Flox at The Kete Aronui Experience
Flox is an Auckland based female stencil artist, clothing designer, mural contractor, business operator and mum. Flox’s art can be found in various galleries throughout New Zealand, and also works on a commission basis for both individual and corporate clients.
Flox Design Ltd was born in 2005. The business incorporates both fashion and art whilst the name “Flox” has also become the painting alias of the business’ operator, Hayley King. It had always been Flox’s dream to be a painter and to work for herself, so in 2005, started up a clothing line as a means of creating an income. The intention was to have the two disciplines of fashion and painting working in sync with one another, so they could both work to promote each other and be branded under the one umbrella. Flox’s hard working attitude and passion of art and fashion, has enabled her to become one of the leading female stencil artists in New Zealand, whilst growing her ever-expanding clothing business.
Screen prints are a common aspect throughout her ranges, whilst there is always a desire to combine comfort with style, and street with sophistication.
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Kete AronuiKETE ARONUI
From music, carvers, performers, weavers, painters, sculptors, filmmakers, theatre and multimedia, KETE ARONUI is at the heart of indigenous art. A series of 1/2 hour programmes featuring on Maori Television, KETE ARONUI will also have a major presence at Atamira | Maori in the city, as the ‘Kete Aronui Experience’.
This distinctive exhibition will feature the works of some of Aotearoa's most relevant, rising and recognized contemporary Artists. An inspiring collective that combined embodies a vibrant, powerful and thought-provoking sense of awe, passion, culture and identity. At the same time offering an insight into what Maori art looks and feels like in the 21st century while capturing an essence of where Aotearoa art is heading in the future.
‘The Kete Aronui Experience’ is proud to be showcasing a significant group of artists that represent a variation of styles, mediums and forms. Illustrious Painters Rueben Paterson, Sofia Minson, Jamie Boynton, Peata Larkin, Jon Tootill, Darryn George and Nigel Borell will be exhibiting. Alongside Diva Jeweler and fiber artist Suzanne Tamaki and Wendy Whitehead; Pop Art Toy maker, Leon Kipa; The internationally renowned photographer Russ Flatt; The creative handiwork that is Rona Osbourne and boundary pushing multimedia artists Shona Rapira Davies and Diane Prince, and many more are to be confirmed.
We will also showcase the dynamic multimedia performance artist Shigeyuki Kihara, who is best known for her photography series Fa’afafine; In a Manner of a Woman, which we are delighted to be exhibiting. These works have been brought by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and Te Papa Tongarewa Museum in Wellington.
For the first time ‘The Kete Aronui Experience’ will feature a must see collaboration between stencil artist FLOX and artist Tipene Ryan Smith as they merge their creative talents together to create the beautiful waharoa for both the entry and exit of the space. During the three-day event Mouth Painter and complete C4 tetraplegic Wayne Te Rangi will carry out a live demonstration that will no doubt inspire our audience, and at the end of the three days we will auction his work off and the proceeds will go to the MFPA (Mouth and Foot Painting Association).
‘The Kete Aronui Experience’ is situated in the heart of pavilion three. It is created by Maori and tailor made for a Maori audience. The space will be open from 10 – 4pm Friday the 3rd – Sunday the 5th of July.
