Meet the team

The Directors of Van Helden Gallery are Claire Schmidt and Hamish Morison.

We bought Van Helden Gallery in August 2009 and have now restocked the gallery with a wide and varied selection of first class works from painters, potters, glass artisans and jewellery makers from around New Zealand. 

Hamish is originally from Hawkes Bay but has spent most of his working life in Wellington.  As a boy he spent 3 years at Wellesley College in Days Bay and is now happy to be back living in this idyllic spot, travelling each day by Ferry to his Travel Broking firm in the city. 

Claire is from Brisbane, Queensland and has been in Wellington since 2007. She is an artist in her own right, has managed a screenprinting business when living in Australia and has worked in retail for 30 years.