Inanga Rose  Dip. Fine Arts, Dunedin, New Zealand 1988
Born 1967, Australia.  Raised in New Zealand. (Inanga's credentials can be verified under her birth name Olinka Heath)

My work is held in private collections in New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong and the U.K.   Ralph Hotere, art dealer Marshall Seifert, and Hong Kong's Polly Snaith are among those who have purchased my work.

I am a professional artist and Shaman practicing from my Otaki Gorge and Beach studios.

 

1991 - 2002        Tutor Whitireia Polytechnic, Porirua
                           Life Drawing, Drawing, Portraiture, Painting

1995 - 2004        Tutor for Workers Education Association
                            Drawing, Portraiture, Life Drawing, Painting

1987 – 2012        Tutor for Private Painting/ Multi Media Exploration

• EXHIBITIONS 
• 1985  Woman’s Exhibition, Dunedin (First Place)
• 1986  Artist Collective Exhibition, Dunedin
• 1987  Academy Artists, Dunedin
• 1988   School of Fine Arts Graduate Exhibition, Dunedin
• 1992  “The Giving” Solo Exhibition, Pukerua Bay
  •   Plimmerton Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Plimmerton
  •   B.N.Z Art Awards, National Gallery, Wellington
• 1993   Norsewear Art Awards, Waipukerau
• 1994   Ohau Art and Craft Gallery, Ohau
• 1995   Telecom Art Awards, Wellington
• 1998   Christmas Exhibition, Mahara Gallery, Waikanae
  •   Life Drawing Exhibition, Mahara Gallery, Waikanae
• 1999   Woman’s Exhibition, Shed 11, Wellington
  •   Whitireia Polytechnic Exhibition, Mahara Gallery, Waikanae
  •   Life Drawing Exhibition, Coastlands, Paraparaumu
• 2000   Life Drawing Exhibition, Hong Kong
•             Lush Art Gallery, Raumati
  •   Second Life Drawing Exhibition, Hong Kong
  •   Painting and Drawing Exhibition, Hong Kong
  •   Solo Exhibition, Lush Art Gallery, Raumati
• 2001  Salt Water Artists Collective, Mahara Gallery, Waikanae
  •  Salt Water Artists Collective, St. James Theater, Wellington
•           Group Exhibition, Lush Gallery, Raumati
  •  Life Drawing Exhibition, Whitireia Polytechnic, Pataka, Porirua                                      
•           Salt Water Artists Collective, Pataka Community Gallery, Porirua
  •  Salt Water Artists, Beachside Brassiere, Raumati
  •  Solo Exhibition, Waterfront Gallery, Raumati
  •  Group Show, One Eye Gallery, Paekakariki
•           Solo Show, Café La Villa, Plimmerton
•           Shared Show, Café La Villa, Plimmerton
•           Arts Trail, Open Studio, Raumati
•           Paekakariki Artists Exhibition, One Eye Gallery, Paekakariki
• 2002  Shared Exhibition, Lush Gallery, Raumati
  •  Erotic Art Exhibition, One Eye Gallery, Paekakariki
  •  Solo Exhibition, Waterfront Brassiere, Raumati
  •  Life Drawing Exhibition, Whitireia Polytechnic, Waterfront Galley, Raumati
  •  Solo Exhibition, Crank Café and Gallery, Wellington
  •  Group Exhibition, Lush Gallery, Raumati
  •  Community Art Exhibition, Raumati South School, Raumati
• 2003  Kapiti Community Artists, House of Art, Wanganui
  •   Colorist Exhibition, Mahara Gallery, Waikanae
  •  Solo Exhibition, Framework Gallery, Raumati
•           Arts Trail, Te Ra School, Raumati
  •   Kapiti Community Artists, Paraparaumu Public Library, Paraparaumu
• 2004  Affordable Art Exhibition, Wellington
  •   Kapiti Community Artists, Paraparaumu Public Library
  •   Kapiti College Art Auction Exhibition, Raumati
  •  Kapiti Arts Trail, Te Ra School, Raumati 
•   2005  Affordable Art Exhibition, Wellington.       
•        Rotary Art Exhibition, Waikanae  
•       Kapiti Arts Trail, Paekakariki

           2006  Mahara Public Gallery (God Works), Waikanae

•           Inominata Gallery, Paekakariki
  •  Fisher Fine Arts, Wellington
  • Rotary Art Exhibition, Waikanae (Merit)
• 2007  Inominata Gallery, Paekakariki
•           Tuhaha Gallery, Lindale, Paraparaumu
• 2009  Pataka Public Art Gallery, Porirua
•           Mahara Gallery, Waikanae
•            Rotary Art Exhibition, Waikanae
• 2010  Mahara Gallery, ‘Selected’  Waikanae.
  •   Academy of Fine Arts, Political Exhibition, Wellington
  •   Mental Health Awareness Week, Paraparaumu
  •   Academy of Fine Arts, Art Deco Exhibition, Wellington
• 2011  Artel Gallery. Lindale
• 2012  Mahara Gallery, Mahara Arts Review, Waikanae
  •   Artel Gallery Lindale
  •   Rotary, Paraparaumu
  •   Artrium, Tinakori Road, Wellington
• 2013 Kapiti Artists, Lower Hutt
•          Artel, Waikanae
•          Artrium, Tinakori Road, Wellington
•          Rotary, Paraparaumu
•          Arts Trail, Taniwha House, Otaki

• 2014 Artel, Waikanae
           Artrium, Tinakori Road, Wellington
           Parliamentary Gallery, Bowen House, Wellington
• 2016 Paekakariki Community Art Show
  
•           Otaki Library
  
•           Kapiti Arts Trail, Solo Show