| Gallery | Exhibition | Dates | Address | Hours |
| Absolution | Martin Sagadin, Dead Nettle | 1 Mar-2 Apr | Arts Centre, 2 Worcester Blvd, Chch | Mon-Sun 10-6pm |
| Aigantighe Gallery | Michael Deavoll, Risen (new relief sculpture from discarded remnants) | until 10 Mar | 49 Wai-Iti Rd, Maori Hill, Timaru | Tue-Frid 10-4pm Sat-Sun 12-4pm |
| Aigantighe Gallery | Hanna Shim, Smer Smern (fabric and soft fibre sculpture) | 16 Mar-5 May | 49 Wai-Iti Rd, Maori Hill, Timaru | Tue-Frid 10-4pm Sat-Sun 12-4pm |
| Aigantighe Gallery | Madeliene Child, Neither Fish Nor Flesh Nor Good Red Herring | 9 Mar–28 Apr | 49 Wai-Iti Rd, Maori Hill, Timaru | Tue-Frid 10-4pm Sat-Sun 12-4pm |
| Aigantighe Gallery | The Salon | until 28 Apr | 49 Wai-Iti Rd, Maori Hill, Timaru | Tue-Frid 10-4pm Sat-Sun 12-4pm |
| Art on the Quay | 'Finding Home by Deni Archer - Stories of connection and belonging,' photographic exhibition, stories of migrants to New Zealand. | 21 Feb-20 Mar | 176 Williams Street, Kaiapoi | Mon-Wed, Frid 9-5pm, Thur to 9pm, Sat 10-2pm, Sun1-4pm |
| Art on the Quay | Nature Photography Society of New Zealand, Weather | 21 Mar-1May | 176 Williams Street, Kaiapoi | Mon-Wed, Frid 9-5pm, Thur to 9pm, Sat 10-2pm, Sun1-4pm |
| Arts in Oxford | Character Study: the figure in action and inaction, works by Nigel Wilson, Philip Beadle, Quillian Collister and Gavin Chai | 9 Mar-14 Apr | Main Street Oxford | Tue-Sun 10-4pm |
| Ashburton Art Gallery | Zonta Ashburton Female Art Award 2019 | until 7 Apr | 327 West St, Ashburton | Mon-Sun 10-4pm Wed to 7pm |
| Ashburton Art Gallery | Tony Bond, Croactus | until Mar | 327 West St, Ashburton | Mon-Sun 10-4pm Wed to 7pm |
| Ashburton Art Gallery | Group show (film works), Truth or Consequences | until 28 April | 327 West St, Ashburton | Mon-Sun 10-4pm Wed to 7pm |
| Bryce Gallery | Artists include Trevor Askin, Adele Souster and Patterson Parkin | until 31 March | 21 Paeroa St, Riccarton | Mon-Fri 10-5pm Sat-Sun 10-4pm |
| Canterbury Museum | Hannah Beehre, Tunnel (2018) an emersive entrance to an exhibition | until 3 June | Rolleston Avenue, Christchurch 8013 | Mon-Sun 9-5pm |
| Canterbury Museum | Kura Pounamu: Our Treasured Stone | until 3 June | Rolleston Avenue, Christchurch 8013 | Mon-Sun 9-5pm |
| Canterbury Museum | Dogs in Antarctica | until 10 March | Rolleston Avenue, Christchurch 8013 | Mon-Sun 9-5pm |
| Chamber Gallery Rangiora | Julie Humby, A Life Less Ordinary, (glass artist and print-maker) | 24 Feb- 28 Mar | 141 Percival Street, Rangiora | Mon-Sat 9-5pm |
| Chambers Gallery | Helene Olivia Smith and Michael Springer, Under the Watchful Eye | until 10 Feb | 241 Moorhouse Ave, Chch 8011 | Tue-Thur 11-5.30pm Fri-5pm Sat-2pm |
| Chambers Gallery | Gareth Brighton, Until Your Room is Ready | 6 - 23 Mar | 241 Moorhouse Ave, Chch 8011 | Tue-Thur 11-5.30pm Fri-5pm Sat-2pm |
| Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu | Simon Denny, The Founder's Paradox | until 28 Apr | Cnr Worcester Boulevard and Montreal Street, Christchurch 8140 | Mon-Sun 10-5pm Wed late to 9pm |
| Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu | Trusttum: Just a Glimpse | until 28 Apr | Cnr Worcester Boulevard and Montreal Street, Christchurch 8140 | Mon-Sun 10-5pm Wed late to 9pm |
| Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu | Hidden Light: Early Canterbury and West Coast Photography | until 18 Aug | Cnr Worcester Boulevard and Montreal Street, Christchurch 8140 | Mon-Sun 10-5pm Wed late to 9pm |
| Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu | We do This. Group exhibition | until 29 May | Cnr Worcester Boulevard and Montreal Street, Christchurch 8140 | Mon-Sun 10-5pm Wed late to 9pm |
| Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu | Eileen Mayo, Nature, Art and Poetry | until 9 June | Cnr Worcester Boulevard and Montreal Street, Christchurch 8140 | Mon-Sun 10-5pm Wed late to 9pm |
| Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu | Julia Morison, Headcase | until 14 Jul | Cnr Worcester Boulevard and Montreal Street, Christchurch 8140 | Mon-Sun 10-5pm Wed late to 9pm |
| City Art Depot | Francis van Hout, Green Field Gray Field | until 11 Mar | 96 Disraeli St, Sydenham, Chch | Mon-Frid 8.30-5pm, Sat 10-2pm |
| City Art Depot | Ed Lust, Choke | 19 Mar-8 Apr | 96 Disraeli St, Sydenham, Chch | Mon-Frid 8.30-5pm, Sat 10-2pm |
| CoCA Toi Moroki | Mitchell Bright, Cultivated | until 18 Mar | 66 Gloucester Street, Chch | Tue-Sun 10-5pm, Sat-Sun to 4pm |
| CoCA Toi Moroki | Viv Wotton, … Lost in Aotearoa | until 17 Mar | 66 Gloucester Street, Chch | Tue-Sun 10-5pm, Sat-Sun to 4pm |
| CoCA Toi Moroki | Emma Wallbanks, As Other, Original Unknown | until 17 Mar | 66 Gloucester Street, Chch | Tue-Sun 10-5pm, Sat-Sun to 4pm |
| CoCA Toi Moroki | Matthew Galloway, The Freedom of the Migrant | 30 Mar-9 Jun | 66 Gloucester Street, Chch | Tue-Sun 10-5pm, Sat-Sun to 4pm |
| CoCA Toi Moroki | Roy Good, Parallel Universe | 30 Mar-12 May | 66 Gloucester Street, Chch | Tue-Sun 10-5pm, Sat-Sun to 4pm |
| Eastside Gallery | Art Notes" - From the Rockers Choir | until 9 Mar | 388 Worcester Street, Linwood, Chch | Mon-Frid 11-4pm Sat 12-3pm |
| Eastside Gallery | Tahlia King, Shift, and Marlies Geesink, Landscapes | 11-23 Mar | 388 Worcester Street, Linwood, Chch | Mon-Frid 11-4pm Sat 12-3pm |
| Fiksate | Joel Hart, Dopamine | 15 Mar-Apr | 165 Gloucester Street | Mon-Fri 7-3pm |
| Fo Guang Yuan Art Gallery | Umemura Collection of Japanese Scrolls | until 17 Mar | 2 Harakeke Street, Riccartom | Tue-Sun 9-4pm |
| Fo Guang Yuan Art Gallery | Sacred Art,paintings by Nemesh, David Arkenstone Barnett, Sandra McAlpine, Jonny Bear + Students. | until 7 April | 2 Harakeke Street, Riccartom | Tue-Sun 9-4pm |
| Fo Guang Yuan Art Gallery | Ros Beck, Liquidity In Motion, paintings | 18 Mar-23 Jun | 2 Harakeke Street, Riccartom | Tue-Sun 9-4pm |
| Form Gallery | Tatyanna Meharry , Materials: Holiday, ceramics | 6-26 Mar | 468 Colombo St, Sydenham, Chch | Tue-Sat 10-5pm |
