Current
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The Man Who Lived Between Sunset and Moonrise
Reuben Paterson 4 - 30 Nov 2024 Bergman Gallery, Rarotonga Opening Speakers: Derek Fox Reuben Paterson Kō atu I Te Ikaroa / Beyond the Milky Way Dina Jezdić. Since the late 1990s, Reuben Paterson has emerged as an artist of remarkable curiosity and depth, using glitter to illuminate the probing frontiers of our world and expand the possibilities for reimagination... Read more -
Nexus
Luise Fong 12 - 30 Nov 2024 Bergman Gallery, Auckland Guest speaker: Dr Linda Tyler, Associate Professor of Art History, University of Auckland Bergman Gallery proudly presents Nexus, a solo exhibition by renowned New Zealand-Asian artist Luise Fong. Known for her mastery over organic forms and material texture, Fong’s work is steeped in both microscopic and macroscopic symbolism. Since the... Read more
Forthcoming
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amor fabrica
Rhea Maheshwari 5 - 21 Dec 2024 Bergman Gallery, Auckland Opening 5pm Tuesday 5 December, all welcome. In exploring the aesthetic language of Mughal miniature painting through the intimate lens of self-portraiture, Rhea Maheshwari's new exhibition seeks to bridge temporal, cultural and stylistic divides. Mughal miniature painting, known for its precision, layered symbolism, and devotion to delicate detail, provides a... Read more -
Someone To Watch Over Me
Louie Bretaña 5 - 21 Dec 2024 Bergman Gallery, Auckland Opening 5pm Tuesday 5 December, all welcome. Someone to Watch Over Me, artist Louie Bretaña delves into the intricate relationship between ancestral spirits, anito, and the natural world—a connection deeply embedded in indigenous Filipino culture. Through his work, Bretaña bridges past and present, invoking the spirits of his ancestors and... Read more
Past
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E Kura Reitumanava no Rarotonga (Love letters for Rarotonga)
Sylvia Marsters 8 - 26 Oct 2024 Bergman Gallery, Rarotonga Guest Speaker, Debbie Sorensen, CEO, Pasifika Medical Association. Sylvia Marsters returns to Rarotonga for her 100th career exhibition project with a new collection of paintings and prints. Sylvia writes, ‘Hibiscus, Gardenia and Frangipani hold a special place in my work, in my heart. They have drawn me (quite literally) to... Read more -
The Tēvolo Made Me Do it
Telly Tuita 3 Oct - 1 Nov 2024 Bergman Gallery, Auckland Tuita's Tēvolo series is an intricate fusion of cultural symbolism, personal narrative and dramatic inspiration drawn from historical and contemporary opera divas and the Tongan Goddess Hikule'o. Four new characters are introduced to the audience: Carmen, Lucia, Norma and the Tormented Victim, played by a golden bodied Hikule’o. The series... Read more -
Horizon 2
Group Exhibition 3 - 28 Sep 2024 Bergman Gallery, Auckland Bergman Gallery Auckland proudly presents the group exhibition Horizon 2, featuring new and selected works from Fatu Feu'u, Andy Leleisi'uao, Rozana Lee, Roy Good, Alison Leauanae, Raymond Sagapolutele, Stevei Houkāmau, Siah Fina'i, Monica Paterson, Iokapeta Magele-Suamasi & Brent Holley. Read more -
Aro’a Alofa
Mahiriki Tangaroa + Fatu Feu'u 27 Aug - 28 Sep 2024 Bergman Gallery, Rarotonga Opening Speakers: Ewan Smith, Director Air Rarotonga. Fatu Feu'u, Exhibiting Artist. Aro'a Alofa reunites artists Mahiriki Tangaroa and Fatu Feu'u. Long regarded as the Godfather of Pacific Contemporary Art, Feu'u visited Rarotonga in 2022 as Creative New Zealand artist in residence, in association with the Cook Islands Ministry of Cultural... Read more
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Belonging: Stories of Contemporary New Zealand Asian Artists
Group Exhibition 1 - 31 Aug 2024 Bergman Gallery, Auckland Opening Speaker, Benny Chan, exhibition curator. In an ongoing series of exhibitions exploring diasporic New Zealand/Asian identity, exhibition curator Benny Chan unites 10 artists from the Auckland and Waikato region for the new exhibition Belonging: Stories of Contemporary New Zealand Asian Artists. The story for New Zealand/Asian immigration is a... Read more -
