© Areez Katki 2021
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HISTORY RESERVES BUT A FEW LINES FOR YOU
'Enjoy Contemporary Art Space
Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, NZ
19th February – 3rd April
2021Photography by Cheska Brown
'HISTORY RESERVES BUT A FEW LINES FOR YOU
'Enjoy Contemporary Art Space
Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, NZ
19th February – 3rd April
2021 -
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HISTORY RESERVES BUT A FEW LINES FOR YOU
'Enjoy Contemporary Art Space
Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, NZ
19th February – 3rd April
2021Drapery, 2019
Cotton and silk thread embroidery on 80% linen/20% cellulose textile.In Small Places (Farrokh & Sohrab), 2018
Cotton thread hand embroidery on hand-loomed tea towel.'HISTORY RESERVES BUT A FEW LINES FOR YOU
'Enjoy Contemporary Art Space
Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, NZ
19th February – 3rd April
2021 -
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HISTORY RESERVES BUT A FEW LINES FOR YOU
'Enjoy Contemporary Art Space
Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, NZ
19th February – 3rd April
2021Ionic, 2021
Cotton thread hand embroidery on muslin handkerchief.'HISTORY RESERVES BUT A FEW LINES FOR YOU
'Enjoy Contemporary Art Space
Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, NZ
19th February – 3rd April
2021 -
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HISTORY RESERVES BUT A FEW LINES FOR YOU
'Enjoy Contemporary Art Space
Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, NZ
19th February – 3rd April
2021Threshold, 2021
Pearlised polychrome Czech glass beads
[spatial intervention with concrete flooring.]Dwelling, 2017
Cotton thread hand embroidery on upholstered silk textile.'HISTORY RESERVES BUT A FEW LINES FOR YOU
'Enjoy Contemporary Art Space
Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, NZ
19th February – 3rd April
2021 -
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HISTORY RESERVES BUT A FEW LINES FOR YOU
'Enjoy Contemporary Art Space
Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, NZ
19th February – 3rd April
2021Telemachus, 2021
Cotton thread hand embroidery on muslin handkerchief.Through the keyhole, 2021
Cotton thread hand embroidery on muslin handkerchief.'HISTORY RESERVES BUT A FEW LINES FOR YOU
'Enjoy Contemporary Art Space
Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, NZ
19th February – 3rd April
2021 -
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HISTORY RESERVES BUT A FEW LINES FOR YOU
'Enjoy Contemporary Art Space
Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, NZ
19th February – 3rd April
2021Trojan, 2021
Cotton thread hand embroidery on muslin handkerchief.Paisley (bruise blue), 2021
Cotton thread hand embroidery on muslin handkerchief.'HISTORY RESERVES BUT A FEW LINES FOR YOU
'Enjoy Contemporary Art Space
Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, NZ
19th February – 3rd April
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THIEVES' MARKET
'The National
Ōtautahi Christchurch, NZ
3rd – 27th February
2021Photography by John Collie
'THIEVES' MARKET
'The National
Ōtautahi Christchurch, NZ
3rd – 27th February
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THIEVES' MARKET
'The National
Ōtautahi Christchurch, NZ
3rd – 27th February
2021Lot. 5, 2020
Beaded tapestry fragments with Czech glass beads and mercerised cotton thread.Lot. 13, 2018 – 2021
Beaded tapestry fragments with Czech glass beads and mercerised cotton thread.'THIEVES' MARKET
'The National
Ōtautahi Christchurch, NZ
3rd – 27th February
2021 -
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THIEVES' MARKET
'The National
Ōtautahi Christchurch, NZ
3rd – 27th February
2021Lot. 1, 2018 – 2021 [framed]
Beaded tapestry fragments with Czech glass beads and mercerised cotton thread.Lot. 6, 2020 – 2021
Beaded tapestry fragments with Czech glass beads and mercerised cotton thread.'THIEVES' MARKET
'The National
Ōtautahi Christchurch, NZ
3rd – 27th February
2021 -
