Rita Takeuchi is one of four artists featured in our current group exhibition Vespertine.
Rita Takeuchi is a painter and multi-media artist based in TÄmaki Makaurau, holding a Bachelor and Master of Visual Arts from Auckland University of Technology (AUT). Her practice is grounded in the everyday encounters, treating their mundanity as a site
through which to explore their layered, palpable nature. Working primarily through painting, alongside wood carving and sound installation, the everyday is reflected as a space where time becomes soft and malleable, slipping beyond its habitual rigidity.
Image 1) Rita Takeuchi, Nocturne, oil on canvas. 400 x 300mm. 2026
Image 2) Rita Takeuchi, A Cocooning, oil on canvas. 400 x 350mm. 2026
Image 3) Rita Takeuchi, Dealing with the Yakizakana, oil on canvas. 910 x 300mm. 2026
Photography by @be.li.n.da
AUT MVA alumni whÄnau Rita Takeuchi is in a group show, āSlipping through your fingers, graspingā with Justine Fletcher and Christine Brimer, opening tomorrow night, Wednesday eve at Meanwhile!
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If youāre in PÅneke Wellington. Toi Ataata, go along!
The show is on until 11 October 2025.
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Meanwhile
2/99 Willis Street, Central Wellington, PÅneke.
Wed-Fri 11-2, Weekends 11-4.
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idle: idyll
28th August - 25th September
Opening: Wednesday 27 August, 5pm
idle: idyll centres on the rural, exploring idle moments of everyday life. Rita Takeuchiās hand-carved wooden frames are in response to Keaniā Rewhaās paintings of rural environments. Together, the paintings and frames reflect on the many perspectives of the rural idyll, focusing on intimate and often overlooked everyday moments.
Studio One Toi TÅ«: Gallery 1
1 Ponsonby Road
Mon-Fri 10-6, Sat 10-4
