Lyonel Grant
Lyonel Grant | |
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| Born | 1957 (age 66–67) Rotorua,New Zealand |
| Education | New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute,Rotorua |
| Known for | Carving, sculpture |
| Awards | Arts Foundation of New Zealand,Laureate Award 2009. |
Lyonel Grant(born 1957) is a New Zealand Māori master carver and sculptor. Born inRotorua,he affiliates toNgāti PikiaoandTe Arawa.[1]Grant identifies asMaori Indian.[2]
Carving
[edit]During the 1970s, Grant learnt under master carverHōne Taiapaat theNew Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institutein Rotorua.[3]In 2009 Grant received an honorary Doctorate of Philosophy (Education) fromUnitec Institute of Technology.The same year he also received anArts Foundation of New ZealandLaureate Award.[1]
Between 1985 and 1987 Grant completed his firstwhare whakairo(carved house, meeting house), Te Matapihi o te Rangi at Te Papa o te Aroha Marae inTokoroa.[4]His second whare whakairo was Ihenga at Tangatarua Marae, on theWaiariki Institute of Technologycampus in Rotorua. Ihenga was completed between 1993 and 1996. In 2007 Grant co-authoredIhenga: Te Haerenga Hou, The Evolution of Māori Carving in the 20th Centurywith Damian Skinner.[3]In 2009 Grant completed Ngākau Māhaki at Te Noho Kotahitanga Marae on the Unitec Institute of Technology Mt Albert campus.[5]
Exhibitions and collections
[edit]Grant has exhibited both internationally and nationally. His work is held in the collections ofThe British MuseumandThe Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.[6][7][8]
Gallery
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Pou Tokomanawa(1999) at the Lumley Centre in Auckland -
Tāmaki Herenga Waka (2020) at the Park Hyatt Auckland
References
[edit]- ^ab"Biography: Lyonel Grant".New Zealand Arts Foundation.Retrieved10 December2014.
- ^"First Maori-Indian Hui a roaring success | Scoop News".scoop.co.nz.Retrieved2 May2023.
- ^abGrant, Lyonel; Skinner, Damian (2007).Ihenga: Te Haeranga Hou. The Evolution of Māori Carving in the 20th Century.Auckland: Reed Publishin.ISBN978 0 7900 1059 5.
- ^"Māori Dictionary".Te Aka Māori Dictionary.Retrieved10 December2014.
- ^"Te Noho Kotahitanga Marae".Unitec Institute of Technology.Retrieved10 December2014.
- ^"Biography: Lyonel Grant".Spirit Wrestler Gallery.Retrieved10 December2014.
- ^"A wooden figure, Lyonel Grant".The British Museum.Retrieved10 December2014.
- ^"Tauihu (canoe prow)".Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.Retrieved10 December2014.
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