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THIEVES' MARKET
'The National
Ōtautahi Christchurch, NZ
3rd – 27th February
2021Lot. 3, 2020
Beaded tapestry fragments with Czech glass beads and mercerised cotton thread.Lot. 10, 2020
Beaded tapestry fragments with Czech glass beads and mercerised cotton thread.Lot. 9, 2019 – 2021
Beaded tapestry fragments with Czech glass beads and mercerised cotton thread.Lot. 7, 2020 – 2021
Beaded tapestry fragments with Czech glass beads and mercerised cotton thread.'THIEVES' MARKET
'The National
Ōtautahi Christchurch, NZ
3rd – 27th February
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ON CHROMA
'Sumer Gallery
Tauranga, NZ
17th October—14th November
2020Sympathetic Qualities, 2020
Cotton thread hand-embroidery on handwoven ikat cloth. 300mm H x 300mm W'ON CHROMA
'Sumer Gallery
Tauranga, NZ
17th October—14th November
2020 -
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ON CHROMA
'Sumer Gallery
Tauranga, NZ
17th October—14th November
2020Helpful Thoughts, 2020
Cotton thread hand-embroidery on handwoven ikat cloth. 300mm H x 300mm W'ON CHROMA
'Sumer Gallery
Tauranga, NZ
17th October—14th November
2020 -
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ON CHROMA
'Sumer Gallery
Tauranga, NZ
17th October—14th November
2020Grasping (three anachronisms), 2020
Cotton thread hand-embroidery on handwoven ikat cloth. 810mm H x 360mm W'ON CHROMA
'Sumer Gallery
Tauranga, NZ
17th October—14th November
2020 -
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ON CHROMA
'Sumer Gallery
Tauranga, NZ
17th October—14th November
2020'ON CHROMA
'Sumer Gallery
Tauranga, NZ
17th October—14th November
2020 -
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NOTES & METHODS
'Tim Melville Gallery
Auckland, NZ
7th July—1st August
2020He Asked About the Quality, 2019
Cotton and silk thread hand embroidery on repurposed linen handkerchief. 160mm H x 170mm W'NOTES & METHODS
'Tim Melville Gallery
Auckland, NZ
7th July—1st August
2020 -
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NOTES & METHODS
'Tim Melville Gallery
Auckland, NZ
7th July—1st August
2020Original Recipe with Tubular Saucepan Handle, 2020
Cotton thread hand embroidery over windowpane check handwoven khadi. 385mm H x 385mm WSecondary Study from Apartment No. 14, 2020
Cotton thread hand embroidery over windowpane check handwoven khadi. 385mm H x 385mm W'NOTES & METHODS
'Tim Melville Gallery
Auckland, NZ
7th July—1st August
2020 -
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NOTES & METHODS
'Tim Melville Gallery
Auckland, NZ
7th July—1st August
2020For Thirty Thousand Years
(Panels I – II), 2019
Cotton thread hand embroidery over 60% silk x 40% cotton hand-loomed khadi.
900mm H x 950mm W'NOTES & METHODS
'Tim Melville Gallery
Auckland, NZ
7th July—1st August
2020 -
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NOTES & METHODS
'Tim Melville Gallery
Auckland, NZ
7th July—1st August
2020Eleven Thoughts Form
(conflation of mischief and pleasure), 2020
Cotton thread hand embroidery over handwoven khadi cloth. 420mm H x 840mm W'NOTES & METHODS
'Tim Melville Gallery
Auckland, NZ
7th July—1st August
2020 -
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NOTES & METHODS
'Tim Melville Gallery
Auckland, NZ
7th July—1st August
2020Four Bars (transcending asceticism), 2020
Cotton thread hand embroidery over crème handwoven silk fragment. 385mm H x 385mm WGrand Elasticity, 2020
Cotton thread hand embroidery over crème handwoven silk fragment. 385mm H x 385mm W'NOTES & METHODS
'Tim Melville Gallery
Auckland, NZ
7th July—1st August
2020 -
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NOTES & METHODS
'Tim Melville Gallery
Auckland, NZ
7th July—1st August
202021 Bars, 2018
Cotton thread hand embroidery on hand-loomed khatka textile. 450mm H x 350mm W9 Bars, 2018
Cotton thread hand embroidery on hand-loomed khatka textile. 450mm H x 350mm W27 Bars, 2018
Cotton thread hand embroidery on hand-loomed khatka textile. 450mm H x 350mm W'NOTES & METHODS
'Tim Melville Gallery
Auckland, NZ
7th July—1st August
2020 -
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NOTES & METHODS