Where The Wild Roses Grow
Sione Monū 4 - 27 Jul 2024 Bergman Gallery, Auckland Where the Wild Roses Grow meets artist Sione Monū in the latest iterations of their cloud making practice. An extension of a series of experimental works based in nimamea'a tuikakala (the Tongan fine art of flower designing using the form of kahoa, or Tongan garlands), Monū's clouds tie traditional practice... Read more -
Heralds
Lucas Grogan + Luke Thurgate 6 - 28 Jun 2024 Bergman Gallery, Auckland Heralds reunites Australian artists Lucas Grogan and Luke Thurgate for their first dedicated exhibition at Bergman Gallery Auckland. Grogan’s ongoing shelf series of works that have previously included libraries and ornaments, has moved on to address the home medicine cabinet. Normally enclosed behind a mirrored door, these collections of unique... Read more -
Archipelago Area 51
Andy Leleisi'uao 28 May - 27 Jul 2024 Bergman Gallery, Rarotonga Opening Speaker, Dr. Teariki Puni. Andy Leleisi’uao returns to solo exhibition in Rarotonga for the first time in 5 years. The new exhibition Archipelago Area 51 continues the artists evolving Ufological narrative first appearing in the 2003 show The Umu Collection of Titles (Whitespace Gallery, Auckland). Fusing Polynesian mythology... Read more
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Fa'aaliga, Beneath the Surface
Group Exhibition 2 May - 1 Jun 2024 Bergman Gallery, Auckland Fa'aaliga is a Samoan word to reveal something, the quality of having a ready insight into things. Through painting, sculpture and photography, this exhibition featuring seven diverse contemporary Pacific artists, challenges the audience to develop a greater understanding of their practice and stories within each work. Read more -
Aotearoa Art Fair
Stand G23 18 - 21 Apr 2024 Group Exhibition: Luise Fong | Mahiriki Tangaroa | Lucas Grogan | Luke Thurgate | Benjamin Work | Rhea Maheshwari | Telly Tuita | Tanja McMillan (Misery) | Sylvia Marsters | Louie Bretaña | Joan Gragg. Bergman Gallery is pleased to return to the Aotearoa Art Fair, New Zealand's premier showcase... Read more -
Beyond The Veil Of Paradise
Kay George 7 - 30 Mar 2024 Bergman Gallery, Auckland Opening Speakers: Pa Ariki, Paramount Cheif, Takitumu, Rarotonga Kay George, Exhibiting Artist Ben Bergman, Gallery Director Kay George is a senior New Zealand and Pacific artist. Living between New Zealand and the Cook Islands for the past 35 years, George has observed and documented significant societal change within a Pacific... Read more -
The Immortal Tango of Love & War, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse & Diaspora's Children
Telly Tuita 8 Feb - 2 Mar 2024 Bergman Gallery, Auckland For the Auckland Pride Festival (Feb 1-29, 2024 ) Bergman Gallery returns 3 suites of Telly Tuita's epic photographs in a single presentation, marking the first time these images have been seen together as a collective body of work. Love and war are two extremes of the human experience where... Read more
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5 Painters
Group Exhibition 16 Nov - 22 Dec 2023 Bergman Gallery, Auckland The exhibition 5 Painters features five diverse intergenerational local painters from Auckland, who each use a unique approach to their work. From Roy Good’s carefully applied sleek colour schematics to the mark making style of Gavin Jones, the Indian dreamscapes of Rhea Maheshwari to Filipino celestial deities covered in glitter... Read more -
Ta Mataora
Group Exhibition 6 Nov - 23 Dec 2023 Bergman Gallery, Rarotonga Ta Mataora is an exhibition of Cook Islands Contemporary Art, Sculpture + Film in recognition of the 52nd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders meeting, Cook Islands 6-10 November. In the tradition of BCA projects, Tatou (2002) and Te Ata Ou (2003), Ta Mataora presents a survey of recently... Read more -
Horizon
