One Wall
11.04.26
18.12.27
One Wall supports a cohort of seven emerging Waitaha Canterbury artists to showcase their work on CoCA’s annex wall.
Between April and December, one artist + one wall + one work enables a four week rotation of local artists with diverse practices to share work with our Ōtautahi community.
Exhibiting artists in this cohort include: Nicholas Burry, Marie Porter, Evelyn Fink, Jamie Price, Lily-Rose Claypole, Sarah Rowlands and Anna Bruce.
This initiative is supported through the Christchurch City Council’s Creative Communities Scheme.
Exhibiting now until 15 May
Nicholas Burry
Memory Form. Landfall in Canterbury
Oil on bituminous paper
1545mm x 1045mm
2022
Painter Nicholas Burry was born in Ōtautahi Christchurch.
Burry’s work is primarily concerned with our relationship to the past. How the process of history asserts itself and shapes us. Materiality is a cornerstone of Burry’s practice, both conceptually, with consideration for his subject’s relationship to their environment, and physically, with his use of mixed media.
Memory Form. Landfall in Canterbury is about memories of Christchurch. It was painted at a time when Nicholas was living away from the city and reflecting on growing up in Ōtautahi Christchurch. And how there’s a tension between us as subjects, our memories and the world itself.
Programming Group
CoCA is programmed by a volunteer Programming Group of local artists via an open call model. This programme prioritises Ōtautahi and Waitaha artists, supports emerging and established artists, and offers free exhibitions and events that deepen community connections. Our 2025 programming group members who selected the artists for the One Wall project were: Kim Lowe, Oliver Perkins, Virginia Ferguson, Tahlia King, Louise Palmer, Meg Doughty, and Sam Manderson with support from CoCA Board members, Jamie Te Heuheu, Raewyn Martyn and Sean Duxfield.
Our programing and assessment process is anchored in our strategic goals. We prioritise support for artists who are from, or have a connection to Waitaha Canterbury, while being open to proposals from all over the country. We also welcome, ideas from community organisations who support artists facing barriers to exhibiting. This results in a programme that supports a range of emerging and established artists, and artistic disciplines.