'Tim Melville Gallery
Auckland, NZ
7th July—1st August
2020Ishtar Gate Residue, 2019
Cotton hand embroidery over taupe khadi handkerchief. 450mm H x 450mm WSimpleton No. 1, 2019
Cotton hand embroidery over taupe khadi handkerchief. 450mm H x 450mm WJe vous en prie Monsieur de Morgan!, 2019
Cotton hand embroidery over taupe khadi handkerchief. 450mm H x 450mm W'NOTES & METHODS
'Tim Melville Gallery
Auckland, NZ
7th July—1st August
2020 -
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NOTES & METHODS
'Tim Melville Gallery
Auckland, NZ
7th July—1st August
2020Ax – Ex, 2020
Cotton thread hand embroidery on pyjama striped handwoven khadi. 385mm H x 385mm WAstral Buoyancy, 2020
Cotton thread hand embroidery on pyjama striped handwoven khadi. 385mm H x 385mm W'NOTES & METHODS
'Tim Melville Gallery
Auckland, NZ
7th July—1st August
2020 -
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NOTES & METHODS
'Tim Melville Gallery
Auckland, NZ
7th July—1st August
2020'NOTES & METHODS
'Tim Melville Gallery
Auckland, NZ
7th July—1st August
2020 -
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It's Never Too Late To Learn
'Off-site project with
Te Tuhi, Arts Out East
Location:
Ararimu Valley School Cottage
Howick Historic Village
Auckland, NZ'It's Never Too Late To Learn
'Off-site project with
Te Tuhi, Arts Out East
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EVEN THE BIRDS ARE WALKING
'Latitude 53
Edmonton, Canada
January – April
2020i. A squall unto Yasmin’s Friday shrine, 2020
Cotton thread hand embroidery over repurposed green windowpane check printed Bombay Dyeing cotton dust cloth c. 1980. 600 x 450mmii. He will not be attending the conference, 2020
Cotton thread hand embroidery over repurposed striped hand-loomed Turkish cotton tea towel c. 1940. 970 x 545mmiii. As displacement took root, 2020
Cotton thread hand embroidery over salvaged silk upholstery fragment from Shiraz, Iran c. 1960. 970 x 1015mm'EVEN THE BIRDS ARE WALKING
'Latitude 53
Edmonton, Canada
January – April
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PAPER TRAIL
'Tim Melville Gallery
Auckland, New Zealand
April – May
2020i. Body, Remember, 2019.
Watercolour & graphite on hot pressed archival cotton paper.ii. Neapoli, 2019.
Watercolour & graphite on hot pressed archival cotton paper.'PAPER TRAIL
'Tim Melville Gallery
Auckland, New Zealand
April – May
2020 -
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HOT MESS
'Bowerbank Ninow
Auckland, New Zealand
27th November – 20th December 2019i. August (Novelli's poetry reading tour), 2019
Cotton thread hand embroidery over found khadi handkerchief.i. Vitrine of Gestures, 2019
Cotton thread hand embroidery over found khadi handkerchief.'HOT MESS
'Bowerbank Ninow
Auckland, New Zealand
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Some Retained Delights
'RM Gallery
Solo Exhibition - Auckland
9th - 26th October 2019Photography by Ardit Hoxha
'Some Retained Delights
'RM Gallery
Solo Exhibition - Auckland
9th - 26th October 2019 -
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COME, REMEMBER
'Window Gallery
5 Alfred St
General Library Foyer
University of Auckland
Auckland, NZ
Ophelia King and Areez Katki
31st July—30th August
2019'COME, REMEMBER
'Window Gallery
5 Alfred St
General Library Foyer
University of Auckland
Auckland, NZ
Ophelia King and Areez Katki
31st July—30th August
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Softly Spoken
'Hastings City Art Gallery
3rd August - 3rd November 2019'Softly Spoken
'Hastings City Art Gallery
3rd August - 3rd November 2019 -
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UNCRUISING
'Villa Exarcheia Residency
Solo Exhibition
Athens, Greece
9th July - 20th August 2019'UNCRUISING
'Villa Exarcheia Residency
Solo Exhibition
Athens, Greece
9th July - 20th August 2019 -
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19 GALLERY: Relocating Frances Hodgkins
'Auckland Art Gallery
Toi o Tāmaki
Model gallery exhibition located in the display case on the Mezzanine level before the E.H McCormick Library.