Group Exhibition 12 Oct - 11 Nov 2023 Bergman Gallery, Auckland Bergman Gallery Auckland proudly presents the group show Horizon. Comprising senior, mid-career and emergent Pacific artists, the exhibition is a compelling snapshot of Pacific Modern art expression. Horizon is presented in partnership with our exhibition sponsors Palm Grove, Bank South Pacific (BSP), Zeman & Co | Photo + Film and... Read more -
Kindred
Linda Va'aelua + Alison Leauanae 7 Sep - 7 Oct 2023 Bergman Gallery, Auckland Kindred speaks to the familial relationships and connections to ancestral homelands for sisters Linda Va’aelua and Alison Leauanae. This body of work is an exploration of the artists’ mixed Samoan, Scottish and English heritage through abstracted motif, telling stories of migration and navigation from origins across oceans to promised lands... Read more
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Nga Meka Tui Kura (epilogue)
Reuben Paterson + Tungane Broadbent 25 Aug - 30 Sep 2023 Bergman Gallery, Rarotonga In November 2022, artists Reuben Paterson (Ngāti Rangitithi, Ngāi Tūhoe, Tūhourangi | New Zealand) and Tungane Broadbent (Rarotonga, Cook Islands) combined for the second time to present the exhibition Nga Meka Tui Kura at the Aotearoa Art Fair, Auckland, New Zealand. Their first pairing had occurred 5 years earlier with... Read more -
Tukufakaholo
Group Exhibition 10 Aug - 2 Sep 2023 Bergman Gallery, Auckland Opening Speaker, Benjamin Work, Artist In the Tongan dictionary Tukufakaholo translated in a Pālangi context, is defined as inheritance or hereditary but in a Tongan world view the definition is much broader than that. Tukufakaholo could be translated as to pass knowledge/wisdom on, where to pass does not just mean... Read more -
Sylvia Marsters
E Moemoe'a Naku 2 25 Jul - 19 Aug 2023 Bergman Gallery, Rarotonga Opening Speakers: Ben Bergman, Gallery Director Sylvia Marsters, Artist Sylvia Marsters returns to exhibition in Rarotonga with her new solo project, E Moemoe'a Naku 2. A veritable sequel to her 2022 solo exhibition E Moemoe'a Naku - A Dream Of Mine (Bergman Gallery, Auckland), Marster's new paintings take on a... Read more -
Te Vaerua O Te Vaine, Our Mother's Hands
Group Exhibition 13 Jul - 5 Aug 2023 Bergman Gallery, Auckland Te Vaerua O Te Vaine, Our Mother's Hands speaks to matriarchal intergenerational learning, celebrating women's creativity and skills and passing down wisdom and knowledge from one generation to another. This exhibition brings together five women from diverse practises. Tungane Broadbent is a Cook Islands Tivaivai artist of international acclaim. Sylvia... Read more
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A Place to call Home
Group Exhibition 15 Jun - 8 Jul 2023 Bergman Gallery, Auckland Home. It is a small word with significant meaning. It is a word that conveys powerful emotion. It means safety, belonging, acceptance, love and security, the tenets that we crave above all else. A Place to call Home speaks to the generational presence of Asian New Zealanders and reveals the... Read more -
Nina Oberg Humphries
Taura 6 Jun - 15 Jul 2023 Bergman Gallery, Rarotonga Opening Speakers: Anthony Wright, Director, Canterbury Museum, Christchurch Nina Oberg Humphries, Artist Taura reimagines Taura Atua, pre-Christian spiritual items (physical representations of gods and ancestors) of the Cook Islands, embodying symbols of migration by combining material from both traditional Polynesian taonga (treasures) and mass-produced dollar store items commonly used by... Read more -
Benjamin Work
Tautahi - In the face of adversity 9 May - 3 Jun 2023 Bergman Gallery, Rarotonga 'It's fascinating to see how facial recognition has been used throughout history, not only as a form of cultural expression but also as a means of identifying individuals. The use of painted faces and intricate designs, such as kupesi, in Tongan warfare shows how important it was to be able... Read more -
Tabatha Forbes
