KURA TE WARU REWIRI

DIRECTOR

Ngāti Pakahi ki Whangaroa, Ngāti Kahu, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Kauwhata.

Kura is a contemporary Māori artist, art educator and academic. She has exhibited widely and her paintings, which often explore mana wahine, are represented in numerous public and private exhibitions both within New Zealand and around the world. Kura’s paintings are held in prestigious collections such as Wellington’s Te Papa Museum, Auckland Art Gallery, Waikato Museum of Art & History, Dunedin Art Gallery, The University of Auckland and the National Art Gallery of Australia, Canberra. Currently, Kura is the Associate Professor of Māori Visual Arts at Massey University. She was previously a member of Te Waka Toi and in 2019 she received the Te Tohu o Te Papa Rongomaraeroa Award for excellence and outstanding contribution to Ngā Toi Māori.