Sam Te Tau - Ngā Kupu Huna
Artist mihi
Ko Rangitane me Ngati kahungunu oku Iwi Ko Ngai Tumapuhia a rangi, Ngati Rakairangi me Ngati Moe oku Hapu Ko Papawai te marae Ko Tararua te maunga Ko Waiohine te awa Ko Wairarapa te whenua Ko Sam Te Tau ahau Artist statement for Ngā Kupu Huna This series of paintings, Ngā Kupu Huna, is a spontaneous and heartfelt response to The Hidden Words, a book of writings from Baha'u'llah, founder of the Baha'i Faith. The systematic placement of Māori and Christian symbolism within fluid compositions draw attention to the inextricable relationship between the spiritual and the physical. This is further reflected through engagement with a creative process that is highly intuitive, whereby the development of images is free and organic. Exhibition: 20th July-10th August 2013. Opening: Friday 19th July, 5.30pm |
Artist information - Sam Te Tau
Sam Te Tau is from
Wairarapa and is resident in Palmerston North. He has practiced art making for over 30 years and tutored painting and drawing at tertiary level for over 10 years, serving as artist in residence in NZ and Australia. After a formal art education at Meadowbank
Technical college in N.S.W, he majored in painting at Nepean CAE, Sydney.
Sam Te Tau has artworks in private collections in New Zealand, Australia, England and South Africa. Selected exhibitions and art training: 1981 - Meadowbank Tech. NSW Art Certificate 1984 - University of Western Sydney - Penrith NSW 2yr Diploma Fine Arts Major Painting and Printmaking 1985 - Group Exhibition - Lewers Gallery - Penrith 1988 - Wairarapa Art Centre, Masterton - First Local Tangatawhenua Artist Solo Exhibition 1989 - Upper Hutt Art Society - Solo Exhibition 1990 - City Art Gallery - Group Exhibition Maori Artists 1991 - Whangara Maori Artists Wananga - Gisborne (sponsor Te Waka Toi) 1992 - Whakaairo student under Takirirangi Smith - Wairarapa Community Polytech 1993 - Second prize Young Farmers Art Competition 1994 - Waiheke Island Maori Artists Wananga - Auckland (sponsor Te Waka Toi) 1996 - Artist in residence - Nelson Creek Pottery, Westcoast - Greymouth 1997 - Wellington Academy Fine Arts - Group Exhibition 2002 - Shalom Gallery, Parnell Auckland - Solo Exhibition 2002 - Appearance on Nightline and Maori TV with Shalom exhibition 2004 - Chameleon Gallery, Masterton - Solo Exhibition 2005 - Kura gallery, Wellington - Group Exhibition 2007 - Commission - Industrial Art, Northpower - Tauranga 2008 - Katoomba Gallery, NSW - Group Exhibition |
2009 - Taa Moko Student - Te Wananga o Aotearoa, Rotorua 2010 - Aratoi Gallery Masterton - Group Exhibition 2011 - Artist in Residence - Printmaking at Duck Studio, Wollongong NSW 2011 - Whakaairo Student - Te Wananga o Aotearoa, Palmerston North 2011 - Square Edge Gallery - Solo Exhibition, Palmerston North 2011 - Te Manawa Gallery - Local Artists Review Exhibition, Palmerston North 2012 - Student CSBM - Te Wananga o Aotearoa 2012 - Hetet Gallery, Lower Hutt - Group Exhibition 2013 - Gilberd Marriott Gallery, Wgtn 2013 - Pataka - Porirua Museum od Art & Culture, September |