gallery thirty three

gallery thirty three Wānaka's contemporary art gallery - exhibiting paintings, ceramics, glass, sculpture and jewellery
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Wellington based jeweller Anna Balasoglou's beautiful 'High Rise' Step-cut Greenstone Ring, made with stirling silver & ...
17/06/2026

Wellington based jeweller Anna Balasoglou's beautiful 'High Rise' Step-cut Greenstone Ring, made with stirling silver & pounamu. Available online or in the gallery at 33 Helwick Street, Wānaka

Melbourne based artist Cristina Popovici's stunning 'First Light 3' styled in the Maude tasting room, complimenting the ...
16/06/2026

Melbourne based artist Cristina Popovici's stunning 'First Light 3' styled in the Maude tasting room, complimenting the incredible view, wine and food. This piece is available to purchase via the gallery.

Reid’s rest in paradise draws influence from the work of Hans Burgkmair, a pioneering Northern European printmaker assoc...
15/06/2026

Reid’s rest in paradise draws influence from the work of Hans Burgkmair, a pioneering Northern European printmaker associated with the development of chiaroscuro woodcut techniques. Burgkmair’s prints, including his series Monsters of the Southern Land, attempted to imagine territories and creatures beyond European knowledge, often resulting in speculative and fantastical imagery. His influence is reflected both in the printmaking process and in the visual language of this work.

'Rest In Paradise' by Christchurch based printmaker Ben Reid, from his new exhibition, 'there's no place like home'. This stunning exhibition is currently showing in the gallery, at 33 Helwick Street, Wānaka, and is also available to view online.

Continuing the artist’s examination of the extinction of New Zealand’s revered endemic Huia, the work draws from a taxidermy specimen staged in a diving pose. While there is little evidence that unfamiliar people, animals or places were historically depicted upside-down, Reid adopts the idea as a metaphor for the misunderstandings and distortions that emerge when interpreting unfamiliar worlds through limited knowledge.

The ribbons and banners woven throughout the composition further reference Reid’s visual language, where such devices were often used to convey authority, grandeur and narrative importance. Here, these forms are recontextualised to explore themes of colonial perception, political failure and the ultimately unsuccessful attempts to preserve the Huia.

Auckland based jeweller Penelope Barnhill's stunning Green Tourmaline Fruiting Necklace, made with sterling silver & tou...
14/06/2026

Auckland based jeweller Penelope Barnhill's stunning Green Tourmaline Fruiting Necklace, made with sterling silver & tourmaline. Available online or in the gallery at 33 Helwick Street, Wānaka

Local Wānaka based sculptor Josh Olley's stunning kārearea sculpture is available online or in the gallery at 33 Helwick...
13/06/2026

Local Wānaka based sculptor Josh Olley's stunning kārearea sculpture is available online or in the gallery at 33 Helwick Street, Wānaka. Cast bronze sculpture from the stone original using the lost wax method. Bronze Edition 6 of 7

Dunedin based artist Kyla Cresswell's stunning new body of work, 'These quiet places', is currently on display in the ga...
11/06/2026

Dunedin based artist Kyla Cresswell's stunning new body of work, 'These quiet places', is currently on display in the gallery. We highly recommend taking the time to view this remarkable exhibition.

Celebrating natural spaces on the periphery, this body of work explores quiet unassuming places within our environment—a wetland on the edge of an estuary,
a tangle of remnant bush, the small plants in a salt marsh.

These works seek to draw our attention to even the smallest part of the
ecosystem, contemplating the importance of the health and interconnectedness of
waterways.

Kyla employs the silverpoint technique to depict wetland oioi plants, drawing onto
prepared boards with 99.9% pure silver. Chosen for its fine, delicate line, the
medium conveys a sense of value and care toward these plants and their habitats
at a time when the environment is under pressure.

The drypoints in this exhibition feature a combination of fine, deliberate mark
making—as in the wetland works, and a more lively exploration of line in the
bushwalk series—recalling the twists of muehlenbeckia and supplejack vines in
southern native bush.

The most recent work, based on the jewel-like glassworts found on salt marshes
near Kyla’s Ōtepoti home, feature hand painted watercolour elements.

A Fine Art graduate of the Dunedin School of Art, Kyla was taught by Marilynn
Webb and Chris de Jong and has pursued her passion for printmaking ever since.

All works in the show were hand inked and printed on an etching press by the
artist.

'Bird Island' by Christchurch based printmaker Ben Reid, from his new exhibition, 'there's no place like home'. This stu...
09/06/2026

'Bird Island' by Christchurch based printmaker Ben Reid, from his new exhibition, 'there's no place like home'. This stunning exhibition is currently showing in the gallery, at 33 Helwick Street, Wānaka, and is also available to view online.

New Zealand’s wild pigs — commonly referred to as “Captain Cookers” — continue to have an impact on our environment. Accounts written by Joseph Banks, the botanist on board HMS Endeavour, describes, an environment dense with birdsong and ecological activity. In contrast, the relative silence experienced in many of these places today is stark and humbling.

In this work, the Captain Cooker is transformed into a feathered boar’s head, creating a symbolic connection between introduced predators and the reduction of avian life. The hybrid form references the relationship between birdsong and the health of the forest environment, suggesting an ecosystem shaped by disturbance, predation and silence.

The work also reflects on the artist’s rural upbringing within a culture shaped by farming, hunting, shooting and trapping. While these traditions formed an important part of early life, they have increasingly become a point of reflection and reconsideration, particularly in relation to ideas surrounding the archetypal masculine New Zealand identity.

Formally, the work draws on the visual language of cheaply reproduced posters and public notices. By layering a single additional colour over the black key block, the image evokes methods of rapid print production historically used to distribute information and propaganda. The composition intentionally recalls historical “Wanted: Dead or Alive” posters, connecting histories of pursuit and eradication with contemporary ecological and cultural tensions.

Stunning new works from Cambridge based sculptural glass artist, Di Tocker. Available online or in the gallery at 33 Hel...
09/06/2026

Stunning new works from Cambridge based sculptural glass artist, Di Tocker. Available online or in the gallery at 33 Helwick Street, Wānaka

- Head Space - Red Gold, Cast glass
- Truly Deeply - Red Pink, Cast glass

Madeleine Child's 'A Beam', produced during her residency at EKWC in Oisterwijk, Netherlands, pictured sitting beautiful...
07/06/2026

Madeleine Child's 'A Beam', produced during her residency at EKWC in Oisterwijk, Netherlands, pictured sitting beautifully alongside Richard Adams' 'Weathered'.

Situated just across the road from us, UKIYO offers a calm, clean & considered haircare & salon experience. On the walls...
06/06/2026

Situated just across the road from us, UKIYO offers a calm, clean & considered haircare & salon experience. On the walls you’ll find a few pieces from gallery thirty three artists – all available for purchase. We curate a selection of works to compliment Wānaka's premium hair and colour studio. This is a great place to see some of our artworks hung and styled in an interior setting.

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33 Helwick Street
Wanaka
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