B St Gallery
Jessie Kanji
September – December 2025
Browne Street cafe, Avondale
@jessiekanji
B St Gallery
The Whau is brimming with creative talent, yet opportunities to exhibit locally remain limited. In response, ArtsWhau has partnered with the team at Browne St to establish B St Gallery, an evolving exhibition space inside one of Avondale’s popular cafés.
“We’re especially keen to support local artists, providing a platform to share your work with the community,” says Sam from Browne St.
With zero commission on sales, artists keep 100% of any proceeds, making this an accessible and supportive option for emerging and established creatives alike.
Following a public call-out, we received interest from over 25 visual artists, the majority based right here in the Whau. While cafés and restaurants are sometimes overlooked as serious exhibition venues, B St Gallery is proving to be a valued space where art is seen, celebrated, and purchased by locals.
This partnership demonstrates what can happen when local business and community arts join forces, creating visibility for artists and a creative experience for everyone.
Previous exhibitions
ARWEN FLOWERS – Browne St. Artist June-September 2025
New Zealand artist Arwen Flowers (MVA) examines body-held and felt learning through her painting practice. Each painting contains traces of a unique visual language encoded with references to places, people, objects, memories and experiences. While applying and removing mediums with wiping and scrubbing motions, Flowers explores states of physical and material control. Each mark results from proximity encounters with prepared surfaces and is influenced by sensory-based engagement and the influence of borrowed colour while working with and against abjection. Flowers’ painting practice questions notions of care and agency.
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