The Printed Hibiscus 19 Apr - 13 May 2023 Bergman Gallery, Auckland The Printed Hibiscus is an exploration into botanical study and floral fabric history, focusing on the stylised hibiscus as it has come to represent / misrepresent the South Pacific. The project research has taken several different turns - beginning with the flower as a botanical specimen, connecting to its global... Read more
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Joan Gragg
The Nuku 11 Apr - 6 May 2023 Bergman Gallery, Rarotonga The Cook Islands Nuku Pageant is an annual cultural experience, where traditional Bible stories are adapted, improvised, and performed live by Cook Islands Christian Church (CICC) village congregations. In true Cook Islands style, humour, reverence, home made costumes, modern props and island wit permeate a lively community performance unlike any... Read more -
Aotearoa Art Fair
Stand A7 2 - 5 Mar 2023 Auckland Waterfront The Cloud, 89 Quay Street Feature Presentation: Telly Tuita, The Immortal Tango of Love & War. Wellington-based artist Telly Tuita was born in Tonga in 1980 and immigrated to Sydney at age nine. Living in Australia for most of his life, Tuita’s disconnect from his Tongan heritage has... Read more -
Pride & Prejudice, Part 1
Group Exhibition 22 Feb - 18 Mar 2023 Bergman Gallery, Auckland 'Prejudice, wrote a song about it, like to hear it? Here it goes….free your mind' - such is the opening lyric to US pop/soul group En Vogue's third single from their sophomore album Funky Diva's. The 1992 anti-prejudice anthem was a worldwide hit, striking a deep chord with a new... Read more -
Aotearoa Art Fair
Stand A9 16 - 20 Nov 2022 Auckland Waterfront The Cloud, 89 Quay Street Feature Presentation Tungane Broadbent | Reuben Paterson Group Exhibition Mahiriki Tangaroa | Benjamin Work | Telly Tuita | Nina Oberg Humphries | Shannon Novak | Sēmisi Fetokai Potauaine | Heather Straka | Gavin Jones | Raymond Sagapolutele | Sylvia Marsters. Nga Meka Tui... Read more
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Sylvia Marsters
E Moemoe'a Naku - A Dream of Mine 29 Oct - 26 Nov 2022 Bergman Gallery, Auckland Opening Speakers: Marilyn Kohlhase, Pacific Arts Patron Sylvia Marsters, Artist Sylvia Marsters', E Moemoe'a Naku - A Dream of Mine, brings the artist's practice full circle as lush tropical Hibiscus paintings are presented alongside her iconic Gardenia canvases. For much of her youth, the artist was thrilled with tales of... Read more -
Raymond Sagapolutele
Aua E Te Fefe - Don't Be Afraid 24 Sep - 22 Oct 2022 Bergman Gallery, Auckland Opening Speakers: Fatu Feu’u, Artist, Patron/Founder – Tautai Contemporary Pacific Arts Trust Raymond Sagapolutele, Artist 'When I was a lot younger I was struck by an image in a book of a person using a skull as a pillow. The use of the skull in such a utilitarian way stayed... Read more -
Benjamin Work
To'a Motu 27 Aug - 17 Sep 2022 Bergman Gallery, Auckland Opening Speakers: Hūfanga-He-Ako-Moe-Lotu, Professor 'Okusitino Māhina Benjamin Work, Artist Throughout history Tongan warriors were the vanguard of many conflicts across Moana Oceania; for centuries warriors were often hired by chiefs of other islands with blood ties to Tonga, for their wars and internal conflicts. TO'A MOTU - or Island Warrior,... Read more -
Billy Apple
New York Rainbows 16 - 31 Aug 2022 Bergman Gallery, Rarotonga New York Rainbows is a tribute to Apple’s ground-breaking solo exhibition Neon Rainbows, first shown at Bianchini Gallery in New York City, 1965, which was credited with being one of the first to treat electric light as a new sculptural medium. Taking the rainbow as its central motif, this show... Read more
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Telly Tuita
Tongpop Cornucopia 23 Jul - 20 Aug 2022 Bergman Gallery, Auckland Opening Speakers: Jeremy Hansen, Marketing Project Manager, Britomart Telly Tuita, Artist Tuita's Tongpop universe is a compelling narrative, interconnecting and mashing different cultural myths and histories. Legends of foreign cultures intrigue him; they reflect stories of extreme human behaviour. His staged tableaux vivants are alive with allegorical hints. Dora the... Read more -
