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John Wolter


John Wolter was born in Gisborne in 1965. After extensive overseas travel and living abroad in Australia and Sweden, he settled with his family in sunny Motueka at the top of the South Island. Here he has established a home, studio and gallery. John has been a full time artist for over a decade. During this time he has worked and experimented with a range of mediums including furniture design and metalwork. Today the metalwork process is most alluring to the artist and he works predominantly in this medium producing one-off sculptural works.

John enjoys the physical aspect of his practice, using hand tools like hammers, grinders and blow torches. The colours produced when heating metals and the expressive curved forms he can achieve from copper and steel offers the artist endless inspiration.

John Wolter has become well known for his series of figures in energetic poses and confident stances, often with an underlying playful narrative. His pieces come to express inner psychology and external physical experience. Unique and creative installations frequently accompany his work; figures are suspended from rocky outcrops, sculptures hang from wire to create the illusion of a climber and curved forms come to imply kinetic movement. These effects offer a sense of humour and accessible entry point to these technically impressive sculptural works. 


Metalwork Figurines with outstretched poses and poignant stances.

John Wolter Works Available At Black Door Gallery


John Wolter Grappling Man (Facing Right) Blackened Steel with a Polished Waxed Finish Figure 350 x 150 x 250mm / Rope 1180mm Height 2025
John Wolter
Grappling Man (Facing Right)
Blackened Steel with a Polished Waxed Finish
Figure 350 x 150 x 250mm / Rope 1180mm Height
2025
$2100
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Available
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John Wolter Celtic Dance Blackened Steel with a Polished Waxed Finish 400 x 250 x 150mm 2025
John Wolter
Celtic Dance
Blackened Steel with a Polished Waxed Finish
400 x 250 x 150mm
2025
$1950
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Available
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John Wolter Learning to Fly Blackened Steel with Solver Brazing Details, and a Polished Waxed Finish 530 x 300 x 230mm 2024
John Wolter
Learning to Fly
Blackened Steel with Solver Brazing Details, and a Polished Waxed Finish
530 x 300 x 230mm
2024
$3200
​Available
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John Wolter Diver Painted Steel with Wall Bracket H 530 x W 85 x D 90mm 2024
John Wolter
Diver
Painted Steel with Wall Bracket
H 530 x W 85 x D 90mm
2024
$2200
​Available
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Previously Exhibited works And Commissions by John Wolter


John Wolter, "Pole Vaulter", 600 high x 450 wide x 200mm deep, Blackened steel with a polished wax finish and sealed enamel paint
John Wolter, "Enjoying the View", Wall Sculpture (Bracket to Wall), Blackened Steel with a Polished Waxed Finish and Concrete Outcrop, 300 W x 290 H x 150mm D, 2021
John Wolter, "Tango VI", Blackened steel with a polished waxed finish, 380 high x 400 wide x 120mm deep
John Wolter, "Swing", 300 long x 110mm wide, Blackened steel with a polished waxed finish and stainless steel wire
John Wolter, "View From The Top", Blackened steel with a polished waxed finish and concrete outcrop, 250 high x 160 x 160mm from the wall
John Wolter, "Balance", Blackened Steel with a polished wax finish on sealed steel base
John Wolter, “Ride the Wave”, Steel with a Polished Wax Finish, 590 x 340 x 130mm, 2018
John Wolter,"Grappling Man", Blackened Steel with a Polished Wax Finish and Steel Wire
John Wolter, "Grappling Men", Blackened Steel with a Polished Wax Finish and Steel Wire, 1900mm length, 2018
John Wolter, "Grappling Man", Blackened Steel with a Polished Wax Finish and Steel Wire, 1900mm length, 2018
John Wolter, "View From The Top", Wall Sculpture (Bracket to Wall), Blackened Steel with a Polished Waxed Finish and Concrete Outcrop, 2018
John Wolter, "Grappling Man", Blackened Steel with a Polished Wax Finish and Steel Wire, 1800 length x 240mm (Out from wall), 2019
John Wolter, "Leap of Faith", Blackened Steel and Brazed Details with a polished wax finish, Concrete Outcrop, Wall Sculpture, 2019, SOLD
John Wolter, "Billy Goat Gruff", Wall Sculpture (Bracket to Wall), Blackened Steel with a Polished Waxed Finish and Concrete Outcrop, 550mm height, 2019
Grappling Men, "Grappling Men", Blackened Steel with a Polished Wax Finish and Steel Wire, 1900mm length, 2020, SOLD
John Wolter, "In it Together", Blackened Steel with a Polished Wax Finish and Steel Wire, 1900mm length, 2020
John Wolter- "Transcending Man", Stainless Steel and Blackened Steel with a Polished Wax Finish, Approx 550 (H) x 550mm (W), 2020, SOLD
John Wolter, "Try Time", Blackened Steel and Brazed Details with a polished wax finish, 520 D x 280 W x 340mm H, 2018
John Wolter- "Wolter Vaulter", Blackened Steel with Yellow and Brazed Details, 440 H x 370 W x 180mm D, 2020, SOLD
John Wolter- "Fantail Dance", Blackened Steel and Brazed Details with a polished wax finish, 510mm height
John Wolter "Thinking About the World & Everything In It", Blackened Steel with a Polished Waxed Finish, 
150 x 250 x 180mm, 2024
John Wolter "Grappling Man", Blackened Steel with a Polished Waxed Finish, H 350 x W 250 x D 140mm figure. 1800mm Length Wire, 2024
John Wolter "All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Hang", Blackened Steel with a Polished Waxed Finish, H 230 x W 400 x D 130mm figure. 1800mm Length Wire, 2024
John Wolter "Grappling Man", Blackened Steel with Polished Waxed Finish, Figure 350 x 170 x 260mm / Rope height 1730mm, 2025
John Wolter "Grappling Man (Facing Left)", Blackened Steel with a Polished Waxed Finish, Figure 300 x 190 x 280mm / Rope 1870mm Height, 2025

John Wolter Artworks In Situ


John Wolter, "Climbing Men", In Situ at Black Door Gallery
John Wolter, John Wolter Sculpture In Situ | Black Door Gallery
John Wolter, "Climbing Men", In Situ at Black Door Gallery
John Wolter Try Time in Situ at Black Door Gallery
John Wolter Sculpture In Situ | Exhibition
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