Please join us for an artist talk with Isabella Lepoamo, Jude Hanson Stevens and Zac Whiteside, followed by a BBQ.
Upcoming Event
Isabella Lepoamo, 19 Dipton St (detail), Sofa, cotton thread, sugar glass, 2025. Photo: Alex Lovell-Smith
Isabella, Jude and Zac will talk about the development, processes and ideas behind their artworks with Blue Oyster director Simon Palenski.
After the talk, we'll have a BBQ sausage sizzle to mark the closing of Through the Fray. Vegetarian and vegan options will also be available.
All welcome! Please contact director@blueoyster.org.nz if you have any dietary needs or accessibility requirements.
Isabella Lepoamo
Isabella Lepoamo explores in her artworks the complexities of cultural identity, memory and the relationships between traditions and contemporary life. She grew up in Waihōpai, and her work draws from her Samoan, Scottish and southern Aotearoa heritage using everyday materials and objects. She lives in Ōtepoti and graduated from Dunedin School of Art in 2024. She is currently studying at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa.
Jude Hanson Stevens
Jude Hanson Stevens works between sculpture and photography, recreating structures and documenting sites connected to colonial history in Aotearoa. He graduated from Dunedin School of Art in 2024 and now lives in Tāmaki Makaurau.
Zac Whiteside
Zac Whiteside is an artist based in Ōtepoti working across sculpture, performance and installation. His practice explores humour, labour and the rituals of modern life using material contradiction, visual metaphor and wordplay. He graduated from Dunedin School of Art in 2023 and is currently studying at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa.