Artist
Kura Te Waru Rewiri
- Name
- Kura Te Waru Rewiri
- Iwi/Ethnicity
- Ngāpuhi/MāoriNgāti Kahu/MāoriNgāti Rangi/MāoriNgāti Kauwhata/Māori
- Date of Birth
- 1950
- Place of Birth
- Kaeo/Whangaroa Harbour/Northland (region)/New Zealand
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Biography
Kura Te Waru Rewiri was born in Kaeo, Whangaroa, and encouraged to study art by teacher and early mentor Buck Nin.
She left the Far North and attended Ilam School of Fine Arts in Ōtautahi/Christchurch during 1971–72, with Bill Sutton and Don Peebles instructing her in design, drawing and sculpture. In her final year, Te Waru Rewiri studied painting under Rudi Gopas and graduated with a Diploma in Fine Arts in 1973.
It was 12 years before her first solo exhibition, *Ahau-Me*. The exhibition saw her challenge some of the customary ideas present in Māori culture, with specific reference to the practice of whakairo (woodcarving) and the gender roles within it.
Her paintings are characterised by strong geometric structures and an intuitive use of colour and pattern that reference traditional Māori art forms and knowledge. Subjects central in her work include Te Tiriti o Waitangi (The Treaty of Waitangi), te Hāhi Rātana (the Rātana Church), and the language of kōwhaiwhai (painted rafters).
She left the Far North and attended Ilam School of Fine Arts in Ōtautahi/Christchurch during 1971–72, with Bill Sutton and Don Peebles instructing her in design, drawing and sculpture. In her final year, Te Waru Rewiri studied painting under Rudi Gopas and graduated with a Diploma in Fine Arts in 1973.
It was 12 years before her first solo exhibition, *Ahau-Me*. The exhibition saw her challenge some of the customary ideas present in Māori culture, with specific reference to the practice of whakairo (woodcarving) and the gender roles within it.
Her paintings are characterised by strong geometric structures and an intuitive use of colour and pattern that reference traditional Māori art forms and knowledge. Subjects central in her work include Te Tiriti o Waitangi (The Treaty of Waitangi), te Hāhi Rātana (the Rātana Church), and the language of kōwhaiwhai (painted rafters).
Artworks by Kura Te Waru Rewiri (5)
Front
Kura Te Waru Rewiri
2003
Artwork
Arohanui
Kura Te Waru Rewiri
2006
Artwork
Puhoro Meets the Stripes III .
Kura Te Waru Rewiri
2011
Artwork
Tenei au, tenei au (This is me, this is me)
Kura Te Waru Rewiri
2006
Artwork
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