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Moniek Schrijer: cutouts 2025, pendant no.2, cupronickel (nickel silver), cubic zirconia, zeeland cockle shells, metal mesh cord, Photography by the artist
Aotearoa Jewellery: Unmapping & Remarking
Aotearoa Jewellery: Unmapping & Remarking brings together a group of NZ artists whose practices traverse the conceptual and wearable dimensions of jewellery. Positioned on the periphery of the 25th Sydney Biennial, the exhibition offers a poetic counterpoint—one that unsettles inherited geographies and inscribes new meanings through material, form, and gesture.
In dialogue with the Biennial’s theme Rememory, artists are invited to engage with ideas of location, connection, and cultural mapping. Whether the memory is personal, ancestral, or collective, this exhibition holds space for jewellery as a site of resistance, resonance, and renewal.
The exhibition will run from April 16 to May 2, 2026, at Stanley Street Gallery, Sydney.
Participating Artists:
- Fran Allison
- Vanessa Arthur
- Andrea Daly
- Shane Hartdegen
- Brendon Monson
- Renée Pearson
- Moniek Schrijer
- Caroline Thomas
- Grace Yu-Piper
The Second Aotearoa Jewellery Triennial (2025-26):
He Momo, nā te whānau—it’s a family trait— The 2nd Aotearoa Jewellery Triennial
Curated by Sian van Dyk traveling exhibition:
Te Manawa Art Gallery, Papaioea, Palmerston North (23 August 2025 – 1 March 2026)
Waikato Museum, Kirikiriro, Hamilton (20 March – 20 July 2026)
Featured work from: Andrea Daly, Areta Wilkinson, Chris Charteris, Grace Yu Piper, Jane Dodd, Jen Laracy, Joe Sheehan, Keri-Mei Zagrobelna, Matthew McIntyre Wilson, Octavia Cook, Renee Bevan, Sione Monu, Victoria McIntosh and Warwick Freeman (see image left-‘Dead Set’, detail).
Jewellery LAB biennial – Open Call for Artists
Guided by Māia—courage, boldness, and creative risk—Jewellery LAB is a biennial initiative for contemporary Aotearoa jewellery artists to experiment, reflect, and renew.
Open to emerging, mid-career, and established practitioners, the programme offers flexible, artist-led participation, beginning with a masterclass and culminating in an exhibition at The National (Ōtautahi Christchurch) in October 2026.
Applications close Monday, 28 October 2025.
The application date has closed
Suter Jewellery Biennial – Call for Curators
Curate the future of Aotearoa jewellery.
The Suter Jewellery Biennial invites proposals from curators or curatorial collectives to shape the inaugural edition of this landmark exhibition—launching April 2027 as the centrepiece of Nelson Jewellery Week. Whether emerging or established, curators will lead with autonomy, supported by sector expertise and national visibility.
Applications close Thursday, 4 December 2025.
Details and how to apply: Suter Jewellery Biennial – Call for Curators
The Second Aotearoa Jewellery Triennial (2025-26):
He Momo, nā te whānau—it’s a family trait— The 2nd Aotearoa Jewellery Triennial
Curated by Sian van Dyk will take place at:
1) The Suter Art Gallery, Whakatu Nelson (8 March – 8 June 2025)
2) Te Manawa Art Gallery, Papaioea Palmerston North (23 August 2025 – 1 March 2026)
3) Waikato Museum, Kirikiriro Hamilton (20 March – 20 July 2026)
Featured work from: Andrea Daly, Areta Wilkinson, Chris Charteris, Grace Yu Piper, Jane Dodd, Jen Laracy, Joe Sheehan, Keri-Mei Zagrobelna, Matthew McIntyre Wilson, Octavia Cook, Renee Bevan, Sione Monu, Victoria McIntosh and Warwick Freeman (see image left-‘Dead Set’, detail).
GOODNESS
14 + 15 March 2025
a jewellery and fashion collaboration between Aotearoa New Zealand and the Modeschule München.
Modeschule München. Roßmarkt 15, 80331 München, Germany
during Munich Jewellery Week 2025.
14 and 15 March 2025, 10 – 5pm, opening event: Friday 14 March, 11am-1pm
Curated by Karl Fritsch in collaboration with Lisa Walker, Peter Deckers, M101, with the support of Caroline Billing from the National.
