2009 Finalist
Te Rongo Kirkwood , Auckland, New Zealand
E Oho-Kua Awatea
Fused and coldworked glass
56 H x 97 W x .9 D cm
Awake - for a new day is born.
The bird has always held a special significance for the human spirit. For me their ethereal nature conveys a feeling of transcendence.
This Kahu (hawk), is a symbolic reference to the awakening of the collective human consciousness, to defy the gravitational pull of materiality, rise above our identification with form and come to know our true inner essence.
Photographer: Howard Williams
All entries as Finalist
Biography
Te Rongo Kirkwood
Silverdale, Auckland, New Zealand
Born
14/8/1973 Gisborne, Auckland, New Zealand
Education
- 2012, Pate De Verre Master Class, Kimiaki & Shinichi Higuchi, MAP Programme, Wanganui, New Zealand
- 2010, Master Class, Gerry King, Claudia Borella MAP Program, Wanganui, Manawatu / Wanganui, New Zealand
- 2009, Master Class, Emma Varga, Claudia Borella MAP Program, Wanganui, Manawatu / Wanganui, New Zealand
- 2007, Glass Fusing and Slumping Workshop, Claudia Borella MAP Program, Whanganui, Manawatu / Wanganui, New Zealand
Last Solo Exhibition
- 2014, Ka Awatea, A Journey of Life Through Light, De Young Museum of Fine Arts, San Francisco , United States
Last Group Exhibition
- 2013, Paradise Lost? Contemporary works from the Pacific, UBC Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver, Canada
Public/Private Collections
- Various Private Collections
Awards/Grants
- 2013, Recipient of Creative New Zealand Grant, Creative New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand
- 2013, Matariki Whakapuawai Creative Entrepreneur of the year award, Matariki Trust, Auckland, New Zealand
- 2012, Recipient of Art Venture Award, Auckland Arts Regional Trust, Auckland, New Zealand
- 2012, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
- 2012, Recipient, ART Venture Award, Arts Regional Trust, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- 2010, New Works Grant, Creative New Zealand, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- 2010, Finalist, 3D Award, Molly Morpeth Canaday Trust, Whakatane, Bay Of Plenty, New Zealand
- 2009, Finalist, 3D Award, Molly Morpeth Canaday Trust, Whakatane, Bay Of Plenty, New Zealand
- 2009, Best in Glass, Royal Easter Show Glass Art Awards, Royal Easter Show, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- 2009, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
- 2008, Merit Award, Cavalier Bremworth Luminous: NZ Art of Glass Award Exhibition, Cavalier Bremworth, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- 2008, Finalist, 3D Award, Molly Morpeth Canaday Trust, Whakatane, Bay Of Plenty, New Zealand
- 2008, 2nd Place, Glass Art Awards, The Royal Easter Show, Auckland, New Zealand
