Ina Arraoui’s artistic education has included traditional engraving and etching techniques at the French Institute of Tetouan in Morocco and Il Bisonte Foundation for Art and Printmaking in Florence.
She has been an active member of the Print Council Aotearoa NZ since 2015, exhibiting widely and having her first solo show in 2017.
Extensive research into contemporary print practice by local artists led to establishing the Printopia Festival of Original Print in 2022 in Tāmaki Makaurau-Auckland, where she now resides.
Follow: http://www.printopia.nz @printopia_festival
Collaboration, knowledge-sharing and community building are key aspects of printmaking that draw her to this medium. Her interest in cross-cultural collaboration has taken her to connect with print communities in the United States, Indonesia, The Philippines and Thailand.
Contact: i.arraoui@gmail.com // Facebook and Instagram: @inaarraoui
Exhibitions
2026
February – New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Awards, Waikato Society of Arts, Kirikiriroa.
2024
December – RE-DIRECTED, Depot Artspace, Devonport.
October – SUNDAY GIRL, Barrel Store, Corban’s Art Centre, Auckland.
August– SHELF LIFE, Western Gallery, Auckland Botanic Gardens.
August – SPONGE CITY, Depot Art Space, Auckland.
April – WATER, FALL, Franklin Arts Centre, Auckland.
2023
October – SUNDAY GIRL, Barrel Store, Corban’s Art Centre, Auckland.
August – CELEBRATE 130, Franklin Arts Centre, Auckland.
March – CELEBRATION, Aratoi Wairarapa Museum of Art and History, Masterton
January – LOVE LETTERS, PRIDE, Nathan Homestead Pukepuke, Auckland
January – OFF THE PRESS II, Railway Street Studios, Auckland
2022
April – UNCHARTERED WATERS, Railway Street Studios, Auckland.
April – HETERODOX US, Franklin Arts Centre, Auckland.
April – SUNDAY GIRL III, Barrel Store, Corban’s Art Centre, Auckland.
April – INK, The Collaborator, New Plymouth.
January – HOT OFF THE PRESS, Railway Street Studios, Auckland.
2021
October – AWAGAMI INTERNATIONAL MINIPRINT EXHIBITION, Japan
September – POSTCARDS FROM NORTH & SOUTH, Travelling Exhibition; Townsville, Melbourne, Stratford, Napier, Kerikeri
August – SIX DEGREES OF SEPARTION, The Upstairs Gallery, Auckland.
July – LOOKING FORWARD 2021, Percy Thomson Gallery, Stratford
July – ESTUARY ART AND ECOLOGY AWARDS, Uxbridge Malcolm Smith Gallery, Auckland
2020
October – SUNDAY GIRL II, Barrel Store, Corban’s Art Centre, Auckland
2019
October – PCANZ PRINT EXCHANGE, Arotai Museum, Masterton
July – FOREST HAS THE BLUES, MURMURINGS, Franklin Arts Centre, Auckland
2018
October – IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, Projectspace, Auckland
August – FOREST HAS THE BLUES, Auckland Botanical Gardens, Auckland
August – POWER JACKET, Lakehouse Art Centre, Auckland
July – FOREST HAS THE BLUES, Depot Art Space, Auckland
March – TENANTS AND TUTORS, Lakehouse Art Centre, Auckland
2017
November -VIE DU PACIFIQUE II PRINT EXCHANGE, Pacific Perimeter Print Exchange, Whangarei Art Museum, Whangarei
September -FROM THE RIVERS TO THE SHORE, No.1 Parnell, Rawene
September – BLOWOUT, Geoff Wilson Gallery, Whangarei – Solo
August – BLOWOUT, Endemicworld, Auckland – Solo show
July – FROM THE RIVERS TO THE SHORE, Depot Artspace, Auckland
June – FROM THE RIVERS TO THE SHORE, The Oxford Art Gallery, Christchurch
May – WOOD WORKS, Lakehouse Art Centre, Auckland
March – VIE DU PACIFIQUE II PRINT EXCHANGE, Mairangi Arts Centre, Auckland
2016
December- KETE ARONUI, Kings Theatre Creative, Kawakawa
November – VIE DU PACIFIQUE II PRINT EXCHANGE, Curated by Jenny Sanzaro-Nishimura & Jennifer Stuerzl, Impress Printmakers Gallery, Australia
November – UNFOLD, Depot Artspace, Auckland
August – INTERNATIONAL POSTCARD EXHIBITION, Kumeu Arts Centre, Auckland
May – ARTiculate – A PICTURE IS A THOUSAND WORDS – Fundraising Event, Lakehouse Arts Centre, Auckland
2015
September – MARKING TIME Lakehouse Arts Centre, Auckland
February – LASTING IMPRESSIONS Studio One, Auckland
AWARDS
Finalist in the New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Award 2026
Finalist in the 15th Estuary Art and Ecology Award 2021
COLLECTIONS
Te Kowhai Print Trust Print Museum, Whangārei, NZ.
Arotai Museum of Art and History, NZ
Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum Print Collection, Australia
Whangarei Art Museum, NZ
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2021 –
Woodblock printing workshop, Waitakere Printers Ink Group
Bugs, Butterflies and Bees, Kids Art Program, Corban’s Estate Arts Centre, Auckland
Tortilla Press Printmaking Workshop, Vincent’s Art Studio
Woodblock printing workshop, Wellington High School, Wellington.
2020-
Drypoint and Tetra Pak, Nayland College, Nelson
Woodblock printing workshop, Nayland College, Nelson
Monotype, stencils, stamps and collage, Nayland College, Nelson
2018 –
Woodblock printing workshop, Lakehouse Arts Centre, Auckland
Woodblock printing workshop, Mint Gallery, Whitianga
Woodblock printing workshop, Kaplan International School, Auckland
Collograph printing, Kids Art Program, Corbans Estate Arts Centre, Auckland
2017 –
Woodblock printing and stencil workshop, Carmel College, Auckland
Collograph printing workshop, Disability Festival, Corbans Estate Arts Centre, Auckland
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