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Being

Creative visual thinking is fundamental to us all as human beings as we strive to understand our sense of self and the world. Chartwell seeks to deepen understanding about the importance of art and creative thinking for our future and our wellbeing.

Seeing

Chartwell is an explorer of the visual world. We want to know more about how and what we see. When both the eye and the mind are active, the creative process opens to the artist and viewer. The Chartwell Collection provides the viewer many examples of creative visual thought in action.

Making

Chartwell supports artists as they make and think. Making is an active and connected process, involving the interaction of intention, intuition and intellect with the mediums of the world. Chartwell is making too - making a difference through philanthropy and enabling access to creative activities and research.

Thinking

Chartwell encourages everyone to think about art and the creative process with a commitment to drive an understanding about the significance of the visual arts to general creative thinking. We share a curiosity to know and learn more: an imaginative, ongoing investigation.

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Elliot Collins

Elliot Collins is an Auckland based artist who works across painting, sculpture and photography. He received his practice-led Ph.D. from AUT in 2018, researching Memory Markers in the Landscape in Aotearoa New Zealand. He has an interest in text within memorials and the landscape in Aotearoa New Zealand as well as the symbols and motifs that represent a particular kind of identity-forming narrative. His practice draws reference to poetry, language, naming, boundaries and memorials. Collins has a passion for te ao Māori and the regeneration of our forests and wildlife.

Whatever it is

Night on Earth

Let Me Tell You About My Boat

The Theory