Fa'atasi
Group Exhibition 11 Jul - 6 Aug 2022 Bergman Gallery, Rarotonga Opening Speaker, Dr Tearikivao (Kiki) Maoate, Chairman, Pasifika Medical Association Group Fa’atasi (together) unites Samoan artists Fatu Feu’u, Andy Leleisi’uao and Raymond Sagapolutele. Feu’u, often referred to as the godfather of Pacific contemporary art was the Creative New Zealand artist in residence to Rarotonga in 2002. Co-hosted by the Cook... Read more -
Te Atuitanga - Between our Cloak of Stars
Group Exhibition 25 Jun - 16 Jul 2022 Bergman Gallery, Auckland Bergman Gallery Auckland, Opening Exhibition Opening Speakers: Caren Rangi, Chair, Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa Ben Bergman, Gallery Director Hon. George Maggie Angene, Minister, Cook Islands Cultural Development Anthony Turua, Secretary, Cook Islands Cultural Development Connection is a powerful sensation, how we relate to each other, and our... Read more -
Mahiriki Tangaroa
Kaveinga - Angels of the Ocean 23 Apr - 27 Nov 2022 Personal Structures Room 4, Palazzo Bembo Venice Operning Speakers: Ben Bergman, Project Curator Nicholas Constantini, Manager, Cook Islands Tourism, Southern Europe Sara Danieli, Head of Art, Personal Structures Cook Islands artist Mahiriki Tangaroa presents a site specific series of new paintings for Personal Structures entitled Kaveinga - Angels of the... Read more
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Tokyo International Art Fair
Andy Leleisi'uao 8 - 9 Oct 2021 Andy Leleisi'uao Tokyo International Art Fair (Digital Ed.) October 8-9, 2021 As various strains of the Covid pandemic swept across the globe in 2021, it was our pleasure to present a small suite of Andy Leleisi'uao's series A Diasporic Pulse of Faith & Patience to the digital edition of... Read more -
Sylvia Marsters
Utopia 16 Aug - 10 Sep 2021 Bergman Gallery, Rarotonga Opening Speakers: Teresa Manarangi - Trott, Keynote Sylvia Marsters, Artist Since 2004, Sylvia Marsters' flower compositions have propelled viewers into a dimension of Island fantasy. Magnificent Gardenias are ever-present in the islands of the Pacific and they surrounded her growing up in Auckland. They were a personal connection, emblematic of... Read more -
Kaveinga - Angels of the Ocean
Wrightmann House Fundraiser 24 Jun 2021 On June 24th 2021, Bergman Gallery in association with SCAPE Public Art and Wrightmann House hosted an historic fundraiser for the Cook Islands first ever artist to Venice. Exhibiting at Palazzo Bembo at the invitation of the European Cultural Centre (ECC), Mahiriki Tangaroa's site specific project Kaveinga - Angels of... Read more -
Joan Gragg
Underneath the Mango Tree 24 Mar - 23 Apr 2021 Bergman Gallery, Rarotonga Opening Speakers: Teina MacKenzie, Keynote Joan Gragg, Artist Mango trees, like their famous palm tree counterparts in Pacific folklore, are a quixotic icon of Island fantasy, their imposing physical stature and delicious, fragrant fruit have few equals. It was the song 'Underneath the Mango Tree' that drifted through that celebrated... Read more
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Auckland Art Fair
Stand B8 24 - 27 Feb 2021 Auckland Waterfront The Cloud, 89 Quay Street Feature Presentation: Sylvia Marsters, Introspective Group Exhibition: Mahiriki Tangaroa | Raymond Sagapolutele Sylvia Marsters | Introspective Born & raised in Aotearoa, artist Sylvia Marsters is of Cook Islands descent and Gardenias have long been a subject close to her heart. She states,... Read more -
Mahiriki Tangaroa
In a Perfect World 28 Oct - 14 Nov 2020 Bergman Gallery, Rarotonga Opening Speakers: Garth Henderson, Financial Secretary, Ministry of Finance & Economic Management Mahiriki Tangaroa, Artist This collection of work came about unintentionally in response to the recent Covid-19 pandemic. It was in early February 2020, that the idea to stage an exhibition was decided, however, the thematic approach and visual... Read more -
Digital 3, Retro Ed.
