Artist Resume

Gnomeo's Planting, oil on board, 2023

Introduction

Location: Pegasus, Waimakariri, Aotearoa New Zealand
Mediums practiced: oil, artist pencil, pastel and gouache
Artist statement: Moya is a New Zealand-based artist working across botanical, plein air landscape and still life subjects. Her practice explores the quiet beauty of natural forms through her chosen media.

2025 Materials for Portrait Drawing and Painting, presented by Jonathan Marett | Rangiora Art Society, Rangiora, New Zealand
2025 Urban Sketching Workshop, presented by Prof Felix Scheinberger | Gordon Harris, Christchurch, New Zealand
2023 Colour Wheel Workshop, presented by Todd Casey | Connecticut, United States
2023 Plein Air Workshop, presented by Stefan Baumann | Las Vegas, United States
2022 Nature Journalling Workshop, presented by Dr Tabatha Forbes | Christchurch, New Zealand
2022 Botanical Illustration Workshop, presented by Belinda Biggs | The Drawing Room, Christchurch, New Zealand
2018 Flemish Oil Painting Workshop, presented by Jonathan Marett | The Drawing Room, Christchurch, New Zealand
2018 Drawing Materials Workshop, presented by Jonathan Marett | The Drawing Room, Christchurch, New Zealand
2019 Flemish Oil Painting Workshop, presented by Jonathan Marett | The Drawing Room, Christchurch, New Zealand
1996 Master of Arts (Philosophy) cum laude | Rand Afrikaans University, Johannesburg, South Africa

2025 Down at the Liffey Gallery
1 James Street, Lincoln, New Zealand
15 January - 09 February 2025

2025 Corcoran French Kaiapoi Annual Art Exhibition
Kaiapoi Club, 113 Raven Quay, Kaiapoi
11, 12 and 13 July 2025
2025 Pegasus Bay Art Show
Pegasus School, 5 Solander Road, Pegasus
4, 5 and 6 April 2025
2024 The Cashmere Club Arts Canterbury Art Show
Cashmere Club, 50 Columbo Street, Cashmere
9, 10 and 11 August 2024
2024 Corcoran French Kaiapoi Annual Art Exhibition
Kaiapoi Club, 113 Raven Quay, Kaiapoi
5, 6 and 7 July 2024
2023 Edinburgh Premier Art Exhibition
First Floor, Dunedin Railway Station
5 August – 2 September 2023
2023 The Cashmere Club Arts Canterbury Art Show
Cashmere Club, 50 Columbo Street, Cashmere
25, 26 and 27 August 2023
2023 Pegasus Bay Art Show
Pegasus School, 5 Solander Road, Pegasus
1, 2 and 3 September 2023
2023 Corcoran French Kaiapoi Annual Art Exhibition
Kaiapoi Club, 113 Raven Quay, Kaiapoi
7, 8 and 9 July 2023
2022 Corcoran French Kaiapoi Annual Art Exhibition
Kaiapoi Club, 113 Raven Quay, Kaiapoi
16, 17 and 18 July 2022
2022 The Cashmere Club Arts Canterbury Art Show
Cashmere Club, 50 Columbo Street, Cashmere
12, 13 and 14 August 2022
2022 Russley Village Arts Canterbury Art Show
73 Roydvale Avenue, Burnside
6, 7 and 8 May 2022
2022 Go Figure Exhibition, Kaiapoi
An exhibition of works by the Woodend Life Drawing Group
Art on the Quay, Ruataniwha Kaiapoi Civic Centre, 176 Williams Street, Kaiapoi
7 April – 4 May 2022

2021 Corcoran French Kaiapoi Annual Art Exhibition
Kaiapoi Club, 113 Raven Quay, Kaiapoi
23, 24 and 25 July 2025

Works held in private collections in New Zealand, Australia, South Africa and the United Kingdom.

2021 Corcoran French Kaiapoi Annual Art Exhibition
Winner of the Kaiapoi Lodge Residential Care Award 2021
Category: Botanical

October 2020 Magic Pencil Workshop, The Drawing Room, Christchurch
July 2021 Magic Pencil Workshop, The Drawing Room, Christchurch
Two-day workshop focussing on different types of artist pencils, substrates, artist pencil methods, blending and support tools.