Chris Bailey (born 1965) is a

Māori Māori or Maori can refer to: Relating to the Māori people * Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group * Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand * Māori culture * Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the C ...

sculptor and carver. Bailey studied

Māori language Māori (), or ('the Māori language'), also known as ('the language'), is an Eastern Polynesian language spoken by the Māori people, the indigenous population of mainland New Zealand. Closely related to Cook Islands Māori, Tuamotuan, and ...

and Māori material culture at the

University of Auckland , mottoeng = By natural ability and hard work , established = 1883; years ago , endowment = NZD $293 million (31 December 2021) , budget = NZD $1.281 billion (31 December 2021) , chancellor = Cecilia Tarrant , vice_chancellor = Dawn F ...

under Dante Bonica. He lives and works on

Waiheke Island Waiheke Island (; Māori: ) is the second-largest island (after Great Barrier Island) in the Hauraki Gulf of New Zealand. Its ferry terminal in Matiatia Bay at the western end is from the central-city terminal in Auckland. It is the most pop ...

. Gravitating towards the harder stones of basalt and granite Bailey developed form driven stone works in a larger scale while also developing his carving skills working in

totara ''Podocarpus totara'' (; from the Maori-language ; the spelling "totara" is also common in English) is a species of podocarp tree endemic to New Zealand. It grows throughout the North Island and northeastern South Island in lowland, montane and ...

alongside carvers of Piritahi Marae on Waiheke Island.

Recognition

Bailey has exhibited both nationally and internationally, winning the 2014 Wallace Arts Trust New Zealand Sculptor Award for his ''Bondi Points'' at the

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Sculpture by the Sea The Sculpture by the Sea exhibition in Sydney and Perth is Australia's largest annual outdoor sculpture exhibition. This exhibition was initiated in 1997, at Bondi Beach and it featured sculptures by both Australian and overseas artists. In ...

. He has received financial support from

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to produce works. In 2010, ''Ringa Whao'' a documentary about Bailey's practice was produced by Rongo Productions. In 2011, he completed a public commission of carved pou situated outside

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. Recognised for starting the pou (carved timber pallisade post) movement on Waiheke Island in recognition of the islands Māori history which saw other sculptors take up the art form in later years. * ''Bondi Blades'', Winner ''James Wallace Trust New Zealand Sculptor 2014'' for Sculpture by the Sea Bondi, Australia * ''Pou Tu Te Rangi'', nominated for IAPA International Public Art Award for South East Asian Region, 2014 * ''Toi Iho, life time'' ''status'' granted in recognition of the quality of his stone work.

Selected exhibitions

2017 * ''Headland Sculpture on the Gulf,'' Waiheke Island, New Zealand 2016 * ''Imago Mundi'': New Zealand Collection exhibition, Treviso, Italy. * ''Sculpt Oneroa'', Waiheke island, New Zealand 2015 * ''Sculpture by the Sea'', Cottesloe Beach, Perth, Australia * ''Show and Tell'', Milford Galleries, Dunedin, New Zealand 2014 * ''Sculpture by the Sea'', Bondi, Sydney, Australia * ''Sculpture by the Sea'', Cottesloe Beach, Perth, Australia * ''Te Toi Hou'' – ''Contemporary Maori Art'', Northart, Auckland, New Zealand 2013 * ''Sculpture by the Sea'', Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia * ''Mini Masterworks 4'', Spirit Wrestler Gallery, Canada * ''Whatumanawa'', Toi Gallery, Waiheke, New Zealand * Auckland Art Fair, FHE Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand 2012 * ''From A Distance'' group show, NZ Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington, New Zealand * ''Matariki'', Toi Gallery, Waiheke, New Zealand * ''The Review'', Milford Galleries, Dunedin, New Zealand 2011 * ''Headland Sculpture on the Gulf'', Waiheke Island, New Zealand 2010 * ''Moko Suite'' – Marti Freidlander/ Chris Bailey, FHE Galleries, 2009 * ''Auckland Art Fair'', Auckland, New Zealand * ''53rd Venice Biennale'' – St Maddalena Church, Venice, Italy * NZ Room. Collaboration with Creative NZ. June – November * ''6x6 International Carving Symposium'', Lake Serraia, Baselga de Pine, Italy, August * ''Mini Masterworks III'', Spirit Wrestler Gallery, Canada, October 2008 * ''Mana Whenua'', The Lane Gallery, Auckland, March * ''Mini Masterworks'' ''II'', Spirit Wrestler Gallery, Canada, March * ''Te Kahui o Matariki'', group show and book launch, * Motuaarairoa Solo Show, FHE Galleries, Auckland, June * Tiny Treasures, De Young Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, USA, * ''Sculpture Onshore Sculpture Symposium'', Takapuna, New Zealand, November 2007 * ''Maori Mark'', The Wellington Event Centre, Wellington * ''Mini Masterworks'', Spirit Wrestler Gallery, Vancouver, Canada, August 2006 * ''Chris Bailey – New Works'', Waiheke Community Art Gallery, January * ''Art Out There Exhibition'', Waiheke Island, Sculpture in the landscape, * ''Creative NZ Exhibition,'' Tokyo, Japan, November * ''Pacific Edge 2006'' The Art Bungalow, Kerikeri, February * ''Taatai Tupuna'', Matariki exhibition Waiheke Community Art Gallery, * ''APEC'', virtual exhibition, August 2006 – 2007 2005 * ''Toi Maori – The Eternal Thread Exhibition'', Yerba Buena Centre for Arts, San Francisco, United States, * ''Toi Iho Exhibition'', Te Papa, NZ National Museum, New Zealand

Selected Commissions

* 2016—''Kia Piritahi,'' Part of carving team to help complete the carvings of the traditional Maori meeting house/wharenui, Piritahi Marae, Waiheke, NZ * 2014—''Mata Kupenga'', Public sculpture for Auckland City Council at Waiheke Public Library, Waiheke Island, Auckland. * 2011—''Pou Tu Te Rangi'', Public sculptural installation for Britomart Art Trust, Britomart Precinct, Auckland, NZ * 2010—''Ringa Whao'', film documentary biography on Chris Bailey. * 2009—Commissioned by CNZ to provide works for the NZ Room, 53rd Venice Biennale – St Maddalena Church, Venice, Italy

Personal life

Bailey is of

Ngāti Porou Ngāti Porou is a Māori iwi traditionally located in the East Cape and Gisborne regions of the North Island of New Zealand. Ngāti Porou is affiliated with the 28th Maori Battalion and has the second-largest affiliation of any iwi in New Zealand ...

Ngāti Hako Ngāti Hako is a Māori iwi of New Zealand. The people of Ngati Hako are acknowledged as the earliest settlers in the Hauraki region. Although Ngati Hako endured long periods of conflict with the Marutūāhu peoples, they were never completely o ...

, Ngati Pāoa,

Te Aupōuri Te Aupōuri is the second northernmost Māori iwi (tribal group), located north of Kaitaia, Northland, New Zealand, a region known as the Te Hiku o te Ika. The iwi is one of the six Muriwhenua iwi of the far north of the North Island. Te Reo ...

and Irish descent.

References

External links

Personal website
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