This blog was created by the previous owner of Creative Matters, Mandy Jakich.
The current version of this blog is available at creativeconnections.nz

Jasmine Kroeze is an an artist and textile designer living in Papamoa near Mt Maunganui. With a background in the fashion and textile...

Elliot Love is a contemporary artist based in Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland. His hyper realistic paintings depict cars from the 80's and 90's...

Linda Va’aelua is a full time visual artist and designer of Samoan Scottish heritage. She grew up in the West Auckland suburb of Te Atatu...

Frankie Meaden is a textile artist living in Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland. She makes giant embroidery artwork from recycled materials....

Mandy Rodger is a contemporary abstract artist based in Auckland, New Zealand. Mandy's first career was in law and in 2014 she began...

Matt is a fine artist living on the North Shore, in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. Much of Matt’s work is inspired by a love of New Zealand’s...

Sam Mitchell is a visual artist based in the north west of Auckland, well known for her artworks painted in acrylic on perspex in reverse...

Gavin Chai, born in 1997 in Malaysia, is a figurative painter and artist based in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. He specialises in the...

UNLEASH CREATIVITY! Squiggla is an offline and online tool designed to exercise and develop our creative thinking skills, without...

Does setting up for painting in your classroom feel daunting? Have you ever been taught actual painting and colour making techniques so...

Marcus Hipa is a Niuean artist born and raised in Alofi, Niue Island currently living in Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa NZ. Drawing, painting...

Dagmar Dyck is an interdisciplinary artist, researcher, art educator and social justice advocate. She is a New Zealander of Tongan and...

Janet Hafoka is a visual artist based in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, working primarily in the medium of photography. Her art practice...

Neville Parker has been a full time sculptor and illustrator since 1995 and he opened his first art gallery in 1996. Since then he has...

Sean is a Kiwi Samoan emerging visual artist from Auckland, currently based in New Plymouth. His art practice is influenced by graffiti...

Auckland based Aimée Ralfini is an artist, design director and the founder of Art Ache. As an artist Aimée works in the digital space,...

UK born painter Neal Palmer immigrated to New Zealand in 1998 and has been painting full time ever since. Through the exploration of the...

Richard Penn is a South African artist living and working in Auckland, Aotearoa. He works across various media, including painting,...

Helen Ollivier is a painter living in West Auckland. She graduated from Elam School of Fine Arts in 1997 and since then has had 6 solo...

Sefton Rani works out of Piha, a coastal settlement west of Auckland. He describes himself as a self taught maker who uses paint as his...