Artist Mahiriki Tangaroa introduces her exhibition "In a Perfect World', Bergman Gallery, October 2020.
Contemporary Art In The South Pacific, Bergman Gallery & The New Frontier by Rachel Smith.
Contemporary Art In The South Pacific, Bergman Gallery & The New Frontier…by Rachel Smith. For two centuries, European anthropological mischaracterizations have dominated perceptions of the broader Pacific region. Of more recent times, there has ...
Curator Francis McWhannell discusses Andy Leleisi’uao’s exhibition, A Diasporic Pulse of Faith & Patience, 2019.
Curator Francis McWhannell discusses Andy Leleisi'uao's exhibition, A Diasporic Pulse of Faith & Patience, Bergman Gallery, November 2019.
Starkwhite Gallery Director John McCormack in Rarotonga, 2019.
Starkwhite Gallery Director John McCormack travelled to Rarotonga in 2019 to present the exhibition 'Billy Apple in Rarotonga' with Bergman Gallery. Hosting the global contemporary art legend Billy Apple was a massive highlight for the year.
Andy Leleisi’uao – Essay by Arthur Buerms.
Andy Leleisi’uao’s Diasporic Pulse of Faith & Patience, A Puzzling Visionary Tale. An essay, written by a Papa’a (European) who knows neither Aoteroa nor Pacific art nor Samoan Va, must be treated with care. Nevertheless, in all abstraction, it can ...
Andy Leleisi’uao, Mangere Aroha, Rarotonga, 2018
https://vimeo.com/499827388 New Zealand Prime Minister and Minister of Arts & Heritage, Rt. Hon. Jacinda Ardern introduces Andy Leleisi'uao's large scale installation Mangere Aroha at Bergman Gallery, Rarotonga, March, 2018.
Tungane Broadbent & Reuben Paterson – Today, Tomorrow & Yesterday.
Tivaivai/Paintings / July 4 – August 31, 2017 Three brief but beautiful days and one fabulous exhibition. My trip to the island of Rarotonga, the main island in the Cook Islands, was uncomfortably sandwiched between auction commitments. I had to consid ...
Fabric and Glitter, by Rachel Smith
There are definite challenges to working with glitter. Artist Reuben Paterson has long since accepted that the minute shiny particles will be found everywhere in his New Zealand studio. Like the product he works with, Paterson’s career is a glittering one ...
Benjamin Work, For King and Country, Bergman Gallery, 2016.
Tongan / New Zealand artist Benjamin Works presents his epic narrative For King & Country, Bergman Gallery, June 2016.
Bergman Gallery Launch, Blessed Again by the Gods, Mahiriki Tangaroa, 2016.
Bergman Gallery was launched in 2016 with the Mahiriki Tangaroa exhibition 'Blessed Again by the Gods.' Surrounded by local flora, dimensional Cook Islands deities populate the vivid Island landscapes, connecting past and present. Four large canvases, ...