Maiangi Waitai

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Maiangi Waitai is a New Zealand-born artist. [1] She works across a range of mediums, designing clothing and accessories for her Who is Dead Martin label, creating comics, figurines, toys, jewellery, mosaics and painting. [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Education and awards

Waitai received a Bachelor of Arts from Quay School of the Arts in Whanganui in 1999. [6] The same year, she received a Te Waka Toi award from Creative New Zealand. [7]

Exhibitions

Personal life

Waitai is of Ngā Wairiki, Ngāti Apa, Tuwhāretoa, Rangitāne and German descent. [1] She has worked as a kindergarten teacher since 2010. [10] [11] She has also been a musician, singing and playing the flute and guitar in a band called Beam (1997–1999) in Whanganui.

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References

  1. 1 2 "About". Maiangi Waitai. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  2. ↑ Three words : an anthology of Aotearoa/NZ women's comics. Joyce, Rae,, Laing, Sarah, 1973-, Neville, Indira, 1973-. Auckland, New Zealand. 2016. p. 100. ISBN   9780994120502. OCLC   948291321.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. ↑ Hoare, Rose (23 May 2010). "Talent show". Sunday Star Times: supp. 12–24.
  4. ↑ "Who is Dead Martin? + Miss Crabb". Miss Crabb. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  5. ↑ Watson, Aaron (June–September 2007). "Aesthetic Decathlon". Artzone: 29–36.
  6. 1 2 "Tea Time | Enjoy Contemporary Art Space". enjoy.org.nz. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  7. ↑ "Te Waka Toi honours nine Maori artists Profiles award winners". Maori. 4 (114): 5. June 1999.
  8. ↑ Amery, Mark (3 February 2006). "Lured into the realm of imagination". Dominion Post: B7.
  9. ↑ "Maiangi Waitai: Ātea-ā-rangi—Interstellar | The Dowse Art Museum". www.dowse.org.nz. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  10. ↑ "Reaping what you sew". Tū Mai. 71: 46–47. December 2005 – January 2006.
  11. ↑ "Mischief's mosaic makeover". The New Zealand Herald. 29 March 2017. ISSN   1170-0777 . Retrieved 22 March 2019.
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