Bio

Harrison Freeth is a Tāmaki Makarau based artist working across sculpture, installation and drawing. Interested in the process of discovery, Freeth’s practice explores the ways in which uncertainty can be a collaborator in a creative process. Implementing elements of play Freeth unpacks personal and collective histories and stories to explore the complexities embedded in adulthood.

Freeth completed his Bachelor of Visual arts in 2020 at the Dunedin school of art with his graduating work exploring the concept of play as a world building and world understanding tool. In 2023 he underwent a collaborative series with Benjamin Work, Bodies of Water, which explored his familial ties to Tonga and Sāmoa. Freeth completed his first solo exhibition, Under the Shade of the Mānuka at Bergman Gallery and his first artist residency at Tautai Gallery in 2025 which explored identity through the foundations of play presented in his graduating year at the Dunedin School of Art.

Education

2020 Bachelor of Visual Arts, Dunedin School of Art, Otago Polytechnic

Selected Solo and Collaborative Exhibitions

2025, Under the Shade of the Mānuka, Bergman Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand

2023,Bodies of Water, Made of Land (with Benjamin Work), Te Tuhi, Auckland, New Zealand

2022, Bodies of Water (with Benjamin Work), Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, New Zealand

2020 Sea, Play, Dunedin School of Art, Dunedin, New Zealand

2020, Redrawn Rego, Nomadic Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand

Selected Group Exhibitions 2025

2025, The 2025 Fale-Ship Residency Exhibition, Tautai, Auckland, New Zealand

2025, Night of Pacific Art, Bergman Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand

2024, Astronaut Islanders, Māngere Arts Centre, Auckland, New Zealand