Toi Māori Gallery

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS

Te maramatanga aoao nui
17 July – 21 August

Te maramatanga aoao nui, makes reference to a phase or form of light – this particular phase - A wintry form of light or The kind of light that prevails in winter. [1]
 
This intimate collection of mixed media work by Tai and Kaaterina Kerekere, illuminates narratives of reclaiming self, voice, whakapapa, land, imagery, knowledge, identity - a resilient light from darkness.

​[1] 1 http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Bes01Reli-t1-body-d3-d8.html

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Past Exhibitions

2020

Ara Mai Nuku: Rise up from the Earth
21 February - 15 March 2020
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Members of Ngā Kaihanga Uku present Ara Mai Nuku: Rise up from the Earth, which contributes to the ‘Fired Up: Festival of Ceramics’ as part of the New Zealand Festival of the Arts 2020. Featuring new work from Baye Riddell, Wi Taepa, Carla Ruka and Amorangi Hikuroa, the exhibition also includes two group installations of unfired works by Todd Douglas, Noelle Jakeman, Rhonda Halliday, Ida Edwards and Dorothy Waetford.

Ngā Kaihanga Uku are a collective of Māori artists who aspire to develop ceramic work from a Māori world view.
 
Ara Mai Nuku as a metaphor alludes to a path rising up from the earth; a broad cultural reference to the past, present and future wellbeing of ceramics as a contemporary form of creative expression for Māori.
 
Ara Mai Nuku: Rise up from the Earth presents the idea of clay as a medium for the expression of Māori culture and identity - a growing legacy and continuum that speaks now and into the future.
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​The exhibition runs from 21 February – 15 March at Toi Māori Gallery, Level 1 Korea House, 29 Tory Street, Te Aro Wellington.  Hours open are 10am – 2pm, Monday to Saturday.

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2018

He Timatanga Hou - A New Beginnings
28 June – 27 July

The Toi Māori Gallery opened its first exhibition on 28 June with He Timatanga Hou: New Beginnings. Inspired by the Matariki, the exhibition celebrates and acknowledges the emergence of new Māori artistic talents. It consists of emerging artists Tim Steel, Kauri Hawkins, Paretapu Teira, Pikihuia Haenga and Jamie Berry. 


Kirihou: Plastic
A Hohua Thompson Solo Exhibition 
23 August – 14 September

Kirihou: Plastic – A Hohua Thompson Solo Exhibition opened on 23 August. Hohua Thompson is a young artist based on Auckland. Using corflute to create traditional Māori weaving patterns, the artist addresses the effects of colonisation and the cultural disconnection of many Māoris today.


Words Remains - Ngā kupu ka mau tonu
Māori Poetry Reading and Exhibition
15 October – 1 November
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Words Remain – Nga Kupu ka mau tonu gathers and promotes 5 emerging and 2 senior Māori writers based in Te Whanganui A Tara. Readings were performed by Writers on the opening night. A selection of five poems from the emerging Māori writers have been printed and was on display inside the gallery accompanied by all the recording of the Writers’ reading on the opening night. Showcased writers are Hana Pera Aoake, Nicole Titihuia Hawkins, tokorima Taihuringa, Aziembry Aolani, Tayi Tibble and senior writers Briar Grace-Smith and Patricia Grace Smith.


Tūārangi: Hine Pae Kura Collective Exhibition
7 – 20 December

Tūārangi explores the impact of time on Māori Women. The exhibition features the Hine Pae Kura Collective consisting of Sian Montgomery-Neutze, Xoë Hall, Keri-Mei Zagrobelna, Rangimarie Jolley, Pikihuia Haenga and Miriama Grace-Smith.​

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Contact

Edgardo Tabios
Toi Māori Gallery Coordinator