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Robert Jahnke
- Name
- Robert Jahnke
- Iwi/Ethnicity
- Ngāi Taharora/Ngāti Porou/MāoriTe Whānau a Iritekura/Ngāti Porou/MāoriTe Whānau a Rākairoa/Ngāti Porou/Māori
- Date of Birth
- 1951
- Place of Birth
- Gisborne (region)/New Zealand
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Biography
Robert Jahnke was raised at Waipiro Bay on the East Coast.
He went on to receive a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Fine Arts from Elam School of Fine Arts, and a Masters in Experimental Animation from California Institute of the Arts. In 2006, Jahnke was awarded a Doctor of Māori Studies from Massey University.
Jahnke employs a range of media to create work that tackles issues of identity, colonisation and intercultural exchange, and to explore Māori creation narratives in a multidimensional way.
Jahnke is Professor of Māori Visual Arts at Massey University, where he helped drive the establishment of the Toioho ki Āpiti arts programme in 1991.
He went on to receive a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Fine Arts from Elam School of Fine Arts, and a Masters in Experimental Animation from California Institute of the Arts. In 2006, Jahnke was awarded a Doctor of Māori Studies from Massey University.
Jahnke employs a range of media to create work that tackles issues of identity, colonisation and intercultural exchange, and to explore Māori creation narratives in a multidimensional way.
Jahnke is Professor of Māori Visual Arts at Massey University, where he helped drive the establishment of the Toioho ki Āpiti arts programme in 1991.
Artworks by Robert Jahnke (9)
Con-Version 3.33R
Robert Jahnke
1994
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Waitangi Rosary
Robert Jahnke
Oct 2007
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Ata tuarua
Robert Jahnke
2016
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Ripeka Whero
Robert Jahnke
2015
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