The Upstairs Art Gallery

This not-for-profit community art gallery is on Level 1 of Lopdell House and is charged with promoting the arts at a local level.

With up to 12 exhibitions per year, covering a vast range of mediums, artistic skills, ages and community groups, a trip up the stairs is always worthwhile!

Support local artisans by browsing in the shop to find a piece of art that you can enjoy every day!

Opening Hours

Monday to Sunday, 10am to 4pm

Entry is free

Axiom Photography Exhibition

On show 24 May to 9 June 2024

You are invited to the opening of the photography group exhibition ‘AXIOM’.

Alice Ng, Sonja Gardien, Di Halstead, and Barbara Cope first exhibited together at Sonja's Studio 541 Gallery, Mt. Eden in 2017 and subsequently for the Festival Of Photography 2018.

Reuniting for the 2024 Festival, the four photographers once again bring their individual voices together in the spirit of an independent point of view.

Auckland Festival of Photography

Sean Hill - Enersefrequence II

On show 3-19 May 2024

Enersefrequence is a combination of three words: energy, sequence and frequency combining to create one singular word.

The idea of this exhibition is creating artworks that individually represent each of these words but also combine as a Enersefrequence within the exhibition space, while they have individual constructs, they seamlessly merge as one.

Energy can be quite powerful and valuable; Sean wants the audience to experience the power of abstract forms as energy itself and how you can experience a world in front of you but also within your body.

Through abstract forms and frequency static lines, Sean wants the viewer to experience the importance on colour and how colour changes our energy through a visual experience. Creating an experience that is visually stimulating, playfully cohesive, expanding abstract meanings, colourfully balanced and to experiment on how different forms of reality can be visually enjoyed.

Ercan Cairns

On show 22 March to 7 April 2024

Ercan Cairns presents a body of works for the first time at The Upstairs Gallery.

Cairns new works follow his celebration of creating with some of Aotearoa’s leading and most treasured artists.

With these works he has pursued a direction to push Tūhoe imagery into the future, whilst guided by Atua.

Val Enger & Robin Scott

On show 22 March to 25 March 2024

Val Enger and Robin Scott Pop Up Exhibition will be on show from Friday 22 March to Monday 25 March in the Seminar Room.

The opening for this exhibition will be alongside Ercan Cairns’ Solo Exhibition on Friday 22 March from 6pm.