Tangimoe Clay Explained

Tangimoe Clay
Nationality:New Zealand
Occupation:weaver, textile artist and gallery owner

Tangimoe Clay is a New Zealand weaver and textile artist. She is affiliated with the Whakatōhea[1] and Ngāti Ngahere iwi.[2] 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.[3] She became interested in working with flax in the late 1980s.[4] She was taught some weaving skills by Maggie Tai. Clay has artworks in the collections of the Auckland Art Gallery and Te Papa Tongarewa.[5] In 2014 Clay enrolled with Te Wānanga o Aotearoa to study towards a Bachelor of Māori Visual Arts - Maunga Kura Toi.[6] She also owns the Tangata Whenua Gallery in Ōpōtiki where she sells art works produced by herself as well as other Māori artists.

Honours and awards

In 2003 Clay won Best self-employment business award in the Maori businesswomen awards.[7] 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.

Exhibits

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ms Tangimoe Clay. 2021-01-03. collections.tepapa.govt.nz.
  2. Book: Borell N. Jackson M. Taiaroa T. & Auckland Art Gallery . Toi tū toi ora : contemporary Māori art . Penguin Random House New Zealand in association with Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki . 2022 . 978-0-14-377673-4 . 343.
  3. News: 8 December 2017. Keeping traditional art alive. Sunlive. 3 January 2021.
  4. Web site: Objectspace. 29 May 2008. Uhengaparaoa: Works by Tangimoe Clay. 3 January 2021. TheBigIdea.
  5. Web site: Tangimoe Clay. 2021-01-03. Auckland Art Gallery. en.
  6. Web site: Tawhiao. Carly. 16 August 2016. From kete to kāwhenga. 2021-01-03. Te Wānanga o Aotearoa. en.
  7. News: 24 July 2003. Caterer carves herself a winning slice. New Zealand Herald. 3 January 2021.
  8. Book: Borell, Nigel . Toi Tū Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori Art . 2022-03-16 . Penguin Group . 978-0-14-377673-4.
  9. Web site: Black. Taroi. 24 December 2017. A house made out of raupo (flax) and exhibited in Whakatāne. 2021-01-03. Māori Television. en.
  10. Web site: 2016. The Real Opotiki - Art Exhibition. 2021-01-03. Eventfinda. en.

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