ABOUT
Cora-Allan Wickliffe b.1986
(Maori, Niuean) - Ngapuhi, Tainui/ Alofi, Liku
Cora-Allan Wickliffe is a multidisciplinary artist of Māori and Niue descent, originally from Waitakere. She has recently returned to Aotearoa after working at the Walter Phillips Art Gallery in Banff, Canada. Her work often explores and examines constructed representations of Indigenous people and is always developing new ways of creating preferred representations. Cora-Allan has worked in the creative industry as a Curator, Preparator, Photographer, Artist and Educator. In 2013 she completed her Masters in Visual Art and Design from AUT, also receiving an AUT Postgraduate Deans award for her research and excellence. She is the Curator and Exhibitions Manager at the Corban Estate Arts Centre, is a founding member of BC COLLECTIVE and is a maker of Hiapo (Niuean Barkcloth).
photo credit: Janet Lilo
SELECTED SHOWS
2020- Upcoming
**postponed
2019
Niue Arts and Cultural festival 2019 - Exhibition at Fatahega Lodge
The Layover with Edith Amituanai and Louisa Afoa - curated by Lana Lopesi, Artspace, Auckland
The Space Between Us, Toronto, October - Imaginative Film Festival
Returns and Transits, Vancouver Art Gallery, September
2018
Generation Housing NZ - Before they come, Papakura Art Gallery, Auckland
What we do at home - PDX to AKL, BC COLLECTIVE - St Paul Street Gallery, Auckland
Ipukarea group exhibition- Tacit gallery, Hamilton, NZ
Rongorongo group exhibition - Barrel shed, Corban Estate Arts Centre
Everything is Ka Pai, Dunedin Public Art Gallery Window, Dunedin
Reliving Hiapo: Works in progress, Nathan Homestead, Auckland
2017
Generation Housing NZ, Blue Oyster Gallery, Dunedin
Neighbourhood Exhibition, Corban Estate Arts Centre
Estuary Ecology Prize Exhibition - finalist, Malcolm Smith Gallery, Auckland
2016
Table top design competition, Selected Finalist, Lakehouse Gallery, Auckland
Spring runoff – MST Festival, Calgary, Canada
Fifty Shade of Blak, Blak Dot Gallery, Melbourne, Fringe Festival Best Visual Arts Exhibition 2016
Offstage 7, Artspace, Auckland
Found Footing, Whipper Snapper Gallery, Toronto
Greetings from Canada, RM Gallery, Auckland
2015
Dusky Maiden, Elephant Artist Relief, Art Conference, Calgary, Canada
#HUI (Miseducation series), Untitled Art Society +15 Window space, Calgary, Canada
2014
Electric Waka, TeTuhi Art Gallery, Auckland
My Fale in the mountains, #Island time, Curated by Lana Lopesi, Auckland, New Zealand
From us to you, Moutain Standard Time festival in Calgary, Canada
Off the wall, Axe Neo 7, Quebec, Canada
A moment from 52 Sunline Avenue, Creative Time Summit, Nickle gallery in Calgary, Canada
From where I stand, Convergence Summit Banff Arts Centre, Banff, Canada
2013
Exotic weeds, in collaboration with Shannon Brett, Kick Arts Gallery, Cairns, Australia
Sole project, Art station, Auckland
Offstage, Art space, Auckland
Talkweek, AUT Art and Design building, Auckland
Whetu-Whenu-Whenua, Lopdell house, Auckland
Site Unseen – supporting performance in collaboration with Darcell Apelu, Lopdell house, Auckland
NgaRangatahitoa project, Wellsford library, Wellsford
If you were to live here, Auckland Triennale, AUT project, Auckland Art Gallery
Close to home, Tautai tertiary show, St Paul Street Gallery, Auckland
2012
Fry For Kai – invited by Local time artist collective, St Paul Street Gallery, Auckland
One night only, Opanuku studio, Auckland
Sole project, Art Station, Auckland
Talk week, AUT Art and Design building, Auckland
