Kohai Grace Explained

Kohai Grace
Birth Place:New Zealand
Education:Wellington Arts Centre. Te Wānanga o Raukawa, Bachelor of Design and Art. Massey University, Masters (Māori Visual Arts).
Known For:Weaving, teaching
Style:Māori weaving
Relatives:Patricia Grace (mother)[1]

Kohai Grace (born 1966) is a New Zealand weaver. Her iwi are Ngāti Toa Rangatira, Ngāti Porou, Te Āti Awa and Ngāti Raukawa.[2]

Biography

Grace learnt weaving under Kataraina Hetet-Winiata at the Wellington Arts Centre.[2] [3] She also learned under the esteemed Rangi Hetet and Erenora Puketapu-Hetet whilst completing a Bachelor of Design and Art at Te Wānanga o Raukawa. She holds a Masters in Māori Visual Arts from Massey University.[4]

From 1998 to 2005 Grace was a weaving teacher at Te Wānanga o Raukawa.

In 2008, she was the de Young Museum's artist-in-residence in San Francisco, which coincided with the event Māori Art Meets America.[5] [6]

Works

Her weaving is based upon customary practice and the use of natural materials and has been described as having a "strong contemporary edge".[7] Her work has been included in international exhibitions such as E tū Ake[8] which toured to Musée du quai Branly, Paris and Museo de las Culturas, Mexico City.[9] Her work is also held in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.[10] [11]

In 1990, she was commissioned by the National Library of New Zealand to produce tukutuku (woven panels) for the Nga Kupu Korero exhibition which toured the country and focused on issues surrounding the Treaty of Waitangi, 150 years after its signing.

Two festivals Grace has participated in are the Island to Island Festival, Tasmania in 2001, and the Festival of Pacific Arts, Palau in 2004.

In 2004, she presented the Tui Cloak,[12] a garment made with harakeke and inspired by the white throat feathers of the Tūī bird.[13]

In 2007, her garment Wahine o te Pō won awards at Style Pasifika in Auckland in 2007, and was in the New Zealand Fashion Museum exhibition Black in Fashion: Wearing the colour black in New Zealand.[14]

Exhibitions

Awards

Notes and References

  1. News: Catherall . Sarah . Patricia Grace turns her pen on herself . 11 August 2021 . Stuff.co.nz . 8 May 2021.
  2. Book: Tamati-Quennell. Megan. Megan Tamati-Quennell. Pū Manawa. 1993. Huia Publishers. Wellington. 0-909010-00-5.
  3. Book: 2008. Raupo. 978-0-14-300934-4. Hakaraia. Libby. North Shore City, N.Z.. 213382039. Waata Urlich. Colleen.
  4. Web site: Kohai Grace » Te Auaha. https://web.archive.org/web/20190122043324/https://www.teauaha.com/nga-toi/tutor-profiles/kohai-grace/. dead. 22 January 2019. 22 January 2019. 16 November 2019.
  5. Web site: Toi Māori celebrated in San Francisco. 29 October 2008. Creative New Zealand. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150208070458/http://www.creativenz.govt.nz/en/news/toi-maori-celebrated-in-san-francisco. 8 February 2015.
  6. Web site: Arts on Sunday: Kohai Grace. 2 November 2008. Radio New Zealand National. 12 November 2019.
  7. Web site: Creative life - Visual arts and crafts. Swarbrick. Nancy. Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. 12 November 2019.
  8. Web site: Experience Te Papa's New Touring Māori Exhibition Te Papa. https://web.archive.org/web/20190129000842/https://www.tepapa.govt.nz/about/press-and-media/press-releases/2011-news-and-media-releases/experience-te-papas-new-touring. dead. 29 January 2019. 29 January 2019. 16 November 2019.
  9. Book: E Tū Ake: Māori Standing Strong. Smith. Huhana. 2011. Te Papa Press. 9781877385698. Wellington.
  10. Web site: Kohai Grace Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. collections.tepapa.govt.nz. 16 November 2019.
  11. Web site: 2008–2012 past touring exhibitions Te Papa. https://web.archive.org/web/20190125165728/https://www.tepapa.govt.nz/about/touring-exhibitions/past-touring-exhibitions/2008-2012-past-touring-exhibitions#E%20Tu%20Ake. dead. 25 January 2019. 25 January 2019. 16 November 2019.
  12. Web site: Tūī cloak' woven garment - Part of Taonga Māori collection, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. collections.tepapa.govt.nz. 16 November 2019.
  13. Book: Aho Mutunga Kore. Huia Publishers. Miriama Evans. Ranui Ngarimu. 2005. 9781869691615. 74.
  14. Web site: Wahine o te Pō. New Zealand Fashion Museum. en. 12 November 2019.
  15. Web site: Mäori [sic] Visual Arts celebrates ten years at Massey]. 23 November 2005. Massey University. 12 November 2019.
  16. News: He Maumaharatanga: A Woven Tribute. Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision. 12 May 2009. The Big Idea. 14 January 2015.
  17. Web site: New Zealand Fashion Museum. www.nzfashionmuseum.org.nz. en. 16 November 2019.
  18. Web site: The Call of Taranaki: reo Karanga o Taranaki. 2013. Puke Ariki. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20181105214023/http://pukeariki.com/Exhibitions/Call-Of-Taranaki-Reo-Karanga-O-Taranaki. 5 November 2018. 12 November 2019.
  19. Web site: Turuturu. 2016. Pataka Art + Museum. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160128220516/http://www.pataka.org.nz/2014/08/kohai-grace-and-students/. 28 January 2016. 12 November 2019.
  20. Web site: Retro Influence With Contemporary Design Scoop News. https://web.archive.org/web/20191116091233/https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0709/S00096/retro-influence-with-contemporary-design.htm. dead. 16 November 2019. 16 November 2019. 16 November 2019.

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