The exhibition focuses on the three well-known emerging artists, who all studied at the Otago Polytechnic School of Fine Arts, and work with different techniques to explore numerous facets of New Zealand culture and human nature.
Foley, born in Wellington, moved to Dunedin at age 4 and graduated from the Otago Polytechnic in 1998.
Since then he has exhibited in Auckland, Queenstown, Sydney and Dunedin and was recently selected as a finalist in the annual James Wallace Art Awards.
His work depicts recognisable studies of urban landscapes - each scene is conspicuously empty of people.
For Dunedin 3 his influence came from a winter trip to Queenstown.
"I wanted to create work shifting slightly away from subject matter I had been producing, but to keep it true to my technical method.
"It was important that it be specific to the region.
"I feel like I have spent enough time in and around Queenstown to be able to produce works that are significant for me."
Auckland-born Yorston completed a Diploma in Fine Arts at Otago Polytechnic in 1993, before gaining a master's in fine arts at RMIT University in Australia in 2001.
After travelling and working overseas, including the United Kingdom, Ireland and Thailand, she returned to Dunedin to raise her family.
Yorston incorporates elements of the alchemical into her work with a basis of jewellery and body adornment.
There is an obvious Kiwiana reference and her work has subtle influence from Asian art and culture.
Teata completed his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at theOtago School of Art in 2006 and is now completing his Master of Fine Arts degree.
Born in the Cook Islands, he was brought up in New Zealand, and his work continues to investigate the idea identity is shaped in part by genealogical inheritance - an idea common in Polynesia.
Teata describes his work as "embossed woodblock prints".
Through layering and embossing he creates a textured print, exploring the use of layering of motifs and patterns to express the complexity of identity within our diverse multicultural society.
Dunedin 3's exhibition will run until December 20, with a preview today from 5.30pm to 7.30pm.
