EDUCATION
2000 – 2003
Master of Māori Visual Arts, Massey University, Palmerston North
1996 – 2000
Bachelor of Māori Visual Arts, Massey University, Palmerston North
1994 – 1995
Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
SELECTED SOLO & GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026
He Ao Āpōpō, He Ao Tea: Māori Futures, Te Whare o Rehua Sargeant Gallery, Whanganui
Te Hiringa o Matiti, Tim Melville Gallery, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Tātai Tuarangi: Star Seeds, Sound Waves and Ceremonies, Wairau Māori Art Gallery, Whangārei
2025
In Te Pō There Are Many Beginnings, PAGE Galleries, Te Whanganui-a-tara Wellington
Purapura Whetū, Sharjah Biennial, Emirate of Sharjah
2021
Completed a major body of work for the peka (ceiling panels) of Te Rau Karamū Marae on Pukeahu, Wellington
2020
Toi Tū Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori Art, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
2015
New Zealand Women Artists: From Yesteryear to Today, Ferner Galleries, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
2014
Five Māori Painters, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Invited by her iwi to contribute to Te Uru Taumatua, the Tūhoe tribal whare in Tāneatua
2013
Ka kata te po, 5Th Auckland Triennial, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
2011
Purangiaho: Ka kata te po, Te Manawa Art Gallery, Palmerston North and Māngare Arts Centre, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
E Tū Ake: Standing Strong, The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Te Whanganui-a-tara Wellington + touring to Musée de la Civilisation (Québec City, Canada), Musée du Quai Branly (Paris, France), and Museo Nacional de las Culturas (Mexico City, Mexico)
2010
Double Vision: When artists Collaborate, Pātaka Art + Museum, Porirua
Whakarongo, Tauranga Art Gallery, Tauranga
2009
Pepeha, The Suter Art Gallery Te Aratoi o Whakatū, Whakatū Nelson
2008
Tu te manu ora i te Rangi, Thermostat Gallery, Palmerston North
2007
Ngā Hanga Whakaaro, Thermostat Gallery, Palmerston North
2006
New Works, Thermostat Gallery, Palmerston North
2002
Taiāwhio: Continuity and Change, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Te Whanganui-a-tara Wellington
Created works for Taharora Marae under the guidance of artist and kaumātua Robert Jahnke.
2001
Biennale de Nouméa d'Art Contemporain, Tjibaou Cultural Centre, New Caledonia
Purangiaho: Seeing Clearly, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
1990
Saffronn Te Ratana, Janice Hill Gallery, Kirikiriroa Hamilton