Robyn Kahukiwa

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Robyn Kahukiwa
Born1938 [1]
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. [2]

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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. [3] Kahukiwa's early artworks were inspired by discovering her Māori heritage. [4] [5]

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 the 1980s, Kahukiwa gained prominence in New Zealand after her exhibition Wāhine Toa (strong women), which toured the country. [6] This exhibition drew on Māori myth and symbolism. One of the pieces, Hinetītama , is in the permanent collection at Te Manawa. [7]

Kahukiwa's work often deals with themes of colonialism and the dispossession of indigenous people, motherhood and blood-ties, social custom and mythology. [8] In a 2004 article, Kahukiwa implements "political activism in subject matter and method into powerful images that assert Māori identity and tradition." [9]

She is a "staunch supporter of Māori rights and the power and prestige of Māori women." [10]

Kahukiwa's works are influenced by Colin McCahon, Ralph Hotere and Frida Kahlo. [6]

In 2011, Kahukiwa was awarded with the Te Tohu Toi Kē Award from Te Waka Toi, the Māori arm of Creative New Zealand. [2]

Publications

With writer Patricia Grace:

With Joy Cowley:

With Rangimarie Sophie Jolley:

Awards

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References

  1. Hilliard, Hinemoa, Edward Lucie-Smith, and Jonathan Mane-Wheoki. The Art of Robyn Kahukiwa Reed, 2005.
  2. 1 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. 1 2 Dunn, Michael. New Zealand Painting: A Concise History Auckland University Press, 2004
  7. "Maori goddess returns to Te Manawa". Stuff.
  8. Mane-Wheoki, Jonathan.The Art of Robyn Kahukiwa Reed, 2005
  9. BAILEY, GAIL (16 November 2004). "Warrior for Maori rights and identity". NZ Herald. ISSN   1170-0777 . Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  10. "Robyn Kahukiwa | Adam Art Gallery". www.adamartgallery.org.nz. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  11. Susan Leckey, ed. (2015). The Europa Directory of Literary Awards and Prizes. Routledge. p. 165. ISBN   9781135356323 . Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  12. "Te Waka Toi Awards".

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