Histories on Hiapo
Wellington
Bartley & Company
10th March - 2nd April
Images taken by Cheska Brown
From Otītori Bay Rd
Auckland,
Te Uru Contemporary Gallery
26th February - 5th June
Images taken by Samuel Hartnett
Exhibition catalogue: This exhibition presents a series of landscape paintings made by Cora-Allan Wickliffe during her residency at Parehuia, which sits at number 67 Otītori Bay Road – a short but steep descent from Te Uru, toward the waters of the Manukau Harbour. Using paints harvested and processed from the local Waitākere whenua, the images are intimate studies of the land and a living archive of it, as well as visual journals of the artist’s stay. Just as she gathered raw pigments, Wickliffe also gathered views of the landscape, and of objects, materials and her traditional tools – all with care, and a mind to understanding the subtleties of the whenua on which the residency was based. From pinks and reds to light greys, Wickliffe experimented with the whenua’s palette, applying these to different surfaces, including hand-beaten Hiapo cloth customary to Niue.
Many of these views were gathered and recorded from the Manukau Harbour, where Wickliffe spent time on a rowboat named after her late grandfather, ‘Koro’. Launching from Otītori Bay, the sea became an extended studio; using sea water as a base for her watercolour pigments, she documented the changing tides and weather patterns of her voyages in sketchbooks. Like fishing diaries, minute variations to tone and line in the drawings reflect these fluctuations.
These works mark a new chapter in Wickliffe’s practice that creates a space in which her Niuean and Māori whakapapa – and two unique bodies of indigenous knowledge – can meet and be shared with others, not least with her small whanau, who helped to harvest, process and record the pigments used in these works.
Many of these views were gathered and recorded from the Manukau Harbour, where Wickliffe spent time on a rowboat named after her late grandfather, ‘Koro’. Launching from Otītori Bay, the sea became an extended studio; using sea water as a base for her watercolour pigments, she documented the changing tides and weather patterns of her voyages in sketchbooks. Like fishing diaries, minute variations to tone and line in the drawings reflect these fluctuations.
These works mark a new chapter in Wickliffe’s practice that creates a space in which her Niuean and Māori whakapapa – and two unique bodies of indigenous knowledge – can meet and be shared with others, not least with her small whanau, who helped to harvest, process and record the pigments used in these works.
Available catalogue From Otītori Bay Rd below
PAST
2021
Roll with me
Fresh Gallery, Otara
Exhibition catalogue:
Niuean artist Cora-Allan Wickliffe has created a site-specific installation that allows ‘players’ to move around a board game, which features the villages and local attractions of Niue. The immersive experience has been developed from a game originally created on Hiapo cloth, and these motifs and patterns are repeated throughout the installation. Wickliffe invites other Niuean’s and extended community who have an affinity to the island to join her in actively participating in the installation to reminisce and share stories of Niue.
Niuean artist Cora-Allan Wickliffe has created a site-specific installation that allows ‘players’ to move around a board game, which features the villages and local attractions of Niue. The immersive experience has been developed from a game originally created on Hiapo cloth, and these motifs and patterns are repeated throughout the installation. Wickliffe invites other Niuean’s and extended community who have an affinity to the island to join her in actively participating in the installation to reminisce and share stories of Niue.
Images by: Samuel Hartnett
Te Whare Hera Residency, Massey University and Mana Moana project
Flowers from Niue
Bartley and Company, Wellington
Remember with me (2020)
The Grey Place, Auckland
Pacific Samplers (2020)
with Lonnie Hutchinson at Bartley and Company, Wellington
ARCHIVE OF EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS
Our last supper with you revised (2020)
by Cora-Allan Wickliffe and Kelly Lafaiki
Cora-Allan Wickliffe mid-performance at Tautai Gallery Opening, 2020. Photo by Isoa Kavakimotu
The space between us (2019)
Blak Dot Gallery, Melbourne
Our last supper with you (2019) in collaboration with Kelly Lafaiki
From the Archives (2019)
Solo show, Tim Melville Gallery - Office suite
Top two left photographs - photo(s) courtesy of artsdiary.co.nz.
Documenting the land (2019) at the Fatahega Lodge and Backpackers
Solo show, Niue Arts and Cultural Festival 2019
Molly Morpeth Canaday Award 2019 (Finalist)
Where my Grandfather learnt how to swim (2018)
Reliving Hiapo: Works in progress
Nathan Homestead Gallery, Auckland - November 4th - December 8th, 2018
Everything is Ka Pai - moving image work
Dunedin Art Gallery (Window)
17th September - 28th October, 2018
Generation Housing NZ: Before they come (2018)
Papakura Art Gallery, Auckland
Generation Housing NZ (2017) - with Daniel Twiss.
Blue Oyster Gallery Dunedin
Photos courtesy of Blue Oyster Gallery
For more information www.blueoyster.org.nz/exhibitions/cora-allan-wickliffe-and-daniel-twiss/
Pure at the mouth of Tamaki (2017)
Moving image work with Lakota Dodging horse. Selected as a finalist for the 2017 Estuary Art Awards
Greetings from Canada (2016) solo exhibition at RM Gallery
Photos courtesy of G13
#HUI (2015) Untitled Art Society, Calgary, Canada
Photos courtesy of Jeff Cruz
For more information: www.uascalgary.org/archive/cora-allan-wicklife-hui
Fry For Kai - in collaboration with Morgan Tahapehi (2013)
