Artist Talk with Ngahina Hohaia

Artist talk with Ngahina Hohaia - Taranaki iwi, Parihaka (Ngāti Moeahu, Ngāti Haupoto).

About the artist:
Ngahina hohaia comes from a strong background in traditional weaving and fibre work (whatu taniko and raranga) within her whanau (family). Ngahina's work has developed into contemporary sculpture using metals, woollen blankets and other sculptural forms. Her politically charged new mixed-media installation works explore a discourse of colonisation and cultural collision in aotearoa new zealand with a firm assertion of mana tangata whenua.

Two of her works currently feature in ptg's winter series of exhibitions, 'kahui mareikura / indigenous sisters' (1-23 july). In the spirit of indigenous sisterhood, the artists featured in this exhibition share their stories of identity, place and indigeneity in this time of puanga, here at whakaahurangi, under the mantle of mounga taranaki.

‘nāu te rourou, nāku te rourou, ka ora ai te iwi’



Free entry.