Frances Hodgkins: European Journeys
4th May—1st September
2019On the occasion of Frances Hodgkins: European Journeys, we have reworked London Art Dealer, Sydney Burney’s concept of the 34 Gallery. In 1934, Burney commissioned a range of leading British modernist artists to create small scale works for a miniature gallery, to raise money for the Fund for the Blind. This model gallery became known as the 34 Gallery, symbolising both the year when it was created and the number of artworks featured in the display.
The 19 Gallery: Relocating Frances Hodgkins, 2019 includes paintings and sculptures by 19 New Zealand artists who have in turn been inspired by the work of Frances Hodgkins.
[Text borrowed from the Auckland Art Gallery]
'19 GALLERY: Relocating Frances Hodgkins
'Auckland Art Gallery
Toi o Tāmaki
Model gallery exhibition located in the display case on the Mezzanine level before the E.H McCormick Library.
Frances Hodgkins: European Journeys
4th May—1st September
2019 -
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BILDUNGSROMAN
''Self Portrait with Blue Desk' (2018)
Parsi Colony Series - Panel IVCotton thread hand embroidery applied over hand-loomed cotton Khatka textile.
320 x 380mm
'BILDUNGSROMAN
''Self Portrait with Blue Desk' (2018)
Parsi Colony Series - Panel IV -
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Blue Bathing in Pink (2018)
'Parsi Colony Series - Panel VI
Cotton thread hand embroidery applied over hand-loomed cotton Khatka textile.
320 x 380mm
'Blue Bathing in Pink (2018)
'Parsi Colony Series - Panel VI
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Shrine (Still Life with Partially Squeezed Lime), 2018
'Parsi Colony Series - Panel V
Cotton thread hand embroidery applied over hand-loomed cotton Khatka textile.
320 x 380mm
'Shrine (Still Life with Partially Squeezed Lime), 2018
'Parsi Colony Series - Panel V
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Homecoming, 2019
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BILDUNGSROMAN
Malcolm Smith Gallery
2019Czech glass beads tapestry-woven with mercerised cotton thread.
654 x 105mm
'Homecoming, 2019
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BILDUNGSROMAN
Malcolm Smith Gallery
2019 -
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In Small Places (Farokh & Sohrab), 2018
'Cotton thread hand embroidery applied over repurposed hand-loomed tea towel.
480 x 405mm
'In Small Places (Farokh & Sohrab), 2018
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Bombay Dyeing 1990 (2018)
'Cotton thread hand embroidery on repurposed Bombay Dyeing tote bag with ‘1990’ calendar print on textile.
555 x 260mm (incl. 175mm handles)
'Bombay Dyeing 1990 (2018)
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Caspian Dispersion, 2018
'Cotton thread hand embroidery applied over flat-woven indigo dyed cotton runner rug.
440 x 1970mm (incl. 110mm warp tassels on both ends)
'Caspian Dispersion, 2018
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Diaspora Series, 2018
'i: Dio Dispersion
ii: Udvada
BILDUNGSROMAN
Malcolm Smith Gallery
2019Cotton thread hand embroidery applied over repurposed Bombay Dyeing tea towels (c. 1940) with applied 19th Century hand loomed cotton Mul fragments.
i: 475 x 492mm
ii: 490 x 490mm'Diaspora Series, 2018
'i: Dio Dispersion
ii: Udvada
BILDUNGSROMAN
Malcolm Smith Gallery
2019 -
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Farvahar Redux (Matriarch Rises), 2018
'Cotton thread hand embroidery on hand-loomed cotton Khatka textile.
