Hemi Macgregor is a highly respected artist and educator, who graduated from the prestigious Māori Visual Arts programme at Te Pūtahi-a-Toi, Massey University in Palmerston North, and is currently an Associate Professor with Whiti o Rehua School of Art at Massey University. Throughout his career, Hemi has contributed to the New Zealand arts arena with a particular focus on the field of Māori arts. Hemi is a former committee member for Te Atinga Māori Arts under Toi Māori and contributed to the establishment of the Ngaru Rua Rangatahi initiative, He was also a member of the Wellington Sculpture Trust Advisory Group and currently is working with local secondary schools in the Wellington region through the Ahurea Māori programme and Creatives in Schools initiative to provide Matauranga Māori art engagement.

Hemi's artistic practice spans painting, sculpture, and installation, and collaboration with other artists is a central thread of his career. Exhibiting widely both nationally and internationally recent events include Waiora, Hastings City Art Gallery 2022 - 2023(painting and sculpture), Matarau, City Art Gallery Wellington with guest curator Shannon Te Ao 2021 – 2022 (painting and sculpture), Toi Tū Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori Art 2020 – 2021 (sculpture and collaborative installation with Saffronn Te Ratana and Ngataiharuru Taepa). From 2015 to 2021 Hemi was a member ofTe Kahui Toi, the Māori artist team that guided the creation of Te Rau Karamu Marae, at Massey Universities Wellington campus.

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