Olaf Mengeringhausen's work includes sculptures and paintings with a wide range of subjects and styles.

 

When he moved from Germany to New Zealand he brought with him a high level of technical skill, a master technician diploma and a master teacher diploma from Düsseldorf.

 

Mengeringhausen's sculptures reflect his previous life in industrialised Europe combined with the new impressions and perceptions he gained, especially through New Zealand's nature.

His sculptures often create a lasting and powerful relationship between the work, the viewer and the space they enclose.

 

His works such as those in the " SPIRAL series ", a playful translation of the natural environment into elegant abstract sculptures, document the standards the artist sets for the aesthetics of his own works.

 

Mengeringhausen's works are in private collections all over the world.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

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2019-2024

ARTOFACT Gallery Picton , New Zealand

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2011-2018

ART-CUT Gallery, Historic Precinct, Cromwell, New Zealand

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2011

Mountfort Gallery, Queenstown, New Zealand

 

2007

Die Werkstatt, Duisburg, Germany

 

2002

Atelier Kohler, Oldenburg, Germany

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

 

2018

Dundin Art Show, Dunedin, New Zealand

St Joseph's Art Evening, Queenstown, New Zealand

Christchurch Art Show, Christchurch, New Zealand

A & P Show Wanaka, New Zealand

HONG KONG Art Fair, Hong Kong

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2017

Dundin Art Show, Dunedin, New Zealand

Pegasus Bay Art Exhibition, Pegasus Bay, New Zealand

Christchurch Art Show, Christchurch, New Zealand

Luma sculpture artwalk, Queenstown, New Zealand

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2016

Benetton Collection, Imago Mundi Art: "New Zealand Kiwi Consciousness", Treviso, Italy

Skillwise Art Auction, Christchurch, New Zealand

St Joseph's Art Evening, Queenstown, New Zealand

Christchurch Art Show, Christchurch, New Zealand

Aspiring Art Prize Exhibition, Wanaka, New Zealand

 

2015

Lakes District Museum & Gallery Arrowtown – Autumn Art Exhibition, New Zealand

A & P Show ,Wanaka, New Zealand

 

2014

Art in A Garden , Flaxmere, Canterbury, New Zealand

 

2013

Gallery Helena Bay, selected works, North Island, New Zealand

Heart foundation exhibition – Dunedin, New Zealand

 

2012

Russell Henderson Art Gallery – Central Images, Alexandra, New Zealand

Central Otago Art Society - Art in the Lodge exhibition, Alexandra, New Zealand

 

2011

Gecko Art Gallery , selected works, Canada

Riversdale Art Gallery – Midwinter Exhibition, Riversdale, New Zealand

Mountfort Gallery , Queenstown, New Zealand

Wanaka Arts Society – Labour Weekend Exhibition, Wanaka, New Zealand

Central Otago Art Society – Blossom Festival Art Exhibition, Alexandra, New Zealand

Festival of Colour – Exhibition Minaret Lodge, Wanaka, New Zealand

 

2010

Central Otago Art Society – Blossom Festival Art Exhibition, Alexandra, New Zealand

Alexandra Thyme Festival & Art Exhibition “Cherishing Our Environment“

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2009

Lawrence Summer Arts Festival Exhibition “ Going for Gold “, New Zealand

Russell Henderson Art Gallery Alexandra – Thyme Festival Exhibition, New Zealand

Lakes District Museum & Gallery Arrowtown – Autumn Art Exhibition, New Zealand

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2000 – 2007

Several trade exhibitions throughout Germany

Launching Tubes-Art design – Lighting & Metal Furniture Design