Across the Face of the Moon

(2018, work in progress)

Waipiro Bay Trading Company (2004-6)

One of the first 3D Models of a space I made, as a part of making key locations.

As yet untitled work, 1st in a series‍ (2026)

Design for a laser cut work

Colorful wooden plaque or tag with an intricate design, featuring a profile of a man with a beard and wearing a traditional hat, surrounded by decorative elements in shades of green, red, blue, and gold.

Animated character test. (2024)

Across the Face of the Moon (2021)

Motion Capture Test.

Early Character Developments 2007-9

Colorful wooden block sculpture with swirling patterns and embedded Nike swoosh logo.

Work in progress.

(2025 3D Model Turntable)

Two vertically aligned illuminated display panels featuring symmetrical tree-like patterns with brown branches and colorful leaf-shaped accents on a black background.

Lightwork based on a Riwai Pakerau Kowhaiwhai 

(2022-2025, Vinyl Print on LED Lighbox)

Photo credit Janet Lilo

Matamata (2012)

Rangituhia Hollis & Vaimaila Urale Collaboration

Māngere Arts Centre, Māngere, Sth Auckland, New Zealand.

Kei Mate Mangōpare (2012)

1 of 4 - 1 is in the collection of the Auckland Art Gallery - Toi o Tamaaki

Kei Mate Mangōpare (2011)

Early test, using footage from Te Mata Peak, Hawkes Bay.

2007 Māngere Whare (Kapua)

Kapua is made of multiple parts

Kapua (2007)

This is the Artspace Aotearoa, Karangahape Road - install in 2008

First shown in 2007 at MIT Otara,

Tairawhiti Museum 2009.

Still from Research. (2009)

O.P.P Other Peoples Property (2015)

St Paul’s St Gallery - Auckland University of Technology.

Still from Video

Official Selection text surrounded by laurel wreath

Across the Face of the Moon (2021)

Official Selection, International Category Oberhausen International Short Film Festival, Germany

(2021, Animation & Video)

A close-up photograph of a young man with dark hair and tan skin, leaning against a brick wall with his eyes closed, and a person's hand touching his face, with the background containing a blurred brick wall and a computer screen displaying textual c
A person standing on a balcony railing at the Kennedy Myers Centre, looking up at a glass building. The sky is visible, and the person is wearing a black top and appears to be looking at the sky.
Close-up of a young man with dark hair in a white shirt, looking upwards, seen through a triangular opening of dark material.
Photograph of a man wearing a wide-brimmed black hat looking upward, seen from a low angle, with a building's ceiling or roof structure in the background.
Two pages of a book or magazine, with text in English discussing art, performance, and political symbolism. The pages are numbered 10 and 11. There is faint, light gray text on the bottom left corner, noting donations for a homeless artist, Te Tui.
The image shows a person wearing a black hat with a wide brim, looking upwards. Behind them is a ceiling with a decorative, colorful, stained-glass panel shaped like a circular window, and outside the ceiling, a bright sky is visible.

Writing

HowwouldyoufeelaboutmewritingsomethingaboutToiTūToiOraforCircuit? Hollis, R (2021) https://www.circuit.org.nz/

Notes on Colour. Third Text: Critical Perspectives on Art and Culture. Hollis, R (2021) http://www.thirdtext.org/#

The Other side of speaking. More Than we know. Hollis, R (2012) [Exhibition Catalogue]. Gus Fischer Gallery. Tautai Pacific Arts Trust. University of Auckland Press.