ABOUT
CORA-ALLAN b.1986
(Maori, Niue) Ngāpuhi, Ngātitumutumu / Alofi, Liku
Cora-Allan is a multidisciplinary artist of Māori and Niue descent, originally from Waitākere. Named after both her Great-Grandparents on her maternal side, Cora-Allan prefers to be called by her first name only.
In recent years her practice has focused on her efforts to revive the art form of Hiapo, prior to this she completed her Masters in Visual Art and Design in Performance from AUT (2013), also receiving a AUT Postgraduate Deans award for her research. She has exhibited her work throughout Aotearoa and internationally including Australia, Niue, England and Canada. Her work is a part of major collections including The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Auckland War Memorial Museum and The Chartwell trust. CA was recently awarded a McCahon House Residency (2021) the Creative New Zealand Pacific Heritage Artist award (2020) and received Annual Arts Grant funding to focus full time on her Hiapo practice in 2021. Her most recent project Encountering Aotearoa opened at Dunedin Public Art Gallery and was shown at The Christchurch Art Gallery and at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds.
In recent years her practice has focused on her efforts to revive the art form of Hiapo, prior to this she completed her Masters in Visual Art and Design in Performance from AUT (2013), also receiving a AUT Postgraduate Deans award for her research. She has exhibited her work throughout Aotearoa and internationally including Australia, Niue, England and Canada. Her work is a part of major collections including The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Auckland War Memorial Museum and The Chartwell trust. CA was recently awarded a McCahon House Residency (2021) the Creative New Zealand Pacific Heritage Artist award (2020) and received Annual Arts Grant funding to focus full time on her Hiapo practice in 2021. Her most recent project Encountering Aotearoa opened at Dunedin Public Art Gallery and was shown at The Christchurch Art Gallery and at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds.
RECENT EXHIBITION HISTORY
2025
Pupuritia: Storytelling and contemporary textiles curated by Melanie Tangaere Baldwin, Objectspace
2024
Encountering Aotearoa, Christchurch Art Gallery
Wider World & Scrimshaw, New Bedford Whaling Museum, Massachusetts
Bark Rhythms, Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking, Atlanta Georgia
2023
Aotearoa Art fair, Auckland with Bartley & Company Art
Cloth group show, Masterworks Art Gallery
National Contemporary Art Award finalist, Waikato art museum
2022
Oceania now, Christies Auction house Paris
From Otītori Bay Rd, Te Uru Contemporary Gallery, Auckland (solo)
Histories on Hiapo, Bartley and Company, Wellington (solo)
Kauri ora, All press studio, Auckland
Unveil, Masterworks Gallery, Auckland (solo)
In Return, Corban Estate Arts Centre, Auckland
Her heirlooms in my garden, Corban Estate Arts Centre, Auckland - Group show
2021
Love and Lost, Auckland Museum War Memorial Group Exhibition
Roll with me, Fresh Gallery, Otara
Flowers from Niue, Bartley and Company
2020
Moana Legacy, Tautai Gallery, Auckland
Pacific samplers, Bartley and Company, Wellington
Remember with me, Grey Place, Auckland
From the ground up, Dowse, Wellington
Pupuritia: Storytelling and contemporary textiles curated by Melanie Tangaere Baldwin, Objectspace
2024
Encountering Aotearoa, Christchurch Art Gallery
Wider World & Scrimshaw, New Bedford Whaling Museum, Massachusetts
Bark Rhythms, Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking, Atlanta Georgia
2023
Aotearoa Art fair, Auckland with Bartley & Company Art
Cloth group show, Masterworks Art Gallery
National Contemporary Art Award finalist, Waikato art museum
2022
Oceania now, Christies Auction house Paris
From Otītori Bay Rd, Te Uru Contemporary Gallery, Auckland (solo)
Histories on Hiapo, Bartley and Company, Wellington (solo)
Kauri ora, All press studio, Auckland
Unveil, Masterworks Gallery, Auckland (solo)
In Return, Corban Estate Arts Centre, Auckland
Her heirlooms in my garden, Corban Estate Arts Centre, Auckland - Group show
2021
Love and Lost, Auckland Museum War Memorial Group Exhibition
Roll with me, Fresh Gallery, Otara
Flowers from Niue, Bartley and Company
2020
Moana Legacy, Tautai Gallery, Auckland
Pacific samplers, Bartley and Company, Wellington
Remember with me, Grey Place, Auckland
From the ground up, Dowse, Wellington
AWARDS
Te Whare Hera Residency, Massey University 2021
Recipient of Parehuia McCahon house trust Residency 2021
CNZ Pacific Heritage Artist award 2020
Arts Foundation, Springboard arts award 2021
Wanaka Arts Society Residency 2022
Molly Morpeth Canaday Award Finalist - 2019
NZ Print and Paint making award 2023 - Merit award in Painting
National Contemporary Art Award Finalist - 2023, 2022, 2025
Campbell Smith People's Choice award - 2023
Recipient of Parehuia McCahon house trust Residency 2021
CNZ Pacific Heritage Artist award 2020
Arts Foundation, Springboard arts award 2021
Wanaka Arts Society Residency 2022
Molly Morpeth Canaday Award Finalist - 2019
NZ Print and Paint making award 2023 - Merit award in Painting
National Contemporary Art Award Finalist - 2023, 2022, 2025
Campbell Smith People's Choice award - 2023
INTERVIEW LINKS
Tagata Pasifika
https://tpplus.co.nz/arts-music/cora-allan-wickliffe-niue-artist-whos-revived-the-art-of-hiapo-from-extinction/
Coconet
https://www.thecoconet.tv/creative-natives/island-arts/tapa-of-the-pacific-niuean-hiapo/
Spinoff
https://thespinoff.co.nz/art/07-07-2020/from-the-moana-to-k-road-a-new-auckland-home-for-artists-of-the-pacific/
Pantograph punch
https://pantograph-punch.com/posts/remember-with-me
Unofficial online journal
https://www.unofficialjournal.online/journal/reawakening-sleeping-giants
Viva
https://www.viva.co.nz/article/culture-travel/hiapo-artist-cora-allan-wickcliffe-is-reviving-lost-niuean-art-form/
https://tpplus.co.nz/arts-music/cora-allan-wickliffe-niue-artist-whos-revived-the-art-of-hiapo-from-extinction/
Coconet
https://www.thecoconet.tv/creative-natives/island-arts/tapa-of-the-pacific-niuean-hiapo/
Spinoff
https://thespinoff.co.nz/art/07-07-2020/from-the-moana-to-k-road-a-new-auckland-home-for-artists-of-the-pacific/
Pantograph punch
https://pantograph-punch.com/posts/remember-with-me
Unofficial online journal
https://www.unofficialjournal.online/journal/reawakening-sleeping-giants
Viva
https://www.viva.co.nz/article/culture-travel/hiapo-artist-cora-allan-wickcliffe-is-reviving-lost-niuean-art-form/
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