darkugh | Daryl Purdie
Painting as ‘darkugh’, Daryl creates bright, stylised, graffiti‑infused mixed‑media work. He began selling at the Titirangi Market over 20 years ago and has been refining his distinctive, character‑driven illustrative style ever since. Expect fun!
Davy's Cottage Studios - 3 artists
Davy's Cottage has offered studio space to visiting artists for many years. This year several past artists have been invited back to further create and display their work. Painting, jewellery, and assemblage will be on display.
Edward Prince
Edward has been designing and making fine furniture for over 40 years. Working primarily in wood to create furniture and objects drawn from the traditions of the modern designer craftsman that explore ways to express an essence of NZ.
Elemental Jewellery
Rosie Carson creates contemporary jewellery designs using a mixture of natural materials and precious metals. She has a passion for gemstones so expect to see plenty on display, in both rough and polished form. If you have ever wondered how stones are polished you can have a go at hand-poilshing a specimen while you visit.
Exhibition Drive Studio
Sian Faber’s mixed media paintings and mosaics bring a little Spanish flavour to her Exhibition Drive studio. Inspired by time in Andalusia, her work captures the movement of flamenco dancers, the patterns of their dresses and the energy of the sea. Visit her studio for her first Open Studios exhibition.
Hayley Theyers - Fine Art Photography
Fine art photographer Hayley Theyers explores fairytale and esoteric themes across still life, tableaux, studio portraiture, and filmmaking. Visit her workspace to explore her process, browse framed limited-edition prints, and enjoy the chance for a select few guests and/or their pets to be photographed as part of the open studio experience.
Jessica Justice Textile Artist
Jessica’s medium is textiles, water colours, and ceramic. She is interested in light and colour, sometimes representing local landscapes in abstract.
Karen Jarvis Painting and Photography
Karen Jarvis is a painter and photographer whose work explores memory and unspoken narratives. Visitors can see paintings and photos, purchase prints and copies of her art and photography books, and view samples of her Photobook Memoir work.
Katherine Simpson
Established Auckland artist Katherine Simpson creates layered contemporary paintings that explore the relationship between abstraction, landscape and subtle figurative forms. With a painting practice spanning many years and a return to exhibiting in 2026, her space offers visitors an insight into her evolving process of building, removing and revealing layers. Original works will be available to view and purchase.
Te Tararā Artisan Jewellery Studio
Rex works in silver, gold and semi-precious stones. His creations are entirely handcrafted using traditional methods. He crafts bespoke and unique pieces that combine his lapidary and metalwork skills. Many of his creations are made from stones he sources himself at locations around New Zealand. You will find earrings, rings, necklaces and bracelets in carnelian, jasper, pounamu, lapis lazuli, chrysoprase, and many other gemstones, all crafted with silver and gold.
Titirangi Painters
Titirangi Painters is a long-established group of painters active in West Auckland with members producing work mainly in acrylics in a variety of styles from hyper realistic to hard edged and colour field abstraction. Titirangi Painters' annual exhibition is a major event on the West Auckland arts calendar.
TRSS Art Foundation
Titirangi Rudolf Steiner School Open Studio welcomes the community into spaces where students’ work reveals the unfolding Waldorf/Steiner curriculum through painting, drawing, sculpture, fibre and handwork craft. Visitors can view a student exhibition, with some works for sale, and join experimental arts and craft experiences in the surrounding ngahere.