470 x 470mm
'Farvahar Redux (Matriarch Rises), 2018
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Folding Screen One: Temples & Shrines, 2018
'Cotton thread hand embroidery on hand-loomed 60% Silk x 40% Cotton Khadi (Moss). Framed on pinewood structure designed in collaboration with Bombay Atelier.
Individual Panels: 555 x 1305mm each
Framed: 1800H x 1700W x 600-700D
average fold'Folding Screen One: Temples & Shrines, 2018
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Handkerchief Series, 2018
'i: Smell of Akoori
ii: Taste of Malido
iii: Sound of DhansakCotton thread hand embroidery applied over hand-loomed Khadi cotton handkerchiefs.
i: 425 x 415mm
ii: 425 x 410mm
iii: 500 x 410mm'Handkerchief Series, 2018
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Hoshang Merchant Takes His Vitamin D, 2018
'Cotton thread hand embroidery on repurposed Bombay Dyeing floral printed coaster (c. 1950)
175 x 175mm
'Hoshang Merchant Takes His Vitamin D, 2018
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Legend of the Sugar & the Milk, 2018
'Sudreh Series: Article i
Cotton thread hand embroidery applied over hand-loomed West Bengali cotton Mul.660 x 685mm
'Legend of the Sugar & the Milk, 2018
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Massacre of the Tall Poppies, 2018
'Sudreh Series: Article ii
Cotton thread hand embroidery applied over hand-loomed West Bengali cotton Mul.660 x 685mm
'Massacre of the Tall Poppies, 2018
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Money Pouches, 2018
'(i-ii)
Cotton thread hand embroidery on repurposed cotton canvas ‘Duke’ money pouches (c. 1930).
i: 170 x 255mm
ii: 190 x 250mm'Money Pouches, 2018
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Nine Fragments, 2018
'(From left to right each row downward)
i: Digital Jaali
ii: Pink Breakfast Table
iii: Cornelia Sorabji
iv: Anahita
v: Tappeh Sarab Deity
vi: Bombay Deco
vii: Digital Paisley
viii: Beam Gazing
ix: Madame CamaCzech glass beads tapestry-woven with mercerised cotton thread.
115 x 115mm each
'Nine Fragments, 2018
'(From left to right each row downward)
i: Digital Jaali
ii: Pink Breakfast Table
iii: Cornelia Sorabji
iv: Anahita
v: Tappeh Sarab Deity
vi: Bombay Deco
vii: Digital Paisley
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Sunset Release! (2018)
'Parsi Colony Series - Panel II
Cotton thread hand embroidery applied over hand-loomed cotton Khatka textile.
320 x 380mm
'Sunset Release! (2018)
'Parsi Colony Series - Panel II
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Three Balconies, 2018
'Parsi Colony Series - Panel I
Cotton thread hand embroidery applied over hand-loomed cotton Khatka textile.
320 x 380mm
'Three Balconies, 2018
'Parsi Colony Series - Panel I
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Threshold, Open at Dawn (2018)
'Parsi Colony Series - Panel III
Cotton thread hand embroidery applied over hand-loomed cotton Khatka textile.
320 x 380mm
'Threshold, Open at Dawn (2018)
'Parsi Colony Series - Panel III
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Within the Magian Tavern (2018)
'Cotton thread hand embroidery on repurposed green paisley woodblock printed cotton tablecloth.
570 x 750mm (incl. 30mm tassels at bottom end)
'Within the Magian Tavern (2018)
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Folding Screen Two: The Solaces of Matriarchy, 2018
'BILDUNGSROMAN
Malcolm Smith Gallery
2019Cotton thread hand embroidery on hand-loomed 60% Silk x 40% Cotton Khadi (Dove Grey). Framed on pinewood structure designed in collaboration with Bombay Atelier.
Individual Panels: 560 x 1305mm (each)
Framed: 1800H x 1700W x 600-700D
average fold'Folding Screen Two: The Solaces of Matriarchy, 2018
'BILDUNGSROMAN
Malcolm Smith Gallery
2019 -
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Nāvar Initiation (Zoroastrian Priesthood), 2018
'BILDUNGSROMAN
Malcolm Smith Gallery
2019Cotton thread hand embroidery applied over hand-woven green windowpane check cotton tea towel.
