About Us

Established in June 2000, Enjoy Public Art Gallery is a non-commercial artist-run initiative based in Wellington, New Zealand.  

Mission

Enjoy generates and facilitates contemporary art projects to promote the discourse of contemporary art practice in all its forms.

Vision

Enjoy is liberated from commercial constraints in order to provide both emerging and established practitioners with opportunities to develop innovative work. Enjoy works to provide the necessary critical support, resources, and audience development to realise quality projects in dialogue with contemporary practice both nationally and internationally.

Team Enjoy

Current staff members: Siv B. Fjaerestad is Enjoy's Curator and Manager, and Jeremy Booth is Communications & Publications Manager. The Enjoy Trust members currently include these Wellington-based arts practitioners: Ann Shelton (Chair), Amit Charan (Treasurer), Kate Woods (Secretary), Molly Samsell (Funding Advisor), and Bronwyn Holloway-Smith (Advisor).

Founders Ros Cameron, Ciaran Begley and Rachel Smithies opened the gallery's first exhibition --Enjoy Collaboration-- on July 4, 2000. After five years of experimental art projects at 174 Cuba St, Enjoy moved accross the road to 147 where it still operates today.

Past trustees include Tao Wells (2000-2004), Charlotte Huddleston (2000-2004), Clem Devine (2002-2004), Daniel du Bern (2003), Louise Menzies (2003-2007), Stuart Shepherd (2001-2003), Bek Coogan (2003), Ross Kettle (2003-2005), Marnie Slater (2004-2007), Jayne Joyce (2004-2007), Kim Paton (2004-2006), Sandy Gibbs (2005-2006), Anton Berndt (2007-2008), Jenny Gillam (2004-2008), and Rachel O'Neill (2006-2009).

Past staff include Charlotte Huddleston (2000-2004), Amanda Ra (2002), Louise Menzies (2003-2007), Kate Kelly (2002-2003), Jessica Reid (2004-2006), Melanie Oliver (2004-2007) and Paula Booker (2006-2009).

Enjoy gratefully acknowledges support from Creative New Zealand, RadioActive89FM, and our valuable volunteers. Thanks!

Your feedback on our program, publications or events is always welcome. E-mail us!