontaneously captured on camera where a sparrow landed on the pipe and drank the heart water, only taking the tiny bit it needed.
The most amazing thing about this festival was the community of people that came together. So much love to the core team 👑@kell.sunshine 👑, @mrcinzah , Tre :), @artworkofkai , @crackedink , legendary volunteers, Gizzy locals and the best new and old artist friends for their epic work and good vibes.
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Special thanks to project partners Eastland Community Trust, JN Williams memorial trust, @gisbornedc, @resenecolour, Tairawhiti Environment Centre, Walter Findlay LTD, and to our sponsors
Martins Hiremaster, Hirepool Gisborne and Evolution Wireless.
Photos by
Portrait and in-camera double exposure by @emilyrafteryphotography
Open up, share the colours, peaceful communication is connection, weaving the threads of humanity "Tuia te muka Tangata" with amazing people from all over the world who made up Street Prints Manaia 2019.
15 Murals based on the theme “Tuia te muka Tāngata” “Weaving the threads of Humanity”
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Thank you to the amazing lineup
Amanda Valdes, Elliot O'Donnell/Askew One, @mrbryce13 mintfloral.co.nz, Charles & Janine Williams, Dourone, Tawck, Findac, Notte, @artoflisaking, Millo Mateus Bailon, Mike Tupaea, Bub Dewes, Melinda Butt, Swiftmantis Productions, Ephraim Russell, Paola Delfín :)
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Supported by PAINT - Pushing Arts In Nz Trust Whangarei District Love It Here Whangarei District Council Tuia 250 @foundation north Finbarr Notte Creative New Zealand Resene
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Captured by the Grand Master Yoshi_Travel_Films 💪🏽🖤
A recent mural collaboration with rad local calligraphy artist and friend Larissa Mcmillan ✨ painted in Te Ngākau (The Heart) of Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington) where water flows into land and from land into the heart of Wellington City/Civic Square & acknowledging this place as a central gathering place for recent protest marches and a place for respecting and loving each other. Huge thanks to legend Katie Taylor-Duke from Wellington City Council
Group exhibition of 9 female street artists from around the world.
@janine_divatmd @gleo_co @ginakiel_ @hallofxoe @miriamagracesmithartist @dreamgirlsartcollective @fluro_rock @caratoes @paulatikay @mekilu
Curated and organised by Mire Moshella and The Mango Collective.
Wearable collaboration with Juan Bullion Hats
A painting I intentionally painted slowly like a meditation over time, in between the other busy life things.It found it’s purpose, beyond the wall, to wrap around and move out in the world✨I’ve been wearing the OG amazing @juanbullion hats for years while muralling or adventuring, they’re so adaptable and functional and sculptural.
A dream surface for this painting to float around on
The original Juan Bullion headwear, the artwork abstracted into the panels of the hat, and the bedrock cloth aka sarong, aka lava lava to be worn, hung on a wall, lain on the sand, draped on a chair or anyway as you like it.
Canvas by us, versions by you.
Let us play.
Limited edition hats and cloths in two colourways: monochromatic & black, white, orange and blue.
Amazing nterplanetary photos by my awesome friend Russell Kleyn
Acrylic on board, 50x50cm
Painted for the Opening Exhibition of Eyes On Fire Gallery, Auckland.
Oil and Acrylic on canvas, framed
A painting for the Resident Gallery group Exhibition
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It’s like daydreaming
reaching back into the abstract
faces with infinite ears do flips
changing form and back again in an accordion motion
while the very hungry caterpillar eats potato chips on string
happiness is a balance evolving constantly
as layers fuse together and layers fall away the caterpillar changes into the butterfly
It’s about letting go of the masks we wear
tunnels of memories fading in and out
my mother grew up in this place
then the UFO was seen
the aliens left a face made of stone in her garden
one eye follows you wherever you go
making ripples in the water
as autumn leaves dance down the Whanganui river
A describing poem for this piece made with the comments, conversations and interpretations of people, from the youngest child to the oldest woman, who watched and chatted with me and each other as I painted this piece.
An amazing week getting weeeiiirrrddd in Whanganui with a group of total legends and a town full of lovely welcoming people.
