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 in Rotorua, he affiliates to Ngāti Pikiao and Te Arawa.[1] Grant identifies as Maori Indian.[2]
Carving
During the 1970s, Grant learnt under master carver Hōne Taiapa at the New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute in Rotorua.[3] In 2009 Grant received an honorary Doctorate of Philosophy (Education) from Unitec Institute of Technology. The same year he also received an Arts Foundation of New Zealand Laureate Award.[1]
Between 1985 and 1987 Grant completed his first whare whakairo (carved house, meeting house), Te Matapihi o te Rangi at Te Papa o te Aroha Marae in Tokoroa.[4] His second whare whakairo was Ihenga at Tangatarua Marae, on the Waiariki Institute of Technology campus in Rotorua. Ihenga was completed between 1993 and 1996. In 2007 Grant co-authored Ihenga: Te Haerenga Hou, The Evolution of Māori Carving in the 20th Century with 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
Grant has exhibited both internationally and nationally. His work is held in the collections of The British Museum and The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.[6][7][8]
Gallery
- Pou Tokomanawa (1999) at the Lumley Centre in Auckland
- Tāmaki Herenga Waka (2020) at the Park Hyatt Auckland
References
- ^ a b "Biography: Lyonel Grant". New Zealand Arts Foundation. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^ "First Maori-Indian Hui a roaring success | Scoop News". www.scoop.co.nz. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
- ^ a b Grant, Lyonel; Skinner, Damian (2007). Ihenga: Te Haeranga Hou. The Evolution of Māori Carving in the 20th Century. Auckland: Reed Publishin. ISBN 978 0 7900 1059 5.
- ^ "Māori Dictionary". Te Aka Māori Dictionary. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^ "Te Noho Kotahitanga Marae". Unitec Institute of Technology. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^ "Biography: Lyonel Grant". Spirit Wrestler Gallery. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^ "A wooden figure, Lyonel Grant". The British Museum. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^ "Tauihu (canoe prow)". Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
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