Artist Talk: Aidan Taira Geraghty & Bri Leone-Rhea Lawrence

27 September. Free entry.

Artist Talk: Aidan Taira Geraghty & Bri Leone-Rhea Lawrence with curator James Tapsell-Kururangi
11am, The Physics Room, The Arts Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora

Join us on your Saturday morning for a kōrero with the artists in our current exhibition, Aidan Taira Geraghty and Bri Leone-Rhea Lawrence, with curator James Tapsell-Kururangi.

Their conversation will consider ideas of whakapapa, truth, and process behind the photographs in 09 07 25. 

All welcome, we'll have a hot pot of coffee or tea for you and a piece of loaf.

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Aidan Taira Geraghty (Ngāi Tahu–Ngāi Tūāhuriri, Kāti Huirapa ki Puketeraki) is an artist who lives in Ōtepoti, Te Waipounamu. He is currently completing an MFA at the Dunedin School of Art, Otago Polytechnic, and holds a Bachelor of Visual Arts in Contemporary Sculpture. His most recent exhibitions include Migratory Patterns (2025) group exhibition at CoCA Centre of Contemporary Art Toi Moroki, Ōtautahi; Paemanu: Awa Toi at the Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art in Queensland (2024); Kia whakatōmuri te haere whakamua / Home is where the kai is (2024) at Te Tuhi, Tāmaki Makaurau; Ka Kore, Kua Kore (2023), a collaborative show with Moewai Marsh at Blue Oyster Art Project Space.

Bri Leone-Rhea Lawrence (Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairoa) is an artist based in Ōtautahi. She holds a Bachelor of Art & Design specialising in Photography from Ara Institute of Canterbury, and was recognised with the Eke Panuku awards. Bri is a recent recipient of the Toi Ōtautahi Incubator Programme and resident photographer for Queer Horizons Ōtautahi. Her work was included in Whakawhanaungatanga (2023) at CoCA Centre of Contemporary Art Toi Moroki, Ōtautahi.