Lyonel Grant
Lyonel Grant | |
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Born | 1957 Rotorua, New Zealand |
Education | New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute, Rotorua |
Known for | Carving, sculpture |
Awards | Arts Foundation of New Zealand, Laureate Award 2009. |
Lyonel Grant (born 1957) is a New Zealand Māori master carver and sculptor. Born in Rotorua, he affiliates to Ngāti Pikiao and Te Arawa.[1]
Carving
During the 1970s, Grant learnt under master carver Hone Taiapa at the New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute in Rotorua.[2] In 2009 Grant received an honorary Doctorate of Philosophy (Education) from Unitec Institute of Technology. The same year he also received a Arts Foundation of New Zealand Laureate Award.[1]
Between 1985 and 1987 Grant completed his first whare whakairo (carved house, meeting house), Te Matapihi o te Rangi at Te Papa o te Aroha Marae in Tokoroa.[3] His second whare whakairo was Ihenga at Tangatarua Marae, on the Waiariki Institute of Technology campus in Rotorua. Ihenga was completed between 1993 and 1996. In 2007 Grant co-authored Ihenga: Te Haerenga Hou, The Evolution of Māori Carving in the 20th Century with Damian Skinner.[2] In 2009 Grant completed Ngākau Māhaki at Te Noho Kotahitanga Marae on the Unitec Institute of Technology Mt Albert campus.[4]
Exhibitions and collections
Grant has exhibited both internationally and nationally. His work is held in the collections of The British Museum and The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.[5][6][7]
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