Mary McFarlane

b. 1960

Mary McFarlane studied at the University of Otago & University of Canterbury and travel in Australia, Europe, USA & India before returning to Port Chalmers to found her studio alongside life long partner, Ralph Hōtere.

McFarlane's exhibition history comprises solo exhibitions, group shows, collaborations and public commissions. Recent solo exhibitions include Rainlight, Hokianga, The Diversion Gallery, Picton (2014); Blue Moon, Diversion Gallery, Picton (2013); The Moon Knows, Glue Gallery, Dunedin (2012); Hikoi, Dunedin Public Art Gallery (2008) and Halfway to Paradise, Janne Land Gallery, Wellington (2007).

See also:

Ralph Hōtere (Te Aupōuri, Te Rarawa) & Mary McFarlane, ‘Rūaumoko’ (1998), CBD, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Image: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Public Art Heritage Aotearoa New Zealand, 2022