Oriah Rapley is a full time practising artist currently working in wood, Hard stone, Bronze
and Steel. Rapley exhibits nationally and has pieces in private collections in Nationally and Internationally. Her work has been selected for Brick bay sculpture trail, the Homework exhibitions at Puke Ariki, New Zealand sculpture onshore, Devonport, Auckland, the Richard T Nelson Art Awards, Wellington, and, Sculpture on the Peninsula, Canterbury. She has attended many symposiums around New Zealand including Te Kupenga international stone sculpture symposium. Her work is in constant refinement towards the purity of form. Using symbols such as the bird, waka and feather to provide subtle layers interwoven around transformation and empowerment. |
2023: Te Kupenga international stone symposium, NZ
'Land bird’ Public scultpure at Pukeiti, Taranaki
Preditor free taranaki group exhibition
2020: Te Kupenga international stone symposium, NZ
Brick bay sculpture trail
Botanic gardens exhibition Auckland
Baradene college art exhibition
Kings college art sale
Poison creek sculpture exhibition
Kaipara harbour sculpture exhibition
Tai Tapu sculpture garden annual autumn exhibition
Pegasus bay art in North Canterbury
Waitakaruru sculpture exhibition
Fo guang Cherry blossom art salon festival
Group exhibition at Percy Thomson Gallery, Stratford
2019: Sculpture on the Peninsula – Louden
Art in a Garden - Pegasus winery
Kaipara sculpture garden – Kaipara Harbour
Mayfair theatre rebuilt auction - Kaikoura
Outdoor and indoor exhibit at Auckland Sculpture in the Gardens – Auckland Botanics
Owhango summer sculpture show - Tongariro national park
Tai Tapu Autumn exhibition
Paragon Matter pop up exhibition, Devonport, NZ
St Josephs art auction, Taranaki
2018: Te Kupenga international stone symposium
Taranaki Alzheimer’s auction at the Devon
NZ sculpture onshore outdoor exhibition
St Margaret’s art auction Christchurch
Wildflower sculpture exhibition Hastings
Taranaki Women’s refuge auction – The Govett Bruster and Len Lye Gallery, New Plymouth
Art in a garden, North Canterbury
Cherry blossom festival exhibition Fo Guang Yuan art gallery , Auckland
’I am Woman’ group exhibition Percy Thompson gallery
Owhango summer sculpture exhibition
2017: Selected for the 2017 Home Work exhibition at Puke Ariki
Napier girl’s high school exhibition
Art in a Garden – North Canterbury
Selected for the 2018 International Te Kupenga hard stone symposium
Sculpture on the Peninsula, Canterbury
2016: ‘All in’ exhibition Wallace gallery Morrinsville
Rotorua sulphur lake symposium
St Margarets exhibition, Christchurch
Sculpture on the peninsula - Canterbury
Wild flower exhibition – Hawkes Bay
Art in a Garden – Nth Canterbury
Taranaki national art awards
Novatel womens’ refuge art auction
Ashburton symposium
New Zealand sculpture onshore
2015: Rotokare charity art auction – Taranaki
Taranaki art awards
Sculpture on the Peninsula – Canterbury
Fitzroy Kindergarten auction
St Josephs Kindergarten auction
2014: New Zealand Sculpture Onshore – indoor exhibition – Devonport, Auckland
Homework exhibition - Puke Ariki, New Plymouth
Birds of a Feather – Korver Molloy gallery, Taranaki
New Zealand Sculpture Onshore – Indoor exhibition
Te Kupenga international hard stone symposium – beginner’s position
Amnesty international art auction, Jason Reid Gallery, New Plymouth
Private stone sculpture tutoring and assistant on stone sculpture workshops
3D sculpture exhibition – The village gallery, Eltham
RDNZ – Percy Thomson Gallery, Stratford
Tauranga Symposium
2013: Eco artist’s exhibition – Korver Molloy Gallery
'Land bird’ Public scultpure at Pukeiti, Taranaki
Preditor free taranaki group exhibition
2020: Te Kupenga international stone symposium, NZ
Brick bay sculpture trail
Botanic gardens exhibition Auckland
Baradene college art exhibition
Kings college art sale
Poison creek sculpture exhibition
Kaipara harbour sculpture exhibition
Tai Tapu sculpture garden annual autumn exhibition
Pegasus bay art in North Canterbury
Waitakaruru sculpture exhibition
Fo guang Cherry blossom art salon festival
Group exhibition at Percy Thomson Gallery, Stratford
2019: Sculpture on the Peninsula – Louden
Art in a Garden - Pegasus winery
Kaipara sculpture garden – Kaipara Harbour
Mayfair theatre rebuilt auction - Kaikoura
Outdoor and indoor exhibit at Auckland Sculpture in the Gardens – Auckland Botanics
Owhango summer sculpture show - Tongariro national park
Tai Tapu Autumn exhibition
Paragon Matter pop up exhibition, Devonport, NZ
St Josephs art auction, Taranaki
2018: Te Kupenga international stone symposium
Taranaki Alzheimer’s auction at the Devon
NZ sculpture onshore outdoor exhibition
St Margaret’s art auction Christchurch
Wildflower sculpture exhibition Hastings
Taranaki Women’s refuge auction – The Govett Bruster and Len Lye Gallery, New Plymouth
Art in a garden, North Canterbury
Cherry blossom festival exhibition Fo Guang Yuan art gallery , Auckland
’I am Woman’ group exhibition Percy Thompson gallery
Owhango summer sculpture exhibition
2017: Selected for the 2017 Home Work exhibition at Puke Ariki
Napier girl’s high school exhibition
Art in a Garden – North Canterbury
Selected for the 2018 International Te Kupenga hard stone symposium
Sculpture on the Peninsula, Canterbury
2016: ‘All in’ exhibition Wallace gallery Morrinsville
Rotorua sulphur lake symposium
St Margarets exhibition, Christchurch
Sculpture on the peninsula - Canterbury
Wild flower exhibition – Hawkes Bay
Art in a Garden – Nth Canterbury
Taranaki national art awards
Novatel womens’ refuge art auction
Ashburton symposium
New Zealand sculpture onshore
2015: Rotokare charity art auction – Taranaki
Taranaki art awards
Sculpture on the Peninsula – Canterbury
Fitzroy Kindergarten auction
St Josephs Kindergarten auction
2014: New Zealand Sculpture Onshore – indoor exhibition – Devonport, Auckland
Homework exhibition - Puke Ariki, New Plymouth
Birds of a Feather – Korver Molloy gallery, Taranaki
New Zealand Sculpture Onshore – Indoor exhibition
Te Kupenga international hard stone symposium – beginner’s position
Amnesty international art auction, Jason Reid Gallery, New Plymouth
Private stone sculpture tutoring and assistant on stone sculpture workshops
3D sculpture exhibition – The village gallery, Eltham
RDNZ – Percy Thomson Gallery, Stratford
Tauranga Symposium
2013: Eco artist’s exhibition – Korver Molloy Gallery