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New Zealand painter

Robyn Kahukiwa
Robin Kahukiwa in her studio, 1995
Born1938
Sydney, Australia
NationalityNew Zealand
Known forPainting; Writing; Illustration

Robyn Kahukiwa (born 1938) is an Australian-born New Zealand artist, award-winning children's book author, and illustrator. Kahukiwa has created a significant collection of paintings, books, prints, drawings, and sculptures.

Life

Kahukiwa was born in Sydney, in 1938. She trained as a commercial artist and later moved to New Zealand at the age of nineteen. Kahukiwa's early artworks were inspired by discovering her Māori heritage, which she began doing after moving to New Zealand.

Māori on her mother's side, Kahukiwa is of Ngāti Porou, Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti, Ngāti Hau, Ngāti Konohi and Whanau-a-Ruataupare descent.

Career

From 1972 to 1980, Kahukiwa was a regular exhibitor at the Academy in Wellington.

In 1984, Kahukiwa gained prominence in New Zealand after her exhibition Wāhine Toa (strong women), which toured the country. This exhibition drew on Māori myth and symbolism. One of the pieces, Hinetītama, is in the permanent collection at Te Manawa.

In 1995, Kahukiwa exhibited a series named My Ancestors Are Always with Me in New York.

In 2011, Kahukiwa was awarded with the Te Tohu Toi Kē Award from Te Waka Toi, the Māori arm of Creative New Zealand.

Influences

Kahukiwa's work often deals with themes of colonialism and the dispossession of indigenous people, motherhood and blood-ties, social custom and mythology. In a 2004 article, Kahukiwa implements "political activism in subject matter and method into powerful images that assert Māori identity and tradition." She is a "staunch supporter of Māori rights and the power and prestige of Māori women." Kahukiwa's works are influenced by Colin McCahon, Ralph Hotere and Frida Kahlo.

Publications

  • Taniwha (1986)
  • Paikea (1993)
  • The Koroua and the Mauri Stone (1994)
  • Kēhua (1996)
  • iharaira hohepa (2024)
  • Supa Heroes: Te Wero (2000)
  • Koha (2003)
  • Matatuhi (2007)
  • The forgotten Taniwha (2009)
  • Tutu Taniwha (2010)
  • Te Marama (2011)
  • The Boy and the Dolphin (2016)
  • Ngā Atua: Māori Gods (2016)
  • the bitten Maori kuri (2024)

With writer Patricia Grace:

  • The Kuia and the Spider (1981)
  • Watercress Tuna and the Children of Champion Street (1984)
  • Wāhine Toa: Women of Māori Myth (1984)

With Joy Cowley:

  • Grandma's stick (1982)
  • Hatupatu and the birdwoman (1982)

With Rangimarie Sophie Jolley:

  • The Blue Book (2014)

Awards

References

  1. Hilliard, Hinemoa, Edward Lucie-Smith, and Jonathan Mane-Wheoki. The Art of Robyn Kahukiwa Reed, 2005.
  2. ^ "Bowen Galleries :: Artists Catalogue". www.bowengalleries.co.nz. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  3. Kirker, Anne. New Zealand Women Artists Reed Methuen, 1986
  4. "Robyn Kahukiwa". Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  5. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (2005). Treasures from the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Te Papa Press. p. 73. ISBN 1-877385-12-3.
  6. ^ Caughey, Elizabeth; Gow, John (1997). Contemporary New Zealand Art 1. Everbest Printing. pp. 38–39. ISBN 1-86953-218-X.
  7. ^ Dunn, Michael. New Zealand Painting: A Concise History Auckland University Press, 2004
  8. "Maori goddess returns to Te Manawa". Stuff.
  9. Mane-Wheoki, Jonathan.The Art of Robyn Kahukiwa Reed, 2005
  10. BAILEY, GAIL (16 November 2004). "Warrior for Maori rights and identity". NZ Herald. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  11. "Robyn Kahukiwa | Adam Art Gallery". www.adamartgallery.org.nz. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  12. Susan Leckey, ed. (2015). The Europa Directory of Literary Awards and Prizes. Routledge. p. 165. ISBN 9781135356323. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  13. "Te Waka Toi Awards".

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