Ana Hislop, 'Pūngao: Hau' (detail), Cyanotype on paper, acrylic, gold thread, 2024
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Ko rawaka/Everything we need communally draws together multiple streams of life; wai contained within bodies and oceans, resourceful plants and animals, whakapapa and storytelling held through generations and recordings lifted from the bustle and conversations of everyday life. Each artist considers how to attune ourselves to these things through combined processes of making with found objects, painting, photography, moving image, writing and sound; asking what is needed to remain aware of and sustain these essential connections.
Emily Clemett
Emily Clemett (Kāi Tahu - Kāti Huirapa, Kāi Te Ruahikihiki) lives in Te Whanganui-a-Tara and makes art through installation, painting, sculpture and music. She studied Māori and Indigenous Art at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa.
Ana Hislop
Ana Hislop (Kāi Tahu - Kāti Huirapa, Kāi Te Ruahikihiki) lives in Mohua and studied Design at Massey University and Māori and Indigenous Art at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa.
Emma Hislop
Emma Hislop (Kāi Tahu - Kāti Huirapa, Kāi Te Ruahikihiki) lives in Taranaki with her partner Murray Hewitt and son Lenni. Her first book, Ruin, was published with Te Herenga Waka University Press and won the Hubert Church best first book of fiction award at the 2024 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. Her fiction and non-fiction writing can be found in Headland, The Listener, Metro, Newsroom, The Spinoff and The Pantograph Punch. She has an MA from the International Institute of Modern Letters, Victoria University of Wellington, and was the recipient of a 2024 Arts Foundation Springboard Award. In 2023 she was awarded the Michael King International Residency at Varuna House, Australia. Emma is part of Te Hā Taranaki, a collective for Māori writers, established in 2019. She is currently working on a novel.
Ko rawaka/Everything we need communally draws together multiple streams of life; wai contained within bodies and oceans, resourceful plants and animals, whakapapa and storytelling held through generations and recordings lifted from the bustle and conversations of everyday life. Each artist considers how to attune ourselves to these things through combined processes of making with found objects, painting, photography, moving image, writing and sound; asking what is needed to remain aware of and sustain these essential connections.
Emily Clemett
Emily Clemett (Kāi Tahu - Kāti Huirapa, Kāi Te Ruahikihiki) lives in Te Whanganui-a-Tara and makes art through installation, painting, sculpture and music. She studied Māori and Indigenous Art at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa.
Ana Hislop
Ana Hislop (Kāi Tahu - Kāti Huirapa, Kāi Te Ruahikihiki) lives in Mohua and studied Design at Massey University and Māori and Indigenous Art at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa.
Emma Hislop
Emma Hislop (Kāi Tahu - Kāti Huirapa, Kāi Te Ruahikihiki) lives in Taranaki with her partner Murray Hewitt and son Lenni. Her first book, Ruin, was published with Te Herenga Waka University Press and won the Hubert Church best first book of fiction award at the 2024 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. Her fiction and non-fiction writing can be found in Headland, The Listener, Metro, Newsroom, The Spinoff and The Pantograph Punch. She has an MA from the International Institute of Modern Letters, Victoria University of Wellington, and was the recipient of a 2024 Arts Foundation Springboard Award. In 2023 she was awarded the Michael King International Residency at Varuna House, Australia. Emma is part of Te Hā Taranaki, a collective for Māori writers, established in 2019. She is currently working on a novel.
