Tangimoe Clay
New Zealand Māori weaver
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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.[1]
- Weaver
- textile artist
- gallery owner
Tangimoe Clay | |
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| Born | 1960 (age 65–66) |
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Biography
Clay is a weaver from Ōpōtiki[2] 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.[2] Clay has artworks in the collections of the Auckland Art Gallery and Te Papa Tongarewa.[1][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.[5][2]
Honours and awards
Exhibits
- The Eternal Thread, group exhibition, Pātaka Art + Museum, Porirua, tour of USA (2004), Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu (2007)[8]
- Mataraupo, Te Koputu a te whanga a Toi — Whakatane Library and Exhibition Centre, 9 December 2017 to 4 February 2018.[3][9]
- The Real Opotiki, Studio One Toi Tū, 2017[10]