Huge thanks to @cracked ink and Shanti for such a good vibe at @whanganuiwalls and the best crew of volunteers 🙏 and artists @hayleywelsh @claire_foxton @elliotfrancisstewart @mrcinzah @heypatyeah @amokisland @jacob_chrisohoou_artist @crackedink ,my super talented mentoree @rainbowartist22 who smashed her first wall painting and my Mum who came and painted with me for a little bit with matching overalls 🕺🕺 Thanks to our sponsors @resenecolour @visitwhanganui @whanganuidc @whanganui_town_centre_regen @harrisonshiremaster
And last but not least @yoshi_travel who we all trust with our lives #Brian4eva
A little mural in the center of Island Bay on the small wharepaku building.
The design represents the land and sea meeting and flowing together with a colourful and diverse community.
Many thanks to Katie Taylor-Duke and Brennan Baxley from WCC.
Album artwork for Tahini Bikini - Fever dream
Oil paint, acrylic and digital
2m wide painting commission
Oil and acrylic on canvas
Thanks to The Nomadic Art Gallery for the connection
Fun with good friends.
A mural collaboration with Xoe Hall for Fiona Hewitt’s new Wellington Cafe. Aerosol pink figure and cloud swirls by Gina, Lizards and Crocodile head by Xoe.
Logo and signage design by Gina and made by hand at Frampton Signs.
Fifi’s - Marion St, Wellington.
Hand painted Skateboard for the Freestyle group exhibition at Limn Gallery.
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Collaboration Mural with Dreamgirls Art Collective
Inspired by Wahine Toa Mākereti Papakura, Te Arawa, Tūhourangi iwi. (1873-1930).
This 7 story mural was painted in Rotorua for the amazing @aronuiartsfestival
Based on Mākereti’s story, her different adornments & clothing represent the two worlds she was part of. Her life & roots here in Aotearoa & her life abroad in England.
Her hair flows free on one side with her huia feather woven in & a ribbon on the other side, to represent the red headscarf she wore when she was a famous tourist guide at Whakarewarewa thermal valley in Rotorua.
She wears her Korowai & tiki Te Uoro as well as her 1900’s style dress, the skirt transforms into her piupiu. Her torso is a Taniwha to follow her gut instincts & her neck becomes Taniwha, speaking fluently & fiercely in both languages.
She wears one boot, a hybrid taniwha/1900’s style boot to represent the merging of two worlds, the other barefoot shows she is grounded in knowing exactly who she is & her whakapapa. She kneels on the wave as she travelled back and forth across the ocean.
Holding a physical scroll representing her writing achievements in her Taniwha hand, she strongly & unapologetically claims her contribution to literature & representing Māoritanga.
She is poised, holding her Taiaha, ready to stand up for who she is, her people, culture & what she believes in no matter how hard the journey.
What an honour to collaborate with Mākereti’s descendant, June Grant. Ngā mihi @juneairinigrant for your guidance, trust & your creative input to add the design detail for the piupiu.
Massive mihi to Cian, Frances, Bobby and the whole @aronuiartsfestival crew for everything and to @elliotodonnell79 with @bareps for helping with project management.
Ngā mihi to @creativenz for the funding to make this happen!
And to the @sulphur_city_soapery & @totalaccess for safe access
Rad photos captured by @aio.media.nz
Dreamgirls Art Collective projects
Gina Kiel, Xoë Hall & Miriama Grace-Smith
A collaborative illustration for the NZ Symphony Orchestra 2023 programme as part of Dreamgirls’ Art Collective with Xoë Hall and Miriama Grace-Smith
A lil illustration for @amplifierart series of mental health resources for students. This piece interprets feelings of despair that we can all experience sometimes, the faces and the swirling forms within represent identifying the feelings, the tiger roar to express, acknowledge and share them and the birds to let them be and let them go when they are ready.
Some helpful words from Amplifier: Feelings of despair can be described as a lack of hope that life can feel better than it does.
Sometimes despair can be manifested as irritability, isolating yourself from friends and loved ones, or feeling hopeless about the future. And when we feel this way, it can be challenging to find help because social media and the world around us tell us that we must remain positive no matter what, 24/7. It’s okay to talk about despair even when the world is telling us that despair is not okay to be felt while we move toward healing.
