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Yonel Watene

Yonel Watene was born 1989 in Auckland, New Zealand, of Māori (Ngati Maru (Hauraki) and Greek descent. Watene studied fine art and economics at Auckland University of Technology, graduating in 2010.

Watene works across a range of mediums and is primarily known for his paintings although he is becoming increasingly well known for his film photography, sculpture and installation projects.

Since 2016, by working through a variety of new media that grew to include photography and object-making, Watene created a diverse oeuvre that, while being inherently complex, is strategically invested in modern cultures, art historic traditions and autobiographic material, all of which are important to the artist. His investment into cultural commodities helps consolidate a diverse visual vocabulary that is equally prolific as it is strategic.

Watene has work in The Wallace Arts Trust Collection, Hocken Collection, Jan Warburton Trust, and various private collections throughout Aotearoa New Zealand, Spain, USA, Mexico, Australia, China and England.

Recent exhibitions include 'Two oceans at once (group)’ ST PAUL St Gallery, AUT, Auckland, February 14 2019; 'Watene Ah Um (solo)’ Firstdraft, Sydney, Australia, August 2018; 'Five Years’ (solo), PAULNACHE, Gisborne, June 2018; ‘How to say something in fewer words: Object without Object’ (group), play_station, Wellington, June 2018; ‘For a moment, maybe six weeks or so, no one knew how to make a painting’ (solo), Wallace Gallery, Morrinsville, ft. Olga Krause (performance), April 2018; ‘The Spirit’ (solo), PAULNACHE, Gisborne, December 2017; ‘rugby ball’ (solo), Casa Lu, Mexico City, Mexico, October 2017; ‘Anything Could Happen’ (group), Yu Gallery, Yu Yuan Garden, Shanghai, China, September 2017.

Yonel Watene is represented by PAULNACHE.

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First Date 2019 Oil on denim 84 (H) x 71 (W) x 3.5cm (D) Enquire about this work
Flowers (Dusky Pink) 2018 Photographed and printed unique 35mm photograph, silver halide print on metallic paper 152.4 x 76.2cm (60 x 30”) unframed, 170 x 95cm framed Contact Gallery
Yonel Watene
Yonel Watene
Yonel Watene
Yonel Watene
Yonel Watene
Yonel Watene

Yonel Watene

Winnie after Vincent

2020

Oil on denim

700 x 600mm

Available

Yonel Watene

Yonel Watene

Coffee Level 3

2020

Oil on denim

1500 x 950mm

Available

Yonel Watene

Yonel Watene

Driver after Guston

2020

Oil on denim

1200 x 950mm

Available

Yonel Watene

Yonel Watene

Wizard doctor and patient

2020

Oil on denim

1200 x 1600mm

Available

Yonel Watene

Yonel Watene

Driver at night

2020

Oil on denim

1200 x 950mm

Available

Yonel Watene

Yonel Watene

Sick wizard #1

2020

Oil on denim

1400 x 950mm

Available

Yonel Watene

Yonel Watene

Sick wizard #2

2020

Oil and crayon on denim

1200 x 1000mm

Available

Yonel Watene

Yonel Watene

Wizard with gloves

2019-2020

Oil on denim

755 x 2130mm

Available

Yonel Watene

Yonel Watene

First Day Of School

2018

Oil on denim

130 (H) x 80 (W) x 3.5cm (D)

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Yonel Watene

Yonel Watene

Smoko

2018

Oil on denim

130 (H) x 80 (W) x 3.5cm (D)

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First Date 2019 Oil on denim 84 (H) x 71 (W) x 3.5cm (D) Enquire about this work

First Date

2019

Oil on denim

84 (H) x 71 (W) x 3.5cm (D)

Enquire about this work

Flowers (Dusky Pink) 2018 Photographed and printed unique 35mm photograph, silver halide print on metallic paper 152.4 x 76.2cm (60 x 30”) unframed, 170 x 95cm framed Contact Gallery

Flowers (Dusky Pink)

2018

Photographed and printed unique

35mm photograph, silver halide print on metallic paper

152.4 x 76.2cm (60 x 30”) unframed, 170 x 95cm framed

Contact Gallery

Yonel Watene

Yonel Watene

Flowers (Pink)

2018

Photographed and printed unique

35mm photograph, silver halide print on metallic paper

152.4 x 76.2cm (60 x 30”) unframed, 170 x 95cm framed

Contact Gallery

Yonel Watene

Yonel Watene

POOL (diptych)

2017

2 of 2 35mm photographs, Silver halide prints on metallic paper

33.8 x 50.8cm (13.3 x 20”) unframed, 45.6 x 60.8cm framed or the reverse printed 2018

Edition of 5, no AP

Photographs taken in Finca Las Margaritas, Pluma Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Mexico

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Yonel Watene

Yonel Watene

POOL (diptych)

2017

1 of 2 35mm photographs, Silver halide prints on metallic paper

33.8 x 50.8cm (13.3 x 20”) unframed, 45.6 x 60.8cm framed or the reverse printed 2018

Edition of 5, no AP

Photographs taken in Finca Las Margaritas, Pluma Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Mexico

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Yonel Watene

Yonel Watene

Mackie Boy

SAVOIE de LACY

Dunedin 2017

Installation view

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Yonel Watene

Yonel Watene

Hands against the wall

2017

Enamel and acrylic on found wood 100 x 54cm

Exhibited with Mackie Boy, SAVOIE de LACY, Dunedin 2017; Nowhere to Somewhere, PAULNACHE, Gisborne, January 2018

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