Art Post Uki

A SURPRISING PLACE FOR SURPRISING ART

ART POST UKI is a gallery space dedicated to showing the work of artists from Uki and surrounding areas in what is a truly unusual venue, the 1909 heritage-listed Uki Post Office. The exhibitions are curated by an independent panel of artists including a local artist, with a mission to build community and engage visitors.

Closing Wednesday

‘Wonder’

Works by children from Aetaomah School

6 August – 2 September

This is Aetaomah’s fourth exhibition at Art Post.

The unselfconscious child’s view of the world is revealed in 55 paintings, feltwork and drawings,
each reflecting a world of wonder.

‘A Retrospective’
Marie France Rose

Opening 6pm Thursday 3 September

These works have the innocence and freshness of children’s paintings. They are naive and yet they are much more. They have an adult’s wry humour and are consciously depicting an optimistic world; a world at its very best.
Marie France started out as a sculptor but over the years she developed a unique process in which she combined her sculptural skills with painting. She began to sculpt small figures and objects that she then attached to a canvas and painted. The result is an integrated relief painting.
The relief paintings in this exhibition can be divided into those produced between 2010 and 2024 like ‘Banga Market’, and her final series of 2025 ‘Every dog and his man’ which are small comical studies of people walking their beloved pooches.
Tragically Marie France died in June this year but she leaves a wonderful collection of work that brings joy to all that see it.

Exhibition ends Wednesday 14 October