Last week I got an email from a software developer from Hitlabnz at Canterbury University. Apparently his team has spent the past 12 months developing an augmented reality software package designed for the classroom.   They had been testing out the software on a  couple of pages from my second colouring-in book - Amazing Animals of New... read more

Last year I had a show of objects made from animal bones at the Exhibitions Gallery in Wellington called 'Environmental'. Although it wasn't a 'commercial success'   I have continued to make sculptures from bones.  The first photo below is not of a new work but of some additions I have made to 'Cult Hook #1' (see 'Environmental' artic... read more

Earlier this year I sold  my sculpture 'Bone Gun #2' on the local auction site -  Trade Me. It attracted quite a bit of attention getting almost 7000 views during the week of the auction. There is a section on the auction page where people can ask questions and the site prompts you to answer them. I have attached the somewhat amusing t... read more

I used to screen-print fabric and make clothes - and then I started illustrating books and websites and teaching and having the odd gallery show - but I had never thought about painting a mural until  I moved into Toi Poneke Art Studios in Wellington in 2005. I hadn't been there long when City Arts Adviser - Eric Holowacz  - invited some ... read more

On Friday the 12th of August  2011 Inverlochy Art School where I work hosted a book launch for James Gilberd and Jo Davey's book  - 'Spooked' (Random House $39.95) - about the paranormal research that the Strange Occurences Team has conducted in New Zealand over the last few years. Some of this research took place at the art school it... read more

  Work by Bruce Mahalski, John Badcock, Lex Benson-Cooper and Debra Britten. July 30th  -  August 15th, 2010.   I started collecting shells, fossils and bones when I was very young. My parents were both scientists who had collections of their own and we travelled quite a bit overseas so there were always opportunities to pick u... read more

  THE STORY OF A NEW ZEALAND CARGO CULT   This exhibition was first shown at the Artstation Gallery in Auckland in September - 2000. An second version of the show – with added works and concepts – was shown at Enjoy Gallery in Wellington in November of 2001. Cargo cults are real but not all of the information below is true.   Histori... read more

‘LOST IN PARADISE’ – is an exhibition featuring the work of Bruce Mahalski, Kevin Dunkley and Miranda Woolett at the Exhibitions Gallery on the corner of  Featherston and Brandon Streets in Wellington. The exhibition runs between the 20th of August and the 5th of September,2009 with the opening on Thursday the 20th between 5-7pm. I always thin... read more

Lost in Paradise Work by Bruce Mahalski, Kevin Dunkley and Miranda Woolett. The Exhibitions Gallery - 154 Featherston Street, Wellington. The exhibtion runs between the 20 August and the 12th of September. Come to the opening on Thursday the 20th of August 5-7pm.

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