Peata Larkin’s latest body of work, created for Sydney Contemporary 2025, is titled Kei konei koe_You are here. At the centre of this new installation is Mahuika, a large-scale lightbox painting named after the Māori goddess of fire. Radiating outward from this luminous core, the silk paintings are arranged in stepped formation, echoing poutama, the ascending pattern symbolising growth, learning, and connection to the spiritual realm.
This tension, between intuition and control, permanence and ephemerality, is deeply personal and almost trance-like. “I never plan a painting,” she says. “I just follow where the materials take me.”
Kei konei koe is an offering and a locating. It is a reminder that we are always situated: in bodies, in lineages, in time. To be here—before the work—is to be precisely where you’re meant to be.
Peata Larkin
Kei konei koe_You are here
PAULNACHE
Booth E01
Sydney Contemporary 2025 11–14 September 2025, Carriageworks, Sydney
Represented by: PAULNACHE, Gisborne / Tūranganui-a-Kiwa
The launch of her new work with PAULNACHE at Sydney Contemporary coincides with the Gallery’s official representation of the artist and her work. Peata Larkin @peatalarkin (Te Arawa, Tūhourangi, Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Tūwharetoa) is based in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand.
🔗 View available works via link in bio
Visit @sydneycontemporary for more details or see, paulnache.com. Photo by @documentphotography courtesy of the artist + @paulnache Words by @ms.interpretedd
Surrounded by a dreamy muted palette of frosted glass and dappled light, Nick Herd's work blooms in the Palm House at the Botanic Gardens 🌱✨ A delight to spend an afternoon documenting this series for @jerico_contemporary and @nick_herd
#artdocumentation #botanicgardens #australianart #blooms
Hi friends 👋🏼
I'm currently taking a short break from shooting to help the new boss settle in 👶🏻 I'll be back on the tools in a couple of months. Stay tuned!
Thank you to all my wonderful clients for your support and kindness throughout this time and during my pregnancy. Looking forward to introducing you all to the newest member of the Document family!
—Sarah ❤️ #documentdynasty
2022 recap: this year I've worked on over 130 shoots and projects for arts festivals and organisations, commercial galleries, ARIs, cultural centres, councils, universities, and artists across Australia.
Whether you hired me for a job, spruiked my business to a peer, or followed me here on Instagram, I'm truly grateful for every bit of support and encouragement 💗🌞 Have a wonderful summer!
Image: Tom Polo
tricky mirror, 2022
Acrylic, Flashe and wax pastel on canvas
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Thrilled to be partnered with Sydney Contemporary this year to offer documentation services to the galleries.
Today is the final day of shooting. 🦺 Loving all the hi-viz walkers in my outtakes 📸
@sydneycontemporary@carriageworks@stationgalleryaustralia@juliatrybala
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The Dead (A drifting, dying marine mammal), 2019, Marguerite Humeau
Located at Bay 43 in The Rocks.
#sydneyart #rivus #margueritehumeau #artdocumentation
The Substitute, 2019
Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg
Located at The Cutaway, Barangaroo @biennalesydney
#rhinos #airesearch #deepmind #alexandradaisyginsberg #rivus #sydney #artdocumentation
It's the last weekend to check out @biennalesydney . I'll be posting a few of my favourite images and artworks across the weekend. Make sure you see the artworks in person, too, if you can.
Image: installation view of Mirror Pavilion, Leaf Work, 2020 by John Gerrard.
#artdocumentation #sydneybiennale #rivus #johngerrard #leafwork #documentphotography
The sun came out just in time to capture this shot of ‘bara’, the new large scale public artwork by Judy Watson overlooking Sydney Harbour. 🌞
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The work celebrates the First Peoples of Sydney, the traditional custodians of Gadigal Country and honours the clans of the Eora Nation and elders past and present.
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@judywatsonartist@uapcompany@cityofsydney@milanigallery@tcl_studio@blightanner
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