….and the winner is

Faile nominated their winner and runner-up in in each category and these were announced just prior to the auction.

Huge congratulations go to….

Open Section Winner – Hayden Gundry

Open Section Runner Up – Mikaere Gardiner

Youth Section Winner – Morgan Poklowski

Youth Section Runner Up – Alsion Haarsma 

The winners walked off with a fabulous limited edition print kindly donate by Faile with the Runners-up taking away an awesome print donated by the Cut Collective, thank you so much to both Faile and the Cut Collective for their support and generosity.

The auction of the remaining works was a huge success with sales approaching the $10,000 mark.

It was a awesome way to round off the month long exhibition.

Almost 20,000 people visited Oi You! this year and the response from the public has been astounding.

A huge thanks goes out to all those who took part in the competition and all who helped make the 2011 event such a stunning success.

POSTED BY George Shaw AT 4:31am     No Comments »

Open Section Finalists

POSTED BY George Shaw AT 2:50pm     No Comments »

Youth Section Finalists

POSTED BY George Shaw AT 2:49pm     No Comments »

Oi You! Auction

The Oi You! Auction – starts between 5 & 5.30pm on Monday 24th at Founders Park Nelson. 34 of the 38 works will be auctioned, the winners and runners-up will be retained to take pride of place at Oi You! 2012.

Absentee bids can be placed by dropping us a line at Art@StreetArt.co.nz

Go to our Facebook Page to see images of all the finalists.

POSTED BY George Shaw AT 11:59am     No Comments »

Oi You! 2011 in full swing

Oi You! 2011 opened to the public a week ago and we’ve been that busy that we’ve not had time to post!

The visitor numbers have exceeded all expectations as have the accolades – thanks to everyone who has come and for your kind words and support.

The Oi You! Competition is all but in place, 40 artists from Across the country have converged on Nelson over the past 10 days to complete an A1 version of their original submission and the quality is stunning.

The Cut Collective’s installation is awesome with the centre piece being a 6 x 4 meter image that is blowing visitors away.

The Banksy and other ‘best of world’ stuff is getting the attention and adoration that you’d expect with a few visitors from overseas commenting that it’s the only place in the world that you could see a collection of Banksy’s without having to queue!

One exhibit that has gone down really well is the ‘Corrupt Kiwi Classics’ - 9 reworks for classic Kiwi painting like this on of Rita Angus’s Cass called Beefed Up.

If you’ve not been, do your best to get here we’re sure you’ll love it.

POSTED BY George Shaw AT 3:56pm     No Comments »