Chris Bryant
Chris Bryant is of Ngati Porou descent and currently teaches at Toimairangi, Te Wananga o Aotearoa in Heretaunga / Hastings, New Zealand.
Brief biography
Chris graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Te Toi Hou , Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland, Auckland in 1994. He is currently completing a Master of Māori Visual Arts at Te Pūtahi ā Toi, Massey University, in Palmerston North.
Chris is a practicing artist, curator and writer. He is a founding member of Te Taumata Art Gallery in Auckland. He has been an art educator at the Eastern Institute of Technology, Taradale, the Taupo Quay School of Fine Arts, UCOL Wanganui, Whanganui; and Toi Atea , College of Design, Fine Arts and Music, Massey University, Wellington.
Currently, Chris is returning home to re-establish his Napier studio, and to teach at Toimairangi, Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, in Hastings. Since his appointment in 1993, Chris continues to serve on the Te Atinga - Contemporary Visual Arts Committee of Toi Māori Aotearoa.
Selected exhibitions
1994 P. - R.E.V.I.E.W., Te Taumata Art Gallery, Auckland
1997 Haka, Te Atinga exhibition that toured England, Ireland, Scotland and New Zealand
2000 Te Wharangi - A Māori Platform, Bartley Nees Gallery, Wellington
2001 Out of the Blue - Contemporary Māori and Pacific Art, Hawke's Bay Exhibition Centre, Hastings
2002 Ka Hua Te Kai, Pataka Porirua Museum of Arts and Cultures, Porirua
Links
Chris Bryant, one of the artists in the 'Out of The Blue' exhibition that featured the work of 18 Maori and Pacific Island artists from Aotearoa.