Areta Wilkinson Explained

Areta Rachael Wilkinson (born 1969) is a New Zealand jeweller.[1]

Education

In 1991 Wilkinson received a Diploma in Craft Design and in 2001 she completed a Bachelor of Design from Unitec Institute of Technology, where she studied under the esteemed Pauline Bern.[2] [3] In 2014 she completed a PhD in Fine Arts at Te Pūtahi-ā-Toi School of Māori Art, Knowledge and Education at Massey University in Palmerston North.[4] [5]

Career

Wilkinson has been a practising jeweller for over 20 years and her work explores customary Māori adornment while pushing the boundaries of contemporary New Zealand jewellery practices.[6]

She was a lecturer at Unitec Institute of Technology from 1995 to 2008 and a lecturer at Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology from 2008 to 2009.[7] "Her work emerges from the encounter of two things: contemporary jewelry, which she would define as a critical studio craft practice which makes objects that are grounded in an awareness of the body; and Maori systems of knowledge, which place people in specific relationships to each other and to the world and which sometimes use objects to mediate these connections."[8]

During the 1990s, she found support for her practice through the Fingers Collective, a contemporary New Zealand jewellery store and exhibition space, and through cofounding a shared studio Workshop6.[9]

Wilkinson has exhibited nationally and internationally and has work in both private and public institutions including Te Runanga-o-Ngāi Tahu, the Dowse Art Museum, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and the Auckland War Memorial Museum.[10] [11] [12]

In 2010, Wilkinson was artist in resident at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge, where her research centred on wearable taonga (treasures) held in the museum's collection.[13] On 28 February 2016, Wilkinson gave a lecture with Alan Preston at the Pinakothek die Moderne in Munich Germany.[14] In 2017 Wilkinson returned to the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology as a visiting fellow, and as Visiting Wolfson College Research Associate at University of Cambridge.[15]

Recognition

Selected exhibitions

Personal life

Wilkinson is of Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Irakehu and Ngāti Wheke descent.

Further information

Notes and References

  1. Book: Schamroth. Helen. 100 New Zealand Craft Artists. 1998. Random House. Auckland. 1-86962-030-5.
  2. Web site: Were. Virginia. Flying Carpet. Art News New Zealand. 24 February 2015.
  3. News: Tyler. Linda. From small beginnings come beautiful things. 24 February 2015. Art News New Zealand.
  4. Web site: Whakapaipai: Jewellery as Pepeha. Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu. 24 February 2015.
  5. Wilkinson . Areta . 2014 . Doctoral thesis . Jewellery as pepeha : contemporary jewellery practice informed by Māori inquiry . Massey Research Online, Massey University . 10179/6949 .
  6. Web site: Areta Wilkinson. The National. 24 February 2015.
  7. Book: Wilikinson, A.. Jewellery as pepeha: contemporary jewellery practice informed by Māori inquiry : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Fine Arts at Massey University, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa, Palmerston North, Aotearoa New Zealand. Massey University. 2014. 263.
  8. Web site: All The World Over: The global ambitions of contemporary jewelry Art Jewelry Forum. artjewelryforum.org. 15 June 2012 . 5 March 2016.
  9. Web site: Areta Wilkinson. 2021-05-01. Auckland Art Gallery. en.
  10. Web site: Nuku: Symbols of Mana. The Dowse Art Museum. 24 February 2015.
  11. Web site: Made in New Zealand. Te Papa Tongarewa. 24 February 2015.
  12. Web site: Areta Wilkinson: waka huia. Auckland War Memorial Museum. 3 February 2022.
  13. News: Feeney . Warren . Christchurch Arts Festival: New exhibition aiming to change perceptions . 12 January 2021 . Stuff . 27 August 2017 . en.
  14. Web site: Event – MCBW 2016 . 5 March 2016 . mcbw.de.
  15. Web site: Areta Wilkinson . Two Rooms . 12 January 2021.
  16. Web site: $100,000 Creative New Zealand Craft/Object Fellowship awarded to Areta Wilkinson. Creative New Zealand.
  17. Web site: Areta Wilkinson: Moa-Hunter Fashions . christchurchartgallery.org.nz . 12 January 2021.
  18. Web site: Toi Tū Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori Art . Auckland Art Gallery . 12 January 2021 . en.
  19. Web site: Kōrero Mai, Kōrero Atu – Artists Areta Wilkinson and Te Rongo Kirkwood at Auckland Museum . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20160616034602/http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/whats-on/exhibitions/korero-mai-korero-atu . 16 June 2016 . dmy-all .
  20. Web site: ARCHIVES Te Wahi Pounamu. Dunedin Public Art Gallery. 23 November 2015. 23 November 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151123085902/http://dunedin.art.museum/exhibitions/featured/archives_te_wahi_pounamu. dead.
  21. Web site: Areta Wilkinson, Whakapaipai – Jewellery as Pepeha. Objectspace. 8 June 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160123141633/http://objectspace.org.nz/Exhibitions/Detail/Areta+Wilkinson,+Whakapaipai+-+Jewellery+as+Pepeha. 23 January 2016. dead.
  22. Web site: Areta Wilkinson: Whakapaipai—Jewellery as Pepeha. The Dowse Art Museum. 8 June 2015.
  23. Web site: Pepeha. Bartley and Company Art. 24 February 2015.
  24. Web site: Collecting Contemporary. Te Papa Tongarewa. 24 February 2015.
  25. Web site: Te Puāwai o Ngāi Tahu: Twelve contemporary Ngāi Tahu artists. Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu. 13 June 2015.

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