John Wolter

We love…

Living in paradise on the edge of Golden Bay, John is an impressive man in stature and personality, visible in his striking and quirky pieces. We met him last year on a flying art trip to the Nelson area, and without a doubt, it was one of our favourite visits. He greeted us having just burnt his hand, occupational hazard, and laughed it off showing us the other scars. This is the dedication to what then arrived a few months later…a carload of glorious piece. We are currently awaiting more! ARTFORM.

Currently in the gallery…

Feature 

John Wolter was born in Gisborne in 1965. After extensive overseas travel and living abroad in Australia and Sweden, he settled with his family in sunny Motueka at the top of the South Island. He has worked and experimented with a range of mediums including furniture design and metalwork. Today the metalwork process is most alluring to the artist and he works predominantly in this medium producing one-off sculptural works.

John Wolter has become well known for his series of figures in energetic poses and confident stances, often with an underlying playful narrative. His pieces come to express inner psychology and external physical experience. Unique and creative installations frequently accompany his work; figures are suspended from rocky outcrops, sculptures hang from wire to create the illusion of a climber and curved forms come to imply kinetic movement. These effects offer a sense of humor and accessible entry point to these technically impressive sculptural works.

The art of New Zealand sculptor John Wolter is inspired primarily by the human form in motion. In his art, Wolter looks carefully at the intricate connections between music and movement, and how this comes to be expressed in the human figure, whether the movement is graceful, quirky, dynamic, or riddled with tension.