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Mata Aho Collective’s collaborative work with senior Māori artist Maureen Lander done for the Toi Tū Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori Art show at the Auckland City Gallery has been selected as a finalist in the year’s Walters Prize.
The collective, which includes Erena Baker, Sarah Hudson, Bridget Reweti and Terri Te Tau, have dramatically reimagined their work Atapo for the prize.
Over its 20-year life, the biennial prize has become a major showcase for New Zealand contemporary art.
Wahine Maori collective makes art prize finals 30 Apr 2021 08:39 AM Photo: Toi Tu Toi Ora: Contemporary Maori Art Facebook.
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Mata Aho Collective’s collaborative work with senior Māori artist Maureen Lander done for the Toi Tū Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori Art show at the Auckland City Gallery has been selected as a finalist in the year’s Walters Prize.
The collective, which includes Erena Baker, Sarah Hudson, Bridget Reweti and Terri Te Tau, have dramatically reimagined their work Atapo for the prize.
Over its 20-year life, the biennial prize has become a major showcase for New Zealand contemporary art.
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Dr Maureen Lander is a weaver, sculptor, multimedia installation artist and academic.
She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1984, a Bachelor of Arts in Māori Studies in 1989, followed by a Master of Fine Arts in 1993, all from the University of Auckland. In 2002, she graduated with a Doctor of Fine Arts and received a Te Tohu Toi Ururangi award in recognition of academic excellence. From the early 1990s until 2007, she was a senior lecturer in Māori Studies at the University of Auckland, teaching in Māori material culture.
Lander has exhibited, photographed, lectured and written about Māori art since 1986. Her sculpture and installations draw inspiration from woven fibre, as well as Māori textiles held in museum collections.