Glass Artist Jenny McLeod lives outside of Auckland - away from the hustle and bustle. Her home studio has a 'vibe' - the feeling of the islands. Tropical plants, gorgeous garden art (of course!) water features and a thatch roof patio. You can't help but feel relaxed and laid back...
While visiting Auckland a few months past we popped in to see one of our fabulous ceramic artists - Helen Perrett. Helen was busy in her home studio working on an exhibition titled 'WishUWereHere'. If you have been into KINA you will know her works: sitting dogs, sitting bunnies, little...
We are happy to call Marita Green a local Taranaki artist. She is extremely prolific with her works at KINA whether it be her well known dolls or her new discovery of crochet. She also participated in the 100 day challenge producing 1 doll everyday for 100 days - not...
The National Jewellery Exhibition opening night at KINA was AMAZING! Thank you to everyone who participated and to everyone who came out to support our first ever jewellery exhibition. This was a change to our regular exhibition style here at Kina - we featured an impressive display of jewellery including...
Sometimes life changes and we need to let go of some things. Never say never, but Rae’s studio has now closed so this could be the last opportunity to purchase one of her works.In making the decision to move to a Retirement Village last year, Rae needed to accept that there...
This exhibition is near and dear to the KINA Angels. We love what it represents and we love this time of year. As a gallery we want to encourage and support New Zealand artists. We also strive to expose our community to new emerging artists as well as artists far...
He is a man full of vigor. A man of style, aesthetic, and some serious talent! Luke Jacomb is one half of the team that makes up Lukeke Glass. We were lucky enough to chat with him on the phone and hear a little bit about the man, the myth...
Local artist Deborah French fills her life with colour. Bright bright colour. We are lucky to have her in our backyard here in Taranaki nestled in the Kaiteke ranges. Deborah is a warm heart. A lover of animals. A lover of the land. But mostly a lover of art. We...
Kina has a few artists that we support who have more than one artistic member in the family. Peter Lambert is one of these, his daughter Rachel, is a jeweller…but that's another story. As for Peter, he is well known, prolific and local. After studying at Canterbury University (graduating...
