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Ruby Wilkinson

RUBY WILKINSON

Birding Jhana Millers 4–27 September 2025 Wellington
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Gestural and emotive, Wilkinson’s paintings carry an irrepressible spontaneity, their surfaces alive with movement and atmosphere. In Birding, she turns her attention skyward, tracing the elusive forms of birds in flight. Flickers of muted pink, burnt orange, and storm-grey dissolve into layered skies, where figures hover on the cusp of legibility before dissolving again into colour. Wilkinson’s brushwork—scrubbed, feathered, and looped—echoes the arcs of flight, capturing the tension between presence and disappearance. Her canvases hold moments of suspension, where beginnings and endings blur, where something fleeting is briefly held.

Rather than fixed depictions, these works evoke the sensation of seeing and feeling at once—the glimmer of connection before it slips from view. Birds, with their transitory and borderless movement, become emblems of liberation, resistance, and unknowability. In Wilkinson’s hands, they remain sovereign: fluid forms that invite our attention yet resist possession.

Rooted in intuitive process and material experimentation, Wilkinson’s practice is shaped by the landscapes of Te Whanganui-a-Tara where she lives and Titirangi where she grew up. Through her paintings, she offers spaces for intimacy, reflection, and slow looking—painting as a way of sensing.

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About the Artist

Ruby Wilkinson is a Pōneke-based artist who draws inspiration from the environment around her – in particular the rugged South Coast of Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington.

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About the Gallery

Jhana Millers Art Gallery was established in 2018 in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Wellington to showcase compelling and innovative contemporary art and promote emerging local talents. Housed in the listed Mibar Building, fitted with large windows and a concrete ceiling, the gallery provides space for solo and curated group exhibitions.

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Level 1, Mibar Building
85 Victoria Street
Wellington
New Zealand
Opening Hours
Wednesday–Friday: 11am–5pm
Saturday: 11am–4pm
or by appointment
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Wellington Level 1, Mibar Building, 85 Victoria Street
Jhana Millers contemporary art gallery in Wellington New Zealand
Jhana Millers
Level 1, Mibar Building, 85 Victoria Street, Wellington, New Zealand
0211670896
http://www.jhanamillers.com

Opening hours
Wednesday–Friday: 11am–5pm
Saturday: 11am–4pm
or by appointment
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