| Chronology |
| Born: |
Kawakawa, Bay of Islands, Aotearoa |
| Married: |
Rula Ormsby: 10.09.1983 |
| Children: |
George Benny |
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Destiny Ngarongoa |
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Richard Walter |
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Isaiah Lehi Mosiah |
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| Awards / Scholarships / Grants |
| 1996 |
Cultural Arts Blues Award - Auckland University |
| 1996 |
QE II Auckland City Council |
| 1996 |
Manukau City Council - Creative New Zealand Community
funding |
| 1997 |
Tai Tokerau Trust |
| 1997 |
Manaaki Tauira |
| 1998 |
Pacific Island Polynesia Education Foundation |
| 1998 |
Creative New Zealand |
| 1999 |
Creative New Zealand |
| 2000 |
Creative New Zealand |
| 2000 |
Lotteries Board Millenial Projects |
| 2000 |
AMP Recipient |
| 2000 |
AMP Special Award |
| 2001 |
Fowlds Memorial Prize 2000, University of Auckland |
| 2001 |
Ngatihine Forestry Trust |
| 2001 |
Mannaki Tauira, Specialist Education Trust |
| 2001 |
Pacific Forum Line |
| 2002 |
Innovative Excellence Award, Pacific Board, Creative
New Zealand |
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| Solo Exhibitions |
| 1997 |
Me He Aroha "Love at home," Te Taumata Gallery,
Auckland |
| 1998 |
Boise Idaho Museum, United States of America |
| 1999 |
Te Aua Tiare "The garden of flowers," Fisher
Gallery, Pakuranga |
| 1999 |
"When the eels were fat," Studio of Contemporary
Art, Newmarket |
| 2001 |
The Journey, Studio of Contemporary Art, Newmarket |
| 2003 |
Public Works on the backs of 7 South Auckland buses. |
| 2004 |
I CAN, Reef Gallery, Symond Street, Auckland |
| 2005 |
The Parrot Fish Returns, The Art Studio, Rarotonga |
| 2005 |
Oranga Ora, Better Living, Auckland Diabetes Building,
Mt Eden |
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| Travelling Exhibitions |
| 1996 |
Six Pack, Pakuranga Community Centre, toured North Island |
| 1997 |
From Here to There, travelled Australia, Hawaii, Samoa,
Tonga |
| 1998 |
Pacific Rim, Medalia Gallery, Manhatten, New York |
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| Selected Group Exhibitions |
| 1996 |
The new net goes fishing, Te Taumata Gallery |
| 1996 |
Maori Expo, Aotea Centre |
| 1997 |
Te Hahatanga o Pipiri (The first breath of Winter),
Bell Gully Law Firm, Auckland |
| 1997 |
Te Atinga, Civic Centre, Rotorua |
| 1997 |
Te Vaka o Kuki Aranui, Uxbridge, Howick |
| 1997 |
Manahiki, Tautai Trust, Out Reach, Ponsonby |
| 1998 |
FOUR4, ArtStation, Ponsonby |
| 1998 |
Te Toi Hou, George Fraser Gallery, Auckland |
| 1998 |
Pacific Island Artists, Aotea Gallery |
| 1998 |
AUT Sculpture Symposium |
| 1999 |
Ngati Whiriki, George Fraser Gallery, Auckland |
| 1999 |
Tautai, Mangere Community Arts Centre, Manukau City |
| 1999 |
Manukau Vessel and Sculpture Exhibition, Nathan Homestead,
Manurewa |
| 2000 |
Art on the Beach, Piha Beach (Lopdell House Gallery,
Titirangi) |
| 2000 |
Stone Symposium, Palmerston North |
| 2000 |
Geneology, Mairangi Arts Centre, Mairangi Bay |
| 2000 |
Paroe, Cook Island Artists, Whangarei Art Museum, Whangarei |
| 2000 |
Auckland's Family Week, Aotea Centre |
| 2000 |
NZ Garden Sculpture Exhibition, Beecroft Gardens, Takapuna,
North Short City |
| 2001 |
Martin Hughs Travel Award Exhibition, Artstation, Ponsonby |
| 2001 |
Tautai Sculpture Symposium, QE2 Square, Auckland |
| 2001 |
Savage Beauty, The Pataka Gallery, Porirua, Wellington |
| 2001 |
Tautoko, ASA Gallery, Auckland |
| 2001 |
The Beachcomber, Rarotonga, Cook Islands |
| 2001 |
Hybridity, The George Fraser Gallery, Auckland |
| 2001 |
Pacific Rim, New Zealand Contemporary Medallion Exhibitions,
McPherson Gallery, Auckland |
| 2001 |
Matariki, Te Taumata Gallery, Auckland |
| 2001 |
Mark 7, Te Tuhi, Pakuranga, (curator) |
| 2001 |
E Tu, The edge, Auckland, (curator) |
| 2001 |
International Sculpture Competition, St Pierre de Chartreuse,
France |
| 2001 |
International Exposition, St Pierre de Chartreuse, France |
| 2002 |
Parallel Bodies, Whangarei Art Museum |
| 2002 |
Tasina Studios, Whenuapai |
| 2004 |
Process/Tikanga, Mataora Gallery, Parnell. |
| 2004 |
Sculpture on the shore, Devonport |
| 2004 |
'Whaihanga Toi' The culture builders, leading maori
artist/educators, Scott Ormond Gallery, Napier. |
| 2005 |
Pacific Arts Association, VIII International Symposium,
Salem, Boston, USA |
| 2005 |
International Sculpture Exhibition, Seki City, Japan |
| 2005 |
Letters To The Ancestors, Waikato Museum, Hamilton |
| 2006 |
Healing Our Spirits Worldwide, Art Gallery Of Alberta,
Edmonton, Canada |
| 2006 |
Schools Out Exhibition, Papakura Art Gallery, Papakura |
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| Performance and Installation |
| 1996 |
Featured extra, Xena Warrior Princess, Episode 13 |
| 1997 |
Retrieve, Maidment Theatre, Auckland |
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| Public Collections |
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Auckland Institute of Technology |
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University of Auckland |
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Manukau City Council |
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Palmerston North Arts Council |
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Sutton Park School, Mangere, Auckland |
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Parnell Primary School, Parnell |
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Waiariki Polytechnic, Rotorua |
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Mangere Indoor Heated Fun Pools, Mangere, Auckland |
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Boise Historical Museum, Idaho, United States of America |
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Cook Island Government, Cook Islands |
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Te Wananga O Aotearoa |
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Northern Providence Council, Poindemere, New Caledonia |
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Telstra Clear Pacific Events Center, Manukau |
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South Pacific College Of Natural Therapy, Ellerslie,
Auckland |
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Mangere East Library, Mangere, Manukau |
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| Publications / Catalogues |
| 1996 |
Mana Magazine |
| 1997 |
Dowse Museum, Wellington |
| 1997 |
National Business Review |
| 1998 |
Art News, Summer |
| 1998 |
Manukau |
| 1998 |
Fisher Gallery, Pakuranga |
| 2000 |
Art News, Summer |
| 2000 |
Mana Magazine |
| 2001 |
My Journey by R.S.Cooper |
| 2002 |
NZ Sculpture by Michael Dunn |
| 2003 |
Kaitiaki / Mentors by R.S.Cooper |
