Paerau Corneal
Born
Paerau Corneal

1961
New Zealand
EducationWaiariki Institute of Technology
Known forCeramics, pottery

Paerau Corneal (born 1961) is a New Zealand ceramicist of Tūwharetoa and Te Āti Haunui-a-Paparangi descent.[1]

Education

Corneal holds a certificate in craft design (1988) and a diploma in craft design Māori (1991) from Waiariki Institute of Technology.[2]

Career

Corneal has exhibited both internationally and nationally since 1988. A consistent theme in her work is Māori female empowerment.[3][1] From 2013 Corneal has collaborated with contemporary Māori dancer Louise Potiki Bryant.[1] 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][1]

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

Collections

Corneal's work is held in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.[13]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Rae, Bernadette (2014). "Dance Review: Kiri, Mataqali Drift, Tempo Dance Festival". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  5. ^ "Paerau Corneal". Spirit Wrestler Gallery. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  6. ^ "Uku Rere". Pataka Art + Museum. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  7. ^ "Uku Rere". Toi Māori. Archived from the original on 14 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  8. ^ "Slip Cast". The Dowse Art Museum. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  9. ^ "Exhibitions" (PDF). Tairawhiti Museum. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  10. ^ "Manawa: Pacific Heartbeat". Spirit Wrestler Gallery. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  11. ^ Reading, Nigel; Grant, June (2003). Kiwa: Pacific connections, Māori art from Aotearoa. Vancouver B. C.: Spirit Wrestler Gallery. ISBN 1896954340.
  12. ^ Cubillo, Francesca; Te Ao, Ngapine (2002). Sisters: Yakkananna, Kahui mareikura. Adelaide: National Aboriginal Cultural Centre.
  13. ^ "Collections Online". Te Papa Tongarewa. Retrieved 9 January 2015.


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