Gina Matchitt

Gina Matchitt
Born1966 (age 57–58)
Rotorua, New Zealand
NationalityNew Zealand
Alma materUnitec Institute of Technology
Massey University
Websiteginamatchitt.com

Gina Matchitt (Te Arawa Whakatõhea) is a New Zealand Māori jeweller, weaver and artist. Her work combines Māori pattern and language with contemporary pākehā brands and symbols.[1][2]

Biography

Matchitt was born and raised in Rotorua,[3] and graduated from Unitec Institute of Technology with a diploma in design (jewellery) in 1994. She returned to Unitec as a lecturer in the School of Design from 1996 to 1999, teaching in the areas of body adornment, metal history and Māori arts.[4] Her first solo exhibition, Ngā Whiriwhiri, was held in 1996 at Fingers Contemporary Jewellery Gallery in Auckland.[5] Her Merchandise portfolio, representing external (Western) influences on Māori culture, won a Seppelt Contemporary Art Award in 1999 and was exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia.[4][5] She graduated with a masters of Māori visual arts from Massey University in 2011.[6]

She and her family lived in Washington, D.C. from 2007 to 2012,[7] then Rome for two years before returning to New Zealand.[2]

References

  1. ^ Shelton, Lindsay (19 November 2015). "$200 or less, and ready to wrap – Toi Pōneke's final show of the year". Wellington.Scoop. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  2. ^ a b Jackson, Lucy. "Feeling Uncomfortable: An Interview with Gina Matchitt". The Pantograph Punch. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Matchitt, Gina". Find NZ Artists. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  4. ^ a b Brown, Deidre. Merchandise: Jewellery by Gina Matchitt. Creative NZ.
  5. ^ a b "Gina Matchitt (born 1966), Te Arawa, Whakatohea". Tai Awatea. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  6. ^ "Gina Matchitt". Auckland Art Gallery. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  7. ^ City Gallery Wellington (16 February 2012). "Te āhua nei: form and content". Scoop. Retrieved 16 November 2019.


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