A video profile on contemporary Māori artist Maree Sheehan.
Learn more about Maree and her approach to artmaking in these four animated sound pieces, as she talks about the significance of female identity in her work, particularly in her audio portrait Ōtairongo.
Te reo Māori and English captions are available by clicking the Settings button and selecting the language option in the Subtitles/CC section.
This video is part of a series profiling artists whose work was featured in Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki’s landmark exhibition, Toi Tū Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori Art. It has been created with support from Auckland Council’s Māori Outcomes funding.
Kōrero Ringatoi Toi Tū Toi Ora: Maree Sheehan
He kōrero kiriata mō te ringatoi Māori o nāianei, mō Maree Sheehan.
Ākona ētahi atu kōrero mō Maree, mō tāna aronga ki te hanga toi ki ēnei mahinga ā-oro tāoreore e whā, i a ia e kōrero ana mō te hiranga o te tuakiri ā-wahine ki āna mahi, inarā ki tāna whakaahua ā-oro, ki Ōtairongo.
E wātea ana ngā tapanga reo Māori, reo Ingarihi hoki mā te pāwhiri ki te pātene Ngā Tautuhinga me te kōwhiri i te kōwhiringa reo ki te wāhanga Kupu Hauraro/CC.
He wāhanga tēnei kiriata o tētahi raupapa e kōrero ana mō ngā ringatoi ko ā rātou mahi i whakaaturia ki te whakaaturanga rongonui ki Toi o Tāmaki, arā ki Toi Tū Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori Art. He mea hanga i te tautoko mai i te pūtea a Te Kaunihera o Tāmaki Makaurau mō ngā Putanga Māori.
