Lake House Tutors

Chloe Lam

Chloe Lam is an artist recently moved to Auckland. She holds a BA in Visual Communication (Graphic Design) and a Master’s Degree in Art and Education. With more than 10 years’ experience teaching art to children, she runs a variety of art projects in different schools and studios throughout Auckland. 

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Dean Trembath

Dean Trembath is a freelance animator, lecturer of life drawing and teacher of cartoon illustration and character design. He has diplomas in Commercial Illustration and Animation and has worked on the Disney TV series “Timon & Pumba”, “Duck Daze” and “Redux Red Hood”, as well as the, award winning, Russian tale of “The Two Brothers”. His passion for art has led him to master the mediums of Pencil, Pastel and Oil Paint, particularly focusing on portraiture.  

 

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Ella Crooks

Ella Crooks is an actor, a musician, a performer and a teacher. She is currently attending University of Auckland, doing a BA in Theatre and Education. She has been tutoring theatresports and the occasional drama classes for over 4 years, helping to direct productions, and participating and acting in theatre shows too. With a passion for creativity and educating, she believes in helping those around her find their passion for creativity and self expression too!

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Grae Burton


Grae Burton is a visual / performing artist and filmmaker.  He has over 160 artworks in the Wallace Arts Trust Permanent Collection. He was artist in residence at Suter Gallery in Nelson (2006), Artistic Director of Nelson's Independent Theatre and Arts Centre (2007 - 2009), and Special Project Curator during his tenure as resident artist, artist liason and associate producer (2011 - 2016).  He has curated and installed thousands of artworks across NZ.  Grae has mentored and worked with many contemporary artists over the years to help them develop professionally and make the most of their skills and talents.
 

 

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Jo Duder

Jo is passionate about teaching Art – with a bit of Art History too! She has a Teaching Diploma (in secondary Art/Art History), a BA in Design and has been teaching at primary level for many years. The creative process fascinates and inspires her. 

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Marcel Kalma


Marcel attended Elam school of Art in the early 2000s. He has contributed to various group shows such as Art Ache and Artist on Artists. He has been a Finalist in the Adam Portrait Award. Molly Morpeth and Tamaki Estuary Awards.
He recently held an artist residency in Leiden the Netherlands. 
 

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Michelle Male

Devonport based artist, Michelle Male has been fine tuning her skills as a portrait and landscape painter in watercolour, acrylic and oil over the last 20 years. Michelle’s passion is for painting animals, people, landscapes and capture a moment in time. Her largest teaching project was coordinating a school mural. 

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Natanahira Pona

Natanahira graduated from the Maori Arts and Crafts Institute as a wood sculptor. He has extensive experience managing sculpture symposiums and creating public sculptures around New Zealand. His passion for wood carving has spanned commissions, teaching adults and children and he is currently Lake House Art Centre’s Resident Carver. 

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Noelia Bloise

I have always been a creative person with a desire to learn. My time in technical high school taught me to work with tools and different materials.

Later in college, these skills helped me in my fashion design career, where I also learned about drawing, photography, sewing, and digital art.

These tools have allowed me to express myself in different ways over time and that is why I am constantly learning.

Currently, I mainly use watercolours and digital techniques, to create characters and my own little universe.

 

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Peter Grahame

 Dip. Performing Art. 

Music composer, producer and director. Guitar, piano, percussion and vocals. 

 In the late 70's Peter began exploring music seriously by teaching himself guitar. He moved on to performance; playing solo and in numerous bands. After studying at the 'School of Audio Engineering', Peter completed a Diploma in Performing Art in 1997 and went on to compose, produce and direct music for professional theatre. For over 15 years Peter was a Music Specialist for Nelson District Health, providing music programs for intellectually disabled people. 

Peter continues to perform solo and produce music, including the music for the successful 2021 summer season of "Era and the Kaitiaki", which was performed at Lake House Arts Centre. 

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Rachael Burke

Rachael is an artist and art educator. She completed a Fine Art degree with (Honors) at Whitecliffe in 2021. Her creative practice is an ongoing exploration relating to perceptions of identity and selfhood. Working primarily in collage, her studio practice aims to investigate the multifaceted contemporary identity relating to concepts of the self. The fact that Identity is created through hidden processes, that we become individuals through metamorphosis, living in a constant state of flux are key concepts crucial to her practice. For Rachael, creative expression serves as a way for us to make sense and clarify inner experiences that often words alone cannot.

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Rathikka Slick

With over a decade of experience within the film, tv and fashion industry as a talent manager, Rathikka has always been immersed in various platforms used for self-expression forms of art, literature and performance. Most recently she teaches and facilitates art classes for children. Rathikka’s philosophy of teaching involves learning art and history through an engaging, explorative and enjoyable creative process! 

