Gareth Barlow
Don’t It Feel Good Just To Be Alive? $12,500 Status: Available - upcoming exhibition
But, Something’s Wrong, I Feel Uneasy $12,500 Status: Available - upcoming exhibition
There’s A Battle Ahead, Many Battles Are Lost $6,500 framed Status: Available - upcoming exhibition
You Are High And Mighty And Unlikely To Learn Lessons $TBA framed Status: Available - upcoming exhibition
But I Can See Some One Else’s Shadow In The Room $6,500 framed Status: Available - upcoming exhibition
Because You Used Me For Your Loneliness $6,500 framed Status: Available - upcoming exhibition
I Know It’s Just Bravado $10,500 framed Status: Available - upcoming exhibition
The Lust Of A Pioneer Will Acknowledge No Frontier $10,500 framed Status: Available - upcoming exhibition
Looking Back Having Made It Across $14,500 framed Status: Available - upcoming exhibition
Once We Were Damned, Now I Guess We Are Angels $14,500 framed Status: Available - upcoming exhibition
It’s Been A Day Of Tiny Triumphs $10,500 Status: Sold
Dive Into The Moon $10,500 Status: Sold
I Don’t Know Why Sometimes I Get Frightened $5,800 Status: Sold
The Truth Is I Like My Own Company Best $10,800 Status: Sold
Better To Jump Than Hesitate $10,800 Status: Sold
When The Storm Clouds Come $5,800 Status: Sold
I’d Wait Alone Here For That Rendezvous $5,800 Status: Sold
Come On, Let’s Take A Look Outside $15,000 Status: Sold
Who Summons The Sun And Makes It Shine $5,800 Status: Sold
There Is Freedom Within $10,500 Status: Sold
Come Sweeten Every Afternoon $10,500 Status: Sold
Where Does Allegiance Lie $5,800 Status: Sold
And All Of Us Anxious $5,800 Status: Sold
A Sound That No-One Has To Hear $15,000 Status: Available
The Tranquility Born Through Flames $6,500 framed Status: Available
No Yield Through Sacrifice $6,500 framed Status: Available
I was born and grew up in the Hutt Valley of Wellington. My art reflects the love of a culture I’ve been surrounded by my entire life. Through family, friends, neighbours, and teachers, I was encouraged to follow a journey of discovery and connection, a journey now expressed through my work.
I’ve been a practicing carver for many years and I’m one of New Zealand’s most recognisable and respected bone carvers. Through my learnings about all elements related to whakairo, I use myths and philosophies around the art, and the Māori culture in general, to help influence and shape my entire art practice. It demonstrates my own unique path, although at the same time recognising how we all connect together. Everyone. And everything.
As an artist, I’ve been warmly accepted by Māori, who have ultimately become my biggest advocates. Even though my paintings reflect a Pākehā exploring the concepts and traditions of a beautiful, unique culture, my work resonates with people globally.
I have been a finalist in a number of high-profile art awards in New Zealand and Australia, including the prestigious Wallace Art Awards in 2020. As well as earning a merit and the People’s Choice award for the 2021 Parkin Drawing Prize, New Zealand’s most highly regarded drawing award. I have also been a finalist in the last three Adam Portraiture Prizes in 2018, 2019 and 2022, securing runner-up in 2018 and third place for 2020 in the People’s Choice award.
My carvings have been on public display at various museums in New Zealand, including Te Papa, Auckland, and Rotorua. Today, most of my carvings are commissioned privately by Māori for family taonga, a process that I believe I am truly blessed to be part of. My paintings and carvings can be found in private collections in New Zealand, Australia, Europe, and North America.
