Wāhine Māori

Wāhine Māori - Te Toi O Te Ātetenga The Art of Resistance

Wāhine Activist Art is a platform to protest and highlight Te Tino Rangatiratanga. It provides an opportunity to educate, visualise and create dialogue through art. An element of the work by this alliance of Wāhine addresses trauma created in response to colonisation’s ongoing effects.
Featuring an impressive group of multi-disciplinary artists working across photography, sculpture, fashion, weaving and paint, the works are grounded in activism. This exhibition is a representation of the contribution of Wāhine Māori to the whakapapa that is Aotearoa art history. These Wāhine use art as a tool to highlight the injustices imposed upon themselves; me tō rātou uri me tō rātou whānau hoki.

Curators Robyn Kahukiwa and Tracey Tawhiao - Wāhine Māori: The Art of Resistance exhibition.
Presented from Wed 14 September to Sunday 9 October

Keep an eye out for talks and school events about the exhibition and the artists.
Exhibiting Artists:
Robyn Kahukiwa
Kura Te Waru
Dianne Prince
Linda Munn
Natalie Robertson
Ngahina Hohaia
Andrea Hopkins
Tāwera Tahuri
Suzanne Tamaki
Charlotte Graham
Tracey Tawhiao