It’s important to keep in mind that feelings of despair are normal experiences and are part of being human. We want everyone to thrive, to feel secure and feel hopeful about their futures, even when it may be difficult. Here are some ways to manage feelings of despair:
Accepting that what you’ve gone through can’t be undone, but the difficult feelings - such as deep sadness, shame, or grief - that come with it will lessen over time
Understanding that, no matter how unfair or devastating this loss or change was, the future holds many more kind, soft, and happy moments than you can see right now - and it is better to be here for that future than not.
Finding and focusing on the positives in life does not mean you have to forget or invalidate the struggles you’ve experienced.
Contact @amplifierart for more info and details about the project they are rolling out for students
Thank you @amplifierart and @cleobarnett and the team for the mahi you do!
Visit @ginakiel_ instagram to see the animated loop with audio by the amazing Gaslamp Killer!
Mirror print for Gama Gallery, Mexico City
Limited edition of 6.
https://gamacrea.com/
Psychedelic electric motorcycle installation for local Wellington workshop FTN Motion who are creating fully electric motorcycles & mopeds from their Lyall bay workshop.
This one is on display at Wellington Airport until mid 2022 hanging out with The Lord Of The Rings eagle…until we can fly again :)
With Chulo Creative
A large mural weaving throughout the new Trademe Wellington office.
Many thanks to Steph and Sarah, two absolute legends to work with.
Thanks to Xoe Hall and Sean Duffel for assistance.
Interior abstract colour murals. Bringing colour to any space.
First mural images are located in the Rugby NZ headquarters, Wellington.
Second image is at Aro Digital, Wellington.
A book cover commission from a local Wellington business Fliperature for Mary Shelley’s story Frankenstein.
A book format designed for reading lying down. Read on one side of the book. When you reach the end, flip it and continue reading.
My interpretation of the story of Frankenstein was a focus on the internal battle between different aspects of the self as the two main characters, Frankenstein and the Monster, being two parts of the one. An internal journey and battle of hope & turmoil.
There are two covers which make up one artwork, which is designed to be seen from any angle with new faces appearing from the colours between the masks.
The book can be purchased here
The Tiger Mother
As part of the Primordial Mother series.
A private commission
Acrylic on wood box frame
Poster artwork both individual and collaborations with Miriama Grace-Smith.
In order of appearance:
Chelsea Semple - Gina
Les Elder - Gina & Miriama
Chelsea Bremner - Miriama & Gina
Portia Woodman - Miriama
Poster design for the 38th running year of Art Rock Festival in France!
https://www.artrock.org/
Gig poster for Courtney Barnett at The Opera House Wellington.
Screen printed + hand finished variants - Limited number of 8 available through my online shop
Thanks Andy and Courtney
Paintings for a group exhibition Entheos at Gama Crea in Mexico City
Prints available via my online shop - link in web header
Hand painted vintage leather jacket for the Hunters & Collectors group exhibition, Jet Leather brand made in New Zealand.
All proceeds from the sold jacket ($600) went to the Aotearoa For Black Lives Matter fund.
Many thanks to Hunters & Collectors and the new owner of the Jacket.
Vote the Environment & Home Mural Festival posters.
Recent Pangeaseed & Sea Walls: Artists For Oceans collaborations
Loved creating The Wellington Airport ‘Ngā Taniwha stage’ at Cuba Dupa with my girls Miriama Grace-Smith & Xoë Hall a.k.a Dream Girls Collective
This piece acknowledges manawhenua, and the two kaitiaki of Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Taniwha Ngake and Whataitai. The hands above represent everyone coming together at this event to share the vision.
Many thanks for Gerry, Nic and the Cuba Dupa Festival team.
Shout out to Eddy for animating the LED screen backdrop!
Francesca Vodanovich for painting assistance on the VIP wall.
To everyone who shared and tagged photos of the stage during the event!
A mural for the Taranaki St Crossfit gym in Wellington. Alongside Milarky, Dside, T.Wei & Gwil.
A mural for the entrance of The Wellington Chocolate Factory, Eva st, Wellington
A collaboration mural with Xoe Hall at Graffiato, NZ’s longest running street art festival in Taupo, a town built around the beautiful volcanic lake.
