New Zealand Art at ArikiArt Online Galleries

Although ArikiArt Online Galleries is based in California, one of the wonderful things about being a web-based gallery is that we can host and promote artists from anywhere in the the world.  Among our artists, we have four who call New Zealand home.  Anyone who has lived in or visited New Zealand will know how extensive, vibrant, and accessible the New Zealand art scene is.  It seems that every corner and every highway hosts an artist community or studio, be it in one of the major cities, in a rural town, or a deserted highway.  Art is everywhere, and for any art collector a trip to New Zealand is bound to present an unimaginable amount of temptation, resulting in lots of additions to their collection.  The environment and native flora and fauna have a powerful influence on New Zealand art giving much of the art of New Zealand a particularly iconographic quality, and it is also deeply influenced by the culture and art of the native New Zealand Maori; this is the case even for white ("Pakeha") New Zealanders.

Our four New Zealand artists provide just the tiniest sample of what is available in the New Zealand art scene, but over time we hope to be able to add more artists from New Zealand to our online galleries. We are happy to provide American and international art collectors the opportunity to see some of the art coming out of New Zealand and to assist any international collectors interested in adding New Zealand art to their collections.