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.

Key skills: 

Printmaking

Graphic Design and Desktop Publishing

Photography and Photojournalism

Education history: 

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

Year of Graduation: 
2011
Formal qualifications: 

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

Work history: 

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.

Creative achievements: 

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

Contact details: 

Aaron Potaka Whanganui

Mobile ++64 021 296 4451

Email: contact@24bar7.com

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