Template:Use dmy dates Maiangi Waitai is a New Zealand-born artist.[1] She works across a range of mediums, designing clothing and accessories for her Who is Dead Martin label, creating comics, figurines, toys, jewellery, mosaics and painting.[2][3][4][5]
Education and awards
Waitai received a Bachelor of Arts from Quay School of the Arts in Whanganui in 1999.[6] The same year, she received a Te Waka Toi award from Creative New Zealand.[7]
Exhibitions
- Bowen Galleries, Wellington, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2012 [8]
- Tea Time (with Ron Dixon, Don Driver), Enjoy Gallery, Wellington, 22 October 2009 - 14 November 2009[6]
- Ātea-ā-rangi - Interstellar, The Dowse, 15 Jun – 20 Oct 2019[9]
Personal life
Waitai is of Ngā Wairiki, Ngāti Apa, Tuwhāretoa, Rangitāne and German descent.[1] She has worked as a kindergarten teacher since 2010.[10][11] She has also been a musician, singing and playing the flute and guitar in a band called Beam (1997–1999) in Whanganui.