Jamie Te Heuheu (Ngāti Tūwharetoa) is an artist based in Ōtautahi Christchurch. Te Heuheu graduated from the Ilam School of Fine Arts at the University of Canterbury in 2020 with First Class Honours, and in 2021 co-founded The Den, an artist-run space in Christchurch that profiled emerging artists in the city, The Den closed with its final showcase at the Aotearoa Art Fair in 2022.
Te Heuheu’s current series of colour field paintings explore the limits of the formal qualities of abstract artmaking, with an emphasis on process and brushwork, to explore how colour, line, texture, and applied processes can evoke varied moods and feelings while leaving room for the viewer to bring their own experiences and emotions to the work.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
Quiet Thoughts and Quiet Dreams
Starkwhite, Auckland, NZ
Days of Wine and Roses
Hamish MacKay Gallery, Wellington, NZ
2022
In a Sentimental Mood
Hamish MacKay Gallery, Wellington, NZ
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
2022
Abstract (Here Is The Thing)
Ahuriri Contemporary, Napier, NZ
2021
Four Early Career Māori Artists, A New Net
Tim Melville Gallery, Auckland, NZ
ART FAIRS
2023
Alice’s Room at Spring1883 Art Fair
FUTURES Gallery, Melbourne, AU