This piece is a representation of thirst, the search for water to calm the mind.
#volcanicmind #findingwater #waterrefuge #takemetothewater #laketaupo #calmlake #streetart #mural
All the thanks to the Graffiato team who are absolute legends, our wonderful volunteers, the community and participating artists.
‘Continuous Cycles of the Primordial Mother’
Acrylic on 300gsm paper, Framed A2
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Toi Wahine - female group exhibition at Parliament, Wellington, NZ
Curated by Chloe Swarbrick
Thanks to Tim, Tasha and Chloe for the organisation.
Featuring:
Kelly Spencer, Erin Forsyth, Rebecca Terborg, Febe Morris & Jess Earnshaw
A painting at La Sabina in Santa Maria, Mexico City as part of Gama Gallery’s third birthday celebration event.
Risograph prints and custom beer labels also.
Paintings for a group exhibition at Gama Crea in Mexico City. Sold Out.
Many thanks to Daniel and Kas.
centerfold sketches…
…when things come apart look at them in new ways…
Wine label design for Fun Juice.
Thanks Garage Project team!
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A personal study of proximity while travelling through Mexico.
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proximity
prɒkˈsɪmɪti/
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nearness in space, time, or relationship.
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Inspired by the colourfully painted buildings and textures throughout Mexico and the nature of travelling very far to get very close to something, close up enough to see detail which may be missed at distance, an experimentation on the opposite effect of large scale mural art.
Gig poster for The Teskey Brothers with Harmony Byrne in Auckland, New Zealand.
Many thanks to Al Parkinson
Limited edition artist proof posters available here - https://ginakielshop.bigcartel.com/product/the-teskey-brothers-gig-poster
A mixed media portrait of the young humpback whale photographed by PangeaSeed Foundation Founder, Tre' Packard, in the magical waters off the Kingdom of Tonga. Through the dissection of the whale, an internal forming wave of awareness is revealed. With a rising motion lifting the whale to the surface, this movement can lift the awareness of our current and future generations to realize the change that is needed for our oceans and the majestic beings that call it home
Attention, all of you ocean lovers out there! PangeaSeed is pleased to announce a very special Valentines Day print release for our 2019 print project, "In Peril". Featuring original artwork by supporting ARTivist Gina Kiel (New Zealand), this limited art print edition highlights the iconic endangered humpback whale.
Title: "Waves from the Deep"
Dimensions: 24" x 12" inches with hand deckle edges
Edition size: Limited edition numbered giclée print
Paper: Italian cold-press watercolor paper
Pricing: $83 plus shipping
Printed by Paragon Press
To Purchase A limited edition print visit…
A building front mural for Wellington fashion store Caughley as part of the WOW World of Wearable art event held annually in Wellington, NZ.
Photos by Phoebe Holden
Swimming installation at Wellington's underground night Club 121.
A mural for Martinborough Mural Walk event hosted by Ventana Creative Collective.
"It represents the vibrant world of Martinborough and those who live there. It represents the French term, described to me over the weekend by lovely visitors, 'Terroir' - based around growing grapes to make wine, it describes the Earth's unique environmental qualities as it's 'Character', a personification of the Land. This mural is about the connection between human and the earth, that we are one in the same, to be mindful of the planet which in turn reflects back on us." .
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Favourite observer story: "One of my favourites was an old man who said my art reminded him of his travels to Paris when he was young where he saw comic-art style murals that pushed the boundaries of reality. He came back the next day to show me photos :)"
Many thanks to P&K General Store for having me paint your wall, Auriga for inviting me to paint at the event, Thunderpants for the food and stories and everyone else for the amazing weekend.
Love and pain and looking for balance within.
Mural at Graffiato street art festival Toupo NZ 2016
Thanks to Ross and all the crew and the Pilates Body Dynamics Studio for letting me paint their wall.
Photos by Tracie Angell
Thanks to The Wellington City Council and the team at Cable Car Lane for the opportunity to paint a colourful rainbow landscape mural in Cable Car Lane. A super fun project to start 2018. The piece represents the cable car as a magical moving connective path through the continuum of time from history to current day and beyond. Thanks to the passengers and Cable Car staff for all the lovely comments and chats 🌞 I am honoured to have been able to bring colour to the space
A garage door mural commissioned by creative film content makers, Wrestler.
