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Dave Sotogi


Dave Sotogi (signed deSotogi) is an exciting and innovative artist who is making waves in the genres of landscape painting, New Zealand flora and fauna subjects, and portraiture. Dave Sotogi is of Pacific Island descent and works from his home studio in Christchurch.  

Sotogi worked in the graphic design field for over a decade before transitioning to the more tactile oil based medium. He likely developed his eye for strong composition, engaging imagery and symbolism from his time in the graphic industry. Naturally finessed with painting processes he didn't struggle transitioning to fine art. In fact, Sotogi had rapid success in the art market, selling works to collectors from the beginning of his fine art career.

The artist credits personal perseverance and commitment to exploring the possibilities of the oil medium; over formal training and engagement with art world trends. He pushes his repertoire continually crossing bravely between abstract subjects and more tightly composed imagery, leading his body of work to have broad appeal to a wide audience. Key to Sotogi's works is his mastery of colour combinations that create atmosphere and evoke emotion. Working solely with oil on canvas, Sotogi creates rich and luminous pictorial surfaces.

To date Sotogi's work has been collected the world over by art lovers on most continents and even found on the walls of international and New Zealand celebrities including: Inga Tuigamala, Valerie Adams, Temepara George, Graham Henry, Brendon Pongia, Ruben Wiki, Ben Mitchell, DJ Forbes and Natasha Beddingfield.


Key to the work of Dave Sotogi is his mastery of colour combinations that create atmosphere and evoke emotion. Working solely in oil colours on canvas, Sotogi creates rich and luminous pictorial surfaces.

Dave Sotogi Works Available At Black Door Gallery


Dave Sotogi, "Eternal", Oil on Canvas, 1520 x 1020mm, 2020
Dave Sotogi, "Season of Change", Oil on Canvas, 500 x 1520mm, 2020
Dave Sotogi, "The Patriarch", Oil on Canvas, 1200 x 910mm, 2021
Dave Sotogi, "Wahine", Oil on Canvas, 500 x 1520mm, 2020
Dave Sotogi, "Manaia", Oil on Canvas, 500 x 1520mm, 2018

Previously Exhibited At Black Door Gallery


Dave Sotogi, "Scarlet Shadows" (Red Trees), Oil on Canvas, 1220 x 610mm, 2015
Dave Sotogi, "The Guardian", Oil on Canvas, 1220 x 910mm, 2020, SOLD
Dave Sotogi, "Summer Shadows II", Oil on Canvas, 1520 x 910mm, 2018
Dave Sotogi, "Spellbound", Oil on Canvas, 500 x 1520mm, 2020
Dave Sotogi, "Rangitoto", Oil on Canvas, 500 x 1520mm, 2020

Dave Sotogi Artworks In Situ


Dave Sotogi Artworks, In Situ at Black Door Gallery
Dave Sotogi in the Studio
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