(440 x 440mm)
'Nāvar Initiation (Zoroastrian Priesthood), 2018
'BILDUNGSROMAN
Malcolm Smith Gallery
2019 -
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Still Life, Spin & Thrust (2018)
'BILDUNGSROMAN
Malcolm Smith Gallery
2019Cotton thread hand embroidery on repurposed green gingham dust cloth (c. 1990).
(390 x 355mm)
'Still Life, Spin & Thrust (2018)
'BILDUNGSROMAN
Malcolm Smith Gallery
2019 -
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Agiary Series, 2018
'i: Batliwalla Agiary (Closed Threshold)
ii: Temple of Anāhita
iii: It’ll Rot if You Don’t Chew Fast, Shirin!
BILDUNGSROMAN
Malcolm Smith Gallery
2019Cotton thread hand embroidery applied over hand-loomed cotton Khatka textile.
(431 x 431mm each)
'Agiary Series, 2018
'i: Batliwalla Agiary (Closed Threshold)
ii: Temple of Anāhita
iii: It’ll Rot if You Don’t Chew Fast, Shirin!
BILDUNGSROMAN
Malcolm Smith Gallery
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Bildungsroman
'(Debut Solo Exhibition)
Malcolm Smith Gallery
2nd Feb - 17th March 2019
Organised by Zoe HoeberigsIn March 2018 Areez Katki set off from his East Auckland home for Mumbai on a carefully conceived quest to trace his creative inheritance as the son of a Parsi Indian family with ancient Persian roots. Katki’s ruminations on what it means to be Parsi are inclusive of small acts of kindness and the razed ramparts of civilisations.
Bildungsroman parallels Katki’s grand tour journal, which conveys the sincere curiosity of an expatriate outsider prying into the closed Zoroastrian community with questions of gender, sexuality and politics in mind.
Extract from introductory exhibition text by Anna Miles
'Bildungsroman
'(Debut Solo Exhibition)
Malcolm Smith Gallery
2nd Feb - 17th March 2019
Organised by Zoe Hoeberigs -
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Dwelling
'Marabar Caves
The Gus Fisher Gallery
August – September 2017
Organised by Victoria Wynne-Jones
Photographs by Samuel HartnettMarabar Caves was an exhibition that took its title from the caves featured in E.M. Forster’s 1924 novel 'Passage to India.' This is the first exhibition in a series of three entitled ‘Resources of the Social Imagination’ by Victoria Wynne-Jones, which will look at the relationships between narrative pleasure and contemporary art. Narratives that are cosmological, geological and mythical combine to describe a space that is highly sculptural, one that becomes psychosexual with the aid of a colonial gaze.
Audio, ceramics, embroidery and exhibition design form a response to Forster's description of the caves. Areez Katki has investigated non-linguistic narrative techniques using synaesthesia and his applied arts textile practice. Devices designed to lean against and languish on have been constructed and embroidered upon for the exhibition.
Organised by Victoria Wynne-Jones.
'Dwelling
'Marabar Caves
The Gus Fisher Gallery
August – September 2017
Organised by Victoria Wynne-Jones
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Ravel Scroll: Daybreak
'Vanished Delft
The Pah Homestead
March – May 2017
Curated by Anna Miles
Photographs by Samuel HartnettAreez Katki described his 5-metre-drop of hand-embroidered silk hanging in the Ball Room of Vanished Delft, as a synaesthesic response to the score of Maurice Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloe, a ballet based on the ancient Greek Longus’ novel of the same name. It was performed by the Ballet Russes in Paris in 1912, with sets designed by Leon Bakst. Katki discovered the music when he was traveling in the Basque Country of Spain, the region where Ravel was born.
His work predominantly uses chain stitch: “No other stitch has been as effective to express linear movement.” There are notes – embroidered in a dull grey thread – on the panel where he acknowledges Longus, the island of Lesbos – the setting of the novel – and roman numerals which correspond to the pages of the composition that Katki listened to. “Other than these small details, there is no concrete evidence of structure or narrative,” says Katki.
