Hiria Anderson is a New Zealand artist whose work focuses on Māori culture in the 21st century. In 2018 she was awarded the New Zealand Paint and Printmaking award and her work has been exhibited at the Auckland Art Gallery, Te Tuhi and Tim Melville Gallery.[1][2][3]
Hiria Anderson | |
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| Born | 1974 Ōtorohanga, New Zealand |
| Education | Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, Whitecliffe College of Art and Design |
| Known for | Painting |
Biography edit
Anderson was born in 1974 within the King Country, New Zealand.[4] She grew up at her grandparents home in Ōtorohanga, next to the wharenui her grandfather built when she was born. Her grandfather was a carver and her grandmother was a weaver, they played an influence on Anderson's developing art practice.[5] Anderson attended Queen Victoria School, a historic girls' boarding school for Māori in Parnell, Auckland.[6]
She studied at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, graduating with a Diploma of Visual Arts in 1998. During this time, Anderson was an active member of Ngā Puna Waihanga o Tainui, the Māori Artists and Writers' Society of Tainui, and trained under artist James Ormsby.[6] She gained an MFA with first class honours from Whitecliffe College of Art and Design in 2016.[4]
Her work has been shown at Auckland Art Gallery and was included in the exhibition 'Toi Tū Toi Ora', the largest art exhibition held by the gallery since 1989.[7][8]
She is currently based in her whānau homestead in Ōtorohanga,[9] where she produces art from a small studio.[6] Anderson affiliates with the iwi, Rereahu, Ngāti Maniapoto and Ngāti Apakura.[4]
Artistry edit
Anderson describes her work as painting 'the everyday lives of people in my community, paying particular attention to relationships amongst family members, intertribal relationships, politics and environments that show the nuance between culture and 21st century life.'[5] Most of her artworks depict everyday scenes of the township of Ōtorohanga.[10] Anderson has been praised for her use of chiaroscuro, and her framing of everyday objects;[11] and likened to the artists of the Dutch and Flemish Renaissance.[12]
Exhibitions edit
- A Girl Like Me, 2009
- A Painter on Turongo Street, 2017
- Ahi Kā, 2019[1]
- Te Ao Hurihuri – At the end of the Beginning, 2020[13]
- Under the Radar with Margaret Aull, 2020[14]
- Hohou Te Rongo: A Strategy towards Health & Wellbeing, 2021[11]
References edit
- ^ a b "Hiria Anderson CV" (PDF). Tim Melville. 1 September 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ "Hiria Anderson". Auckland Art Gallery. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ "Hiria Anderson – Sanderson Contemporary Art. Newmarket, Auckland, NZ". www.sanderson.co.nz. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ a b c Borell, Nigel (2022). Toi tū, toi ora : contemporary Māori art. Penguin Random House New Zealand in association with Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. p. 341. ISBN 9780143776734.
- ^ a b "A Painter on Tūrongo Street – Hiria Anderson". The Big Idea. 7 June 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
- ^ a b c Whaitiri, Reina; Sullivan, Robert, eds. (September 2014). Puna Wai Kōrero: An Anthology of Māori Poetry in English. Auckland: Auckland University Press. ISBN 9781869408176.
- ^ "Toi Tū Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori art show holds record for largest art exhibition since 1989". NZ Herald. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ "Toi Tū Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori Art". www.e-flux.com. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ "Tim Melville". Tim Melville. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ "Hiria Anderson (b. 1974)". Te Tuhi. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
- ^ a b Joseph, Kelly (2022). "A Journey of Healing, Discovery, and Transformation: Hohou Te Rongo". Pacific Arts: The Journal of the Pacific Arts Association. 22 (1). doi:10.5070/PC222156853. ISSN 1018-4252.
- ^ Bennett, Lucinda (2020). "Hiria Anderson". Art Collector. No. 91. pp. 61–63.
- ^ "Hiria Anderson: Te Ao Hurihuri – At the end of the beginning". Art Collector Magazine. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ "UNDER THE RADAR: MARGARET AULL & HIRIA ANDERSON". Never Project Space. Retrieved 7 April 2022.