Te Rongo Kirkwood Explained

Te Rongo Kirkwood
Birth Date:1973
Birth Place:Auckland, New Zealand
Nationality:New Zealand
Field:fused glass
Training:self-taught

Te Rongo Kirkwood (born 1973)[1] is an artist from Auckland, New Zealand. She is known for her glass art, particularly in fused and slumped glass.[2]

Career

Kirkwood credits her initial interest in glass art to meeting renowned glass artist Danny Lane in the United Kingdom. When she returned to New Zealand, her interest grew, but with two young children, she was not able to attend a formal multi-year course in glass art at a university. She purchased a glass kiln and began to learn independently.

Kirkwood's works have won recognition in a range of competitions and exhibitions. Her work was selected for inclusion in the Bombay Sapphire Blue Room exhibition in 2007, and for a Matariki-themed exhibition organised by Manukau City Council in 2009.[3] [4] In 2009 she won the Auckland Royal Easter Show art awards in the glass art category with her 'Puawai' piece.[5] In 2014 and 2012, she was selected as a finalist in the Australian Ranamok Glass Prize[6] [7]

She has also contributed to the Project Twin Streams project in Waitakere by producing a major artwork near the pathway at Millbrook Esplanade.[8] Her glass sculpture 'Te Aho Maumahara – Sacred Strand of Memories' hangs in the community area of the Devonport Library.[9]

In 2014, her work was exhibited in the group show Te Hau A Uru: A Message from the West at Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery alongside artists Rebecca Baumann, Philip Dadson, Brett Graham, Lisa Reihana and Tanya Ruka.[10] Between June 2015 and February 2016, Kirkwood's Ka Awatea series, previously displayed at Pataka Art + Museum in 2012, was exhibited at the De Young Fine Arts Museum in San Francisco. In June 2016, Kōrero Mai, Kōrero Atu, featuring the work of Kirkwood and jeweller Areta Wilkinson opened at the Auckland War Memorial Museum.[11]

Exhibitions

Solo

Group

Personal life

Kirkwood is of Māori and Scots ancestry. She affiliates with Waikato, Taranaki, Te Wai-o-Hua, Te Kawerau and Ngāi Tai ki Tamaki iwi.[16]

External Links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Artist: Te Rongo Kirkwood . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160314175135/http://www.spiritwrestler.com/catalog/index.php?artists_id=750 . 14 March 2016 . 15 November 2020 . Spirit Wrestler Gallery.
  2. Web site: George . Linda . 2009 . Te Rongo Kirkwood . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091025174825/http://www.maoriart.org.nz/maori_art_market/trkirkwood . 25 October 2009 . Toi Maori Aotearoa.
  3. News: 28 September 2007 . NZ Artists Selected for Blue Room Exhibition . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240717024203/https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0709/S00327.htm . 17 July 2024 . 9 May 2011 . . Press Release: Bombay Sapphire.
  4. News: 30 May 2008 . Arts in the City weekly update, 2 - 8 June . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240717024934/https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0805/S00318.htm . 17 July 2024 . 9 May 2011 . . Press release: Manukau City Council.
  5. News: 9 April 2009 . Royal Easter Show Art Awards Winners . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240717025133/https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0904/S00132.htm . 17 July 2024 . 9 May 2011 . . Press Release: Royal Easter Show.
  6. Web site: Ranamok Glass Prize Finalist Catalogue : Ranamok Glass Prize 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170211075906/http://ranamok2013.rvrapid.com/?iid=99087#folio=2 . 11 February 2017 . 25 July 2016 . Ranamok Glass Prize.
  7. Web site: Ranamok Glass Prize Finalist Catalogue : Ranamok Glass Prize 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170211080701/http://ranamok2013.rvrapid.com/?iid=98461#folio=3 . 11 February 2017 . 25 July 2016 . Ranamok Glass Prize.
  8. News: April 2010 . Walk/cycleways complete . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180905175626/http://www.waitakere.govt.nz/abtcit/ne/pdf/2010/streamtalk-apr10.pdf . 5 September 2018 . 31 January 2012 . Streamtalk . . 2.
  9. Web site: Anstice . Ian . 22 March 2015 . Devonport Library (Te Pataka Korero o Te Hau Kapua), New Zealand . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240226132651/http://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/practitioners/new-libraries/devonport-library-te-pataka-korero-o-te-hau-kapua-new-zealand . 26 February 2024 . 5 September 2018 . Public Libraries News.
  10. Web site: 2014 . Te Hau a Uru: A Message from the West . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240528140737/https://www.teuru.org.nz/whats-on/calendar/te-hau-a-uru-a-message-from-the-west/ . 28 May 2024 . 25 July 2016 . Te Uru Waitākere Contemporary Gallery.
  11. Web site: 2016 . Kōrero Mai, Kōrero Atu – Artists Areta Wilkinson and Te Rongo Kirkwood at Auckland Museum . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220126064405/https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/visit/exhibitions/2016-past-exhibitions/korero-mai-korero-atu . 26 January 2022 . 15 July 2016 . Auckland War Memorial Museum.
  12. Web site: 2015 . Te Rongo Kirkwood - Nga Kakahu Karaihe . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240717031941/https://www.milfordgalleries.co.nz/dunedin/exhibitions/1006-Te-Rongo-Kirkwood-Nga-Kakahu-Karaihe . 17 July 2024 . 14 July 2016 . Milford Galleries.
  13. Web site: Exhibitions - Ka Awatea . deviated . https://web.archive.org/web/20180408074013/http://terongo.com/exhibitions/ . 8 April 2018 . 14 July 2016 . terongo.com.
  14. Web site: we are loving : te rongo Kirkwood . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160128183357/http://www.untouchedworld.com/-blog/recent-posts/we-are-loving-te-rongo-kirkwood . 28 January 2016 . 14 July 2016 . untouchedworld.com.
  15. Web site: 2017 . Te Rongo Kirkwood: As Above, So Below . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230219035233/https://www.milfordgalleries.co.nz/dunedin/exhibitions/10380-Te-Rongo-Kirkwood-As-Above-So-Below . 19 February 2023 . 5 September 2018 . Milford Galleries.
  16. Web site: Artists: Te Rongo Kirkwood . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240520200157/https://www.milfordgalleries.co.nz/queenstown/artists/32-Te-Rongo-Kirkwood . 20 May 2024 . 5 September 2018 . Milford Galleries.

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