DescriptionThe University of Waikato holds a nationally significant art collection which has been developed to enhance the cultural environment of the University, and to foster an appreciation of the visual arts for staff, students, visitors and the community.
Holding over 600 artworks the collection consists of a broad range of contemporary art and taonga including paintings, works on paper, photography, textiles, ceramics, sculpture, whakairo and mixed media, amongst others. It is displayed across both University of Waikato campuses in Hamilton and Tauranga. The art collection includes work by many well-known Waikato artists, including Ida Carey, Joan Fear, Ruth Davey and Campbell Smith. Artists that have an association with the University such as Ted Bracey, Tom Field, John Bevan Ford and Donn Ratana are also well represented. Other artists of significance in the collection include Nigel Brown, Fiona Pardington, Michael Smither, Paul Dibble, Michael Illingworth, Buck Nin and Max Gimblett.
There are also more than fifty sculptures and whakairo works sited around both campuses. A selection of these can be explored on campus through this audio sculpture tour.
Latitude/Longitude[1] Te Raakau Kotahi[2] Feather-Weight[3] Te Aurei[4] L Blocks[5] Kōanga[6] Ngā Tohu Mārama[7] Te Whakatipuranga[8] Untitled[9] Last of the Just[10] Pōwhiri[11] Waikato Educators[12] Te Matariki[13] Te Puna Wai Mātauranga [14] Gothic 20[15] Export Butter
