MFA (Auckland) PhD (Waikato).
Tribal Affiliations: Ngā Puhi and Ngāti Ruanui
Donna Campbell is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Māori and Indigenous Studies at the University of Waikato. … Read more
Donna Campbell
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Jenny Bielawski
Jenny is from Taranaki and has a very wide ranging art practice. She often explores environmental issues in her works. Jenny describes her practice below:
Over recent years I have used fibre and fabric to make contemporary art works, often … Read more
Bernice Mitchell
Bernice has earned herself a reputation as a felt maker of enormous energy and joy. Bernice has written about her practice and inspiration below:
My relationship with felt began when I reluctantly went with my late mother to a national … Read more
Christine Keller
Christine Keller is a senior professional weaver from Dunedin. She operates the LoomRoom in Dunedin which you can explore through her website https://christinekeller.co.nz/
Many of Christine’s projects have an environmental concern underpinning them – this includes the work she created … Read more
Isla Fabu
Currently from Hawera, Taranaki, Isla approaches her art practice with a very empathetic mindset. Here she talks about her materials, her making, her thoughts and her feelings:
I am an artist living in Aotearoa New Zealand. Raised by the Baltic … Read more
Birgit Moffatt.
Birgit has embraced all aspects of Aotearoa since choosing to make this special place her home. Deeply engaged with her surrounding natural environment Birgit’s art practice encompasses many natural materials and found items.
A degree in Visual Arts and Design … Read more
Suzan Kostanich
New Plymouth is the home of Suzan Kostanich, a very experimental felt maker. Suzan talks about her art life here:
For over forty years I have had an enduring interest in textile arts, engendered by my late Mother’s encouragement and … Read more
Stella Lange
Dr. Stella Lange is a maker and educator, working as a Principle Lecturer in the School of Design, Otago Polytechnic, her practice is balanced between textile based making and investigating historical methods of repair and mending through museum collections as … Read more
Jeanette Verster
Jeanette Verster has settled in New Plymouth and brings to her textile practice a wide ranging variety of expressive, conceptual works as well as practical functional objects for everyday use and pleasure. We are very excited with her works and … Read more