Mike Clare, Chris Coad, Dean Zillwood - "3 Blokes Show Up" 7—15 November, 2025, Photospace Gallery, 37 Courtenay Place, Wellington NZ

Chris Coad, Dean Zillwood, Mike Clare at exhibition opening, 6/11/25. Mike's photos behind.

"3 Blokes Show Up" runs at Photospace Gallery from 7th-15th November.
Gallery hours: Mon-Fri 10am-3pm, Saturdays 11am-2pm. Closed Sundays.
Photographs by Chris Coad and Dean Zillwood are for sale, framed, open edition.

Photos by Dean Zillwood

Dean Zillwood
Nature’s diversity is full of perfect imperfections; shells are a great example, each unique in pattern, colour and form, and once home to living creatures. Nature is the ultimate designer, creating beauty with purpose and inspiring humans through biomimicry in art, architecture and technology.
Spirals found in shells, galaxies and DNA reveal how nature optimises growth and energy. These patterns have inspired innovations from efficient city layouts to aerodynamic designs.
Shells, ancient and resilient, have existed for over 500 million years, used by humans for art, tools and adornment. Through these images, I celebrate nature’s ingenuity and remind us to care for this life force that sustains us.
46 x 46cm framed pigment prints, each $485.00
Top row, left to right
Silver Paua - Haliotis australis
Emerald Green Tree Snail (Yellow Morph) - Papustyla pulcherrima
Emerald Green Tree Snail (Manus Green Tree Snail) - Papustyla pulcherrima
Cake Urchin - Fellaster zelandiae
Houghton Bay, Sunset 1
Bottom row, left to right
Kina, Sea Urchin - Evechinus chloroticus
Paper Nautilus - Agonauta
Pacific Sea Urchin - Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
Mole Cowrie -  Cypraea Talpa
Houghton Bay, Sunset 2
 
Special thanks to Oliver Zalava--Picaflor Fine Art Printing, Judy Hutt-- The Island Bay Marine Education Centre, James Gilberd--Photospace Gallery. 

Photos by Mike Clare, nos 1-4

Photos by Mike Clare, nos 5-7

Mike Clare
 
Mike's images are inspired by the posters of Hollywood and Spaghetti Western movies. Photographed at shooting ranges across Aotearoa, these are competitors in the sport of Cowboy Action Shooting. Each shooter must have period-appropriate clothing, accessories, and firearms, as well as a suitable alias for the score sheet. 
This is part of an ongoing series. 
 
Photographs are 500mm x 700mm inkjet prints. Not for sale.
 
Hick, Whanganui Range
Calamity Kate, Kaitoke Range
Outlaw, Gladstone County
Cowpat, Gladstone County
Young Phil, Purgatorie Range, Palmerston North
Big Sal, Taupō Range 
Uncle Buck, Whanganui Range.

Photographs by Chris Coad

Chris Coad

This body of personal work explores New Zealand’s distinctive architectural elements by extracting buildings or structures from their usual surroundings and reimagining them in entirely new environments. Each image captures these architectural features—often subtle or overlooked in their native context—and digitally places them into settings where they take centre stage. The transformation shifts the viewer’s perception, highlighting the design’s significance and aesthetic qualities. The outcomes vary from seamlessly fitting into their new scenes to entering the realm of surrealism, challenging traditional notions of place and architecture.
 
Photographs: all archival pigment prints, open edition, priced framed.
Cafe, Greymouth                                                                     $590.00
Dairy, Island Bay                                                                      $690.00
Nissen Hut, Rongotai                                                            $590.00
Caravan, Rangipo Desert                                                     $490.00
Lorne Street, Te Aro                                                               $490.00
Thorndon houses                                                                     $490.00
Art deco house, Whanganui                                                 $490.00
Cinema, Whanganui                                                                $690.00

Exhibition opening for '3 Blokes Show Up', Photospace Gallery, 6/11/25