Tracey was born in 1967. She is a multi-skilled contemporary artist. She has studied and worked
in a variety of fields, She is a writer, performance poet, filmmaker, qualified lawyer, and a practicing
artist. Her artworks convey the breadth of her experience and her position as a Maori woman in
a European-dominated society. She is a regular contributor to Te Ao Maori Collective and her work
in a variety of fields, She is a writer, performance poet, filmmaker, qualified lawyer, and a practicing
artist. Her artworks convey the breadth of her experience and her position as a Maori woman in
a European-dominated society. She is a regular contributor to Te Ao Maori Collective and her work
has been incorporated into several Contemporary Maori art group shows. Tracey Tawhiao is a
prolific artist with a wide range of creative expression including poetry, painting, performance,
and filmmaking. She is well known for using newspaper as the basis of her practice, obscuring
passages of text with block colors and Maori symbols and motifs, whilst highlighting short
headlines or individual words. Tawhiao’s artistic practice arose from time spent with her
grandparents at their Matakana Island home. The walls were covered in newspapers and
Tawhiao's idea to brighten the place up was to apply symbols and images directly to the walls.
This close connection to the text highlighted to her the negativity implicit in the headlines. Tawhiao graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) Classical Studies Major; Otago University,
Dunedin, and also a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) Otago University and Auckland University.
Tawhiao was asked to create work to enhance the exterior of the Hotel Britomart whilst under
construction. This was the first to feature in the series 'Works on Paper'. She says of her work
"The newspaper is putting a version of the news out to us, and I’m really colonizing the page
and reappropriating the page and making the new news. Tawhiao's work is informed by the
experience of māori in a colonized world. She has been heavily influenced by the juxtaposition
of living alongside her grandparents and their way of life on Matakana Island to the demands
and chaos of contemporary living' outside that setting.
Her practice has taken her overseas with installations in Paris,
Los Angeles, and Taipei. Her work is held in the collection of the
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.
prolific artist with a wide range of creative expression including poetry, painting, performance,
and filmmaking. She is well known for using newspaper as the basis of her practice, obscuring
passages of text with block colors and Maori symbols and motifs, whilst highlighting short
headlines or individual words. Tawhiao’s artistic practice arose from time spent with her
grandparents at their Matakana Island home. The walls were covered in newspapers and
Tawhiao's idea to brighten the place up was to apply symbols and images directly to the walls.
This close connection to the text highlighted to her the negativity implicit in the headlines. Tawhiao graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) Classical Studies Major; Otago University,
Dunedin, and also a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) Otago University and Auckland University.
Tawhiao was asked to create work to enhance the exterior of the Hotel Britomart whilst under
construction. This was the first to feature in the series 'Works on Paper'. She says of her work
"The newspaper is putting a version of the news out to us, and I’m really colonizing the page
and reappropriating the page and making the new news. Tawhiao's work is informed by the
experience of māori in a colonized world. She has been heavily influenced by the juxtaposition
of living alongside her grandparents and their way of life on Matakana Island to the demands
and chaos of contemporary living' outside that setting.
Her practice has taken her overseas with installations in Paris,
Los Angeles, and Taipei. Her work is held in the collection of the
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.
Who is Tracey Tawhiao?
Tracey Tawhiao (Ngai Te Rangi, Whakatohea, Tuwaretoa) was born in 1967.
She is a multi- skilled emporary artist who has studied and worked in a variety of fields.
She created the Houe Of Taonga Salon, including a manifesto and rooms for gathering
emerging artists and exhibitions.
Tracey Tawhiao (Ngai Te Rangi, Whakatohea, Tuwaretoa) was born in 1967.
She is a multi- skilled emporary artist who has studied and worked in a variety of fields.
She created the Houe Of Taonga Salon, including a manifesto and rooms for gathering
emerging artists and exhibitions.
Lisa Reihana
Lisa Reihana is a multi-disciplinary artist whose practice spans film, sculpture,
costume and body adornment, text, and photography.
Since the 1990s she has significantly influenced the development of contemporary art
and contemporary Māori art in Aotearoa New Zealand. She has earned an outstanding
reputation as an artist, producer, and cultural interlocutor with her attention to the
complexities of contemporary photographic and cinema languages expressed in
myriad ways. Her ability to harness and manipulate seductively high production
values are often expressed through portraiture where she explores how identity
and history are represented, and the intersection of these ideas with concepts of
place and community.
Lisa Reihana is a multi-disciplinary artist whose practice spans film, sculpture,
costume and body adornment, text, and photography.
Since the 1990s she has significantly influenced the development of contemporary art
and contemporary Māori art in Aotearoa New Zealand. She has earned an outstanding
reputation as an artist, producer, and cultural interlocutor with her attention to the
complexities of contemporary photographic and cinema languages expressed in
myriad ways. Her ability to harness and manipulate seductively high production
values are often expressed through portraiture where she explores how identity
and history are represented, and the intersection of these ideas with concepts of
place and community.
Kia Ora,
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