Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki, Te Kawerau ā Maki, Ngāti Tamaoho, Te Akitai Waiohua, Te Ahi Waru, Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Tahinga (Waikato), Ngāti Hine, Ngāpuhi
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Emily Karaka born 1952; lives and works in Tāmaki Makaurau with whakapapa to Ngāpuhi (Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Kahu o Torongare) Waikato-Tainui (Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki, Te Kawerau ā Maki, Ngāti Tamaoho, Te Ākitai Waiohua, Ngāti Rori-Te Ahiwaru, Ngāti Tahinga, Ngati Mahuta) Ngati Ruanui at Taranaki and Ngati Koata at Ragland
Emily Karaka is one of Aotearoa’s most highly respected artists. Her paintings draw on diverse art-making traditions, including toi whakairo and abstract expressionism. Characterised by dazzling colour and emotional intensity, they frequently incorporate text and tie into her longstanding work advocating kaitiakitanga, mana motuhake and rangatiratanga. Her paintings are held by major institutions, including Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, and the Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua. She has represented Aotearoa in exhibitions internationally and at the Nirin Bienale, in Sydney and is to take up a residency at the Shajarh Art Foundation before a Selected Survey Exhibition of her Painting is to tour galleries and museums around the world and Aotearoa.
Emily Karaka
Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki, Te Kawerau ā Maki, Ngāti Tamaoho, Te Akitai Waiohua, Te Ahi Waru, Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Tahinga (Waikato), Ngāti Hine, Ngāpuhi
Local Government Tea Party, 1997, acrylic on hessian on board, triptych, 1800 x 3600mm, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2013, 201324.1–3
Emily Karaka
Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki, Te Kawerau ā Maki, Ngāti Tamaoho, Te Akitai Waiohua, Te Ahi Waru, Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Tahinga (Waikato), Ngāti Hine, Ngāpuhi
Te Uri o Te Ao, 1995, oil on canvas, diptych, 3005 x 3800mm, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased with the assistance of Reader's Digest New Zealand Limited, 1997, 19979.1–2 a
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