As a self-taught artist, Trent started to gain a public profile with Gap Filler - a creative placemaking agency started after the Canterbury earthquakes in 2011. Since 2010, he has turned the ideas from his notebook into reality. “My art is idea dependent, I take an idea and decide the best medium to express it in or what it is I want to share about that concept”. He has done a series of projects using old tōtara fence posts recovered from a Banks Peninsula farm, creating works that pay homage to the timber.
Alongside his art practice, Trent has recently completed his Post-graduate Diploma in Creative Arts Therapy. He enjoys being able to work alongside other artists at The White Room and being able to contribute to their growth.
Ngaro - Sculpted from 100 year-old fenceposts, these 'tools' honour the mighty tōtara that once covered much of Te Pātaka-o-Rākaihautū - Banks Peninsula. A taonga, this rākau (wood) is over 300 years old. I gifted this work to the Ōkaruru-Goughs Bay farmer who had the foresight to keep the fenceposts as he replaced them.