Hollie O'Neill
Hollie O’Neill is a contemporary New Zealand artist based in Waikato. A full-time artist since 2002, she has developed a distinctive practice
across painting, sculpture, and light-based mixed media, working with epoxy, pigment, mirrored glass, aluminium, and canvas.
Rooted in the landscapes of Aotearoa New Zealand, O’Neill draws inspiration from land, sky, sea, and changing atmospheric conditions.
Her work considers how colour and light can alter our sense of space, surface, and visual experience.
Through layered materials and reflective surfaces, O’Neill creates works that shift with their surroundings. Changes in natural and artificial light,
movement, and viewpoint continually transform what is seen, creating an evolving dialogue between artwork, viewer, and environment.
Her practice is informed by an interest in nature, science, and visual perception.
O’Neill has been a finalist in the NZ Painting & Printmaking Award, Parkin Drawing Prize, and Academy Prize for Visual Art. In 2024, she received
the Eden Park Best in Colour Award. Her work is held in public and private collections in New Zealand and internationally.
“Solar Seduction” Series
“Solar Seduction” is a luminous exploration of light, colour, and form—an ongoing
dialogue between stillness and movement, intention and spontaneity. Created on
mirrored or aluminium surfaces using pigments and fluid epoxy polymer, each
circular work reflects moments of quiet connection with the vast sky and the
natural world.
Through vibrant, layered colour, O’Neill captures the shifting beauty of space and
the ephemeral interplay of reflection and depth. Guided by refined Minimalist and
Formalist principles, the works invite the viewer to pause, contemplate, and
reconnect.
Each piece emerges through an instinctive, hands-on process. Pigments are blended
with epoxy polymer and poured onto mirrored glass in flowing layers, their
movement guided by brush. As each layer settles, light begins to interact with the
surface, creating a living field of movement and luminosity.
In this convergence, energy, form, light, and colour unite in imperfect symmetry,
revealing beauty in its most essential state.
across painting, sculpture, and light-based mixed media, working with epoxy, pigment, mirrored glass, aluminium, and canvas.
Rooted in the landscapes of Aotearoa New Zealand, O’Neill draws inspiration from land, sky, sea, and changing atmospheric conditions.
Her work considers how colour and light can alter our sense of space, surface, and visual experience.
Through layered materials and reflective surfaces, O’Neill creates works that shift with their surroundings. Changes in natural and artificial light,
movement, and viewpoint continually transform what is seen, creating an evolving dialogue between artwork, viewer, and environment.
Her practice is informed by an interest in nature, science, and visual perception.
O’Neill has been a finalist in the NZ Painting & Printmaking Award, Parkin Drawing Prize, and Academy Prize for Visual Art. In 2024, she received
the Eden Park Best in Colour Award. Her work is held in public and private collections in New Zealand and internationally.
“Solar Seduction” Series
“Solar Seduction” is a luminous exploration of light, colour, and form—an ongoing
dialogue between stillness and movement, intention and spontaneity. Created on
mirrored or aluminium surfaces using pigments and fluid epoxy polymer, each
circular work reflects moments of quiet connection with the vast sky and the
natural world.
Through vibrant, layered colour, O’Neill captures the shifting beauty of space and
the ephemeral interplay of reflection and depth. Guided by refined Minimalist and
Formalist principles, the works invite the viewer to pause, contemplate, and
reconnect.
Each piece emerges through an instinctive, hands-on process. Pigments are blended
with epoxy polymer and poured onto mirrored glass in flowing layers, their
movement guided by brush. As each layer settles, light begins to interact with the
surface, creating a living field of movement and luminosity.
In this convergence, energy, form, light, and colour unite in imperfect symmetry,
revealing beauty in its most essential state.
Life’s Circle: Solar Seduction Series, 100 cm, Pigment and Epoxy Polymer on Mirror
Cosmic Canopy: Solar Seduction Series, 100 cm, Pigment and Epoxy Polymer on Aluminium
Celestial Calm: Solar Seduction Series, 60 cm, Pigment and Epoxy Polymer on Aluminium
Gentle Drift: Solar Seduction Series, 60 cm, Pigment and Epoxy Polymer on Aluminium