Group Exhibition
On Saturday 6th January the 'Māori Modern' exhibition opened in Perth, featuring the work of ten different Māori artists including myself. All of the tickets for this exhibition opening sold out and I was happy to perform some of my spoken word poetry at the opening event too.
The exhibition is showing until 10th February 2018 and viewing is by appointment, please contact The Sound Temple venue directly if you wish to arrange a time to view this exhibition.
Many of the works shown in these photos are also available to purchase online here.
At Ora Ny Gallery with works by myself and the Toi Wāhine Collective exhibited behind me.
It was a three part trip - my partner, taonga puoro artist Jerome Kavanagh had a performance at The Lincoln Center to attend, I did a guest spot tattooing at NY Adorned, and I took over a capsule collection of art work to be exhibited at Ora Ny Gallery by the Toi Wāhine Collective. Phew it was an amazing whirlwind two trip and New York was so good to us, and I am so grateful to all of the inspiring conscious people we met over there!
Our Toi Wāhine Collective two day pop up shop at Ora Ny Gallery was off the hook!
I was very grateful to have esteemed contemporary Māori dancers Jack Grey, Louise Potiki Bryant, members of Altamira Dance Crew and their indigenous friends come and perform at our pop up shop on the final evening at the gallery.
Very grateful to New Zealand musicians Andrew White, Paddy Free of Pitch Black and Jerome Kavanagh for performing live in the gallery on both evenings at our pop up shop.
With my Navajo friend Precious at Ny Adorned after tattooing her.
Resin jewelry by Evelyn Ross that was part of the capsule collection I took to New York.
Hanging outside Ora Ny Gallery with New Zealand Photographer Nichola Clark and friend.
Moko completed for a Taranaki born client at Ny Adorned.
Dressed up and ready to roll out for one of my first nights in New York City!
With all of the amazing dancers that graced the exhibition space on the final evening of our pop up shop exhibition.
Kirituhi completed for an African-American woman at Ny Adorned.
The performance that my partner was invited to be a part of at The Lincoln Center was pretty awe inspiring!
I buzzed out on how many psychic shops were in NYC - they seemed to be as common as dairies are in New Zealand!
Taaniko work by Kui Topia that was part of the Toi Wāhine Collective pop up shop.
With New York based Māori gallerist John Royal and his daughter.
Kirituhi for my new friend Grace from Trinidad and Tobago at Ny Adorned.
Tattooing an American born Māori man at NY Adorned.
With new friends Keke and Giarna Te Kanawa, gallerist of Ora Ny Gallery.
Kirituhi at Ny Adorned for a Columbian woman.
Being a poser in the back of a New York yellow cab.
At Ora Ny Gallery.
With a Hawaiian Māoli woman that I met at the gallery, it was so great meeting so many Polynesians from all over in New York.
Outside Ny Adorned.
At the after party of The Lincoln Center performance, 'Calling All Dawns'.
With my new friends Tiff and Sammay at Ora Ny Gallery.
So awesome getting to meet indigenous First Nations performer, Supaman at The Shrine in Harlem.
A projected image of contemporary Māori jeweler, Keri-Mei Zagrobelna on the wall of Ora Ny Gallery as part of a moving portraits film installation by Pikihuia Haenga that was part of our pop up shop exhibition.
My New York family on the trip.
Partay time at the gallery once all the work was finished.
Posey posers.
With new friends Amy and Cristina at the gallery.
A selection of the capsule collection by Toi Wāhine Collective at Ora Ny Gallery.
With my new friend Sammay, Filipino dancer.
Moko completed for an American born Māori man at Ny Adorned.
Sian Montgomery-Neutze, Rangimarie Sophie Jolley, Taryn Beri, Miriama Grace-Smith, Xoe Hall, and Pikihuia Haenga-Carkeek at our first wānanga together in preparation for the exhibition. Our jewellery artist Keri-Mei Zagrobelna was in Europe when we took this photo but she will be back in December in time for our exhibition opening!
Due to open on 2nd December in Hartham Place, Porirua, this exhibition is set to be a diverse, unpredictable and exciting mix of seven young Māori female artists. Included in Toi Wāhine 2015 are female painters, moko artists, a writer, a jewellery designer and a film maker, all with some kind of affiliation to and affection for Porirua City.
The idea was born from seeing a call for proposals that was put out by Letting Space's service Urban Dream Brokerage, a radical and conscious organisation that makes use of empty and vacant shop spaces, transforming them for a short time into living, breathing, useful community based spaces.
Our exhibition will open on Wednesday 2nd December and run through till Tuesday 22nd December (please mark it in your calendars). Located under the canopies in Porirua by where childrens clothing store 'TnT' used to be! Details of the official opening event are still to come, so if you are interested then please stay posted (join my mailing list).
An exciting programme of events is currently being developed by our group, with each individual artist running a workshop for the public to come along and participate in, learn, share and contribute. Live tā moko will also be happening in the exhibition space throughout the three week period, including moko kauae.
Contributing artists in Toi Wāhine 2015 are:
Xoe Hall (muralist, glitterist and painter)
Sian Montgomery-Neutze (multimedia artist, painter and moko artist)
Miriama Grace-Smith (multimedia artist and fashion designer)
Keri-Mei Zagrobelna (jewellery artist)
Rangimarie Sophie Jolley (writer)
Taryn Beri (multimedia artist, painter and moko artist)
Pikihuia Haenga-Carkeek (experimental film maker)
So far our group has had two wānanga, sharing ideas and making art together, with more wānanga scheduled to come in the lead up to the opening of the exhibition.
Sian Montgomery-Neutze at our first wānanga toi.
Miriama Grace-Smith at our first wānanga toi.
Rangimarie Sophie Jolley at our first wānanga toi.
Xoe Hall at our first wānanga toi.
We will have interactive installations, paintings and prints for sale, community workshops, live tā moko happening onsite and lots of other fun and awesome things happening over the three weeks - more details to come.
I hope you can make it along to check it out, participate and support the kaupapa!
Mauriora,
Taryn Beri
