Bio
Meg Gaddum
Much of Meg Gaddum’s life has been on isolated farms in the New Zealand hill country where the beautiful natural surroundings nurtured her love of art. She grew up with artists in her extended family, visiting, painting, attending galleries with them and being provided with art materials and later art prints bought on their overseas trips. “I was given, aged about 10, a box of French pastels which were so juicy and densely pigmented, they flowed onto my sketches.”
Ability in science took her into a career in agriculture and then horticulture, followed by a masters in landscape architecture. This degree returned her to painting and drawing and convinced her to pursue an art career. Her learning has been from books, workshops and online courses. She paints abstract landscapes influenced by what she sees and critiques. Climate change, housing and land development are commentaries in her work but she also strives to make that work bring delight.
With grown up children, she now lives on the shores of beautiful Ohiwa Harbour with her husband Bob and two dogs.She is regularly accepted into regional art shows in NZ and also sells work from her studio.
Activity
Exhibiting:
2026 programme
February 27-1 March: Wellington Art Show
July 3 – October 10: Solo show at Whakatane Art Gallery
July 31-August 2: Auckland Art Show
October 1 -4: Art in the Park, Auckland
November 19-22 Tauranga Art and Garden Festival
2025
July-August 3 week solo at the Morrinsville Gallery
July: Morrinsville Gallery Matariki Exhibition
July: The Framer Gallery, Whakatane
June: Auckland Art Show 27-29 June
June: NZAFA Matariki Exhibition, Wellington
April: Tait5 Musik “Arts Under The Rakau” 25 April – 10 May
April: Tauranga Art Expo 23-26th
April: Opotiki Arts Exhibition “Cut it or Carve it” 17-26 April
March: NZAFA Autumn Exhibition at Wellington Cathedral
February: Wellington Art Show
February: Pop up gallery, Whakatane
January: finalist Craig’s Aspiring Art Prize 2025
2024
December to April 2025 Toi Te Waru Exhibition, Parliament, Wellington
December: Arts Whakatane Collective pop up shop
November: Arts Whakatane Garden & Art Trail
November: at Tauranga Garden & Art Festival exhibiting in the Wright Family garden, Omokoroa
July accepted for Auckland Art Show
April: Wellington Art Show
January-February: Academy of Fine Art exhibition, Waterworld
January: finalist Craig’s Aspiring Art Prize 2024
Open studios during year
Participating in several Opotiki Arts members exhibitions through year
2023
Decenber 20 to January 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: Art Salon 2023, Fo Guang Yuan Art Gallery Auckland
October: 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
November: Tauranga Garden and Art Festival Exhibition
September: Tauranga Art Society members Art Expo exhibition
August: Finalist in the Tauranga Garden and Art Festival’s Emerging Artist Award
July: MAGS (Mt Albert Grammar School) show, Auckland
March: He Kete Kotahi/One Basket Full Exhibition, Rotorua
2021
Participated in several Opotiki Arts members exhibitions through year
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