(b. 1979)
Geometric Landscape II 2016
Crayon (orange), aluminium and timber frame
540mm x 540mm
Geometric Landscape III 2016
Crayon (red), aluminium and timber frame
540mm x 540mm
Kereama Taepa is based in Papamoa and teaches at Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology. He graduated from Massey University with a Masters of Maori Visual Arts and Bachelor of Maori Visual Arts (Hons). Kereama’s art is exhibited nationally and internationally, and he has works in collections across New Zealand and abroad. He was the Supreme Award winner of the Molly Morpeth 2D Art Award in 2008 and has created a number of public works including the 4 Plinths Sculpture Project outside Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington and his current installation, Insert Coin, in Tauranga Art Gallery.
Kereama’s work primarily focuses on the fusion of indigenous Maori motif with urban/pop iconography whilst referencing aspects of digital culture and technology. Geometric Landscape II/III were part of Kereama’s solo exhibition, Geo at Helium Gallery, Rotorua in 2016. The show set out to offer an alternative to the conventional use of a drawing medium, the humble crayon. The 2Dimensional plane is filled with repeating 3Dimensional form of different levels, creating digital landscapes of pattern. The patterns themselves draw parallels between the Maori practice of tukutuku and contemporary digital imagery… the old and new geometry together as one.
You can learn more about this artist at: www.kereamataepa.co.nz or follow him on Instagram @kereamataepa
Artworks purchased from the artist