| Heart & Soul | Painting, craft and photography | until 31 March | 34 New Regent Street | Mon-Thu 10-5pm Fri-Sat 10-6pm |
| Ilam Campus Gallery | Tyne Gordon, Double Dribble | until 22 March | Fine Arts Ln, off Clyde Rd, Ilam, Chch | Mon-Fri 9-4pm |
| Jonathan Smart Gallery | Sanjay Theodore, A Dictionary of Sanjay's Modern Painting | until 9 Mar | 52 Buchan Street, Sydenham, Chch | Wed-Sat 11-5pm |
| Jonathan Smart Gallery | Kristy Gorman | Mar-Apr | 52 Buchan Street, Sydenham, Chch | Wed-Sat 11-5pm |
| Nadene Milne Gallery | Max Gimblett, Asia & the Pacific | until 15 Mar | 10 Bath Street, Chch | Tue-Frid 10-5pm, Sat to 3pm |
| NEXT | Vivienne Murchison, (Masters Exhibition) | 28 Feb-6 Mar | 336 St Asaph Street, Chch | 12-2pm each day |
| NZ Artbroker | NZ artists, including Yuk King Tan, Julia Morison and Alison Erickson | until 31 March | 241 Moorhouse Avenue, Chch | Wed-Sat 11-3pm |
| PGgallery 192 | Viv Kepes and Chris Pole, Relative Locations | until15 Mar | 192 Bealey Bealey Avenue, Chch | Tue-Frid 10.30-5pm Sat 10.30-2pm |
| PGgallery 192 | Autumn Group Show: Philippa Blair, Darryn George, W.D.Hammond, Julia Holden, Euan Macleod, Terry Stringer | 19 Mar-5 Apr | 192 Bealey Bealey Avenue, Chch | Tue-Frid 10.30-5pm Sat 10.30-2pm |
| Pūmanawa Community Gallery | Birds of a Feather Art Exhibition | 4-10 Mar | Arts Centre, 2 Worcester Blvd | Tue-Sun 10-5pm |
| Selwyn Gallery | Work by selected members, Ashburton Society of Arts | Until 28 Mar | 17 South Terrace, Darfield | Tue-Sun 10-4pm |
| Susan Badcock Gallery | Susan Badcock, Forever Young - Portraits of my Daughter, Hand-Coloured Photographs | until 31 Ma | 47 Talbot St, Geraldine | Tue-Sat 10-2pm |
| Susan Badcock Gallery | John Badcock, Life Studies - Charcoal on Paper | until 31 Mar | 47 Talbot St, Geraldine | Tue-Sat 10-2pm |
| Te Pito Huarewa/Southbase Gallery, Tūranga. | Kā Huru Manu (The Ngāi Tahu Cultural Mapping Project) | until 28 Apr | 60 Cathedral Square Christchurch | Mon-Fri8am-8pm Sat-Sun 10-5-pm |
| The Anchorage | Exhibition programme curated by KinartCHC | until 31 Mar | 4 Walker Street, Chch | Mon-Fri 7-4pm Sat 10-1pm |
| The Central | Neil Dawson | 7 Mar-7 Apr | Arts Centre, 2 Worcester Blvd, Chch | Tue-Sun 10-5pm |
| The Little River Gallery | John Emery, Flora, Fauna & Fabrications | until 6 Mar | Christchurch Akaroa Rd, Little River | Mon-Sun 9-5.30pm |
| The Little River Gallery | Lisa Grennell (paintings and prints) | 9 Mar - 3 Apr | Christchurch Akaroa Rd, Little River | Mon-Sun 9-5.30pm |
| The National | Julie Blyfield (silversmith) and Kirstin Coelho (ceramicist), ORMOLU | until 9 Mar | 249 Moorhouse Avenue, Chch | Tue-Sat 10.30-5.30pm |
| The Physics Room | New work by Tui Harrington |
until 31 Mar | 49-59 Worcester Blvd, Chch | Tue-Frid 10-5pm Wed to 9pm |
| Windsor Gallery | 35 artists+ 100 changing artworks, including Joel Hart, Rhonye McIlroy, Mike Glover and Sue Syme | Until 31 Mar | 386 St Asaph St, Chch | Mon–Fri 9 - 5pm, Sat 10-1pm |
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