24/08/2026
Displayed in the exhibition 𝙈𝙊𝙏𝙃𝙀𝙍𝙈𝙊𝙏𝙃𝙀𝙍 at Sanderson
Sam Loe, 𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘺 #1, 2024
Charcoal, gouache and acrylic on linen
340mm x 440mm (framed)
Mothercake reflects the translation from my german mother tongue of the word Mutterkuchen, meaning placenta. This biological metaphor and often unacknowledged organ has become central to my artistic practice. Through my work, I explore the overlooked connections between self and other, investigating both physical and philosophical boundaries. My drawings and paintings emerge from a deeply physical process, creating conversations between inner and outer worlds, evoking new organic body forms that exist somewhere between figuration and abstraction.
Sam Loe is a painter whose large-scale, unstretched paintings investigate abstract and biomorphic gestural icons and forms. Her process often begins with body sensing meditation, lying or sitting on blankets and pillows to activate rested and wandering mind states. Loe completed her original studies at Goldsmiths College, London. She integrates conceptual rigour with embodied making, where meaning arises through the physical act of making. Her practice asks not what a painting is, but how it is made and what it does. She recently completed her Master of Fine Arts with First Class Honours from Whitecliffe College of Arts & Design.
Sam Loe
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SANDERSON
Displayed in the exhibition 𝙈𝙊𝙏𝙃𝙀𝙍𝙈𝙊𝙏𝙃𝙀𝙍 at Sanderson
Molly Timmins, 𝘔𝘰𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘵 𝘗𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘢 (𝘈 𝘗𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘓𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘛𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘢), 2025
Oil on canvas, framed
330 x 380 mm
Molly Timmins (Ngāpuhi, Pākehā, b.1998) is a painter based in Tāmaki Makaurau. Her work explores gardens as both an environmental physical place, and as a painted subject throughout art history. The artist’s practice takes influence from her Ngāpuhi and Pākeha whakapapa, presenting a nuanced conversation between the two. Referencing her own heritage alongside considered painting techniques Timmins navigates the colonial influence over both the garden and painting history, and the way in which women have historicall
