Whats on at The Suter!

Exhibition Opening:
Join us to celebrate the opening of Light Dwells.

5.30pm, Saturday 29 May 2021 at The Suter, 208 Bridge Street.

Light-based and inspired artworks by Shahriar Asdollah-Zadeh, Kauri Hawkins, Jonathan Jones, and Michael Parekowhai.
These artists use indigenous knowledge, architecture, shifting boarders, community, colonialism and light to inform and shape their work. They ask us to consider the physical, emotional and spiritual bonds that we have to the earth and each other. Light Dwells examines the ways in which our sense of place can and should shift, grow, and adapt as we do.
On view 29 May – 29 August, 2021

Last days to see:
Gavin Hitchings: Stones of Unknowing.

A retrospective exhibition of influential contemporary jeweller Gavin Hitchings. Stones of unknowing will be on view until this Sunday, May 23rd, and is not to be missed!

IMAGE: GAVIN HITCHINGS’ STUDIO (PHOTOGRAPH: DEBRA COLE)

Nelson City Centre ArtWalk
A project by Make/Shift Spaces and
The Suter Art Gallery Te Aratoi o Whakatū
Nelson City Centre ArtWalk is an outdoor art gallery in Nelson’s streets. With more than 20 sites, ArtWalk takes you on a journey past artworks by some of Nelson’s most celebrated artists, as well as artworks that have a particular poignancy to Whakatū.

Maps and art lists available on the Make/Shift spaces website: makeshiftspaces.nz/artwalk-nelson/

Current Exhibitions at The Suter
Heavy Trees Arms and Legs:
24 April – 18 July 2021

New works by Sorawit Songsataya and Nicola Farquhar (developed by The Physics Room, Christchurch).

Heavy trees, arms and legs recognises gravity as a compositional force that shapes us as living bodies, and connects us with elements in the natural world. The exhibition considers the potential of imagined forms to generate more fluid understandings of the environment we are a part of.

Image: Design by Annamieke Montagne.

Soft Ground, Tall grass.
23 April – 20 July 2021.

This poetic installation by Ann Braunsteiner occupies the Hursthouse Barnicoat Contemplation Gallery and is a must see!

Gavin Hitchings: Stones of Unknowing
13 March – 23 May

A retrospective exhibition of Nelson-based contemporary jeweller
Gavin Hitchings (1937-2018).

Nelson Hills

27 February – 13 June 2021

Depictions of Nelson from members of The Group, a collective of influential artists who exhibited together in the 1927-1977. This exhibition brings together work from The Suter’s collection and prominent public and private collections across Aotearoa.

In The McKee Gallery:

Explore The Suter Collection Online:

The Suter Collection is now online! You can explore the collection by artist, subject, theme, and even colour. Take a look at the highlights; including works from The Suter’s original collection, staff picks, and works in our latest collection-based exhibition.

Find your favourites and discover some new gems! https://collection.thesuter.org.nz/explore