Extract from curatorial notes by Anna Miles
'Ravel Scroll: Daybreak
'Vanished Delft
The Pah Homestead
March – May 2017
Curated by Anna Miles
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Constantinople Dress
'Beauty Is In The Street
Ramp Gallery
April – June 2017Cotton, Silk & Linen fibres / Mounting on pinewood dowels.
Sources: Turkey, Lebanon & India.
Treatments: Indigo, Madder, Tea (Ceylon) and Wine (NZ Merlot)
Hand knitted using intarsia colour-blocking and fair isle techniques.
The fabrication of Katki’s Constantinople Dress was an attempt to capture various sensations caused by movements through time and placement/displacement. Harnessing both emotional and physical responses to a setting he lived in, Areez created a series of abstract motifs knitted into a three-dimensional object.
'Constantinople Dress
'Beauty Is In The Street
Ramp Gallery
April – June 2017 -
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Vienna Series
'Presented at Objectspace
2016 - 2017A series of hand-embroidered scarves on narrow hand-loomed silk noil. Annual edition of six scarves from the Vienna Series have been crafted by Areez each year since 2014, each numbered and dated.
An act of restraint during tactile productivity. The applied methodology for this series tie in with Katki’s reverence for motifs from the Viennese Secession movement.
'Vienna Series
'Presented at Objectspace
2016 - 2017 -
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Dwelling Series
'Masterworks Gallery
November 2017Limited series of decorative domestic objects: Hand-embroidered upholstered cushions and bolsters.
Outer: French cotton thread on a selection of hand-woven cotton, linen and silk textiles that were sourced from India, Turkey and France.
Inner: Bamboo fibre and cotton wadding.
Cotton inner filling. 2017 – 2018.
'Dwelling Series
'Masterworks Gallery
November 2017 -
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Daybreak Textile Study Panel
'Rannoch Estate
From 'Vanished Delft'
February 2017
Photographs by Samuel HartnettAt a recent talk for Objectspace’s National Symposium on Craft, Applied Arts and Design at the Auckland War Memorial Museum, Areez Katki described himself as a practitioner of the applied arts with a specific interest in textiles and apparel. He made a distinction between the craftsperson couturier and the contemporary fashion designer, who encourages consumption.
“There is often little need in the life of an average person for thirty sub-standard sweaters and five amazing ones,” he noted, charactarising contemporary “applied arts hierarchy,” as having, “industrialised the game and made it less personal … I’d rather just create. With my own two hands.”
Extracted from curatorial notes by Anna Miles
'Daybreak Textile Study Panel
'Rannoch Estate
From 'Vanished Delft'
February 2017
Photographs by Samuel Hartnett -
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Constantinople Dress & Cordoba Diptych
'Beauty Is In The Street
Objectspace
August – September 2016
Curated by Elle Loui AugustThe colour planes of these handmade textile panels explore synaesthesia based on experiences recollected from the Katki’s time in Istanbul. Thrace and Anatolia are two continental land masses on either side of the Bospherous River, separating Asia from Europe. Living and working in Istanbul resulted in daily ferry trips between two continents and experiencing vivid juxtapositions of coexisting cultures.
From the 'Textile + Form' Series, remnants of handwoven upholstery textiles were discovered upon extensive social and historic research while he lived in Madrid. A study of their historic techniques led to acquiring intriguing curtain samplers and the variations of textiles which were hand-crafted between 1940-1970 at Casa Hernanz in Madrid. Such samplers were carefully composed with hand-embroidery based on architectural lines extracted from cities around Spain.
'Constantinople Dress & Cordoba Diptych
'Beauty Is In The Street
Objectspace
August – September 2016
Curated by Elle Loui August -
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Textile + Form Series
'MRKT
All Press Gallery
February 2016A series of linear architectural studies on repurposed Spanish upholstery textiles.
Sourced during Katki’s years in Madrid where he accessed and repurposed remnants of iconic household textiles from 1944 to the mid-1970’s, which are no longer in production.
'Textile + Form Series
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All Press Gallery
February 2016
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