About
Artist working in Waikato and Tāmaki Makaurau, across ceramics, painting and public sculpture.
She has shown throughout Aotearoa, including Sculpture on the Gulf and Sculpture in the Gardens, and her work is held by Te Papa. She holds a BA in Art History (Victoria University of Wellington) and an MFA (RMIT, Melbourne), and has taught at universities, polytechnics, prisons and community art schools.
Artist statement
My practice looks at the hijacking of the natural world and the human-built world by the modern market system.
I work in clay, cardboard, ink and paint, often with other people, to make the case for kindness as the first principle of human invention.
Education
- Master of Fine ArtRMIT University, Melbourne
- BA, Art HistoryVictoria University of Wellington
Selected exhibitions
- 2025Onepū: Shifting Sands / Shifting Time, mothermother collective (Iteration 30)The NZ Steel Gallery, Franklin Arts Centre, Pukekohe
- 2025NZ Sculpture OnShoreDevonport, Tāmaki Makaurau
- 2022Sculpture on the Gulf, Bird and Insect BathWaiheke Island
- 2021–22Sculpture in the Gardens, Safe HavenAuckland Botanic Gardens, Manurewa
- 2019Waiheke Water Systems, community installation alongside Sculpture on the GulfWaiheke Community Art Gallery, Te Whare Taonga o Waiheke
- 2019Ngā Tohu o Uenuku installation, with the Tararata Stream TeamMāngere Arts Centre, Ngā Tohu o Uenuku
- 2018It Started With a Kiss: a low resolution show about high technology (solo)Waiheke Community Art Gallery, Te Whare Taonga o Waiheke
- 2016The Water Project, installation and talkArt and Future: Energy, Climate, Cultures symposium, Dunedin
Residencies
- 2024(Anti)residency, A Dark Comedy in PastelsArquetopia Foundation, Puebla, Mexico
- 2018Residency, It Started With a KissBuinho Creative Hub (MIT Fablab), Messejana, Portugal
Collections
- Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Support
- Creative New ZealandIt Started With a Kiss: Fosca
- The Blumhardt FoundationIt Started With a Kiss: Fosca
- The Arts Foundation, Boosted communityFosca and Sculpture on the Gulf 2022
Publications and talks
- 2022Guided artist walkSculpture in the Gardens, Auckland Botanic Gardens
- 2016“The Water Project”, essay in Art and Future: Energy, Climate, Cultures, ed. Peter StupplesCambridge Scholars Publishing
- 2016Talk on kindness, flat structures and practice-based researchArt and Future symposium, Dunedin
Teaching
- NowCollective Invention Online StudiosDrawing, painting and making, on Zoom
- NowArt tutorMāpura Studios, Tāmaki Makaurau
- Free community art workshopsKirikiriroa, Waiuku and Māngere
- Markmaking workshopsNorthart Gallery, Northcote
- Collective Invention workshopsWaiheke Adult Learning Centre; Māpura Studios; Māngere Arts Centre; Buinho Creative Hub and local schools, Messejana, Portugal
- Drop-in collaborative paintingFranklin Arts Centre, Pukekohe
- TutorUniversities, polytechnics, prisons, and private and community art schools across Aotearoa