Aimee Ratana

Name
Aimee Ratana
Iwi/Ethnicity
Ngāi Tūhoe/Māori
Date of birth
1978
Gender
Female
Biography
Aimee Ratana has a graphic photography practice that explores identity and Māori sovereignty.

She gained a Bachelor of Media Arts from the Waikato Institute of Technology in 2003, going on to complete a Master of Māori Visual Arts at Massey University. Since then, Ratana has been widely exhibited across Aotearoa New Zealand.

Ratana’s photographs reflect on her heritage, which is set in Te Urewera, the territory in the heart of Ngāi Tūhoe. She has extended this to woollen quilts, produced for her *Te Taumata* series, depicting imagery relating to the anti-terrorism raids of 2007.