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Companion Pieces

2023

Painting Talk

2013

... at the Govett Brewster

1987-1988

b. 1951

2017

The Cicada Tree

1994

Frances Hodgkins Fellowship

2017

Whakamamae

1988

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Shona Rapira-Davies is one of Aotearoa’s most influential contemporary Māori artists. Born in Aotearoa New Zealand, she trained at Elam School of Fine Arts and has exhibited nationally and internationally. Her work often weaves together personal history, tribal identity, and collective narratives of Māori women. She creates powerful sculptural forms using terracotta, wood, paint, and found materials.