Robyn Kahukiwa

Robyn Kahukiwa
Born 1938,[1] 1940[2] or 1941[3]
Sydney, Australia
Nationality New Zealand

Robyn Kahukiwa is an artist and award-winning children's book writer and illustrator from New Zealand.

Kahukiwa was born in Sydney, Australia in 1938. She trained as a commercial artist and later moved to New Zealand at the age of nineteen.[3] From 1972 to 1980, Kahukiwa was a regular exhibitor at the Academy in Wellington.

Part Māori on her mother's side, Kahukiwa is of Ngāti Porou, Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti, Ngāti Hau, Ngāti Konohi and Whanau-a-Ruataupare descent.

Kahukiwa's work often deals with themes of colonialism and the dispossession of indigenous people, motherhood and blood-ties, social custom and mythology.[4] Kahukiwa gained prominence in New Zealand in the 1980s after her exhibition Wahine Toa (strong women) which toured the country.[1] This exhibition drew on Maori myth and symbolism. One of the pieces Hinetitama is in the permanent collection at Te Manawa.[5]

Kahukiwa's works are influenced by Colin McCahon, Ralph Hotere and Frida Kahlo.[1]

Publications

With writer Patricia Grace:

With Joy Cowley:

With Rangimarie Sophie Jolley:

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 3 Dunn, Michael. New Zealand Painting: A Concise History Auckland University Press, 2004.
  2. ↑ Brownson, Ron. Art Toi: New Zealand Art at Auckland Art Gallery Toi O Tamaki Auckland Art Gallery Toi O Tamaki, 2011
  3. 1 2 Kirker, Anne. New Zealand Women Artists Reed Methuen, 1986
  4. ↑ Mané-Wheoki, Jonathan.The Art of Robyn Kahukiwa Reed Publishing, 2005
  5. ↑ "Maori goddess returns to Te Manawa". Stuff.
  6. ↑ Susan Leckey, ed. (2015). The Europa Directory of Literary Awards and Prizes. Routledge. p. 165. Retrieved 15 March 2016.

Further reading

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