Exhibition Opening: JULIA HOLDERNESS - Botanical Correspondents
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Sanderson warmly invite you to the opening of the exhibition Botanical Correspondents by Julia Holderness (26 Aug - 14 Sept)
Opening - Thursday 27th August, 5.30-7pm
All Welcome - The artist will be present
Information on the exhibition:
Julia Holderness presents her solo exhibition, Botanical Correspondents, developed for Rokowhiria Ashburton Art Gallery and exhibited earlier in 2026, as part of her Zonta Ashburton Women’s Art Awards Premier Award 2025.
In Botanical Correspondents, Holderness' research considers and responds to the work of Emily Harris, one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s first professional woman artists. Emily Cumming Harris (1837-1925) is best-known for painting the indigenous flora of Aotearoa, producing hundreds of artworks in her studio in Whakatū Nelson. One hundred years after her death, her remarkable paintings continue to captivate audiences and invite them to contemplate the beauty of the natural world. In this exhibition Holderness responds creatively to her life, work and artistic practices.
The central component of the exhibition – a trio of installations – traces Holderness’ working and the passage of time across the project – gathering, layering, and reconfiguring fragments of Emily’s imagery alongside her own. Bush, Studio and Exhibitions act as a response and continuation: tracing a dialogue with Emily’s botanical world and the multiplicity she employed in depicting plants and nature.
This exhibition was developed with support from Rokowhiria Ashburton Art Gallery.
Thank you to our sponsor Boutique Connection Wines
For more information please visit www.sanderson.co.nz
Opening - Thursday 27th August, 5.30-7pm
All Welcome - The artist will be present
Information on the exhibition:
Julia Holderness presents her solo exhibition, Botanical Correspondents, developed for Rokowhiria Ashburton Art Gallery and exhibited earlier in 2026, as part of her Zonta Ashburton Women’s Art Awards Premier Award 2025.
In Botanical Correspondents, Holderness' research considers and responds to the work of Emily Harris, one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s first professional woman artists. Emily Cumming Harris (1837-1925) is best-known for painting the indigenous flora of Aotearoa, producing hundreds of artworks in her studio in Whakatū Nelson. One hundred years after her death, her remarkable paintings continue to captivate audiences and invite them to contemplate the beauty of the natural world. In this exhibition Holderness responds creatively to her life, work and artistic practices.
The central component of the exhibition – a trio of installations – traces Holderness’ working and the passage of time across the project – gathering, layering, and reconfiguring fragments of Emily’s imagery alongside her own. Bush, Studio and Exhibitions act as a response and continuation: tracing a dialogue with Emily’s botanical world and the multiplicity she employed in depicting plants and nature.
This exhibition was developed with support from Rokowhiria Ashburton Art Gallery.
Thank you to our sponsor Boutique Connection Wines
For more information please visit www.sanderson.co.nz
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