Group Exhibition 16 Mar - 2 May 2020 Bergman Gallery, Rarotonga In 1979, Video Killed The Radio Star became a worldwide radio hit for British new wave synth pop band The Buggles. The infectious dance tune was a powerfully nostalgic ode, recognizing that the culture and standards of the past were being erased within the rapid rise of a new ‘disposable’... Read more -
Andy Leleisi'uao
A Diasporic Pulse of Faith & Patience 4 Nov 2019 - 15 Feb 2020 Bergman Gallery, Rarotonga Opening Speakers: Francis McWhannell, Curator - Fletcher Trust Collection. Andy Leleisi'uao, Artist. 'The series is immediately recognisable for its forms in silhouette, created by brush and hand (Andy likes to speak of his fingerprints being all over his works). The majority are in black and bordered by a misty halo... Read more
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Kia Maeva Tatou
Group Exhibition 7 - 26 Oct 2019 Bergman Gallery, Rarotonga Opening Speaker: Tessa Temata, New Zealand High Commissoner to the Cook Islands. Kia Maeva Tatou - a celebration of us, a celebration of Cook Islands contemporary art, of Pacific voices in a changing world, and in this case of our Vaine Cook Islands artists. Read more -
Billy Apple
Billy Apple in Rarotonga 27 Aug - 7 Sep 2019 Bergman Gallery, Rarotonga Opening Speakers: Billy Apple®, Artist John McCormack, Director, Starkwhite, Auckland At the invitation of Bergman Gallery and with support from his Auckland art dealer, Starkwhite, Billy Apple® presents an exhibition in Rarotonga for the first time. His works are drawn from two of his signature series' - From the Collections... Read more -
Mahiriki Tangaroa
Earth, Wind & Fire...Irrespective of Place 22 Jul - 17 Aug 2019 Bergman Gallery, Rarotonga Opening Speakers: Tina Browne, Leader of the Opposition | MP for Rakahanga Brett Porter, Director, TOA Petroleum Mahiriki Tangaroa, Exhibiting Artist The concept for this exhibition developed when national discussions re-emerged about a proposed name change away from the Cook Islands or its local vernacular 'Kuki Airani'. As an advocate... Read more -
Kamoan Mine
Andy Leleisi'uao 2 May - 14 Jul 2019 Exhibition extended until July 14. 'World peace, like community peace, does not require that each man love his neighbour – it requires only that they live together with mutual tolerance, submitting their disputes to a just and peaceful settlement.' Brave words from a dynamic young American President in 1963 as... Read more
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Auckland Art Fair
Stand A11 1 - 5 May 2019 Auckland Waterfront The Cloud, 89 Quay Street Group Exhibition: Mahirki Tangaroa | Mark Cross | Andy Leleisi'uao | Benjamin Work From his Wallace Arts Trust Paramount award residency at the International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) in New York, undertaken July-November 2018, Andy Leleisi’uao will debut his series, A Diasporic... Read more -
Sylvia Marsters
Tiare Taina 28 Mar - 18 Apr 2019 Bergman Gallery, Rarotonga Opening Speakers: Maria Henderson, Turi Mataiapo Sylvia Marsters, Artist Gardenias have long been a subject close to the heart of Sylvia Marsters. The artist has painted them in increasing detail through out her career. Richly scented, with a full white petal bloom, they evoke a sense of warm climates, sea... Read more -
The Big Blue
Group Exhibition 1 Dec 2018 - 15 Jan 2019 Bergman Gallery, Rarotonga The Big Blue, a group exhibition at Bergman Gallery, captures what blue can be, the ever present hue and its many faces. 'The concept for the show came from Andy Leleisi'uao's Harmonic Island five panel work which is predominantly blue. I was very taken with the colour and it occurred... Read more -
MPA1
Group Exhibition 20 Oct - 24 Nov 2018 Bergman Gallery, Rarotonga Opening Speakers: Peter Marshall, New Zealand High Commissioner, Cook Islands Mahiriki Tangaroa, Artist The Pacific region is a diverse entity, containing 25,000 Islands and spanning a third of the worlds surface. With a rich human history, including astounding feats of navigation and ocean voyaging dating back 50,000 years, Pacific Islanders... Read more
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Matthew Payne
Infinite Horizon 3 Sep - 6 Oct 2018 Bergman Gallery, Rarotonga Opening Speakers: Fiona Turner, Winemaker, Tinpot Hut Winery Matthew Payne, Artist Shannon Saunders, CITC The magnetic Island scenery and atmosphere of Rarotonga is well regarded. Sunny beaches, protected blue lagoons and waving coconut trees, it is the idyllic South Sea paradise that has captured 44 years of modern tourism and... Read more -
