Superwā was conceived by the artists as a space where wāhine creativity flourishes, a realm originating from the state of potential that is Te Kore.
Manifested from Superwā, this show presents each artist’s distinct sculptural language as a group installation.
The works engage with and extend architectural features, working in dialogue with the site to provoke productive tensions between the ephemeral and the enduring.
Resonating with the Māori new year, these sculptural conversations encourage contemplation of multiple perspectives and endless possibilities.
SIOBHAN WOODING (Te Atihaunui-a-Pāpārangi) Instagram: @siobhanwoowoo
Team up, 2025-ongoing. Nylon and recycled Polyester fill.
For Siobhan, sculpture is a form of whakapapa building, a process of connecting and relating materials together. Team up takes this idea literally. Through modular sculptural-units, endless growing forms can materialize in response to the different spaces they find themselves occupying.
Siobhan holds a Postgraduate Diploma of Fine Arts from Massey University and is based in Te Whanganui a Tara.
ANGE OLIVER (Te Aupōuri, Ngaī Takoto, Te Rawara, Ngāti Kahu, Ngāti Korokoro, Te Roroa, Ngāpuhi, Croation, Welsh)
Instagram: @angerlia.o
Ange is a mother of two and Kui to her first mokopuna. Her creative practice is an evolving visual language bordering sculpture, painting, installation and textiles.
Her chosen materials and their transformational processes are embedded with metaphor and pūrākau to express whakapapa.
Ange was awarded the 2023 Collin Post Memorial Scholarship in Sculpture and presented her first solo show in 2025. She has two solo shows towards the end of this year. She is in the process of writing her thesis for her Masters of Māori Visual Art at Toioho ki Āpiti.
In this exhibition, Ange’s open weave ‘skins’ are presented as abstractions of kākahu.
works location
top of the stairs: The Caller, 2026. Gypsum Plaster, Mutton Cloth, Kauri
over the mirror: Karanga, 2025. Gypsum Plaster, Mutton Cloth, Orange Ink
over the lightbox: Cosmic Factory, 2025. Gypsum Plaster, Mutton Cloth
yonder landing wall: The Resters, 2026 (triptych). Gypsum Plaster, Mutton Cloth, Kauri The Caller’s kākahu enacts the ruptures of separation.
Her karanga lingers airward as gazing waymarkers guide us during Puanga and Matariki.
TIFFANY TE MOANANUI (Ngāti Hako, Ngāti Tamaterā, Waikato-Tainui, Pākehā)
Instagram: @tiffany.temoananui
Tiffany Te Moananui is a Wellington-based sculptor currently exploring how identity is constructed and how foundational ideas shape the social fabric we live within. Her practice is grounded in the cultural and historical context of Aotearoa and reflects on her position as wāhine Māori. Through material and form, she processes the tension between choice and inheritance, creating emotional landscapes shaped by whakapapa, mauri, and the residue of decision-making. She holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Fine Arts from Toi Rauwhārangi Massey University.
works location
floor: Gouging Expectations. 2026, Steel First, we build with what we are given: Foundational ground
Repeated patterns
Stacking iterations
Balancing ideation
Idea balanced
Iterative stacks
Patterned repetition
Grounded foundations
Then, we give ground to build on.
wall: Procrastination, 2025. Steel
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