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Tangimoe Clay
Born1960 (age 63–64)
NationalityNew Zealand
Occupation(s)weaver, textile artist and gallery owner

Tangimoe Clay is a New Zealand weaver and textile artist. She is affiliated with the Whakatōhea iwi.[1] Her artworks are held by the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki and the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.

Biography

Clay is a weaver from Ōpōtiki who has exhibited in New Zealand as well as internationally.[2] She became interested in working with flax in the late 1980s.[3] Clay has artworks in the collections of the Auckland Art Gallery and Te Papa Tongarewa.[1][4] In 2014 Clay enrolled with Te Wānanga o Aotearoa to study towards a Bachelor of Māori Visual Arts - Maunga Kura Toi.[5] She also owns the Tangata Whenua Gallery in Ōpōtiki where she sells art works produced by herself as well as other Māori artists.[4]

Honours and awards

In 2003 Clay won Best self-employment business award in the Maori businesswomen awards.[6] In 2016 Clay was the recipient of the Molly Morpeth Canaday 3D local Merit award and the Whakatāne Society of Arts and Crafts Local Art Award.[2][5]

Exhibits

  • Mataraupo, Te Koputu a te whanga a Toi — Whakatane Library and Exhibition Centre, 9 December 2017 to 4 February 2018.[2][7]
  • The Real Opotiki, Studio One Toi Tū, 2017.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b "Ms Tangimoe Clay". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Keeping traditional art alive". Sunlive. 8 December 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  3. ^ Objectspace (29 May 2008). "Uhengaparaoa: Works by Tangimoe Clay". TheBigIdea. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Tangimoe Clay". Auckland Art Gallery. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  5. ^ a b Tawhiao, Carly (16 August 2016). "From kete to kāwhenga". Te Wānanga o Aotearoa. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Caterer carves herself a winning slice". New Zealand Herald. 24 July 2003. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  7. ^ Black, Taroi (24 December 2017). "A house made out of raupo (flax) and exhibited in Whakatāne". Māori Television. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  8. ^ "The Real Opotiki - Art Exhibition". Eventfinda. 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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