In 2024, the Stoddart Cottage-Purau residency is hosting three residents: Karl Fritsch & Lisa Walker in April and Turumeke Harrington in June/July. The residency is run by Stoddart Cottage Gallery in partnership with the artist-owner of Karearea Cottage in Purau where the artists will be based.

German-born Karl Fritsch is one the country’s most influential jewellers. His rings speak of traditional goldsmithing, but also dramatically reframe its expressive range. These are held in museum and public collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and London’s Victoria and Albert Museum.

Lisa Walker ONZM is a former New Zealand Arts Laureate, who studied Craft and Design at Otago Polytechnic Art School in Dunedin, before moving into jewellery at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, Germany.  She has exhibited widely in galleries and museums in New Zealand and internationally, and has work in collections including those of the Stedelijk Museum, Netherlands and the Musée Arts Décoratifs in France.

Karl and Lisa will be exploring Stoddart Cottage, and the nearby garden, house and studio of Diamond Harbour artist, Brenda Nightingale, collaborating together on works that might include jewellery, painting, and embroidery.  These will then be presented in an exhibition at Stoddart Cottage in May.

IMAGE:  Karl Fritsch and Lisa Walker, artists in residence at Stoddart Cottage in April