The Kiingi Tuheitia Portraiture Award
22 May 2025 - 17 August 2025
The New Zealand Portrait Gallery Te Pūkenga Whakaata
Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington
Aotearoa NZ
Touring Exhibition. Currenlty showing:
12 Sept 2025 Sun, 8 Feb 2026
Te Whare Taonga o Waikato Museum & Gallery
Kirikiriroa Hamilton
Aotearoa NZ
You tell me stories in the rockpools. 2025. Wool, latex, hessian. Photo credit Ted Whitaker.
You tell me stories in the rockpools. 2025. Wool, latex, hessian. Detail. Photo credit Ted Whitaker.
You tell me stories in the rockpools. 2025. Wool, latex, hessian. Photo credit Ted Whitaker.
You tell me stories in the rockpools. 2025. Wool, latex, hessian. Photo credit Ted Whitaker.
Takaroa is the atua of the sea, and also my great, great, great grandmother. The deep relationship I have with the moana is inextricably linked with that of my tāua, as they are both anchors of connection and knowledge that guide me along my whakapapa journey.
The tracing of a significant pōhatu within this work imagines my tāua and I coming together across time, in company and connection, and reflects on the ocean as a channel for intimate ancestral communication.
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