Bridget Reweti

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Bridget Reweti
NationalityNew Zealander
OccupationPhotographer
Years active  2000 -
Known forLandscapes and indigenous images
Notable workThe Physics Room and Documenta 14

Bridget Reweti (active since 2000s) is a New Zealand photographer and moving image artist of Ngāti Ranginui and Ngāi Te Rangi descent.[1][2] Reweti is a member of the artist group Mata Aho Collective.[3]

Education

Reweti holds a Masters in Māori Visual Arts from Toioho ki Āpiti, the School of Māori Studies, Massey University.[4] She also completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Museum and Heritage Studies from Victoria University of Wellington.[5]

Career

Reweti works with photography and moving image.[1] Her work explores and subverts New Zealand iconic landscapes, and issues of contemporary indigenous realities.[1][6] Reweti is a member of the Mata Aho Collective, a collaboration of four Māori women artists known for their large scale textile-based installations.[7] She has held numerous residencies in New Zealand and internationally, and her work is held in both private and public collections.[8]

As well as exhibiting her artwork nationally and internationally, Reweti has worked as at Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision, the Dowse Art Museum, and as the Exhibitions Officer at Pātaka Art + Museum.[9]

Reweti is the 2018 Artist in Residence at Samuel Marsden Collegiate School.[8] She lives and works in Wellington.[6]

Exhibitions

Reweti has exhibited throughout New Zealand and internationally. Her solo shows include I thought I would of climbed more mountains by now, at Enjoy Gallery in 2015 and Plymouth Arts Centre, U.K. in 2016,[10][11] Tauutuutu at Pātaka Art + Museum in 2016,[12] and Irihanga at Tauranga Art Gallery in 2017.[13]

Her collaboration with Terri Te Tau, Ōtākaro, was presented at The Physics Room in 2016.[6]

With the Mata Aho Collective, she exhibited Te Whare Pora at Enjoy Gallery as part of a 2013 summer Residency.[14][15] In 2017, the Mata Aho Collective was included in Documenta 14, where they presented Kiko Moana, a large scale work rendered in blue tarpaulin mounted in Kassel's regional museum.[3][16]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Bridget Reweti". CIRCUIT Artist Film and Video Aotearoa New Zealand. 2013-07-22. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  2. ^ "About". Bridget Reweti. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
  3. ^ a b Hopkins, Candice. "Mata Aho Collective". documenta 14: Daybook. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  4. ^ "Bridget Reweti". ADA: Aotearoa Digital Arts Network. 2015-12-15. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  5. ^ "Photographer is Marsden School's Artist in Residence". wellington.scoop.co.nz. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  6. ^ a b c "Ōtākaro | The Physics Room". www.physicsroom.org.nz. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  7. ^ Corballis, Tim (2018). "Mata Aho: Mana wāhine in contemporary art" (PDF). Counterfutures. 5.
  8. ^ a b "2018 Artist in Residence". Samuel Marsden Collegiate School. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  9. ^ "Bridget Reweti | School of Art History, Classics and Religious Studies | Victoria University of Wellington". www.victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
  10. ^ "I thought I would of climbed more mountains by now | Enjoy Gallery". enjoy.org.nz. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
  11. ^ "Bridget Reweti: I thought I would of climbed more mountains by now - Plymouth Arts Centre". Plymouth Arts Centre. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
  12. ^ "Bridget Reweti Tauutuutu - Pataka". Pataka. 2014-08-27. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
  13. ^ "Bridget Reweti, Irihanga, Tauranga Art Gallery". Tauranga Art Gallery. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
  14. ^ "Te Whare Pora | Enjoy Gallery". enjoy.org.nz. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
  15. ^ Amery, Mark (31 January 2013). "Collaborative artwork presented on mink blankets". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
  16. ^ "documenta 14 – EyeContact". eyecontactsite.com. Retrieved 2018-10-14.