Paerau Corneal (born 1961) is a New Zealand ceramicist.
Paerau Corneal | |
|---|---|
| Born | Paerau Corneal 1961 New Zealand |
| Education | Waiariki Institute of Technology |
| Known for | Ceramics, pottery |
Education
editCorneal holds a certificate in craft design (1988) and a diploma in craft design Māori (1991) from Waiariki Institute of Technology.[1] She is of Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Te Āti Haunui-A-Pāpārangi descent.[2]
Career
editCorneal has exhibited both internationally and nationally since 1988. A consistent theme in her work is Māori female empowerment.[3][2] From 2013 Corneal has collaborated with contemporary Māori dancer Louise Potiki Bryant.[2] Their performance work entitled Kiri references a creation narrative of the first Māori human, Hineahuone, and opened for the 2014 Tempo Dance Festival in Auckland.[4][2]
Throughout her career, Corneal has been involved in varying artist collectives.[5] She was a founding member, alongside Manos Nathan, Baye Riddell, Wi Taepa and Colleen Waata Urlich of Ngā Kaihanga Uku, a collective of Māori clay workers.[6] Corneal was also involved with Kauwae, a collective of Māori women artists formed in 1997; Te Rōpū o Ngā Wāhine Kai Whakairo, a collective of Māori women carvers and Haeata Women's Collective.[3]
Selected exhibitions
edit- 2013-5 Uku Rere, Ngā Kaihanaga Uku. Pataka Art + Museum; Whangarei Art Museum Te Manawa Toi; the Suter Art Gallery Te Aratoi o Whakatu; Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato; Tairawhiti Museum Te Whare Taonga o te Tairawhiti; and Te Manawa Museum of Art, Science + History.[7]
- 2014 Slip Cast, The Dowse Art Museum[8]
- 2009 Kauwae 09, Kauwae Group, a national collective of Mäori women artists. Tairawhiti Museum.[9]
- 2005 Manawa: Pacific heartbeat. Spirit Wrestler Gallery, Vancouver.[10]
- 2003 Kiwa: Pacific connections: Maori art from Aotearoa. Spirit Wrestler Gallery, Vancouver.[11]
- 2003-5 Ngā Toko Rima, Ngā Kaihanga Uku. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa; Tinakori Gallery, Wellington.[3]
- 2002 Sisters Yakkananna/Kahui Mareikura. Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide.[12]
- 1998 Uku! Uku! Uku! International Festival of the Arts, Wellington[1]
- 1992 Treasures of the Underworld. World Expo, Seville; Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.
Collections
editCorneal's work is held in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.[13]
References
edit- ^ a b McPherson, Heather; King, M; Evans, J; Nunn, M (1992). Spiral 7: a collection of lesbian art and writing from Aotearoa/New Zealand. Dunedin: Spiral. ISBN 0908896247.
- ^ a b c d Borell N. Jackson M. Taiaroa T. & Auckland Art Gallery (2022). Toi tū toi ora : contemporary Māori art. Penguin Random House New Zealand in association with Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. p. 343. ISBN 978-0-14-377673-4.
- ^ a b c Smith, Huhana; Solomon, Oriwa; Tamarapa, Awhina; Tamati-Quenell, Megan; Heke, Norm (2007). Taiawhio II: Contemporary Māori Artists 18 new conversations. Wellington: Te Papa Press. ISBN 9780909010096.
- ^ Rae, Bernadette (2014). "Dance Review: Kiri, Mataqali Drift, Tempo Dance Festival". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
- ^ "Paerau Corneal". Spirit Wrestler Gallery. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
- ^ "Uku Rere". Pataka Art + Museum. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
- ^ "Uku Rere". Toi Māori. Archived from the original on 14 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
- ^ "Slip Cast". The Dowse Art Museum. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ^ "Exhibitions" (PDF). Tairawhiti Museum. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
- ^ "Manawa: Pacific Heartbeat". Spirit Wrestler Gallery. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
- ^ Reading, Nigel; Grant, June (2003). Kiwa: Pacific connections, Māori art from Aotearoa. Vancouver B. C.: Spirit Wrestler Gallery. ISBN 1896954340.
- ^ Cubillo, Francesca; Te Ao, Ngapine (2002). Sisters: Yakkananna, Kahui mareikura. Adelaide: National Aboriginal Cultural Centre.
- ^ "Collections Online". Te Papa Tongarewa. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
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