Fables - Hamish Oakley-Browne

Artist Talk - 30 Nov, 11AM.

According to Hamish Oakley-Browne, Fables is "a post modern mash up of ideas celebrating the archetypal stories and characters that have existed in our oral and visual history for over 28,000 years". These very well researched and contemplative 'ideas' about life have been reverently carved into multiple woodblocks by Oakley-Browne and printed onto fine art paper forming a substantial body of new work.

Oakley-Browne is a dedicated printmaker, free-lance arts facilitator and manager of Te Kowhai Print Trust Studio. In 2014 he graduated from North Tec with a Bachelor of Applied Arts, Visual, as the top student. In 2015 he graduated from Massey University with a Bachelor of Arts, Psychology and secured a one year Artist in Residency placement at Te Kowhai Print Trust, Whangarei.

His enduring passion for printmaking is evident as he continues to promote printmaking to wider audiences by organizing and fundraising community printmaking events. He was responsible for the creation of Northland’s first Printmakers Symposium Printapalooza, which employed the use of a steamroller to print large-scale wood blocks.

As a free-lance arts facilitator he works contractually on funded community arts projects such as the alternative education initiative Te Kakano Ahau and Quarry Arts Youth Scholarship Program. More recently he received a media grants award which funded a six-month creative project in association with Like Minds Like Us to raise awareness and reduce stigma around recovery from Mental distress.