studio catherine griffiths

»W in Blood«, 2025 (installation view) masked acrylic wall paint / photos: Cheska Brown

For Chapter One, Enjoy presents exhibitions by Catherine Griffiths, Maungarongo Te Kawa and Manuha’apai Vaeatangitau. Iterations/Alterations, Rutu, Rongo and Rita and Low Tide are thematically linked with concerns of grief and finding the political in everyday life and found materials.

In »Iterations/Alterations«, Catherine Griffiths expands upon her past work, »W in Black« (2017) — two algorithmic compositions, five ‘W’s made in support of the Women’s March protesting the inauguration of the US president — with »W in Blood« (2025), in response to the blood on the hands of world leaders complicit in the Zionist project. The artist refers to this iteration of the works at Enjoy as a ‘diptych with void’, referencing the walls standing adjacent to each other with the open space between them acting as a void — a place for visitors to pause for thought. Griffiths interrogates her own priorities and perspectives.

Returning to »What is my threshold now?« (2024), she questions what really matters and where her practice sits within the context of “a genocide being committed by Israel against Palestinians in Gaza playing out in real-time on social media.” [1]

The »GAZ/A« series (2024) came about as a result of Griffiths’ time spent in Paris during 2023 and 2024, when she began documenting the cast iron gas covers she saw throughout the streets. The resulting concertina features a selection of photographs of these GAZ covers with Griffiths’ hand drawn ‘A’ atop them. »GAZ/A« scrutinizes “Israel’s premeditated intentions to displace the Palestinians from their historical lands and confiscate their natural resources.” [2]

Included in this exhibition is a limited edition run of »GAZ/A« prints — 77% of the proceeds from which will go to a charity supporting Palestinian children in Gaza, the Gaza Great Minds Foundation. Scroll down for details.

1. Correspondence with the artist, 06/01/2025.

2. Walid Abuhelal, “The War on Gaza is also an Israeli drive to seize Palestinian gas reserves”, Middle East Eye, 20 February 2024.

— Enjoy Contemporary Art Space, February 2025

List of works:

»W in Blood« [diptych with void] (2025), wall painting, acrylic

»What is my threshold now?« archive of collected hair [artist’s own], steel box, light, shadows cast, numbered paper packets, exposed. (2024), lithograph, black and silver inks, Hahnemühle Copperplate

»W in Black« (2017/2024), silk-screen prints, silver ink, Colorplan

»GAZ/A« (2023/2025), concertina, digital prints, Colorplan

»GAZ/A« (2025), archival prints, oil pastel, Hahnemühle Photo Rag

»ABOLISH ZIONISM« (2024), acrylic on cotton banner

installation photos: Cheska Brown

photos: Jinki Cambronero / Catherine Griffiths

Fundraiser for children in Gaza: support Gaza Great Minds Foundation and order a signed archival print, Hahnemühle photo rag, oil pastel

$100 NZD Open edition 85mm x 37mm

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77% of proceeds go to Gaza Great Minds Foundation: “We provide safe tent classrooms, and quality education to Gaza’s children affected by war. We also provide much-needed professional psychological support. By fostering resilience and hope, we empower youth, reignite joy, and contribute to rebuilding a resilient community. We will work against the odds & logistical challenges to bring hope & smiles back to their faces.” Find out more here.

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GAZ/A print fundraiser, selection of signed prints / photo: Catherine Griffiths

portrait: Jinki Cambronero

03 other in(ter)ventions

TypeSHED11
an international typography symposium, Wellington, NZ

typ gr ph c
a series of compact workshops, Karekare, NZ

installations, exhibitions

Iterations/Alterations
Enjoy Contemporary Art Space, 2025, Aotearoa NZ

What is my threshold now?
Manifesto vs Manifest, PLATES #1, 2024, New York, USA

7/7, 14 views
Te Tuhi Project Wall, 2023, Aotearoa NZ

Self-preservation
Offering It Up, Adam Art Gallery, 2023, Aotearoa NZ

The Phone Book: Club de Conversation (2012): deconstructed (2019), suspended (2022)
Counterparts // Part one: Where To From Here?, No Vacancy, 2022, Naarm Melbourne AU

catherine griffiths : SOLO IN [ ] SPACE
The Space Gallery, 2019, Shanghai, CHINA

Work/Space
Shanghai Art and Design Exhibition, 2017, CHINA

A whakapapa, two lines of women, an installation drawing
All Lines Converge, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, 2016, Aotearoa NZ

Installation with mirror and line
transitionalfieldwork, an exhibition, 2016, Aotearoa NZ

only U know ...
collaboration, Lela Jacobs AW17 Auckland, and SS17 Paris collection, Aotearoa NZ + FR

Constructed/Projected
installation, Typojanchi 2015, 4th International Typography Biennale, Seoul, KR

The Tuwhare Poster Project
fund-raiser for the Hone Tuwhare Trust Writers Residency, Aotearoa NZ

memento :: motif
Proyecto de Arte Contemporáneo Alzheimer, Valparaíso, Chile

The Phone Book
a maquette, for the Club de Conversation project, Aotearoa NZ

Club de Conversation at S/F with Dino Chai, Auckland, Aotearoa NZ

Club de Conversation: Keyhole Series and Dials
rug series, Dilana Workshop, Aotearoa NZ

Sound Tracks
installation, The Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt, Aotearoa NZ

The Jets
short film, Paris, France

posters, protest, statements

The Best Design Awards
three posters, 2018, Aotearoa NZ

Labour of Love
another word-play poster, 2018, Aotearoa NZ

W in black
drawings in progress, 2017, Aotearoa NZ/FR

The Alphabet
front page takeover of the Sentinel & Enterprise newspaper for 26 days, Fitchburg, USA

The Brexit Series
a word-play poster series in response to Brexit, Aotearoa NZ

Raising the Flag
contemplative, suggestive — design unravelled, Aotearoa NZ

Protest Vessel 1/2 PRICE
a collaboration with ceramic artist Raewyn Atkinson, Aotearoa NZ

Iterations/Alterations

Enjoy Contemporary Art Space, Curated by Brooke Pou and DJCS, 15 February – 29 March 2025

In »Iterations/Alterations« Catherine Griffiths expands upon past work while also responding to current events. Griffiths presents a body of work that is ever-evolving, referencing global social and political issues. Unwavering support of Palestine is a focus for the artist, who interrogates her priorities and perspectives amidst the genocide being committed by Israel. Included in this exhibition is a limited edition run of prints from the concertina work »GAZ/A« — the proceeds from which will go to help build tents for children in Gaza via the Gaza Great Minds Foundation.