Aaron Potaka
My name is Aaron Potaka and have been stimulated by the visual arts for a long time. It is great to be involved in something that I love so much. I completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 2010, which opened creative possibilities for me which I look forward to exploring.
Printmaking
Graphic Design and Desktop Publishing
Photography and Photojournalism
Papatoetoe High School 1981 - 1985
University of Auckland 1986 - 1991 (Part-time student)
Auckland University of Technology - 1995
Whanganui UCOL Quay School of the Arts - 2006 - 2010
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Whanganui UCOL Quay School of the Arts, 2010
Certificate in Art and Design, Whanganui UCOL Quay School of the Arts, 2006
Certificate in Graphic Design, Auckland University of Technology 1995
Photography experience gained from working in photolabs in Auckland from 1995.
From this I joined a community newspaper and became its photojournalist. After a course in Graphic Design at Unitech, I switched to DTP with the newspaper and continued this until 1998 when I moved to London.
Spent the OE working in DTP until return to New Zealand in 2004.
Since returning to Wanganui, I have been freelancing in graphic design and photojournalism.
From 2007, I have been a member of the Sarjeant Gallery Members Society Executive Committee.
Sarjeant Gallery's Carey Smith & Co Ltd Whanganui Arts Review 2005
Sarjeant Gallery's Carey Smith & Co Ltd Whanganui Arts Review 2006
Quay Hole Gallery Christmas Exhibition 2006
Collaborations with R1000F collective on several projects 2007
Arise - Whanganui UCOL BFA Students Glass Exhibition, Alexander Library, Queens Park, Wanganui Festival of Glass 2007
Pattillo Scholarship Show - Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui 2007
The Swarm Group Show - Alexander Library, Queens Park, Wanganui 2007
Akoranga Education Trust Scholarship 2008
Worlds - Whanganui UCOL BFA Students Painting Exhibition, Community Arts Centre, Wanganui 2008
Between the Covers - Whanganui UCOL BFA Students Printmaking Exhibition, Alexander Library, Queens Park, Wanganui 2008
BYO Exhibition - Community Arts Centre, Wanganui 2008
Wairarapa Portrait Awards - Carterton Exhibition Centre, Carterton 2009
Reunion Photographer, 28th Maori Battalion Association Reunion, Wanganui 2009
Cream Co-op [Whanganui Artists Open Studios] - Chronicle Glass Gallery, Wanganui 2009
Photosynthesis Exhibition - Federal Hotel Gallery, Wanganui 2009
100 NZ Artists Exhibition - Batten House, MacLeans College, Auckland 2009
Norman Kirk Memorial Scholarship 2009
Graphic Designer - Wanganui Literary Festival, Wanganui 2009
Pattillo Scholarship Show - Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui 2009
Explosive Expressions Exhibition - Thistle Hall Gallery, Wellington 2009


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