Kay George
Years of Colour, 1988 - 2018 21 Jul - 25 Aug 2018 Bergman Gallery, Rarotonga Opening Speakers Kay George, Exhibiting Artist Gaye Whitta, General Manager, CITC Joan Gragg, Artist. Kay George is a textile artist and painter, born in Rotorua, New Zealand. For the last thirty years Kay has been based in Rarotonga, Cook Islands, regularly showing her work in local and international exhibitions. Kay... Read more -
Auckland Art Fair
Stand D4 23 - 27 May 2018 Auckland Waterfront The Cloud, 89 Quay Street Bergman Gallery is delighted to pair represented artists Sylvia Marsters and 2017 Wallace Award Paramount prize recipient Andy Leleisiúao in a site specific painting presentation at the 2018 edition of the Auckland Art Fair. Marsters will debut a brand new format of Gardenia... Read more -
Andy Leleisi'uao
Mangere Aroha 8 Mar - 4 May 2018 Bergman Gallery, Rarotonga Opening Speakers: Rt. Hon Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand & Minister of Arts Culture & Heritage Andy Leleisi’uao, Artist Anthony Wright, Director Canterbury Museum If you alphabetically consider all the first lines of Emily Dickinson's poems, the very last one asks, 'You've seen balloons set, haven't you?' I... Read more
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Andy Leleisi'uao & Benjamin Work
Return to Havaiki 9 Oct - 20 Nov 2017 Bergman Gallery, Rarotonga Opening Speakers: Ben Bergman, Director, Bergman Gallery Samantha Beckett, Deputy New Zealand High Commissioner, Cook Islands Today the world is at an ideological precipice. While the Middle East is rife with tribal, religious and geo/political power struggles, America is bamboozled by political and social identity crises defined by racism, bigotry... Read more -
Tungane Broadbent & Reuben Paterson
Today, Tomorrow & Yesterday 4 Jul - 31 Aug 2017 Bergman Gallery, Rarotonga Opening Speakers: Ben Plumbly, Director, Art & Object Tungane Broadbent | Reuben Paterson, Artists This exhibition presents as a conversation between the two diverse art forms, Paterson's extraordinary glitter paintings responding to the intricate fabric Tivaivai of Broadbent. Paterson litterally shines a spotlight on this important Pacific practice. Tivaivai are... Read more -
Tabatha Forbes
Ei Katu 16 May - 24 Jun 2017 Bergman Gallery, Rarotonga Opening Speakers: Teina Etches, Culture Tabatha Forbes, Artist 'How we see place, how it has been marked and represented in a European context (notably contrasting an indigenous perspective) and how those aesthetics flow in and out of our current understanding and experience is at the centre of my practice. Taking... Read more -
Sylvia Marsters
Hibiscus Hedge 6 Apr - 12 May 2017 Bergman Gallery, Rarotonga Opening Speakers: Hon. Henry Puna, Prime Minister of the Cook Islands Sylvia Marsters, Exhibiting Artist Succeeding her nine panel series, New Yorkers Don't See Flowers, VOLTA Art Fair, NYC 2014 - and her increasingly complex gardenia works for the Auckland Art Fair - 2016, Marsters new flower compositions take on... Read more
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Niaval Ngaro
This Woman's Work 15 Feb - 25 Mar 2017 Bergman Gallery, Rarotonga Speakers His Excellency, The Queens Representative, Hon. Tom Marsters NiaVal Ngaro, Artist Blondie Short, Bergman Gallery 13 years ago, NiaVal Ngaro thought of creating glass sculptures inspired by a root crop that defines Polynesians and her very own people - Cook Islanders. Born in New Zealand to Cook Islands parents,... Read more -
Benjamin Work
For King & Country 9 Jun - 30 Jul 2016 Bergman Gallery, Rarotonga Opening Speakers: Halatoa Fua, CEO, Cook Islands Tourism John Snowball, Manager, CITC Liquor Benjamin Work, Artist Can the history books be corrected? In the year of the coronation of King Tupou VI, in the Kingdom of Tonga, artist Benjamin Work addresses misconceptions around the recording of historical encounters in Tonga... Read more -
Auckland Art Fair
Stand B18 25 - 29 May 2016 Bergman Gallery, Auckland Art Fair Read more -
Mahiriki Tangaroa
Blessed Again by the Gods 4 Apr - 28 May 2016 Bergman Gallery, Rarotonga Mahiriki Tangaroa, Blessed again by the Gods, Bergman Gallery, Rarotonga, Cook Islands. Read more