GOODNESS exhibition at ATELIER Gallery/Studio, Nelson during Nelson Jewellery Week, April 2025. Opening event Th 10 April 2025
ATELIER, Level 1, 284 Trafalgar Street, Nelson, NZ
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The Arts House Trust
Pah Homestead, 72 Hillsborough Road, Hillsborough,
Auckland, New Zealand
(NJW)
The Refinery, Hardy Street
Nelson, New Zealand
MATERIALISE by HANDSHAKE 8
the process of transforming artistic ideas into physical form
Denise Callan, Fiona Frew, Fran Carter, Genie Lee, Grace Yu Piper, Lisa van Hulst, Louise Hill, Nellie Peoples, Rachael Chapman, Rose Pickernell, Tūī Diprose
Pah Homestead
8 November 2024 – 16 February 2025
Upstairs Galleries
MATERIALISE marks the culmination of a two-year journey for HANDSHAKE 8 artists at The Arts House Trust, Pah Homestead, Auckland. Through masterclasses, mentorships, and creative exploration, participants honed their practices and developed a shared vision of leadership while achieving their individual artistic goals.
The exhibition reflects diverse material and conceptual approaches, embodying HANDSHAKE’s ethos of experimentation and innovation. Established by M101, HANDSHAKE is an arts mentorship programme supporting independent Aotearoa jewellery artists. Over 13 years and eight iterations, it has provided emerging artists with professional development, fostering curatorial growth, artistic excellence, and global opportunities—including exhibitions in London and Munich.
The HS8 group will reunite for their first independent exhibition at Nelson Jewellery Week in April 2025, continuing the legacy of collaboration and artistic advancement.
Denise Callan Fran Carter Rachael Chapman Tui Diprose Fiona Frew Louise Hill Lisa Van Hulst Genie Lee Nellie Peoples
6720 days, 2276 full moons since the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi…who’s counting?
April 10 – May 4, 2024
Stanley Street Gallery, Sydney
Becky Bliss, Nadene Carr, Aphra Cheesman, Nina van Duijnhoven, Neke Moa, Mia Straka, Caroline Thomas, Sarah Walker-Holt, Raewyn Walsh
Objectspace, 10 Sept – 20 Nov 2022
1st Aotearoa Jewellery Triennial
Objectspace, Friday 9 September 2022
Jewellery symposium
Objectspace, Friday 9 September, 8:30am – 4:30pm
A one-day symposium to coincide with the opening of A Stone, an Echo, a Sign: Aotearoa Jewellery Triennial, a new major jewellery exhibition at Objectspace, Auckland.
for more information: [email protected]
KARL FRITSCH
FRITSCHGANG
New Rings
Beer Mugs
Ceramics
Seaweet Lamps
A Movie
+ more
28 May – 18 June 2022
Hamish McKay gallery, Wellington, NZ
Fran Carter and Caroline Thomas
MOMENTS OF JEWELLERYNESS
TOI PONEKE, 19 Feb – 18 Mar 2022
Aotearoa Jewellery started a pilot for Aotearoa jewellers that archives memorable jewellery exhibitions.
This record of how jewellery exhibitions with its artworks are presented in its location will be available for at least 5 years.
To qualify the exhibition needs to communicate the intent, its’ setting, furniture support and with quality pictures.
Another pilot for NZ jewellery artists will start soon that will be archiving PORTFOLIOS (bio’s, CV’s, artworks, website addresses, writings, etc). Watch this space.
For more information: [email protected]
image: Moniek Schrijer. Circle, Square, 2022. Necklace. Sterling silver, cubic zirconia, 26 x 23 x 1cm photo: courtesy of the artist
Find ‘Spotlight on New Zealand’ at
Munich Jewellery Week, Munich 4 – 10 July 2022
Sieraad Fair, Amsterdam 26 – 29 May 2022
booth number 82 during Amsterdam KunstRAI 13 – 18 April 2022
image: Moniek Schrijer
Circle, Square, 2022. Necklace. Sterling silver, cubic zirconia, 26 x 23 x 1cm
photo: courtesy of the artist
7 November 2021 to 16 January 2022 extended until 1 March 2022
Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
exhibition view
participating artists:
Warwick Freeman
Craig McIntosh
Neke Moa
Renée Pearson
New Zealand jewellery is seen in the wider world as a free spirit that turns away from convention and description.
Obviously, the work comes from makers who connects to their ideas, and those ideas occur from the two islands in the middle of the Pacific, far away from the accumulation of common institutional conventions.
New Zealand history is built upon pioneering spirits. Its contemporary jewellery history is still traceable with most artists still active. In this exhibition are a few of those pioneering spirits who showed inspiring ways throughout their careers.
Sieraden from Aotearoa New-Zealand is brought to the Netherlands by MAKERS101 and curated by Marie-José van den Hout.
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