Neke Moa

Neke Moa’s practice seeks to promote hauora by deepening connections between tangata, tohunga, and atua. Using materials gifted by te taiao, and drawing on customary and contemporary processes, she works to make mātauranga and pūrākau newly accessible. Moa is one of Aotearoa’s most highly accomplished adornment artists. She has exhibited throughout the Moana Oceania region and further afield. In 2023, she was awarded a prestigious Herbert Hofmann Prize at Munich Jewellery Week and was a McCahon House artist-in-residence. Works by Moa are held in the collections of important institutions, including Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, the Dowse Art Museum, and the Musuem of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. She is based in Ōtaki Beach, where many of her rauemi are gathered.