we are the earth

STEP INTO THE MYSTERY

we are the earth

UNTIL 2 SEPTEMBER 2025

We are the Earth is Sala’s first public exhibition—a quietly bold exploration of the intimate, ever-shifting dance between us and the spaces we call home. There’s no clean line between self and world. What we see and feel is something we co-compose with the Earth, moment by moment, breath by breath.

Step into We Are the Earth and you’ll encounter visual metaphors built from the oldest building blocks in art’s toolkit: mark, shape, colour, and contrast. You’ll be nudged to reflect on how billboards shape your trajectory. You’ll be invited to peek through the “Doors of Perception” and notice how easily the path can tilt from Heaven to Hell. You might even feel the ache of infatuation between two magical sticks swept together by time and tide. You can talk back. You can listen. You can even question the whole idea of art while standing right inside it.

Come. Let your gaze soften. Let meaning find you sideways. This show walks beside you. The path is yours to follow—and it may leave you a little more open, a little more changed, a little more alive.

Nigel Banks of Sala Gallery painting in his art studio in Tauranga, New Zealand

the collection

Expressions of Interest

Each picture has a longer tale, each icon its own reason for being. If you sense that one of the works is humming something that makes you smile, this is where you’ll find more information about each picture and the Expressions of Interest form.