Claudia Kogachi

Claudia Kogachi works with painting, textiles and installation. Kogachi's work leans into the personal and the imaginary; often depicting herself and those close to her carrying out everyday activities, exploring collective moments, or inserting herself and loved ones into fantastical or comical situations. Kogachi also presents story-book-like scenarios, populated by creatures and animated elements from nature, films, or folklore, using composition to delve into interpersonal dynamics and/or emotional states. Oscillating between painting and textile, and a variety of installation techniques with a playful ease, Kogachi embraces the awkward, the charming, the romantic and the magical, through a distinctive visual language of bold block colour, producing works of simultaneously friendly and provocative presence. Recent solo exhibitions include Exit 8, Aupuni Space, Hawaii, USA (2023); There's No I in Team, Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt, NZ (2021-2); Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel, Jhana Millers, Wellington, NZ (2022); Obaachan During The Lockdown, Wahiawa, Hawai'i, Te Tuhi, Tamaki Makaurau, Auckland, NZ (2020), and group shows such as When the dust settles, Artspace Aotearoa, Tamaki Makaurau, Auckland, Aotearoa NZ (2021). Her work is held in the collection of the Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt, New Zealand and Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waitwhetii, Aotearoa New Zealand, among others.