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This blog was created by the previous owner of Creative Matters, Mandy Jakich.
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Creative Matters with Tony Ogle
Tony Ogle is known as one of New Zealand’s leading screen printers. He currently lives in Tairāwhiti, Gisborne. Next month in March Tony...
Feb 24, 2024


Creative Matters with Tawhai Rickard
Tawhai Rickard is a contemporary New Zealand Maori artist born in Gisborne, Tūranganui-a-Kiwa, of Ngati Porou decent. He is influenced...
Feb 18, 2024


Creative Matters with Esther Bunning
Esther is a photographic artist living in Greytown in the Wairarapa. She has had a long successful photographic career firstly in wedding...
Feb 9, 2024


Creative Matters with Naomi Azoulay
Naomi Azoulay is a middle-eastern-born, Auckland-based award-winning portrait and mixed media collage artist. Naomi creates captivating,...
Feb 4, 2024


Creative Matters with Oliver Cain
Oliver Cain is an English born artist who immigrated to Aotearoa New Zealand in 2013. His work covers a wide range of topics and...
Jan 28, 2024


Creative Matters with Joshua Davison
Joshua Davison is a contemporary artist from Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, with a diverse body of work in both realism portraiture and...
Jan 22, 2024


Creative Matters with Misery
Tanja McMillan, a.k.a Misery, is an Australian born painter, sculptor, photographer and mural artist living in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland....
Jan 15, 2024


Creative Matters with Sierra Roberts
Sierra Roberts is an artist from Wānaka. She creates bold, statement portraits exploring perceptions of beauty and the female experience....
Dec 21, 2023


Creative Matters with Angela Rowe
Angela Rowe is an artist, writer, curator and mentor based in Whangārei. Her creative practice includes storytelling across performance,...
Dec 15, 2023


Creative Matters with Jamie Chapman
Jamie Chapman is a painter based in Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland. He was born in the United Kingdom and immigrated with his family to New...
Dec 6, 2023


Creative Matters with Sofia Athineou
Sofia Athineou is a full-time artist of Greek heritage, based in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. Her practice is mainly in glass, a medium she...
Nov 30, 2023


Creative Matters with Andrew J. Steel
Andrew J. Steel is a New Zealand contemporary artist with a passion for story telling. Over his career he has worked across the mediums...
Nov 26, 2023


Creating a School Mural: Jackie's Garden, Glenavon School
A step by step account of the creative process of making this mural
Oct 18, 2023


Creative Matters with Tanya Blong
Tanya Blong was our very first guest on the Creative Matters podcast and lucky for us she is back 96 episodes later to talk about her...
Oct 12, 2023


Creative Matters with Julie and Michael Freeman
Julie and Michael Freeman are award winning hyper realistic pastel artists living in Auckland NZ. Julie is currently creating work with...
Oct 6, 2023


Creative Matters with Toby Raine
Toby Raine is a contemporary artist living in Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland. He has a distinctive approach to his work, moving large...
Sep 29, 2023


Creative Matters with Matthew Browne
Matthew Browne is an abstract painter living in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. Born in London UK, he relocated to New Zealand in 1991....
Sep 16, 2023


Creative Matters with Fleur Woods
Fleur Woods is a contemporary fibre artist based in the beautiful rural village of Upper Moutere (near Nelson, New Zealand) She is...
Sep 2, 2023


Creative Matters with Evan Woodruffe
Abstract artist Evan Woodruffe lives in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. He is a well known, much loved figure in the NZ art world. Evan is an...
Aug 25, 2023


Creative Matters with Sean Beldon
Sean Beldon is a South African born, Auckland-based artist best known for his large New Zealand landscape paintings. His style is mostly...
Aug 11, 2023
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