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Two New Zealand landscape paintings to be exhibited in Christchurch

Good as Goldie - SoldAfter my 'Good as Goldie' portrait was snapped up the first day it arrived at Bryce Gallery in Christchurch last month, the next two paintings are finally arriving today....

Moving my art studio! Not an easy job shifting these huge paintings

Been moving my art studio and 2 paintings are too big to fit in the new door! They'll have to stay in the garage for now. This is Te Pou Tuatahi and a 2x3m work-in-progress....

Waikato Sculpture Park's Painting Auction- March 2013

A couple of weeks ago I had an incredible, surreal day painting outside in a huge, disused quarry, next to a beautiful lake abundant with water lilies. I was invited by The Sculpture Park in Waikato....

"Altruistic Artists Show their True Colours"- Shave an Artist, Shave for a Cure

After our 'Shave an Artist' event in February 2009. Photo courtesy of Amelia Jacobsen It's been 4 years since I did my shave with the fantastic event 'Shave an Artist.'...

Coming to you live! Artists painting in person at Waikato Sculpture Park

Come and join us in the great outdoors at the stunning Sculpture Park at Waitakaruru Arboretum, 15km east of Hamilton, where 18 of us painters will be creating artworks....

Pictures from Aho Whenua Exhibition at Pataka Museum in Porirua

Here are some pics from Aho Whenua | Threads sown from Earth - the group exhibition that my paintings are involved in at Pataka Museum + Art in Porirua from 26 Jan - 03 March 2013. ...

Exhibition at Pataka Gallery in Wellington from 26 January to 3 March

I'm very excited to be involved in... "Aho Whenua - Threads sown from Earth" A group show featuring several of my oil paintings alongside a unique collection of contemporary Maori art....

The BIG Urban Paste-Up of Sofia Minson's Artwork in Newmarket

Fine Art meets Street Art in the heart of Auckland’s most exclusive retail district. For 14 hours my hubby and I were in a cherry picker pasting-up a huge 9 x 15 metre artwork....

Painting to be auctioned for refugee children on the Thai/Burma border

“Colour of his Dreams”’ is my latest oil painting of 13 year old Saw Min Thet who attends a refugee school on the Thai/Burma border.  He was asked “What do you dream?” ...

Maori Television features Sofia's 4-18 September 2012 exhibition

I appreciate the huge amount of support for this exhibition, opening night with friends and family was a real pleasure after an intense three months of painting long days and nights in the studio!...

Article in today's courier about my exhibition of new works

By Catherine HealyEast & Bays CourierFriday 24 August 2012 At the back of Sofia Minson's Glen Innes studio there's a 3-metre-high oil painting of a descendant of Hone Heke....

"We are Kiwi like our Art!"- French Documentary on New Zealand Art

Check out the new French documentary about New Zealand Art called "We are Kiwi Like our Art!" featuring musicians, galleries and visual artists including myself....

Tips for making your Art Prints look fantastic in your home

Choose, frame and display. If you're keen to buy a Limited Edition Art Print for your home you'll need to give equal weight to these three things. Here's a few tips to help your process......

$95 Reserve on 135 NZ Artworks! Silent Auction to Save Wallace Gallery

Sofia Minson - "Waka Pacific" 20x20cm oil on museum paper $95 reserve The Wallace Gallery in Morrinsville has brought over 21,000 visitors into the town. ...

Congratulations to the 2012 Adam Portraiture Award Finalists

The prestigious $15,000 first prize award was taken out by Stephen Martyn Welch from TVNZ's 'The Sitting' fame with his self portrait entitled 3 Nights, A Mirror & Loads of Coffee....

Glad to be featured on TVNZ's show 'I AM TV'- Watch the video

Watch this I AM TV show feature of my art that aired 10th Dec on TV 2 in New Zealand. We talk about painting contemporary Maori faces from a Ngati Porou artist's perspective....

Portrait Exhibition in Wellington - The Makers of Modern NZ 1930-1990

Earlier this year The New Zealand Portrait Gallery commissioned me to do a painting of Dame Joan Metge to be part of their permanent collection and their current exhibition....

Watch this video of Tiki Taane's response to my paintings of him

Last week was the opening of my exhibition of new works at Parnell Gallery. It was such a special moment for me when Tiki Taane got to see his portraits for the first time....

Connecting Threads Exhibition with Matt Gauldie at Parnell Gallery

"Connecting Threads" - a 2011 joint exhibition with Matt Gauldie and Sofia Minson at Parnell Gallery. A collection of oil paintings that honour the spirit, land and people of Aotearoa....

East & Bays Courier on our collaborative artworks for Orakei School

Check out the article... Orakei School Art Exhibition and Sale is less than a week away! I had such a great time working with the kids creating these woven artworks together....

Collaborating with local children on "Woven Paintings"

It's been a total joy collaborating with 8 to 12-year-old kids from Orakei School.  I think we've managed to create something uniquely kiwi with these three artworks....

Artists using their tradition for modern audiences "dancing bears"?

Maori painter, sculptor and writer Darcy Nicholas likened indigenous people creating art out of their traditional culture for a modern audience with "dancing bears."...

Come to my live painting demo this Wednesday in Mt Eden

Come and say hi and watch my painting process unfold from 10am - midday tomorrow (Wednesday 12th October) at the Gifford Gallery in Mt Eden. ...

Great review of new New Zealand art book just released

Listen to the great review (below) of the new book Artists' Impressions of New Zealand on Radio New Zealand National with my paintings being described as 'haunting'....

Oh The Warriors! Painted a banner for the Warriors Grand Final

After spending my whole life shunning rugby, our beloved national sport, and leaving the room when my dad put the sports news on, I have chosen to marry a die hard league fanatic. ...