ArtBoot by Art Ache

Art Ache is a well-established art event where artists sell their works in a vibrant atmosphere and friendly environment (music/food etc) rather than a “white-walled” dealer gallery environment. It has a reputation for making top New Zealand art accessible to all and providing artists and art lovers a new experience.

Art Boot is Art Ache on wheels. Taking place on the 4th December 2020, Art Boot presents seven local artists who will  sell their artworks from the boot of their cars, along with a selection of studio treasures, during a Food Truck Friday event.

Art Boot Sale combines local car culture, art and artists in a way that is fun and accessible! By bringing the event to Food Truck Friday we are opening up an already engaging and fun event to the Henderson-Massey arts community and introducing as new audience to Food Truck Fridays.

In collaboration with Joseph Erceg of Food Truck Friday we have determined that the Art Boots will be parked in between each of the Food Trucks to ensure people are well immersed in the unique experience of viewing, buying from and meeting artists.

Through this creative collaboration, new audiences will experience arts in their own neighbourhood, and new audiences will discover Food Truck Fridays. At its core Art Ache is also set up to nurture the development of creative talent through mentorship, promotion and the creation of an event which offers artists the opportunity to promote themselves and sell their art.

The following artists will participate in ArtBoot:

Bethan Hunter

Bethan’s practice questions what is considered familiar and its’ connection to the sacred. With emphasis on collecting and repurposing, she is drawn to the associations we attach to objects and images. Through her work she broaches these questions and exploratory investigations with the hope that each investigation exudes both the familiar and uncanny.

bethanhunter.com | @bthunterart

Gabriel Tiongson

Gabriel Tiongson’s manner as a visual artist belies his traditional, quiet upbringing. Born in the 80s in sleepy Iloilo City, Philippines, his interests ran the gamut of video games, popular cartoons, and Western pop culture. Initially drawing from these early influences, Tiongson’s art came to resemble funhouse mirror images of iconic cartoon characters. His early work of free-hand, black and white illustrations expanded to include the use of fluorescent technicolor, slapstick, off-kilter character proportions, and distorted references to human anatomy. Marrying elements of innocence, childhood, and the grotesque. Tiongson completed his Visual Arts degree and Masters in Creative Practice in Unitec Institute of Technology. Formal study shifted his art practice from primarily ink on paper to mixed media on canvas. He paints to construct and deconstruct his paintings to further feed into future work. Formal study also allowed him to criticize and reflect on his loss of identity and culture. This turmoil turned to opportunity when he was able to embrace his hybrid nature. His works are charged by his childhood affinities and presented through his experience of various cultures.

gabrieltiongson.com | @diko_art

Greg Page

Greg Page is a painter who works with domestic materials. His work is owned by a wide range of people, from art collector James Wallace to comediennes French and Saunders. Page was born in Palmerston North, studied in Hamilton and now resides in West Auckland. Page is also a well renowned film maker with Fish‘n clips.

@gregpagey

Inga Fillary

Fillary’s uses organic materials such as clay, soil, rust and occasionally human biotics, along with acrylic to paint with. Fillary’s paintings are textural and visually tactile, challenging the notion of painting and aesthetic. Often dramatic in composition, the artist’s work explores the darkly weird and alludes to a burden of sorrow between the natural materials used and their symbology. Creating a melancholic allegory illustrating the separation between anarchy and order. Inga Fillary holds a PGDipFA (Distinction) from Elam School of Fine Arts.

@inga_fillery

Rebecca Ter Borg

Ter Borg’s work often includes tangled natural elements and playful characters which reflect her interest in the natural world while adding a slightly fantastical twist. Her illustrations depict a quirky, dreamy and stylish alt narrative to every-day real life. Based in Tāmaki Makauru, the artist works on commercial projects, murals and illustrations. Ter Borg has been exhibiting around Auckland for the last decade and belongs to the QuickDraw sketch gang.

rebeccaterborg.com | @rebeccaterborg_illustration

Tashi Donnelly

Tashi Donnelly is an emerging New Zealand artist currently producing illustrations, comics and paintings. Donnelly’s work aims to make sense of beautiful and terrifying life experiences.The artists current series explores and exposes issues around mental health, feminism, gender identity, sex and LGBTQ+ through daily life.

patreon.com/tashird | @tashi_rd

Art Ache is backed up by a popular art and culture podcast which is free to download via artache.com

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