“Mirror You – reflecting your inner world” – what’s that? you might wonder

This is the theme of my first Solo Art Exhibition and I am thrilled to invite you along! 🙂 Bring some time and imagination because what you will see in any of the displayed paintings mostly depends on you. 🙂 My aim, when I do art, is to show you that if you and I look at the same image, we might see something different. Memories and imagination you bring into this show will be reflected by my artwork and shape your experience.

Who am I and how many am I? Organising a Solo Art Exhibition requires many skills (An artist’s perspective)

This week before the exhibition is a very busy one for me. It is a positive and overwhelming experience because I am performing so many different roles at the moment. I am:

The Artist: doing the basic stuff like painting haha

The Marketing Manager: organise print material, business cards, etc.

Website Administrator: keeping everything up to date

Social Media Specialist: feeding my Instagram Account #hummingart_ and Facebook

The Accountant: I try to make best use of my resources and stop myself from overdoing it (that can be quiet a challenge – I have so many ideas!)

The Administrator: Hmm…those hooks need buying, and the powerbank for my lightbox is still missing. Labeling stickers that go next to the artwork on the wall are needed! Ooh, a guest book would be a great idea! Those Easels want to be picked up at one point. (I should really start to put such things into my calendar). I just organised a BNZ Payclip so you can buy on the spot if you fall in love with one of my works. Those examples  should give you a pretty good idea of the Artist Admin stuff 🙂

The Promotion Girl: Putting those flyers into work by walking around the city and ask each store, bar, restaurant, coffee shop, hairdresser, etc. if they would show my flyers is fun and entertaining. But I have to admit it is harder for me than I thought. Especially the part of face to face flyer delivery on the street to people passing by confronts me with my comfort zone every single time. But I received amazing and very supportive reactions from Wellington business owners and people on the street! Wellington is an amazing city at heart. Maybe you landed on this website because you met me handing out flyers on the street 😉

The Event Organiser: setup and preparation on site for the event

The-Whatever-Else-You-Can-Imagine: the list can go on and on! Take a pick 🙂

I will write another post of how to organise an art exhibition after the big event because I think it is worth sharing! 🙂

My heroes!

Nothing would be possible without helping hands. For one my boyfriend who is my personal IT specialist and “energy bank” when I run out of it. Also so many thanks to the #whitehousesuite which is giving me the opportunity to use this awesome location for my Solo Art Exhibition! My friend who helped me create the flyer is priceless. Those nice and constructive critics on my Website from friends and family help me improve every day! And a couple of my awesome friends are going to give me a hand setting up everything the evening before the exhibition and in the morning of the opening. Two of my friends even nightbus down from Auckland to see my show!

All of this is what makes this experience already super special.

The weekend 23 – 24 June  will be a big moment where I want to share around 14 pieces of my artwork and all that surrounds them with friends, family and everyone who is interested in stopping by! 🙂 I can’t wait and am looking forward to seeing you there. Just pop in during or after a nice walk along Oriental Bay.