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I’m just an old chunk coal but I could be a diamond someday @west.archive.nz

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5 Year Plan?
Te Uru Waitākere Contemporary Gallery
As part of Dry-Run collective of artists from Whitecliffe honours programme 2026.
Thank you to @anoushka_nui, @kathleenah_ & @lowgan04 for inviting me to be a part of their show!

Facing instability and futility in the city, between the black mold and monopolies; making plans serves only to make god laugh.

Featuring:
‘Heratege’, oil on canvas, 750x950mm, 2026.
‘View to buy’, oil and clay on panel, 220x160mm, 2026.
‘Lefst’, oil and clay on panel,300x200mm, 2026.

Photos by Anoushka Coulter and @bennwest.irl

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Sharing some songs I love

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‼️⚡️‼️⚡️‼️⚡️‼️⚡️‼️🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥🎠🎠🎠🎠ever since verona shut down i’ve been feeling asexual…where am i supposed to take my first dates now???????🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥🫶❤️‍🔥🫶❤️‍🔥🫶❤️‍🔥🫶❤️‍🔥🫶❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥🫶❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥🎠🎠🎠‼️‼️‼️⚡️⚡️‼️⚡️‼️#explore

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bro has an industrial complex

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A photo of a dear friend.

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Collection of Portraits of Close Friends on Expired Konica VX200. 1-4 Feature Nathan Wilson atop Governor Hobsons Grave. 5-7 taken by @brodiekotor because smoking inside is cooler when your room is a bric a brac shop. 8-9 Brodie (not a real smoker) passing the vibe check. 10 Bailey on the Beach. 11-12 April outside Auckland Library. 13 Darian on New Year’s Eve in the style of a Metal Gear Solid Call.

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Come look at us again this Sunday at the central flea market.

164 Balmoral Road, Mount Eden
Sunday 23 March 8am-1pm

@d9daihatsu took some photos

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Jaymin Patel’s exhibition ‘Bigger Than Life’ still around for 2 more weeks at PlayStation gallery in Wellington.

Thanks for everyone who came to the opening.

Check out Jaymin’s artworks and Kieran Panui’s accompanying essay.

Big thank you to @indiefoghornleghorn for the fantastic images

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Portrait of @stupidleechboi - Painted by LN & AV
Acrylic on paper, A6

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#portait #art #painting #illustration

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keepin on truckin... working at the Strand Arcade. :)

#wip #artiststudios #painterspaintingpaintings #aucklandartist

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somethin cooking <3

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