Rosanna Marie Raymond (born 1967) is a

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artist, poet, and cultural commentator and Raymond was recognised for "Pasifika artists practicing contemporary and heritage art forms in Aotearoa," winning the Senior Pacific Artist Award Winner of 2018, at the

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through

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Background

Raymond was born 1967 in

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, New Zealand. A New Zealand born third generation Moana of Sāmoan, Tuvaluan,

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and French descent. She completed a master's degree at

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in 2021 with a thesis titled ''"C o n s e r . V Ā . t i o n , A c t i . V Ā . t i o n Museums, the body and Indigenous Moana art practice".''

Career

Raymond is a member of the

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and

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collective, Pacific Sisters. In 2008, with Amiria Manutahi Salmond, Raymond published ''Pasifika Styles: Artists Inside the Museum''. In 2010 Raymond launched the SaVAge K’lub project at the

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. The project in an installation space that has hosted artworks, spoken word, and performance art from over twenty five artists, including

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, Grace Taylor, and Suzanne Tamaki. SaVAge K’lub is in reference to an establishment in London a historical ninetieth century gentleman's club. Despite the cultural stereotypes and decor of such exclusive institutions Raymonds version removes the gendered and elitist elements. Evolving into a multidisciplinary platform that collects individuals Ideas, practices and knowledge that engenders "Raymond's central kaupapa: to bring about the non-cannabilistic cognitive consumption of 'the Other and opened discussion of space." Raymond is an honorary research associate at the Department of Anthropology and Institute of Archaeology at

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. In 2017 she gave the Peter Turner Memorial Lecture at Massey University. Raymond also works as an exhibition curator. In 2016 she curated ''Ata Te Tangata'', an exhibition of photography by Māori and Pacific artists that toured to China. In 2018 Raymond curated the annual Tautai tertiary exhibition. At the

in 2018 Raymond was awarded the Senior Pacific Artist Award. In the

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, Raymond was appointed a

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, for services to Pacific art. Works by Raymond are held in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.

Artist residencies

* 2005 – The Center for Pacific Islands Studies Visiting Artist Program-

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, Honolulu * 2006 – Sansburry centre for Visual Arts (SCVA) * 2008 –

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* 2014 – Ethnological Museum Berlin * 2017 – Matairangi Mahi Toi Artist Residency at Government House- (Massey University College of Creative Arts Toi Rauwhārangi)

Background

Career

Artist residencies

References

Further reading