ARTIST.

Paul McLachlan is a multidisciplinary contemporary artist based in Mataura and Wānaka, New Zealand Aotearoa.

Upcoming projects include a collaboration with an embroidery atelier in India, supported by Creative New Zealand and the Asia New Zealand Foundation.

Finalist in the 2026 New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Awards, Opening 28 February, Hamilton, Kirikiriroa.

Close-up of a round apple with a textured surface, with inverted tone, in the style of Man Ray

Velvet Underbite
Graphite on paper 30x25cm, 2019
From the Cambodia drawings collection