Artist
Emily Karaka
- Name
- Emily Karaka
- Iwi/Ethnicity
- Waikato/MāoriNgāpuhi/MāoriNgāi Tai ki Tāmaki/MāoriTe Kawerau ā Maki/MāoriNgāti Tamaoho/MāoriTe Ākitai Waiohua/MāoriTe Ahi Waru/MāoriNgāti Mahuta/MāoriNgāti Tahinga/MāoriNgāti Hine/Māori
- Date of Birth
- 1952
- Place of Birth
- Auckland (region)/New Zealand
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Biography
When at intermediate school, Emily Karaka was encouraged to pursue art by her teacher, Greer Twiss. Twiss and his friend Colin McCahon, as well as Arnold Manaaki Wilson and Auckland Girls’ Grammar teachers Elizabeth Ellis and Trixie Illingworth, were early influences on Karaka’s artistic development.
Karaka’s abstract expressionistic paintings are notable for their exuberant use of colour, strong imagery, densely layered application of paint and political commentary. Te Tiriti o Waitangi (The Treaty of Waitangi), and the subsequent claims brought to the Waitangi Tribunal, often form the starting point of Karaka’s work.
Karaka’s abstract expressionistic paintings are notable for their exuberant use of colour, strong imagery, densely layered application of paint and political commentary. Te Tiriti o Waitangi (The Treaty of Waitangi), and the subsequent claims brought to the Waitangi Tribunal, often form the starting point of Karaka’s work.
Artworks by Emily Karaka (10)
Te Ipu Kura a Maki
Emily Karaka
2007
Artwork
Local Government Tea Party
Emily Karaka
1997
Artwork
Motu
Emily Karaka
2020
Artwork
Kingitanga ki Te Ao (They will Throw stones)
Emily Karaka
2020
Artwork
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