Photos by Harry A'Court
an ongoing exploration of medium and subject at a secret abandoned location
A collaboration with Audi of NZ, to paint a mural in Ponsonby Central in Auckland, inspired by the new Audi Q2. A car that has so many customisable parts that everyone will look at it differently therefore it is #untaggable. The brief was Duality Of Perception, a design that is split down the middle and using a yellow and black colour palette.
Special thanks to Audi NZ for getting art on walls and to the amazing crew at Media agency FCB Auckland and Garth Badger for the ladder, and Troy and the team at Ponsonby Central.
The goddesses of milk, chocolate and flavour for the new Wellington Chocolate Factory Milk Bar.
Label design and creative direction with Harry A'Court at Inject Design
Thanks for the coolest little chocolate factory in the world for wrapping the most delicious, organic and fair trade chocolate in my art.
This illustration was inlayed into a Shapers Inc surfboard shaped by Roger Titcombe from Realsurf. Art directed and filmed by Harry A'Court from Inject Design. This project was sponsored by Adobe and we presented this project at the Adobe Create Now Roadshow alongside Affectors and donated the board to the Sustainable Coastlines charity to be auctioned off to raise funds to keep our beaches and coastlines clean.
To purchase a Mermaid surfboard or a board with another design visit and enquire at : www.shapersinc.co.nz
To purchase a mermaid art print visit : www.ginakielshop.bigcartel.com
Please do not use this image for sale on products without permission.
Line illustrations for Pique Skin to be used on packaging and throughout the brand. Dripping, flowing liquid honey, passionfruit oil flowers, crystals and spikes to represent the exfoliating texture of cinnamon and flowers to represent the emergence of milky soft petal skin.
"Mask meets scrub for a delightfully peculiar skin treat"
It's so good you can actually eat it.
Get some - www.piqueskin.com
Made in New Zealand.
Strawberry Fields Festival 10th year event.
Live painting alongside @tigrebailando @jumumonster and @rachelwolfepaints beneath a beautiful wooden structure by @blackstonebuilds
Big thanks to Courtney and Dylan the SF crew.
When spontaneous moments of colour and light open portals to other worlds.
..we are swimming in air
living shadows
look again
Photography and illustration by me
Three in the collection of skateboard paintings for Candy Fever and also The Paper Rain Project.
All sold so far but it is a continuing series..
A commission from Innocent Packaging for their Compostable Canvas artist series coffee cups
Album artwork for New Zealand Band - Tunes Of I
Tshirts available here - http://www.tunesofi.co.nz/merch/
The NZ Fringe Festival artwork & logo created alongside Inject Design.
Pattern elements represent different aspects of fringe and categories of performance.
Creative direction by Harry A'Court & Gina Kiel.
Booklet layout design by Inject
Russell kleyn and I teamed up with The Service Depot to create a collage mirage with some of their hottest local & international labels.
Mythology themed illustrations for an Affectors group exhibition up on the rooftops in Surry Hills, Sydney. Photography collaboration with Mark Townsend.
Photos of opening night by Georgia Drew
Read an amazing review of the event from Ace at The Plus Ones HERE
poster design for a FREE pop up Drawing Club happening throughout the city of Auckland, New Zealand. Connecting those with a passion for creation and a playful respect within the possibilities of the human form. Each event offers those in attendance with a completely unique experience. Established in 2011, over 40 of these immersive Drawing Club's have taken place, made possible with the support of local art festivals, business associations and branches of the Auckland City Council. Curated and run as a collaboration between long time friends @cleobarnett and @pariskirby.
http://drawingclubakl.tumblr.com/
Illustration for a Mac's Beer x Wellington Chocolate Factory beer collaboration.
Creative Direction by Harry A'Court from Inject Design
Salted Brittle Caramel, New Zealand Hazelnut, Madagascar and Chilli Lime Nuts packaging illustrations for The Wellington Chocolate Factory.
The Salted Brittle Caramel bar won the 'sweet thing' Cuisine Magazine Artisan award 2015!
Branding, photography and Web by Inject Design.
In honour of spring and all things blossoming and buzzing and beautiful and slightly creepy crawly....
