Gina Matchitt
New Zealand artist and jeweller
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Gina Matchitt is a New Zealand Māori jeweller, weaver and artist. Her work combines Māori pattern and language with contemporary pākehā brands and symbols. Biography Matchitt was born and raised in Rotorua, and graduated from Unitec Institute of Technology with a diploma in design in 1994. She returned to Unitec as a lecturer in the School of Design from 1996 to 1999, teaching in the areas of body adornment, metal history and Māori arts. Her first solo exhibition, Ngā Whiriwhiri, was held in 1996 at Fingers Contemporary Jewellery Gallery in Auckland. Her Merchandise portfolio, representing external influences on Māori culture, won a Seppelt Contemporary Art Award in 1999 and was exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia. She graduated with a masters of Māori visual arts from Massey University in 2011.
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