Tourists will be tourists, in collaboration with Jean Melesaine, AUT Art and design building, Auckland
This must be the place, Tautai tertiary show, St Paul Street Gallery, Auckland
Graduate Exhibition, AUT Art and Design building, Auckland (performance installation)
**postponed
2019
Niue Arts and Cultural festival 2019 - Exhibition at Fatahega Lodge
The Layover with Edith Amituanai and Louisa Afoa - curated by Lana Lopesi, Artspace, Auckland
The Space Between Us, Toronto, October - Imaginative Film Festival
Returns and Transits, Vancouver Art Gallery, September
2018
Generation Housing NZ - Before they come, Papakura Art Gallery, Auckland
What we do at home - PDX to AKL, BC COLLECTIVE - St Paul Street Gallery, Auckland
Ipukarea group exhibition- Tacit gallery, Hamilton, NZ
Rongorongo group exhibition - Barrel shed, Corban Estate Arts Centre
Everything is Ka Pai, Dunedin Public Art Gallery Window, Dunedin
Reliving Hiapo: Works in progress, Nathan Homestead, Auckland
2017
Generation Housing NZ, Blue Oyster Gallery, Dunedin
Neighbourhood Exhibition, Corban Estate Arts Centre
Estuary Ecology Prize Exhibition - finalist, Malcolm Smith Gallery, Auckland
2016
Table top design competition, Selected Finalist, Lakehouse Gallery, Auckland
Spring runoff – MST Festival, Calgary, Canada
Fifty Shade of Blak, Blak Dot Gallery, Melbourne, Fringe Festival Best Visual Arts Exhibition 2016
Offstage 7, Artspace, Auckland
Found Footing, Whipper Snapper Gallery, Toronto
Greetings from Canada, RM Gallery, Auckland
2015
Dusky Maiden, Elephant Artist Relief, Art Conference, Calgary, Canada
#HUI (Miseducation series), Untitled Art Society +15 Window space, Calgary, Canada
2014
Electric Waka, TeTuhi Art Gallery, Auckland
My Fale in the mountains, #Island time, Curated by Lana Lopesi, Auckland, New Zealand
From us to you, Moutain Standard Time festival in Calgary, Canada
Off the wall, Axe Neo 7, Quebec, Canada
A moment from 52 Sunline Avenue, Creative Time Summit, Nickle gallery in Calgary, Canada
From where I stand, Convergence Summit Banff Arts Centre, Banff, Canada
2013
Exotic weeds, in collaboration with Shannon Brett, Kick Arts Gallery, Cairns, Australia
Sole project, Art station, Auckland
Offstage, Art space, Auckland
Talkweek, AUT Art and Design building, Auckland
Whetu-Whenu-Whenua, Lopdell house, Auckland
Site Unseen – supporting performance in collaboration with Darcell Apelu, Lopdell house, Auckland
NgaRangatahitoa project, Wellsford library, Wellsford
If you were to live here, Auckland Triennale, AUT project, Auckland Art Gallery
Close to home, Tautai tertiary show, St Paul Street Gallery, Auckland
2012
Fry For Kai – invited by Local time artist collective, St Paul Street Gallery, Auckland
One night only, Opanuku studio, Auckland
Sole project, Art Station, Auckland
Talk week, AUT Art and Design building, Auckland
Tourists will be tourists, in collaboration with Jean Melesaine, AUT Art and design building, Auckland
This must be the place, Tautai tertiary show, St Paul Street Gallery, Auckland
Graduate Exhibition, AUT Art and Design building, Auckland (performance installation)
AWARDS
AUT School of Art and Design Postgraduate Research Award 2014
Creative New Zealand Te Waka Toi recipient 2013
Keir Trust Scholarship Award 2004-2008
RSA Community Award 2004
Creative New Zealand Te Waka Toi recipient 2013
Keir Trust Scholarship Award 2004-2008
RSA Community Award 2004
coraallan.wickliffe@gmail.com / Auckland, New Zealand
