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Ercan Cairns

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ercan cairns

Ercan Cairns is young and inspiring Auckland based artist of Māori (Tūhoe), Tongan (‘Utungake and Tu’anuku, Vava’u) and of German descent.
His creative process is incredibly intuitive with freedom, energy and focus.

Ercan is influenced by American Abstract artists and adopts as they do, he does. The marks and forms are made from the movement of the whole body and emotion of the subconscious allowing the paint to flow on the surface. Forms being the idea of body and soul.

Citing powerhouse influences such as Picasso, Basquiat, Willem de Kooning, Matisse, and David Aspden. Ercan has also been mentored by modern Pacific artists including his mother, Dagmar Dyck, Andy Leleisi'uao, and Fatu Feu'u.

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EDUCATION

  1. NZ Fashion Tech / New Zealand Certificate in Apparel and Fashion Technology (Level 3) March 2018 - Nov 2018, AUCKLAND
  2. Glendowie College - Feb 2014 - Nov 2017, AUCKLAND

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITION

2022
  1. solo exhibition - Boyd Dunlop Gallery, NAPIER
  2. solo exhibition - Michael Dodds Gallery, AUCKLAND
2020
  1. six.eleven.twentytwenty - 12 Gallery, AUCKLAND
  2. New Works - Miranda Gallery, THAMES
2019
  1. Twenty Nineteen 10 Two Thousand Nineteen - Grey Gallery, AUCKLAND
  2. Solo Show - Miranda Farm Gallery, THAMES
2018
  1. Exhibition - Small Axe Studios, AUCKLAND
  2. New Works - Tautai Offices, AUCKLAND

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITION

2022
  1. Winter Show - Miranda Gallery, AUCKLAND
  2. Open Channels - Miranda Gallery, THAMES
2021
  1. POP Will Eat It Self - 12 Gallery, AUCKLAND
  2. Peau Kula, Online Tongan Arts Fundraiser, AUCKLAND
2019
  1. National Youth Art Awards - Waikato Society of Arts, HAMILTON
  2. Urban Stories - Art Bureau, AUCKLAND
  3. Art in the Dark - Tanoa Hotel, TONGA
2018
  1. Whānau - Miranda Farm Gallery, THAMES
  2. Art on the Strand - Parnell, AUCKLAND
  3. National Youth Art Awards - Waikato Society of Arts, HAMILTON
  4. Shine On Seleka - Small Axe Studios, AUCKLAND
  5. Seleka - Happy Sailor Tattoo, TONGA

AWARD, RESIDENCY AND COMMISSION

AWARDS
  1. National Youth Art Award 2019 - Waikato Society of Arts - FINALIST, July 2019 - HAMILTON
  2. National Youth Art Award 2019 - Waikato Society of Arts - FINALIST, July 2019 - HAMILTON
RESIDENCIES
  1. Inaugural Artist in Resident - SELEKA INTERNATIONAL Mar 2018 - TONGA