About Meg Gaddum
I live in a big wide harbour landscape where the tide rules whether I'm in the studio or I'm out paddleboarding or fossicking
Bio
Meg Gaddum
Her abstract art delves into the interplay between freedom and control, a dynamic she believes profoundly shapes human character. “We yearn for freedom, yet as we mature, we realise that certain guidelines for living can paradoxically evoke a sense of liberation.”
Employing oils and compatible mediums such as cold wax, ink, pencil, and collage, she combines the gestural with structured elements. Gaddum likens her creative process to music, where shapes, marks, and colours echo the meditative and immersive qualities found in musical compositions. “Listening to music can be a deeply immersive experience. Its rhythmic patterns and variations communicate directly, much like I hope viewers of my artwork can appreciate visually.”
Her background in farming, horticulture, a deep affinity for nature, masters in landscape architecture, and upbringing within an artistic family collectively inform her artistic vision. Located on the shores of Ohiwa Harbour in the eastern Bay of Plenty, she welcomes visitors to her studio to engage with her work firsthand.
Artist timeline
Exhibitions
2024
January: work in Craig’s Aspiring Art Prize 2024
January-February: work in Academy of Fine Art exhibition Waterworld
April: showing paintings at Wellington Art Show
July accepted for Auckland Art Show
November: will be at Tauranga Garden & Art Festival exhibiting in the Wright garden, Omokoroa
Open studios during year
Participating in several Opotiki Arts members exhibitions through year
2023
Decenber 20 to Januray 19 (2024): Solo exhibiton at Matawhero Wines Cellar Door Art Gallery, Gisborne
November: work available at Thames Art Gallery
October: 4 week solo show at TOLO Gallery, Omokoroa
October: 2 works in Art Salon 2023, Fo Guang Yuan Art Gallery Auckland
October: 2 works n Lockwood BOP artists exhibition, Rotorua
June: Opotiki Arts members exhibition
May-June: 4 week solo show at Carlton Gallery, Katikati
May: 1 week show, Ponsonby Central pop-up
February: 1 week show, Ponsonby Central pop-up
2022
Participated in several Opotiki Arts members exhibitions through year
March: three works accepted/exhibited for He Kete Kotahi/One Basket Full Exhibition, Rotorua
July: five works accepted/exhibited at the MAGS show, Auckland
August: Finalist in the Tauranga Garden and Art Festival’s Emerging Artist Award
September: Tauranga Art Society members Art Expo exhibition
November: exhibited at the Tauranga Garden and Art Festival
2021
Participated in several Opotiki Arts members exhibitions through year
Logometry – Sold 2021
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