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Huhana Smith
Smith in 2019
Born1962 (age 61–62)
Yarrawonga, Victoria, Australia
NationalityNew Zealand
Known forPainting
Notable workE Tū Ake: Māori Standing Strong

Huhana Smith (born 1962) is a contemporary New Zealand artist and academic, and head of Whiti o Rehua School of Art at Massey University.[1][2] Between 2003 and 2009, she was senior curator Māori at Te Papa.[2][3]

Background

Born in 1962 in Yarrawonga, Victoria, Australia,[4] Smith is of Māori descent and affiliates to Ngāti Tukorehe and Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga.[5] She came to New Zealand in 1993 to pursue her studies in Māori language.[6] She was the first graduate from the Bachelor of Māori Visual Arts programme at Massey in 1997. She also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Museum Studies (1998) and a PhD in Māori Studies from Massey University.

Career

Smith's recent research, part of a large interdisciplinary project with Deep South Challenge National Science Challenge funding[7] combines mātauranga Māori methods with science to actively address climate change concerns for coastal Māori lands in Horowhenua-Kāpiti.[8] It was exhibited in the Dowse Art Museum as part of the exhibition This Time of Useful Consciousness: Political Ecology Now in 2017.[9]

Publications and exhibitions

  • Taiāwhio: Conversations with Contemporary Māori Artists, 2002, Te Papa Press.[10]
  • Taiāwhio 2: 18 New Conversations Contemporary Māori Artists, 2007, Te Papa Press.[10]
  • E Tū Ake: Māori Standing Strong,[11] 2011, Te Papa Press.

Awards

Smith (second from right) at a reception in Auckland in 2020 for Pacifica Mamas – Matairangi Mahi Toi. The governor-general, Dame Patsy Reddy, is second from left.

Smith was a finalist in the Art Waikato National Art Awards in 2000 and 2002.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Ferner Galleries | Huhana Smith". www.fernergalleries.co.nz. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Massey Women of Influence: Dr Huhana Smith". Massey University. 29 September 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ CircleSoft. "E Tu Ake: Maori Standing Strong". The Women's Bookshop. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  4. ^ "S H R I N K I N G - W O R L D S". www.physicsroom.org.nz. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  5. ^ "Climate change scientists look to Māori and other indigenous people for answers". Stuff. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Huhana Smith". www.storylines.org.nz. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  7. ^ "Climate Change & Coastal Māori Communities". Deep South National Science Challenge. Retrieved 16 October 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ "Contemporary Feminism: Art and/or Science | City Gallery Wellington". citygallery.org.nz. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  9. ^ "This Time of Useful Consciousness—Political Ecology Now | The Dowse Art Museum". dowse.org.nz. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  10. ^ a b Taiāwhio : conversations with contemporary Māori artists. Smith, Huhana. Wellington [N.Z.]: Te Papa Press. 2002. ISBN 0909010862. OCLC 50999083.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  11. ^ Smith, Huhana. (2011). E tū ake : Māori standing strong. Wellington, N.Z.: Te Papa Press. ISBN 9781877385698. OCLC 703605282.

External links

  • Smith on The Dowse Podcast on Soundcloud[1]
  1. ^ Climate Talk: Dr. Huhana Smith, retrieved 15 October 2019
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