Claudia Jowitt | Tylee Cottage Residency
Congratulations to Claudia Jowitt who is one of two recipients of the Tylee Cottage artist residency programme with Te Whare o Rehua Sarjeant Gallery in Whanganui.
Claudia Jowitt will be in residence at Tylee Cottage from April 2026 and is also the recipient of Lilian Ida Smith Award. Jowitt is known for her innovative painting techniques, pushing the boundaries of what paint can do when it meets a diverse array of other media. Her works combine materials such as shell, coral, masi and seaweed that are inlaid into surfaces thick with paint and resin. Drawing on her European and Fijian heritage her unique works speak to a physical sense of place in the South Pacific.
The artist-in-residence programme at Tylee Cottage, a renovated historic building built in 1853, was established in 1986 as a partnership between the Te Whare o Rehua Sarjeant Gallery the Whanganui District Council and the QE11 Arts Council of New Zealand. The programme is now solely funded by Creative New Zealand’s Toi Uru Kahikatea (Arts Development) Investment Programme and managed by the Sarjeant Gallery.
The programme is one of the longest running of its kind in New Zealand and in 2016 celebrated its thirtieth anniversary. Over 70 artists have been in residence including some of the country’s leading practitioners who have called Tylee home and produced post residency exhibitions for the Sarjeant’s dynamic programme.
Senior curator and programmes manager, Greg Donson said: “This year we had a large number of applications for residencies, and it was a very difficult selection process. The calibre of applicants across the two residencies was extremely high and we were heartened to receive so many excellent applicants from artists all over Aotearoa.”
Claudia Jowitt’s current exhibition “Ua Levu” continues at Melanie Roger Gallery till 2 April. To enquire: info@melanierogergalery.com
Congratulations too, to Harry Culy as the second recipient. Culy will show for the first time with Melanie Roger Gallery in the exhibition “Dark Matter” opening 8 May. Please DM or email us to register interest.
