There was a broken toilet cubicle in the men bathroom at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery. Something you usually wouldn’t notice. But as I work at the gallery I noticed it was closed for over six months. I watched for months as the hand written sign on the door slowly eroded over time, small rips …
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Recent works for future projects
Made a couple of pieces for a project that keeps being shifted back…thought I would post them here as I hadn’t posted anything in a while…
GRAFFITI VILLAGE OMNIBUS PUBLICATION LAUNCH 2pm 15/11/25
Hutch and A Gallery Presents a Filth_4U and General Editions publication launch of “The Graffiti Village Omnibus” a limited edition publication along side a deluxe edition project, featuring an original art work by Joel Rickerby and Jay Hutchinson at Hutch Gallery, 21 Moray place, Dunedin. Saturday 15th November 2025 2pm till 5pm with guest DJs …
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“…and tales from outside the Dairy”, Gallery Thirty Three, 4/7/25 until 1/8/25 text outtake from a review By Laura Elliott published in Art Seen ODT on 24/8/25
…while multidisciplinary artist Jay Hutchinson demonstrates that — if we’re truly looking — art and beauty can be found in even the most mundane surroundings. After collecting discarded food wrappers and pavement rubbish, Hutchinson photographs and studies them with the care and interest of a palaeontologist uncovering a fossil, before recreating them as striking textile …
Eight steps to perfection and tales from outside the Dairy, opening 5pm 4/7/25 at Gallery Thirty Three
This Exhibition brings together a recent sculptural work ‘Eight Steps to perfection’ that first exhibited 2020 at Ramp gallery and more recently in the exhibition, ‘Never Be Seen’ at Aratoi Museum 2024. This two piece sculptural work is shown along a series of nine new works titled, ‘Tales from outside the Dairy’, these works are …
Second Chance opening 2pm 5/4/25 at Olga Gallery
The exhibition ‘Second Chance’ opening at 2pm on the 5th of April as part of ID Fashion Week in Dunedin. The exhibition brings together three Dunedin artists that work with material, ideas and concepts around waste, particularly textile waste. Meg Gallagher uses off cuts leftover from clothing production runs that would normally be destined for landfills, stitching these pieces together into canvases Gallagher then applies …
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Hutch
New gallery space opening early May 2025. Originally was going to be under the “a gallery presents” umbrella. As the concept evolved the space shifted becoming a new and exciting project as a collaboration with my wife Julia. Julia will co-direct with me and manage the day to day operations. Julia comes from an industrial …
“Hutch” gallery is an upcoming contemporary art space set to open on Moray Place in Ōtepoti, Aotearoa. The gallery will showcase and represent a wide range of artists from across the country… watch this space
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