Robyn Kahukiwa
born 1938, Sydney
Ngāti Porou (Ngāti Konohi, Te Whānau-a-Ruataupare, Te Whānau-a-Te-Ao), Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti
born 1938, Sydney
Ngāti Porou (Ngāti Konohi, Te Whānau-a-Ruataupare, Te Whānau-a-Te-Ao), Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti
Since the early 1970s, Robyn Kahukiwa has explored questions of heritage, identity, and sovereignty that are central to the Māori experience and relevant to Indigenous people internationally. Best known as a painter, she has also produced prints, drawings, and sculpture. Her practice ranges across diverse subjects, including colonialism and the dispossession of Indigenous people, blood-ties and motherhood, customs and pūrākau. She exhibits regularly and has works in collections all over the world.