This exhibition Dear Agnes, Handheld Mirror by artist Abigail Aroha Jensen, is deeply rooted in the ever evolving lens of the artist's interest in the archive and synchronicities of life.
Upcoming Exhibition
Hātarei 10 Oketopa -
Hātarei 12 Tīhema
Saturday 10 October -
Saturday 12 December
2026
Detail photograph of Morning Sketch #26 (2025),Abigail Aroha Jensen
Engaging in a daily ritual of drawing, Abigail Aroha Jensen drew Morning Sketch #26 at the Caselberg House, during her residency there in January 2025. This house is a place for “putting hands in the soil” as Jensen’s Nana would say, and a key part of the arts landscape in Ōtepoti. Like the winding roads of farmlands and harbour drives, the lines of the drawing intersect as if mimicking the pathways of our neurons build as memories intertwine.
Abigail Aroha Jensen
Abigail Aroha Jensen is an artist who lives in Kirikiriroa, Hamilton. She holds a BMA from Waikato Institute of Technology with Honours from Toihoukura, School of Māori Visual Arts.
Recent exhibitions include: The Poultry Yard, Robert Heald Gallery, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, 2026; CRIT: Art learning since 1987, Artspace Aotearoa, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, 2026, Frog World, Te Tuhi, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, 2026; These are Addressed to You, Enjoy Contemporary Art Space, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, 2026; Rope Play (a series of acts), multiple sites across Aotearoa; Köln, Germany, and Busan, South Korea, 2022-2025; Bootleg (w/ Tamsen Hopkinson), The Physics Room, Ōtautahi Christchurch, 2025; cab-sous vide, The Dowse Art Museum, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, 2024, and Inside my papahou: puoro tuatini. Her site, Désirée – ā whakamātao owha, Busan Biennale 2024.In 2025 Jensen was awarded the Gasworks Artist Residency in London. Her work is represented in the collections of Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum; Te Whare Wānaka o Aoraki Lincoln University, and The Dowse Art Museum, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington.