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AB3052 – Auckland Eden Park

Name: AB3052 – Auckland Eden Park
Start: 2025-09-20T18:00:00+12:00
End: 2025-09-20T18:00:00+12:00

September 20 @ 6:00 pm NZST

Art Battle Eden Park – September 20, 2025

Doors @ 6:00pm / Painting @ 7:00pm
Eden Park Stadium – Gate G, 42 Reimers Avenue, Kingsland, Auckland

Art Battle Eden Park (Behind The Scenes) + Art In The Park!

Sat Sep 20 from 6pm – Round 1 7pm sharp!

Witness some of your favourite ART IN THE PARK exhibiting artists in action, as they battle it out in the Eden Park Home Changing Rooms, inspirational home to the All Blacks and a unique LIVE painting experience.

You will make your way under the stadium to discover:

The Fortress (Coaches Entrance)
The Players Tunnel
Pitch Side Views
Hall of Fame
The Home Changing Rooms
The Legends Lockers
The Art Battle Arena
The Giant Murals

The Artists:

Tim Christie – IG: @tim_ridley_christie
Em Wafer – IG: @emwafer
Caroline Kelly – IG: @carolinekellyfineart
Logan Bow – IG: @loganbowart
Roberta Queiroga – IG: @queirogaroberta
Mark Whippy – IG: mark_whippy_art
Regan Balzer – IG: @reganbalzerarts
Yuri Chetty – IG: @yurichetty
Sean McDonnell – IG: @nzpainter
Sheelagh McHaffie – IG: @sheelagh_mchaffie_art

& Vjekoslav Nemesh – IG: @nemesh_art (reigning AB Champ + Spotlight Artist)

PLUS Special Guests:
The Empire Studios Burlesque Dancers

Art Battle is the planet’s biggest LIVE painting competition across 70+ cities worldwide

12 artists battle it out over 3 rounds of fast paced creativity.. & the audience decides!

All the artwork will be for sale at the silent auction at the end of the night

There will be 2 wilcard spots available – put YOUR name in the hat and challenge the artists!

With MC Ellen Moana, DJ Blazem, Surprise Guests, Spot Prizes, Resene’s $250 Give-Away, Food Truck, Cashless Bar

And so much NZ talent all under 1 roof!

Art Battle Eden Park is a FREE and interactive audience event!

ART IN THE PARK

Art In The Park is a world-class, uniquely curated art show held annually at Eden Park. Enjoy an unforgettable weekend of art and culture. Enjoy the Glitz and Glam of opening night, or come along to an action-packed General Admission day, with Artist and Specialist Talks, Eden Park Tours and Kids Corner!

To grab your ART IN THE PARK tickets in conjunction with your free ART BATTLE EDEN PARK ticket, first secure your ticket(s) HERE and then visit this Ticketmaster link and choose Saturday 20 Sep and a late Entry Time: https://www.ticketmaster.co.nz/artist/3008857

Then make your way across the stadium to Gate G, where you will be shown the way to The Fortress and The Home Changing Rooms – Round 1 Starts 7pm sharp!

Hot Food & Drink available

NB: Art Battle does experience a varying percentage of no-shows with FREE ticket events. Our priority is always to provide equal opportunities for all, and a safe and meaningful experience for our artists, performers and guests. Due to limited venue capacities we are obliged to operate a 1 in 1 out policy if the capacity is reached. The events are LIVE streamed to help ensure nothing is missed.

LIVE STREAM: https://www.artbattle.com/ab3052

CALL TO ARTISTS – Artists get your applications in now – spots are filling up fast city wide – apply online at https://artb.art/profile

NB: Please advise your Auckland region when applying for any of the listed community battles, as we will try to allocate you to the nearest battle to your region.

Huge thanks to partners Eden Park, The Fringe District, Resene, Barfoot & Thompson, Crown Fine Art and Print Art, The Framing Studio, Party Direct and That Kiwi Printshop : )

REGISTER NOW TO VOTE

Confirmed Competitors

Art Battle Auckland Eden Park

📍 Eden Park Stadium

11 confirmed artists

Caroline Kelly

Caroline Kelly, born in 1993 in Christchurch, New Zealand, discovered her passion for art at a young age, focusing on portraits and the human form. Self-taught until 2019, she embraced Atelier training to master oil, watercolour, and classical drawing. In 2020, faced a health crisis causing amnesia and motor skill challenges, Caroline lost her artistic ability. By 2022, after recovering and global workshops, she found mentorship with Michelle Dunaway. Guided back to her artistic roots, Caroline regained her skills and learned the emotional intricacies of art. Inspired by her healing journey, she aims to share the therapeutic power of art, fostering creativity and connection. Caroline now travels the world, creating, gathering inspiration & teaching workshops.

Em Wafer

Winner of the NZ Art Show 2025 People's Choice Award, Em Wafer is a full-time New Zealand artist known for her surreal dreamscapes and microcosmic worlds. She exhibits locally and internationally and has collectors worldwide. Her work addresses the subconscious, where a multitude of perspectives exist: the unique and the universal. Glimpses of unseen places deeply felt yet never fully articulated connect us all and allow us room for reflection.

Logan Bow

Logan Bow is a multidisciplinary artist and emerging architect whose practice blends visual art, design, and spatial exploration. Currently studying Architecture and Urban Design at the University of Auckland, he draws on academic research and travel to inform his experimental work with natural textures and polymethyl methacrylate. His art embraces distortion, flow, and symmetry, creating vibrant connections between material, maker, and audience.

louise mair

Louise is a fine art painter and installation artist trained in various European schools, now based in Auckland. Her current focus is a loose, energetic painterly style that emphasizes movement and vitality. She was last year’s Depot Artspace Choice Award winner.

Mark Whippy

Mark is a Kiwi-Fijian artist based in Auckland whose work centers on the human figure, drawing inspiration from everyday people and the stories around him. He specializes in figurative art—portraits and life drawings—and has spent the past four years teaching these disciplines. Influenced by artists like Steve Huston, Zhaoming Wu, and Van Gogh, Mark’s style blends classical technique with a deep appreciation for character and form.

Regan Balzer

Visual artist Regan Balzer has traveled throughout NZ and overseas (Tahiti, Hawaii, Toronto, Florida...) with her live painting performances. Regan often collaborates with musicians and vocalists, creating large scale works that take the audience on a unique journey through colour and story.

Roberta Queiroga

Roberta Queiroga is a contemporary artist based in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Her abstract works are emotional landscapes—bold, gestural compositions created through spontaneous mark-making and a minimalist aesthetic influenced by her background in architecture. Born in Brazil and shaped by the experience of living across four continents, Roberta’s art reflects a deep cultural confluence. She has exhibited at the Auckland Museum, been a Parkin Prize finalist, was recently awarded and exhibited in Dubai—representing New Zealand among a global selection of women artists—and completed an artist residency in Japan.

Sean Mc Donnell

Sean is a passionate painter, printmaker, surfer, and musician who also leads tours throughout New Zealand. He uses his artwork to express his deep appreciation for the beauty and fleeting nature of life. For Sean, creating art is when he feels most alive and connected to the universe, with nature serving as a major source of inspiration for much of his work.

Sheelagh McHaffie

Sheelagh McHaffie is a Christchurch pastel artist who strips color away to reveal raw emotion. Her bold black-and-white figurative works pulse with movement and intensity. Deciding to pursue her dream of being an artist in 2022, she now works out of the historic Christchurch Arts Centre and has been featured in magazines, a book, and a documentary.

Tim Christie

Tim is a New Zealand-based artist whose multidisciplinary work blends geometric design with figurative form across painting, lightworks, digital media, and immersive experiences. His style merges op art, pop art, and geometric abstraction using both traditional and modern fabrication techniques. Tim has exhibited internationally and works from his studio and gallery in central Wellington.

Yuri Chetty

Yuri is an artist with 10 years of experience working with pencil, ceramics, clothing/apparel, and tattooing. She specializes in geometric, dotwork, and graphic novel styles, and has been a tattoo artist for the past two years. Her work spans multiple mediums, showcasing a variety of techniques and styles.

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Details

Date:: September 20
Time:: 6:00 pm NZST
Event Category:: nz
Event Tags:: auckland, nz

AB3052 – Auckland Eden Park