Hātarei 2 Mei -
Hātarei 6 Hune
Saturday 2 May -
Saturday 6 June
2026
Sena Park, installation maquette, 2026.
When the shelter is needed... is an exhibition that occupies Blue Oyster's Oyster Space.
Please join us for the exhibition opening from 11am on Saturday May 2nd, 2026.
Please also come to the afternoon event In Silence, Together Apart, at 1pm on Saturday May 2nd, 2026. See the event page for details.
When the shelter is needed… is an installation where many artworks come together to build an experience of artwork in which ritual, isolation and connection form a domesticated spiritual space. Specifically designed to encourage us to seek connection within, When the shelter is needed… is intentionally open for visitors to complete the work through their own reflections, opinions and experiences of the work. You, as the viewer, build your own ritual of viewing.
Drawing from observations during her residencies in Asia, Sena is actively engaging in domestic ritual practices to explore personal loss, isolation, the migrant experience and the tension between organized religion and organic, individual experiences of spirituality.
Sena Park, When the shelter is needed..., Rituals: Plastic and rubber toys painted painted with aerosol paints, expanding foam, ceramic bowls, bisqued clays, air dried clay plates, burn-marked cotton wicks (batti), incense cones, local soil, local spring water, wooden dowel, olive oil; Shelters: polyester and nylon fabric, wire, cotton, MDF, paint; Beyond the Colours: polyester fabric, gels, 2026.
Sena Park, When the shelter is needed..., Rituals: Plastic and rubber toys painted painted with aerosol paints, expanding foam, ceramic bowls, bisqued clays, air dried clay plates, burn-marked cotton wicks (batti), incense cones, local soil, local spring water, wooden dowel, olive oil; Shelters: polyester and nylon fabric, wire, cotton, MDF, paint; Beyond the Colours: polyester fabric, gels, 2026.
Sena Park, When the shelter is needed..., Rituals: Plastic and rubber toys painted painted with aerosol paints, expanding foam, ceramic bowls, bisqued clays, air dried clay plates, burn-marked cotton wicks (batti), incense cones, local soil, local spring water, wooden dowel, olive oil; Shelters: polyester and nylon fabric, wire, cotton, MDF, paint; Beyond the Colours: polyester fabric, gels, 2026.
Sena Park, When the shelter is needed..., Rituals: Plastic and rubber toys painted painted with aerosol paints, expanding foam, ceramic bowls, bisqued clays, air dried clay plates, burn-marked cotton wicks (batti), incense cones, local soil, local spring water, wooden dowel, olive oil; Shelters: polyester and nylon fabric, wire, cotton, MDF, paint; Beyond the Colours: polyester fabric, gels, 2026.
Sena Park, When the shelter is needed..., Rituals: Plastic and rubber toys painted painted with aerosol paints, expanding foam, ceramic bowls, bisqued clays, air dried clay plates, burn-marked cotton wicks (batti), incense cones, local soil, local spring water, wooden dowel, olive oil; Shelters: polyester and nylon fabric, wire, cotton, MDF, paint; Beyond the Colours: polyester fabric, gels, 2026.
Sena Park, When the shelter is needed..., Rituals: Plastic and rubber toys painted painted with aerosol paints, expanding foam, ceramic bowls, bisqued clays, air dried clay plates, burn-marked cotton wicks (batti), incense cones, local soil, local spring water, wooden dowel, olive oil; Shelters: polyester and nylon fabric, wire, cotton, MDF, paint; Beyond the Colours: polyester fabric, gels, 2026.
Sena Park, When the shelter is needed..., Rituals: Plastic and rubber toys painted painted with aerosol paints, expanding foam, ceramic bowls, bisqued clays, air dried clay plates, burn-marked cotton wicks (batti), incense cones, local soil, local spring water, wooden dowel, olive oil; Shelters: polyester and nylon fabric, wire, cotton, MDF, paint; Beyond the Colours: polyester fabric, gels, 2026.
Sena Park, When the shelter is needed..., Rituals: Plastic and rubber toys painted painted with aerosol paints, expanding foam, ceramic bowls, bisqued clays, air dried clay plates, burn-marked cotton wicks (batti), incense cones, local soil, local spring water, wooden dowel, olive oil; Shelters: polyester and nylon fabric, wire, cotton, MDF, paint; Beyond the Colours: polyester fabric, gels, 2026.
Sena Park, When the shelter is needed..., Rituals: Plastic and rubber toys painted painted with aerosol paints, expanding foam, ceramic bowls, bisqued clays, air dried clay plates, burn-marked cotton wicks (batti), incense cones, local soil, local spring water, wooden dowel, olive oil; Shelters: polyester and nylon fabric, wire, cotton, MDF, paint; Beyond the Colours: polyester fabric, gels, 2026.
Sena Park, When the shelter is needed..., Rituals: Plastic and rubber toys painted painted with aerosol paints, expanding foam, ceramic bowls, bisqued clays, air dried clay plates, burn-marked cotton wicks (batti), incense cones, local soil, local spring water, wooden dowel, olive oil; Shelters: polyester and nylon fabric, wire, cotton, MDF, paint; Beyond the Colours: polyester fabric, gels, 2026.
Sena Park is a Korean-born New Zealand artist working across painting, mixed media, and installation. Her practice is grounded in analogue, labor-intensive processes, with a focus on material responsiveness and the spatial composition of installations.
Working with familiar references from natural, architectural, and cultural environments, Park reconfigures them into deliberately imperfect and non-functional structures. Her nomadic studio practice shapes each project in response to its environment. Her works prioritise the overall perceptual flow of space.
Park completed an MFA at Elam School of Fine Arts in 2015 and has undertaken residencies in Mongolia, Thailand, China, Japan, and New Zealand.
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