Gina Matchitt

Matchitt was born and raised in Rotorua,^[3] and graduated from Unitec Institute of Technology with a diploma in design (jewellery) in 1994. She returned to Unitec as a lecturer in the School of Design from 1996 to 1999, teaching in the areas of body adornment, metal history and Māori arts.^[4] Her first solo exhibition, Ngā Whiriwhiri, was held in 1996 at Fingers Contemporary Jewellery Gallery in Auckland.^[5] Her Merchandise portfolio, representing external (Western) influences on Māori culture, won a Seppelt Contemporary Art Award in 1999 and was exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia.^[4][5] She graduated with a masters of Māori visual arts from Massey University in 2011.^[6]

She and her family lived in Washington, D.C. from 2007 to 2012,^[7] then Rome for two years before returning to New Zealand.^[2]

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