"Hight / Frazer / Hunt" runs upstairs in the Church Lane gallery until June 27.
Michael Hight, of Auckland, contributed three oil on linens to the showcase, Neil Frazer, of Sydney, supplied three mixed media on canvas, and Bruce Hunt, of Dunedin, provided four oil and acrylics on canvas.
Stratford-born Hight lived and painted in London in the mid-1980s before settling in Auckland. He has regularly exhibited since 1984 and has been a full-time artist since 2001.
He has received several Queen Elizabeth II arts council grants and his work is held in many New Zealand collections including Te Papa, the Chartwell Collection and the James Wallace Trust.
Frazer was born in Canberra and moved to New Zealand four years later in 1965.
He studied fine arts at the University of Canterbury, attended the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, and graduated with a Master of Fine Arts degree from the College of Fine Arts, Sydney, in 2000.
Frazer has exhibited since the early 1980s and has had more than 40 solo exhibitions.
He has received many awards and fellowships on both sides of the Tasman, including the 1992 Frances Hodgkins Fellowship at the University of Otago and he was a finalist in Australia's Wynne Prize, in 2010 and 2011.
His work is included in most major public, corporate and private collections in New Zealand including those of the National Bank, Fletcher Challenge and the Christchurch Art Gallery.
Wellington-born Hunt attended Wellington College between 1978 and 1982 then Victoria University.
He has been a full-time artist since 1983 and exhibits regularly throughout New Zealand.
His work is held in private and corporate collections including the National Bank's.
•"Small Works", an exhibition about dynamics, diversity and variety from emerging and well-established artists, runs on the ground floor for the same duration.
