Although the gallery only survived for eleven months[2] it presented significant solo exhibitions by Rudolf Gopas, Colin McCahon,[3] Tosswill Woollaston,[4] Doris Lusk, Helen Brown, Douglas McDiarmid, Frank Gross, John Coley, June Black, and Olivia Spencer Bower.
[12] Other artists shown in the first year of the gallery included Don Binney, Ted Bracey, John Coley, Michael Illingworth, Quentin MacFarlane, Trevor Moffitt, Allan Pearson, Paree Romanides, Olivia Spencer-Bower, Karl Sydow, Tino Tibbo, and Charles Tole.
[13] A comparison with the artists included in the Gallery’s Thirtieth Anniversary show demonstrates the breadth of the roster over the years: Don Binney, Joanna Braithwaite, Shane Cotton, Maryrose Crook, Darryn George, Bill Hammond, Richard Killeen, Tony de la Tour, Quentin MacFarlane, Seraphine Pick, Peter Robinson, Ava Seymore, Terry Stringer, Grant Takle, and John Walsh.
[14] Art historian Petrena Fishburn notes the significance of the Brooke Gifford opening in Christchurch two years before the final exhibition of The Group.
[16] 1979 With funding from the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council the Gallery assembled an ambitious survey exhibition of the sculptor Bill Culbert.
Artists included: Laurence Aberhart, Joanna Braithwaite, Shane Cotton, Tony de Lautour, Darryn George, Jason Greig, Bill Hammond, Richard Killeen and Séraphine Pick.