Maiangi Waitai

Maiangi Waitai is a New Zealand-born artist of Ngā Wairiki, Ngāti Apa, Tuwhāretoa, Rangitāne and German descent.[1] She works across a range of mediums, designing clothing and accessories for her Who is Dead Martin label, creating comics, figurines, toys, jewellery, mosaics and painting.[2][3][4][5] She has also been a musician, singing and playing the flute and guitar in a band called Beam (1997-1999) with Colleen Lenihan, Guy Scoullar and Hayden Fritchley, also artists at the time in Whanganui. She has worked as a kindergarten teacher since 2010. [6][7]

Education and awards

Waitai received a Bachelor of Arts from Quay School of the Arts in Whanganui in 1999.[8] The same year, she received a Te Waka Toi award from Creative New Zealand.[9]

Exhibitions
  • Bowen Galleries, Wellington, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2012 [10]
  • Tea Time (with Ron Dixon, Don Driver), Enjoy Gallery, Wellington, 22 October 2009 - 14 November 2009[8]
  • Ātea-ā-rangi - Interstellar, The Dowse, 15 Jun – 20 Oct 2019[11]
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References
  1. "About". Maiangi Waitai. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
  2. Three words : an anthology of Aotearoa/NZ women's comics. Joyce, Rae,, Laing, Sarah, 1973-, Neville, Indira, 1973-. Auckland, New Zealand. 2016. p. 100. ISBN 9780994120502. OCLC 948291321.CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. Hoare, Rose (23 May 2010). "Talent show". Sunday Star Times: supp. 12–24.
  4. "Who is Dead Martin? + Miss Crabb". Miss Crabb. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
  5. Watson, Aaron (June–September 2007). "Aesthetic Decathlon". Artzone: 29–36.CS1 maint: date format (link)
  6. "Reaping what you sew". Tū Mai. 71: 46–47. December 2005 – January 2006.CS1 maint: date format (link)
  7. "Mischief's mosaic makeover". 2017-03-29. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
  8. "Tea Time | Enjoy Contemporary Art Space". enjoy.org.nz. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
  9. "Te Waka Toi honours nine Maori artists Profiles award winners". Maori. v.4 n.114: 5. June 1999.
  10. Amery, Mark (3 Feb 2006). "Lured into the realm of imagination". Dominion Post: B7.
  11. "Maiangi Waitai: Ātea-ā-rangi—Interstellar | The Dowse Art Museum". www.dowse.org.nz. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
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