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Rosemary Dowler

Rosemary started making pottery in her early 20's. The wheel is her preferred method, whilst also using molds and hand-made methods. Rosemary’s primary motivation is personal enjoyment and the ability to tutor supported by her profession as a secondary teacher. 

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Sean Boyd

Sean Boyd, a visionary artist with a passion for breathing new life into the ordinary and transforming it into engaging works of art. With his boundless creativity, outside-the-box thinking, and fresh original thought, Sean captivates audiences by showcasing the fantastical elements hidden within everyday objects and bringing them to the forefront.

Sean crafts one-of-a-kind sculptures and lighting installations that have enriched the ambiance of stores, offices and homes worldwide. In addition, Sean shares his expertise by teaching the art of creative junk assemblage, empowering individuals to bring their visions to life using discarded metal and other waste materials.

With a diverse background and industry experience spanning farming, both on land and at sea, plastic and metal fabrication, policing, security, automotive, and various other trade and office services at all levels from apprentice, to general management and business ownership, Sean brings a fresh and innovative perspective to any industry he engages with. His remarkable work has garnered recognition from esteemed figures such as Sir Richard Taylor from Weta Workshop, Heather Palmer from the World of Wearable Art, and Frances Valentine from The Mind Lab/Tech Futures, among others.

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Shiraz Smith

Shiraz has 15 years of secondary art teaching experience in the UK, Africa, Middle East and New Zealand including leading art departments and being a Dean. Her qualifications include a BA(Hon) in Visual Communication Design and Post Graduate Certificate in Education in Secondary Art. Shiraz is a fine artist who has exhibited internationally, created murals with children and currently immersed in the art of paper quilling.

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Susan Browne

Susan has attended courses at Auckland Studio potters, Chelsea Potters and Western Potters. She has 20 years of experience in ceramic tuition for adults and children at Kelston Boys High and Freyberg Community Education. Susan has technical experience of hand building; slab method, pinch potting, coiling, slip casting and clay modelling, decorating with slip trailing, graffito, Mishima and working with glazes.  

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Susannah MacDonald

Susannah is an exhibiting artist specialising in water colour, oil and acrylic painting and drawing, a published author, illustrator, and art teacher both for adults and children. She holds a Bachelor of Design and Visual Arts, is a flute teacher and a former primary school teacher. 

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Trina Smith

Trina is an artist, graphic designer, teacher and mother. Running a graphic design business with her partner from home for 25 years meant she could also support her 3, divergent children navigate the education system. 12 years in the wonderful world of learning at Playcentre allowed her to support both her children and families within the community. Creative skills were valued at her children’s school where she became a valued learner support teacher for divergent students; children who are visual spacial, who think in pictures. Trina’s classes are fun and warm and diverse, mainly geared for primary age children where they get to sculpt, paint, draw and make an array of craft-based projects.  

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Verity Kindlaysides

Verity has studied at Auckland's Elam School of Fine Arts, graduating with a BFA in 2007. Verity also had 10 years overseas study and work experience in London attending at the Slade, UCL and The Royal Drawing School. She is a practicing artist working in painting, printmaking and ceramics.

As an art educator Verity enjoys conducting demonstrations and teaching classes and workshops across Auckland, sharing her passion for the fine arts.

Verity has exhibited extensively throughout New Zealand including group exhibitions, 10 successful solo shows and received numerous awards for her painting, printmaking and ceramic work.

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Xinli Deng

Deng Xinli is a Contemporary Artist and Member of the Chinese Mural Association. He graduated from the Oil Painting Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts in 1997 and obtained a degree in Visual Design from Whitecliffe College of Arts in New Zealand in 2003.

Xinli has held solo exhibitions in cities such as Auckland, Beijing, Singapore, Changsha, and Hong Kong. Has been invited to participate in major group exhibitions and art fairs in Auckland, Singapore, South Korea, Beijing, Guangzhou, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Taipei, Milan, including CIGE, "Art Beijing," "Taipei Contemporary," Gwangju Biennale, Singapore Art Fair, and "Beijing Contemporary." Works have been auctioned at major auction houses such as Poly and Huayi, and reviews of exhibitions and related works have been published in newspapers and magazines such as Vision and New Zealand Herald. Works are collected by art institutions and private collectors in countries such as Galaxy Macau, Resorts World Genting in Malaysia, and Huawei Art Foundation.

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Yi Xie

Yi Xie graduated from the Oil Painting Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts. She has held solo exhibitions in cities such as Auckland, Beijing, Singapore, and Changsha. Yi has been invited to participate in art fairs in Auckland, Taipei, Beijing, Guangzhou, and other places. Works have been sold multiple times at China Poly Auction and have been featured in various newspapers and magazines. In 2018, the work "Mountain Road" was selected as the best work of the week in the art review column of the New Zealand Herald. Works are collected by art institutions and private collectors from multiple countries.

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