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Tangimoe Clay

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Tangimoe Clay
Born1960 (age 63–64)
NationalityNew Zealand
Occupation(s)weaver, textile artist and gallery owner

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]

Biography

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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

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In 2003 Clay won Best self-employment business award in the Maori businesswomen awards.[7] In 2016 Clay was the recipient of the Molly Morpeth Canaday 3D local Merit award and the Whakatāne Society of Arts and Crafts Local Art Award.[3][6]

Exhibits

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Ms Tangimoe Clay". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d Borell N. Jackson M. Taiaroa T. & Auckland Art Gallery (2022). Toi tū toi ora : contemporary Māori art. Penguin Random House New Zealand in association with Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. p. 343. ISBN 978-0-14-377673-4.
  3. ^ a b c "Keeping traditional art alive". Sunlive. 8 December 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  4. ^ Objectspace (29 May 2008). "Uhengaparaoa: Works by Tangimoe Clay". TheBigIdea. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Tangimoe Clay". Auckland Art Gallery. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  6. ^ a b Tawhiao, Carly (16 August 2016). "From kete to kāwhenga". Te Wānanga o Aotearoa. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Caterer carves herself a winning slice". New Zealand Herald. 24 July 2003. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  8. ^ Borell, Nigel (16 March 2022). Toi Tū Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori Art. Penguin Group. ISBN 978-0-14-377673-4.
  9. ^ Black, Taroi (24 December 2017). "A house made out of raupo (flax) and exhibited in Whakatāne". Māori Television. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  10. ^ "The Real Opotiki - Art Exhibition". Eventfinda. 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2021.