Paerau Corneal (born 1961) is a

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ceramicist of Tūwharetoa and Te Āti Haunui-a-Paparangi descent.

Education

Corneal holds a certificate in craft design (1988) and a diploma in craft design Māori (1991) from

Waiariki Institute of Technology Waiariki Institute of Technology ( mi, Whare Takiura o Waiariki) was a tertiary institution based in the city of Rotorua, New Zealand, in the Bay of Plenty region in the central North Island. In May 2016, it merged with Bay of Plenty Polytechnic to ...

Career

Corneal has exhibited both internationally and nationally since 1988. A consistent theme in her work is Māori female empowerment. From 2013 Corneal has collaborated with contemporary Māori dancer

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. Their performance work entitled ''Kiri'' references a creation narrative of the first Māori human, Hineahuone, and opened for the 2014

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in Auckland. Throughout her career, Corneal has been involved in varying artist collectives. She was a founding member, alongside

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, Baye Riddell,

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and

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of Ngā Kaihanga Uku, a collective of Māori clay workers. Corneal was also involved with Kauwae, a collective of Māori women artists formed in 1997; Te Rōpū o Ngā Wāhine Kai Whakairo, a collective of Māori women carvers and Haeata Women's Collective.

Selected exhibitions

*2013-5 ''Uku Rere'', Ngā Kaihanaga Uku. Pataka Art + Museum; Whangarei Art Museum Te Manawa Toi; the Suter Art Gallery Te Aratoi o Whakatu;

Waikato Museum Waikato Museum ( mi, Te Whare Taonga o Waikato) is a regional museum located in Hamilton, New Zealand. The museum manages ArtsPost, a shop and gallery space for New Zealand art and design. Both are managed by the Hamilton City Council. Outside ...

Te Whare Taonga o Waikato; Tairawhiti Museum Te Whare Taonga o te Tairawhiti; and

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Museum of Art, Science + History. *2014 ''Slip Cast'',

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*2009 ''Kauwae 09'', Kauwae Group, a national collective of Mäori women artists. Tairawhiti Museum. *2005 ''Manawa: Pacific heartbeat''. Spirit Wrestler Gallery, Vancouver. *2003 ''Kiwa: Pacific connections: Maori art from Aotearoa''. Spirit Wrestler Gallery, Vancouver. *2003-5 ''Ngā Toko Rima'', Ngā Kaihanga Uku. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa; Tinakori Gallery, Wellington. *2002 ''Sisters Yakkananna/Kahui Mareikura''. Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute,

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. *1998 ''Uku! Uku! Uku!'' International Festival of the Arts, Wellington *1992 ''

Treasures of the Underworld ''Treasures of the Underworld'' was an exhibition featured in the New Zealand pavilion of Seville Expo '92. The exhibition The exhibition featured 48 works, comprising a total of 399 individual pieces. It was extremely successful with over half a ...

''. World Expo, Seville; Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.

Collections

Corneal's work is held in the collection of the

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa is New Zealand's national museum and is located in Wellington. ''Te Papa Tongarewa'' translates literally to "container of treasures" or in full "container of treasured things and people that spring fr ...

References

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