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Ngā mihi nui to the incredible @tia.barrett.artist.nz for such a thoughtful write-up on Tāmata. We really appreciate the time and care you took to engage with our work <3

Thank you as well to everyone who came along to our opening last night. It felt really special to share the evening with friends, whānau, and the community down here in Waihōpai.

Tāmata is on until the 15th of August @artatticgallery taken in Art Attic Gallery by @b_lrl

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7 days ago

Tāmata | Bri Leone Rhea Lawrence and Geo Thompson Skipworth

Open event 5.30pm 17th July 2026
Runs until 15th August 2026
Art Attic Gallery 43 Tay Street Invercargill Waihōpai

The kaupapa of Tāmata originated from a research trip undertaken by the artists after mutually recognising the potential for a shared history. The trip follows both artist’s lines of whakapapa, tracing connections to Hinemihi (Wairoa) and Hinerupe (Te Araroa). Both marae are linked through layered histories of deterioration and restoration. Engaging directly with these sites, the artists examine colonial displacement, cultural restoration and Māori identity.

A core aspect of the kaupapa is relational restoration – strengthening ties with whānau, land and marae through conversation and creative action aligned with ongoing restoration efforts. Tāmata offers an experience for the audience to engage with the artist’s art-making journey. The works honor the past while envisioning contemporary forms of restoration. by @b_lrl

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13 days ago

Te Wairua o Tapuae, is that you?

Install veiw from Tāmata @meanwhile_gallery with @930qts

Beautiful documentation by @samsondell___
xx by @b_lrl

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2 months ago

Our beautiful current exhibition Tāmata by Bri Leone-Rhea Lawrence and Geo Aroha Thompson-Skipworth is open till Sunday 24th of May.

Experience the artists’ making journey as you move throughout the gallery. Tāmata reflects on colonial displacement, cultural restoration, and Māori identity.

Thanks to Samson Dell for the photography @samsondell___ taken in MEANWHILE by @b_lrl

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2 months ago

Aroha Mai for the ultra delayed posting ~~~ life gets busy
With the closing of our show 09 07 25 , here are some moments I’ll cherish 5eva ❤️
@physicsroom
@aidantngeraghty by @b_lrl

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8 months ago

Beautiful text by James Tapsell-Kururangi for 09 07 25 by @b_lrl

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a year ago

ngā mihi nui koutou for coming to @aidantngeraghty and I’s opening for 09-07-2025

The love is SO felt

Feeling very grateful to have Aidan and I’s works held with such love and care by @physicsroom

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📸 @geothoski by @b_lrl

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a year ago

Kia ora whānau
Kua tae mai a māua whakaaturanga

𝟘𝟡 𝟘𝟟 𝟚𝟝

I te whare toi o @physicsroom
Te 27 o Here-turi-kōkā, 2025

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09 07 25 is an exhibition with artists Bri Leone-Rhea Lawrence and Aidan Taira Geraghty. An auspicious date on which the artists expressed a desire to get to know one another, prior to presenting their work. Their series of photographs stands in as documentation, of ground covered in their recent years, on truth, self-belief, and knowledge systems that are inseparable from their biography. The photographs identify particular strategies to unpack their genealogical connection to their family stories.

The āhua of the exhibition is a warm invitation to sit with their irreconcilable ideas about distance, accountability, inheritance, beauty and boredom. taken in Puketeraki Lookout by @b_lrl

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a year ago

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@_jocelynarthur_
@jessiswright by @b_lrl

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a year ago

Visual Spotlight: Bri Lawerence ✨

Bri (Ngati Kahungunu) is a photographer based here in Ōtautahi. Bri’s personal practice deals predominantly with her lived Māori experience of the everyday, through a documentary style of photography. These ideas transfer through to her professional practice as she connects with artists within her community. You may recognise her face and photography from gig nights, such as Queer Horizons. Bri’s love for the people and environments that surround her, influence her personal and professional practice.

1) Queer Horizons @queerrrhorizons
2) Queer Horizons @queerrrhorizons
3) Tī Kōuka
4) @tom.plum at @queerrrhorizons
5) @honeykbrown at Sapphicsound
6) @siligrl at @queerrrhorizons
7) Conjunction still
8) @siligrl at Sapphicsound
9) @d1sconnecteden3rgy at @queerrrhorizons
10) Kōwhai taken in Ōtautahi by @b_lrl

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2 years ago

Eulogy x Of Body
Worrywart EDP

The beautiful @miscmish xx
Digital by @b_lrl

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2 years ago