Artist
Hiria Anderson
- Name
- Hiria Anderson
- Iwi/Ethnicity
- Ngāti Maniapoto/MāoriNgāti Apakura/Ngāti Maniapoto/MāoriNgāti Rereahu/Ngāti Maniapoto/Māori
- Date of Birth
- 1974
- Place of Birth
- King Country/New Zealand
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Biography
Hiria Anderson gained her Diploma of Visual Arts from Te Wānanga o Aotearoa in 1998, going on to graduate with a Master of Fine Arts (Honours) from Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design in 2016.
Inspired by her early life in Ōtorohanga, her grandparents’ whakairo (carving) and raranga (weaving) skills and the whānau marae, Anderson’s work often paints the everyday lives of her community – the politics and environments that show the nuances of Māori culture in current times; a response to the present world and how it relates to whakapapa as the connection to land and ancestors.
Inspired by her early life in Ōtorohanga, her grandparents’ whakairo (carving) and raranga (weaving) skills and the whānau marae, Anderson’s work often paints the everyday lives of her community – the politics and environments that show the nuances of Māori culture in current times; a response to the present world and how it relates to whakapapa as the connection to land and ancestors.
Artworks by Hiria Anderson (6)
Tākaro
Hiria Anderson
2019
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Ahi Kā
Hiria Anderson
2019
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Mōrena
Hiria Anderson
2017
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Whakatā
Hiria Anderson
2016
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