2018

Watene Ah Um​, Firstdraft, Sydney, Australia (solo), August 2018
​Five Years​, PAULNACHE, Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa Gisborne, Aotearoa New Zealand (solo), June 2018
​How to say something with fewer words: Objects without Object, play_station, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand (group), June 2018
​There was a moment in time, maybe six weeks or so, when no one knew how to make a painting, Wallace Gallery, Morrinsville, Aotearoa New Zealand, ft. Olga Krause (performance) (solo), April 2018
​Nowhere to Somehwere, PAULNACHE, Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa ​Gisborne, Aotearoa New Zealand (group), January 2018

Watene Ah Um​, Firstdraft, Sydney, Australia (solo), August 2018

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Five Years​, PAULNACHE, Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa ​Gisborne, Aotearoa New Zealand (solo), June 2018

POOL, two 35mm photographs (diptych), silver halide prints on metallic paper, both 33.8x50.8cm (13.3x20”) unframed, 45.6x60.8cm framed or the reverse, photographed 2017, printed 2018, edition of 5, no AP. Photographs taken in Finca Las Margaritas, Pluma Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Mexico.

Not yet titled, 35mm photograph, silver halide print on metallic paper, 152.4x76.2cm (60x30”) unframed, 170x95cm framed, photographed and printed 2018, unique.

San Pedro La Laguna Portfolio, set of six 35mm photographs, silver halide print on metallic paper, all photographs 30.4x45.7cm (12x18”) unframed, 40x50cm framed, photographed 2013, printed 2018, edition of 3 + 2 AP. Photographs taken in San Pedro La Laguna on Lake Atitlan, Guatemala.

Untitled Wild Style painting (Five Years), oil stick and enamel on treated denim, approximately 370x370cm, 2018.

Untitled Wild Style painting (llover), treated denim, 120x180cm, 2018.

Untitled Wild Style painting (lágrimas), treated denim, 120x180cm, 2018.

Llaves a Dia de los Muertos or Day of the Dead Yves (telekinetic Skype), HD video, sound colour, 7 minutes 17 seconds, edition of 3 + 2 AP, 2017. Filmed in Pluma Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Mexico, on Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) November 1 2017.

​Llaves a Dia de los Muertos or Day of the Dead Yves (telekinetic Skype), 2017
​HD video 7 minutes 17 seconds edition of 3 + 2 AP. Featuring recorded audio of fireworks. Filmed in Pluma Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Mexico, on Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), 1 November 2017.

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Photos by Thomas Teutenberg

How to say something with fewer words: Objects without Object, play_station, Te Whanganui-a-Tara ​Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand (group), June 2018

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There was a moment in time, maybe six weeks or so, when no one knew how to make a painting, 
​Wallace Gallery, Morrinsville, Aotearoa New Zealand, ft. Olga Krause (performance) (solo), April 2018

Judy, Judy, Judy, oil on canvas, triptych, 300x100cm, 2017-2018.

Shed #1 (hydroponics), garden shed, fairy lights and floral sculpture (female dress hat, wood, acrylic, pencil, painting rag, bubble wrap, skateboard, and collage), 190x80x70cm, 2017-2018.

      

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Alternate Realities for the Classic Art Fool (2018)
E-publication focusing  on 3-dimensional artwork, by Yonel Watene, shown in There was a moment in time, maybe six weeks or so, no one knew how to make a painting, Wallace Gallery, Morrinsville, Aotearoa New Zealand (2018). 
Text, design and artwork by Yonel Watene. ​

Publication

Nowhere to Somehwere, PAULNACHE, Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa ​Gisborne, Aotearoa ​New Zealand (group), January 2018
1) left to right: Yonel Watene, Bill Riley and Ben Clement, 2) left to right: Robert Jahnke, Rhys Lee and Yonel Watene. ​

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Photos by Thomas Teutenberg