In 2005 Stolen Girlfriends Club was founded by three New Zealanders; creators and partners in transgressions: Dan (Gosling), Marc (Moore) and Luke (Harwood), who despite their Christian names sounding like a meeting of biblical proportions, are indeed full of vices.

They have been described as a “motley crew of surfers done good”, who’s collective and accidental creative talents have seen them forge careers in marketing, branding, distribution and design after professionally dabbling in sport.

An avid surfer, it wasn’t until Moore had a snowboarding accident that he was forced to consider other interests, which eventually saw him hold his first fine art exhibition aptly titled Stolen Girlfriends Club. From there according to Moore “I just continued to make stuff (paintings) I liked. Luke and I were in a similar headspace at the time so we began to work together a lot, collaborating on some installations, events, making films and other creative endeavours.”