Serj Tankian, Bled Out, 2022. Acrylic on canvas, 91 x 122cm. Courtesy: the artist and {Suite}, Auckland and Wellington.

Grammy Award winning Armenian American musician, artist and activist Serj Tankian will be exhibiting at {Suite} Ponsonby and {Suite} Wellington in February 2023.

Mounted across both galleries, this solo exhibition titled Kiwi in Pangea includes a selection of paintings, each accompanied by a musical score composed by Tankian that is as integral to the work as the paint itself.

The musical compositions complementing each work can be accessed by visitors in the gallery by scanning the paintings with ‘Arloopa’, a free application for iOS and Android devices. This utilisation of smartphone technology to realise the intertwined relationship between music and art in the gallery setting is the first of its kind.

Opening Events: Artist attended opening Thursday 2 February, 5 – 7pm, Auckland; Artist attended opening Saturday 4 February, 1 – 4pm, Wellington