Creative Direction, flower headdresses and makeup - Verity Griffiths using Mac Cosmetics for Stevie English Hair
Photography - Arneka Grosvenor
Models - Eden and Devon from www.62models.com
Nails - Tanya Barlow
Flowers - Flowers On Franklin, Ponsonby Road, Auckland, NZ.
Illustration... me obviously
A public ad takeover and art exhibition in the streets of Brooklyn, New York City and at Superchief Gallery.
Curated by Cleo Barnett.
Part of a larger historical movement of ad takeovers, OUROBOROS is one example how to interrupt the outdoor advertising industry. Check out the show, pick up your own key to unlock advertising spaces and do it yourself!
OUROBOROS is an exhibition that encompasses multiple challenges and lines of questioning explored by independent curator Cleo Barnett in collaboration with nowHERE and Superchief Gallery: What role does street art play in a society where advertising is prolific within our visual landscape? What ways can white privilege be used to interrupt and subvert capitalistic systems? How does symbology and mythology connect us globally and throughout time? Why does both the content and scale of outdoor advertising go unquestioned in its domination of our public spaces?
Prints available - here
Ninja Ink - live paint event at Black Coffee Newtown - all artworks sold through Silent Auction
Pattern mural on the Courtyard wall at the famous Laneway restaurant in Dunedin.
Many thanks to Justin, Luke, Colin at The Geeky Gecko and Sean Duffell and the Honey Badgers studio family.
Don't Worry Be Happy. A lithograph print for a Future themed exhibition with Look Hear festival Australia.
Print illustration for No Cure Magazine issue 09 launch exhibition party.
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8 page interview feature in No Cure issue 09.
to purchase visit the - No Cure Shop
Photo's by Luke Henery.
Eyeball mural up at Inject Design
Thanks for having me @boonstreetart you guys are magical. My biggest wall so far 🌈 on @the.meteortheatre. This mural illustrates the connection between audience, performer and creative energy through the mind altering experience of performance and the exploration of masks and what flows between and beneath. And I was happy to learn from a lovely lady that this building used to be a roller skating rink and that my piece reminded her of skating around the rink when she was a kid back in the 80’s 🤘⚡️Thanks @isaaccharlotte @craig._.mcclure@paul_be_art, my assistant on black touch ups @mrkptr and all the team for looking after us so well. Rad video and stills by the dude @onemancrewnz
Neon lights and sweaty nights.
A three part Collaboration with Xoe Hall, Ashley Church/Dinosaurtoast and me.
Photography - Ashley Church aka dinosaurtoast (to see more visit -dinosaurtoast.com
Styling & clothing - Xoe Hall
Model & digital collage - Gina Kiel
Featured on Sticks And Stones Agency
A magical mermaid parts the sea of dreams to wander small kitsch towns & marshmallow countrysides in search of rock’n’roll & little more action.
A three part Collaboration with Xoe Hall and Ashley Church (aka Dinosaurtoast) and me.
Photography - Ashley Church aka dinosaurtoast (to see more visit -dinosaurtoast.com
Styling & clothing - Xoe Hall
Model & digital collage - Gina Kiel
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The left and right brain working together in harmony.
A mural commission at Work Inc in Sydney, Australia.
Thanks to Zoe Edema at Muralisto
Candy Fever exhibition with Xoe Hall at Black Coffee Newtown, Wellington, NZ.
Limited number of the full Ladies print and individual Ladies Prints available at my online store.
Exhibition photos by Anna Briggs.
A mannequin installation project with photographer Garth Badger for his IDENTITY PROJECT exhibition at Thievery Studios.
Fringe Festival Caravan mural
If a ladder is like life, we might sometimes step and fall on a broken rung, but within each broken piece is a lesson and an opportunity for positive change.
This ladder was painted at the launch of Think Ladder, a cognitive behavioural therapy app that helps turn internal negative beliefs into positive ones.
http://www.thinkladder.com/
Large custom canvas painting commission from MBM Wellington. Frame and install by Tom Forman at Tomahawk NZ - www.tomahawkemade.co.nz
Using photographs from Te Papa Museum's archival collection I created a collage mural through the hallway entrance to the Mahuki Hub in Te Papa. Art directed by Gary Stewart from Gas Projects.
