Photography by: Lennart Maschmeyer
I have been painting all my life and after years of study, work, travel and general life experience I realised how little I really knew of not only my heritage but all of New Zealand’s heritage and thus I have since made it my personal goal to study, research, read, question and create as much information as possible.
I studied Traditional Maori Weaving and Arts in Waiwhetu under Erenora Puketapu-Hetet and her family. I also have an Honors Diploma in Art & Creativity. More importantly I have been actively creating art since I was old enough to hold a pencil and that passion has never faltered. I feel there is a need to cross the two mediums of fine art and historical information in a way that people with interests of either will be able to learn about something new.
Art is a medium that has been documenting history since the beginning of time, even before the written word and like literature it hasn’t always been totally accurate however the effect is the same. It is a means to an end and like my work I feel it necessary to communicate my thoughts in a way that satisfies my need to create something beautiful, interesting and informative.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
| 7th Beijing International Art Biennale
National Art Museum of China China 2017
Tales of New Zealand, Lake House Arts Auckland 2016
Dea: Wahine Hou, Exhibitions Gallery Wellington 2015
The Big Egg Hunt NZ, Te Papa Wellington 2015
Spirit Tree, Bowen House Gallery Parliament Buildings Wellington, 2014
Te Po, Taupo Museum Taupo, 2014
Spirit Tree, Aratoi Museum Wairarapa, 2013
Te Po – De Nacht, Waiheke Gallery, Auckland, 2012
Te Po, Pataka Art Museum, Porirua, 2012
Waipunarangi, Taupo Museum, Taupo, 2012
The Journey Home, Zeayou Gallery, Taupo, 2012
Beacons of Light, Taupo Museum,
A New Zealand Holiday, The Walrus Gallery,
A Mountainous Love Story, The Walrus Gallery,
Upper Hutt Salon Exhibition, Expressions
Whence We Came, Ashton Grove,
Pumanawa Toi, Expressions Art Centre,
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Post Gods, Post Myth, Post Man, Ashton Grove, Wellington, 2007Pacific Artifacts, Exalt Gallery, Wellington, 2007
Contemporary Artifacts, Walrus Gallery,
5+ Exhibition, Rise, The Terrace,
Aotearoa Exhibition, Basauri,
Artbank Gallery, Clerkenwell,
Brixton Art Gallery,
Indigenous Gallery, Guthrie Street, Lower Hutt, 2000
Toi Maori, Tory Street
Te Puni Kokiri, Lampton Quay,
X-Factor Gallery, Lampton Quay,
Art Debonair, Boulcott Street,
Dowse Art Museum, Laings Cres,
5+ Exhibition, Egmont Street,
Te Waka Toi Festival of the Arts,
Art Space Gallery,
Spiral Star Gallery, Rimu Street, |