Ngāti Koata, Ngāti Tīpa, Ngāti Koroki Kahukura, Ngāti Kahungunu
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Nephi Tupaea is a multi-media artist and long-standing member of the artist collective Pacific Sisters and Iwi Toi Ngāti Kahungunu.
Renowned for her creative dance performances, installations, body adornment, spoken word, fibre activation and innovative costume designs, Nephi’s art practice is guided through tupuna intervention, where tikanga creates new conversations and develops indigenous symbols and images. Nephi's current creative focus is acrylic paint on canvas.
Nephi has exhibited works throughout Aotearoa (New Zealand) and internationally, which include the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Tim Melville Art Gallery, Toimairangi – Te Wānanga o Aotearoa New Zealand and The National Galley of Australia (Canberra), Queensland’s Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) Australia, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Carriageworks Arts Centre, the Biennale of Sydney Australia.
📸 Kallan MacLeod for Tim Melville Art Gallery exhibition "Te Tangata" 2024
Nephi Tupaea
Ngāti Koata, Ngāti Tīpa, Ngāti Koroki Kahukura, Ngāti Kahungunu
Forbidden Flesh
Nephi Tupaea
Ngāti Koata, Ngāti Tīpa, Ngāti Koroki Kahukura, Ngāti Kahungunu
3rd Gender
Nephi Tupaea
Ngāti Koata, Ngāti Tīpa, Ngāti Koroki Kahukura, Ngāti Kahungunu
Mountains of Greatness
Nephi Tupaea
Ngāti Koata, Ngāti Tīpa, Ngāti Koroki Kahukura, Ngāti Kahungunu
Waikato te Awa
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