Te Whare Hēra Artist Residency

Stimulating the production of high quality, innovative, creative work in Te Whanganui-a-Tara/Wellington, making a visible difference to the cultural lives of our local community.

Artist in Residence for May: Rubén Darío Díaz Chávez

Rubén Darío Díaz Chávez returns to us from Ecuador, to collaborate with Māori artists Regan Balzer and Horomona Horo to exhibit a series of works that create dialogue between Sapara and Māori culture, and their resistance through contemporary art

Tōwai : Between Forest, Mountains and Ocean

The Engine Room

Block 1, Massey University Wellington Campus

7 May - 15 May

12-4pm Daily

Bringing together Māori artists and the Sapara nation (from the heart of the Ecuadorian Amazon).

Rubén Diaz, Kura Puke, Kurt Smith-Komene, Stuart Foster, Horomona Horo, Israel Randal, Regan Balzer

“The Te Whare Hēra programme supports artists to research, develop and produce a new and innovative contemporary art project. The residency provides artists with the time and space to complete such a body of work and to examine, map out, experiment, make connections, exchange ideas, and collaborate.”