| Artist Profile of Rangi Kipa |
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Artist Statement:
'The process of relearning customary techniques & allows you to understand the thought processes of our tupuna and their inter-relationship with their environment. These processes effectively are an inheritance of over a thousand years of occupation and the unbroken transfer of the mauri [life-essence]; they are doorways to walk with our tupuna.'
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A practicing artist of over twenty years, Rangi Kipa is now forging a reputation internationally with overseas collectors.
Kipa graduated from the Maraeroa Carving School in 1986, gained a Bachelor of Social Sciences from Waikato University in 1994 and a Masters of Maori Visual Arts from Massey University in 2006.
His selection as the Te Waka Toi Inaugural Artist in Residence to Noumea in 2004 is evidence of his commitment and involvement in the Maori Arts.
Proficient in various disciplines, Kipa specialises in ta moko, sculpture (wood, stone, bone, corian) ethnographic taonga and illustration. Kipa is represented in the collection of Te Papa Tongarewa, the Dowse Art Museum, Puke Ariki, and many significant private collections internationally. Recent awards include the 2006 Creative New Zealand Craft/Object Art Fellowship and the Molly Morpeth Canaday Creative Excellence Award 2004.
Kipa seeks to recreate the 'voyaging nature' of Maori and to explore the world through his art, seeking new ideas and places to be, a continuum of our ancestors departure from Hawaiki to explore new horizons.
Please contact the gallery for further information on available work.
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Selected works of Rangi Kipa
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