News & Exhibitions

'The Heart is an Octopus' - New paintings by Emma Hercus

The Heart is an Octopus  The sea is an integral part of who we are as people. We breathe it in, and it gives us energy. Its sparkly depths entice us towards it, to dive into and explore. It pro...

Marking Time with Tina Frantzen

There has been a shift for Tina Frantzen in this body of work. Frantzen has always painted intuitively, her process always makes room for the unknown, but instead of her familiar emerging figures F...

Studio to Wall - group show of Railway Street Gallery artists

A pop-up show at 250 Ponsonby Rd, Ponsonby, Auckland 1011, New Zealand Exhibition Wednesday 20th September - Saturday 8th October Artists: Ann Everard, Jo Dalgety, Karen Covic...

Meet the Artist - painter Sonja Drake

Artist Statement - Sonja Drake 'When everything is connected to everything else, for better or for worse, everything matters.' - Bruce Mau 'My work explores areas where land meets water and the pa...

A passion for paper - new works on paper - Karen Covic & Maggie McGregor

Alone in the long Grass (you should've left the light on)  Karen Covic - Upper Gallery These new paintings by Karen Covic explore the quiet dignity of wild flowers, their resilience and ability to...

Two worlds collide - Painter Paul Screach & Printmaker Prue MacDougall

 Beyond The Invisible Paul Screach 'In making these paintings I wanted to relinquish control as much possible allowing natural processes to predominate. By eliminating the ‘hand of the artist’...

Two artists and their journey into abstract expressionism. Paintings by Olivia Courtney & Maria Owens.

  'the one rule is no rules.' - Helen Frankenthaler Olivia Courtney & Maria Owens are two artists - painters, who capture with gestural brushstroke and colour the emotional landscape of a mome...

Meet the Artist - Prue MacDougall, printmaker

I met Prue MacDougall for the first time in the middle of last year. I was immediately taken by her passion and complete commitment to her chosen art practice - printmaking.  Prue MacDougall studi...

Meet the Artist - Painter + Collagist Jo Dalgety

“Lost memories lie in the unconscious strata of the mind itself, these dark, rarely disturbed layers that have accumulated, as mould accumulates in a forest, through the shedding of innumerable l...

Kyla Covic & the Edge of Light / Jane Thorne & the Closet Romantic

KYLA COVIC Edge of Light The harsh, raking light and atmospheric effects found in Aotearoa New Zealand are something I feel compelled to paint. The vast, ever-changing sky and sea are my insp...

Meet the Artist - painter Olivia Courtney

Railway Street Gallery + Studios would love to introduce the newest member of our collective -  Olivia Courtney. Painting for Olivia Courtney is about challenging and engaging the viewer. Through...

Chroma - the intensity of colour. New paintings by Carole & Holly Shepheard

Oscar Wilde said 'Mere colour, unspoiled by meaning, and unallied with definite form, can speak to the soul in a thousand different ways' We live in a world filled with colour. Most of the time we ...

All Things Painterly - work by Erin O'Malley & Jenny Dow

summer songs A song can be defined as a short poem or a group of words set to music usually meant to be sung and when fully realised enjoyed and heard. In this body of work I have endeavoured to ...

Juxtaposed - Susanne Khouri & Kate McLean

I had the pleasure of visiting both of these artists at their studios earlier in the year. What a treat to be able to spend time with two women who live and breathe their art practice. I hope you e...

Linda Gair 'My Kaleidoscope'

MY KALEIDOSCOPE - Linda Gair kaleidoscope - made up of 3 Greek words … ‘kalos’ – meaning beautiful ‘eidos’ – meaning shape ‘skopos’ - meaning watcher, or thing looked at The kaleidoscope, with it...

Zoë Nash 'A time and a place'

“I love how my artworks grow and evolve with every mark made or action taken so that in the end, just like a knitted jumper, the whole becomes more than the sum of its parts.” Zoë Nash is a dive...

to sit beside you - group show

This group show celebrates the unique relationship between all the artists collectively involved with the Railway Street Gallery + Studios. Curated and styled by Erin O’Malley of Madder & Rouge...

'why do you seek after it' by Jo Dalgety

‘A chance remark led to my delving into the history of the Hauraki Plains, going back much further than my great Grandfather's arrival, knocking my ‘prosperous land for dairy farming’ narrative o...

Off the Press II

Off the Press II is the second iteration of an annual exhibition showcasing contemporary printmaking processes by artists based in Tāmaki Makaurau. The six artists featured for 2023 are: Ina Arraou...

A Secret Forest - Prue MacDougall

Prue MacDougall has turned her watchful and whimsical gaze towards the innate power of trees. Utilising Greek Mythology, she is urges us to think about the essential roles that trees and forests pl...