Mataaho develops work with a single authorship and relishes in a ‘four-brain, eight-hand’ approach.
Renowned for large-scale installations,
Mataaho Collective is a collaboration between four Māori artists who have worked together since 2012.
From left to right, Terri Te Tau, Bridget Reweti, Sarah Hudson, and Erena Arapere-Baker
Erena Arapere-Baker
Te Atiawa ki Whakarongotai, Ngāti Toa Rangātira
Completed a Masters in Māori Visual Arts with First Class Honours through Massey University, Palmerston North in 2009.
Erena is an artist and Senior Lecturer in Māori Visual Art at Toioho ki Apiti, Massey University based in Palmerston North.
Sarah Hudson
Ngāti Awa, Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Pūkeko
Completed a Masters in Fine Arts with high distinction through Massey University in 2010. Based in Whakatāne, Sarah works as an artist and is co-founder of Kauae Raro Research Collective.
Bridget Reweti
Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāi Te Rangi
Completed a Masters in Māori Visual Arts with First Class Honours at Massey University, Palmerston North and also holds a Post-Graduate Diploma in Museum Studies from Victoria University, Wellington. Based in Ōtepoti, Bridget is an artist, curator and editor of the ATE Journal of Māori Art.
Dr. Terri Te Tau
Rangitāne ki Wairarapa
Completed a PhD in Fine Arts at Massey University in Palmerston North in 2015. She holds a Post-Graduate Diploma in Māori Visual Arts and a Bachelor of Māori Visual Arts Massey University. Terri is an artist and award-winning science fiction writer based in the Manawatū.
Mataaho Collective
A nice overview interview for the 2022 Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Laureate awards, where Mataaho received the My Art Visual Arts Award.
Mataaho Collective ✦
Mataaho Collective ✦
In 2022 we changed the spelling of our name from
Mata Aho Collective to Mataaho Collective. This updated spelling is more grammatically correct and reflects our journey as students of te Reo Māori, the indigenous language of Aotearoa.
Exhibition History
2023
Soft and Weak Like Water, Gwangju Biennale, South Korea
2022
Mataaho Collective | Te Puni Aroaro, Te Papa Tongarewa, Aotearoa
Tīkawe, Christchurch Art Gallery, Aotearoa
Rivus, Biennial of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Toronto Biennial, Toronto, Canada
2021
The Walters Prize 2021 Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Aotearoa
Te Wheke: Pathways Across Oceania Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, Aotearoa
2020
Toi Tū, Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori Art Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Aotearoa
Seismic Movements, Dhaka Art Summit, Shipakala Art Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2019
To Make Wrong Right Now Honolulu Biennial, Hawai‘i State Art Museum
And only sea, Wellington Public Library
Abadakone, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
Oceanie, Musee du quai Branly, Paris, France
Water, Queensland Art Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia
Te whai a te whenua, Adam Art Gallery, Wellington, Aotearoa
Matapihi, Te Kōputu a te whanga a Toi, Whakatāne, Aotearoa
2018
Oceania Royal Academy of Arts, London, United Kingdom
Asia Pacific Breweries Foundation Signature Art Prize, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
Can tame anything, The Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt, Aotearoa
2017
documenta 14 Hessiches Landesmusuem, Kassel, Germany
Making Space Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch, Aotearoa
2014
Kaokao Toi Pōneke Arts Centre, Wellington, Aotearoa
We who live in darkness, New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington, Aotearoa
2013
Te Whare Pora Enjoy Public Art Gallery, Wellington, Aotearoa