Material Matters showcases the diverse and innovative textile art of seven talented makers with ties to Te Waipounamu/South Island. From intricate embroideries to sculptural textiles, each artist brings a unique perspective to their work.

A Show of Hands is a captivating exhibition showcasing the expressive power of human hands. Through a diverse collection of sculptures, paintings, photographs, and prints, explore how hands convey emotions, messages, and notions of identity.

Discover the enduring influence of Surrealism in contemporary art through 15 works from The Chartwell Collection, showcased alongside other striking examples. This exhibition explores the bizarre, dreamlike, and unexpected in art, challenging perceptions of reality.

Discover the serene and thought-provoking works of Stan Bowski, inspired by the Contemplation Space. His minimalist paintings, featuring repetition and intentional spacing, offer a moment of peace and reflection. Influenced by abstract masters like Donald Judd and Agnes Martin, Bowski's art invites viewers to slow down and contemplate.

An exhibition showcasing clay makers of Māori descent bringing together all levels of expertise, celebrating and uplifting the realm of Hineukurangi, the Māori deity of clay. Curated by leading Māori ceramicist Carla Ruka.

Using whenua from places connected to her whakapapa, Tāmaki Makaurau-based artist Raukura Turei (Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki, Ngā Rauru Kītahi) creates artworks related to her tīpuna.

Top Art is an annual exhibition featuring some of New Zealand's top secondary school Visual Art portfolios, toured by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA).

The Suter Art Gallery is thrilled to present a captivating new exhibition by Canterbury-based contemporary artist Jen Alexandra.

Embark on a journey through time and creativity at The Suter Art Gallery’s ARTrageous exhibition. This unique showcase celebrates over 125 years of artistic accumulation, presenting an eclectic array of pieces from our esteemed collection.

Discover the fascinating world of portraits, from the past to the present. See Sally Burton’s Wreck of The Delaware, featuring Huria Matenga.

Explore the art of still life from different perspectives and mediums in this exhibition that challenges the conventional view of the genre. See paintings, sculptures, photographs, and more, including three-dimensional recreations of still lifes.

Explore the stunning paintings and drawings of Don Binney, a celebrated New Zealand artist and ornithologist, at this exhibition curated by Gregory O’Brien.

I’mPulse is a captivating installation that explores the connection between the human body and the natural world.

This exhibition reflects on what home means in Aotearoa.   A broad range of artists, mostly from the late twentieth century to the present, have explored notions of what ‘Home’, housing, and shelter offer as a subject, some producing these during a housing crisis, both national and global. 

Discover the amazing world of clay art at The Suter Art Gallery’s biennale exhibition, Fire & Earth: Contemporary Ceramics from the Top of The South.

A showcase of abstraction from The Suter’s permanent collection, the fourth in a series of exhibitions looking at different approaches to abstraction.

Step into the rich legacy of Moko kanohi (facial markings), a cherished tradition carried proudly by Māori through the ages.

Developed in collaboration with the New Zealand Portrait Gallery Te Pūkenga Whakaata in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Fletcher Trust Collection

Kāryn Taylor uses light, colour and geometry to express the hidden workings of the universe.

Top Art is an annual exhibition featuring some of New Zealand's top secondary school Visual Art portfolios, toured by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA).

Experience the elemental forces of fire and ice in this captivating exhibition featuring works by renowned artists including Euan Macleod, David Ryan, Neil Frazer, and Craig Potton, as well as ceramics by Christine Boswijk, Len Castle, and Raewyn Atkinson.

The collection exhibition Night Life, which features some loaned artworks, celebrates some of the diverse interpretations and treatments of the night. 

In Memento Moa, an exhibition of all-new work, Gary Baseman creates a mythical land of hybrid creatures—exploring themes of migration, memory, and mortality.

Featuring an eclectic mix of pieces drawn from The Suter's collection and long-term loans, this display is bound to intrigue with its strange, macabre, and peculiar qualities. Don't miss your chance to experience these unique and fascinating items for yourself!

Eight makers from Naarm/Melbourne and Aotearoa exploring materiality through contemporary jewellery/body adornment/object - Claire McArdle, Cara Johnson, Inari Kiuru, Kelly McDonald, Victoria McIntosh, Neke Moa, Rowan Panther, and Lisa Waup.

This is one of our continuing series of Nelson/Tasman regions’ leading ceramic artists’ survey exhibitions.

A unique sound sculpture installation by Motueka-based sculptor Nicholas Duval-Smith.

Contemporary artists who use reduction and repetition in their work, through which meanings and histories emerge. This exhibition brings together the work of Lonnie Hutchinson, Craig McIntosh, Shaun Waugh, and Areta Wilkinson.

This exhibition plays with the usually understood definitions of ‘placeholder’ through a selection of artworks from The Suter’s collection referencing our place, the Nelson /Tasman region. Artists such as John Gully, Toss Woollaston and Irvine Major with their distinctive approaches to depicting this region, can become the lens through which we begin to see and appreciate features of our environment, and become the place holders in our minds’ eyes.

During November 2022 public art galleries throughout New Zealand will be showing art works by celebrated expatriate artist Douglas MacDiarmid to mark the 100th anniversary of his birth in November 1922.