Te Rongo Kirkwood
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Te Rongo Kirkwood is a Māori heritage artist from Auckland
, New Zealand
, known for her glass art
, particularly in fused and slumped glass
.
Her works have won recognition in a range of competitions and exhibitions, including being selected as one of 33 finalists in the Australian Ranamok awards and being selected for participation in the Bombay Sapphire
Blue Room exhibition in 2007 and a Matariki
-themed exhibition organised by Manukau City Council in 2009. In 2009 she won the Royal Easter Show
art awards in the glass art category with her 'Puawai' piece.
She credits her initial interest in glass art to meeting Danny Lane in the UK. When she returned to New Zealand, her interest grew, but with two young children, she was not able to attend a formal multi-year course in glass art at a university, and so became a self-taught glass artist.
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, known for her glass art
Glass art
Studio glass or glass sculpture is the modern use of glass as an artistic medium to produce sculptures or three-dimensional artworks. Specific approaches include working glass at room temperature cold working, stained glass, working glass in a torch flame , glass beadmaking, glass casting, glass...
, particularly in fused and slumped glass
Fused glass
Fused glass is a term used to describe glass that has been fired in a kiln at a range of high temperatures from to . There are 3 main distinctions for temperature application and the resulting effect on the glass....
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Her works have won recognition in a range of competitions and exhibitions, including being selected as one of 33 finalists in the Australian Ranamok awards and being selected for participation in the Bombay Sapphire
Bombay Sapphire
Bombay Sapphire is a brand of gin distributed by Bacardi that was launched in 1987. Its name originates from the gin's popularity in India in of the days of the British Raj and the sapphire in question is the Star of Bombay on display at the Smithsonian Institution...
Blue Room exhibition in 2007 and a Matariki
Matariki
In the Māori language Matariki is both the name of the Pleiades star cluster and also of the season of its first rising in late May or early June - taken as the beginning of the new year...
-themed exhibition organised by Manukau City Council in 2009. In 2009 she won the Royal Easter Show
Royal Easter Show
Royal Easter Show may refer to:* Sydney Royal Easter Show* Auckland Royal Easter Show...
art awards in the glass art category with her 'Puawai' piece.
She credits her initial interest in glass art to meeting Danny Lane in the UK. When she returned to New Zealand, her interest grew, but with two young children, she was not able to attend a formal multi-year course in glass art at a university, and so became a self-taught glass artist.