As an open platform for the arts, HUs Art believes that art is an important bridge connecting people and cultures. HUs Art is dedicated to connecting the artistic communities of New Zealand and China through exhibitions, residency programmes, academic exchanges, and cross-cultural collaborations, promoting the dissemination of and dialogue around contemporary art, while providing an international platform for cooperation among artists, curators, and cultural institutions.
Based in Aotearoa New Zealand, HUs Art focuses on the development of contemporary art in both New Zealand and China. We continuously promote artistic exchange across diverse cultural contexts, support artists in expanding their creative horizons, and facilitate the presentation and promotion of outstanding artistic works on the international stage.
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8 Nov 2025 - 31 March 2026
Wasteland Women's Writing Project II (2026)
Presented with the support of HUs Art.
The second edition of the Wasteland Women's Writing Project continues the programme's commitment to supporting contemporary women writers from China through residency, research, and cultural exchange.
Hosted in Aotearoa New Zealand, the residency offers participating writers the time, space, and freedom to step away from the demands of everyday life and devote themselves to their creative practice. Building upon the foundations established by the inaugural programme in 2025, this second edition places particular emphasis on supporting women writers navigating personal challenges and periods of transition, providing a nurturing and supportive environment in which reflection, exploration, and creative growth can take place.
Through this ongoing initiative, HUs Art seeks to amplify women's voices and foster meaningful connections between literature, place, and contemporary society.
8 Nov 2025 - 31 March 2026
Artists from Aotearoa at the 15th Shanghai Biennale
For the first time since the inauguration of the Shanghai Biennale in 1996, four artists from New Zealand will participate in the curated exhibition, opening at the Power Station of Art, Shanghai, on Saturday 8 November and continuing until 31 March 2026.
Ngahina Hohaia, Brett Graham, Shannon Te Ao and Luke Willis Thompson will each present works in the Biennale following a research visit by Chief Curator, Kitty Scott, to Aotearoa in February 2025.
10 April - Friday 15 June 2025
Box Art Museum in Shunde, Guangdong, China
Curated by Wang Yiyi
Presented with the support of HUs Art.
In 2020, through the recommendation of Viv Stone (Director of McMahon Trust), Richard Frater was added to HUS ART’s list of prospective artists for collaboration. In 2023, Jennie Hu, the Director of HUS ART, visited Richard Frater, who lives and works in Berlin. From April 10 to June 15, 2025, his solo exhibition will be held at the Box Art Museum in Shunde, Guangdong. The exhibition is titled Wake (蘇), and is curated by Wang Yiyi.
Wake 蘇
Richard Frater
Kitty Scott, Chief Curator, 15th Shanghai Biennale
Monday 10 February - Friday 14 February 2025
Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Research visit to Aotearoa New Zealand
Kitty Scott, Chief Curator, 15th Shanghai Biennale
Presented with the support of HUs Art.
Kitty Scott’s visit has been organised by the Office for Contemporary Art Aotearoa in partnership with Gregory Burke and HUs Art, and has been made possible through the very kind support of Kent Gardner and Ngaere Duff, Jenny Gibbs, Michael Lett, and Jenny and Andrew Smith. Kitty’s stay in Auckland is generously hosted by the Park Hyatt, Auckland’s luxury 5-star waterfront hotel.
20 JULY - 17 AUGUST 2024.
GOW LANGSFORD_ONEHUNGA
Presented with the support of HUs Art.
Gow Langsford Gallery is pleased to present Illuminations by Yafeng Duan. This is Duan’s inaugural exhibition with Gow Langsford, and her first solo show in Aotearoa. Duan works in abstract painting, combining gestural mark-making with multi-layered paint washes. Her paintings are richly colourful and expressive, drawing on influences from both traditional Chinese ink painting and contemporary Western abstract art.
Illuminations by Yafeng Duan
HUs Art Farm
YAF Opening Night
In August 2018, HUs Art hosted ten emerging award winning artists as part of the Young Artists Fellowship (YAF) programme at its Coatesville, Auckland venue.
The programme brought together a new generation of artistic voices from diverse backgrounds, providing opportunities for exhibition, dialogue, and professional exchange. Through presentations, discussions, and public engagement, participating artists shared their practices with audiences while building connections within New Zealand's contemporary art community.
Art can competes with reality, but art will have the last word.
—A Contemporary Artist
艺术可以与现实抗衡，但最终发言权属于艺术。