Ans Westra

♀ *1936-2023 / Netherlands / New Zealand

Works

Solo exhibitions

Jeetje

Dowse Art Museum, Wellington (NZ)
9 May 2026 – 18 Oct 2026
Westra Loves Bikes

{Suite} Gallery, Wellington (NZ)
1 Jul 2026 – 7 Jul 2026
The Circus Comes to Town

Wayne Youle & Ans Westra

{Suite} Gallery, Wellington (NZ)
21 Mar 2026 – 25 Apr 2026
Washday at the Pa

{Suite} Gallery, Wellington (NZ)
18 Sep 2025 – 5 Oct 2025
Nō hea koe? Ko wai koe?

{Suite} Gallery, Wellington (NZ)
21 Nov 2024 – 19 Dec 2024
The Philippines (1986)

{Suite} Gallery, Wellington (NZ)
11 Nov 2024 – 20 Nov 2024
New York City (1987)

{Suite} Gallery, Wellington (NZ)
1 Nov 2024 – 10 Nov 2024
Children of Holland (1969)

{Suite} Gallery, Wellington (NZ)
25 Oct 2024 – 31 Oct 2024
Holiday in the Capital (1968)

{Suite} Gallery, Wellington (NZ)
11 Oct 2024 – 19 Oct 2024
Viliami of the Friendly Islands (1963)

{Suite} Gallery, Wellington (NZ)
3 Oct 2024 – 10 Oct 2024
Hei whakamahara

{Suite} Gallery, Wellington (NZ)
15 Apr 2024 – 25 May 2024
HAERA RA

{Suite} Gallery, Wellington (NZ)
23 Mar 2023 – 11 Apr 2023
After HANDBOEK

{Suite} Gallery, Foxton (NZ)
23 Apr 2022 – 19 Jun 2022
Ans Westra

{Suite} Gallery, Wellington (NZ)
16 Mar 2022 – 2 Apr 2022
Tāmaki Makaurau

{Suite} Gallery, Auckland (NZ)
7 Oct 2020 – 24 Oct 2020
URBAN DRIFT

Aotearoa / New Zealand

Anastasia Photo, New York (US)
5 Dec 2019 – 28 Mar 2020
Pukana!

{Suite} Gallery, Wellington (NZ)
16 Oct 2019 – 9 Nov 2019
Toy-Land

{Suite} Gallery, Wellington (NZ)
30 Jan 2019 – 17 Feb 2019
HOME

Sixty Years of Ans Westra in New Zealand

{Suite} Gallery, Wellington (NZ)
29 Nov 2017 – 14 Dec 2017
Ans Westra

{Suite} Gallery, Wellington (NZ)
9 Jun 2015 – 4 Jul 2015
Historical images of people in and around the Tuhoe rohe

{Suite} Gallery, Wellington (NZ)
19 Feb 2015 – 10 Mar 2015
Ratana Images

{Suite} Gallery, Wellington (NZ)
3 Sep 2014 – 27 Sep 2014
NorthArt, Northcote

{Suite} Gallery, Wellington (NZ)
30 May 2014 – 18 Jun 2014
Images from Maori (1967)

{Suite} Gallery, Wellington (NZ)
21 Mar 2012 – 16 Jun 2012
Washday at the Pa

{Suite} Gallery, Wellington (NZ)
26 Oct 2011 – 26 Nov 2011
Capture

{Suite} Gallery, Wellington (NZ)
3 Sep 2010 – 3 Oct 2010
on reflection

McNamara Gallery Photography, Wanganui (NZ)
3 Aug 2007 – 29 Aug 2007
Handboek

Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui (NZ)
24 Feb 2007 – 13 May 2007
Handboek

Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland (NZ)
19 Mar 2005 – 15 May 2005

Group

PhotoForum Members' Show 2018

Studio 541, Auckland (NZ)
11 Apr 2018 – 6 May 2018

with Mark Beehre, Harvey Benge, Gary Blackman, Caryline Boreham, Julius Margan, Gabrielle McKone, Solomon Mortimer, Geoffrey H. Short, Jenny Tomlin
PhotoForum Members Show 2018

Studio 541, Auckland (NZ)
11 Apr 2018 – 6 May 2018

with Mark Beehre, Harvey Benge, Gary Blackman, Caryline Boreham, Julius Margan, Gabrielle McKone, Solomon Mortimer, Geoffrey H. Short, Jenny Tomlin, Jenny Tomlin
Summer Series 2015

{Suite} Gallery, Wellington (NZ)
3 Dec 2014 – 14 Feb 2015

with Neil Pardington, Fiona Pardington
History in the Taking

40 Years of PhotoForum

Gus Fisher Gallery, Auckland (NZ)
6 Jun 2014 – 28 Jun 2014

with Greta Anderson, Wayne Barrar, Janet Bayly, Harvey Benge, Peter Black, Joyce Campbell, Bruce Connew, Chris Corson-Scott, Darren Glass, Ngahuia Harrison, Geoffrey Heath, Megan Jenkinson …
Present history

a selection of photographs of New Zealand 1960s to the present

National Gallery, Canberra (AU)
28 Jun 2013 – 4 Nov 2013

with Laurence Aberhart, Mark Adams, Wayne Barrar, Hans Neleman, Anne Noble, Peter Peryer, Lisa Reihana, Greg Semu
Man and the Landscape: New Zealand photography 1860 - 1980

John Leech Gallery, Auckland (NZ)
30 May 2007 – 30 Jun 2007

with Gary Baigent, John Johns
In View: Works from the VUW Art Collection

Adam Art Gallery, Wellington (NZ)
20 Oct 2006 – 25 Feb 2007

with Gavin Hipkins, Anne Noble, Neil Pardington, Christine Webster
Focus

John Leech Gallery, Auckland (NZ)
9 Mar 2004 – 3 Apr 2004

with Laurence Aberhart, Peter Peryer

Events

Auckland Festival of Photography 2023

resistance [ātete]

Auckland Festival of Photography, Auckland (NZ)
31 May 2023 – 11 Jun 2023

with Peter Black, Abhi Chinniah, Robin Morrison