The Kiingi Tuheitia Portraiture Award is a competition that encourages emerging Māori artists to create portraits of their tūpuna (ancestors) in any medium. The Award was launched in August 2020 and is hosted and administered by the New Zealand Portrait Gallery Te Pūkenga Whakaata in honour of Kiingi Tuheitia.
This year, our judges are:
Steve Gibbs (Ngāi Tāmanuhiri, Rongowhakaata, Rongomaiwahine), a Māori researcher, artist, arts educator and curator, born and raised in Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa/Gisborne;
Graham Hoete aka "Mr G" (Ngati Awa, Ngai Te Rangi, Ngati Ranginui), an Māori multi-disciplinary, portrait artist from Tauranga Moana, Aotearoa, New Zealand.
Lisa Reihana (Ngā Puhi, Ngāti Hine, Ngāi Tūteauru, Ngāi Tupoto). Reihana represented New Zealand in 2017 at the Venice Biennale with the exhibition Emissaries.
Join us as our Judges discuss their prize-winning choices and the process of judging the Award.
This is a free event, hosted in the main Gallery.
We look forward to your attendance.