Ana Iti
Ana Iti is a New Zealand contemporary artist.
Biography
Iti was born in 1989 and is of Te Rarawa, Ngāi Tūpoto, Ngāti Here, and Pākehā descent. Her fine arts education includes a Bachelor of Fine Arts in sculpture from Ilam School of Fine Arts, and a Master of Fine Arts from Massey University in Wellington. She grew up in Blenheim.Career
Iti works with artistic mediums of sculpture, video and text. With her work Iti investigates connections across language as a practice, learning experience and concept, and environments. Her practice involves "shared and personal history-making."Residencies and publications
- McCahon House resident – July–September 2020
- Summer resident in Blue Oyster space – 9–29 January 2016
- – panel discussion with Matthew Galloway, 11 May 2024, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington
Exhibitions
- ', 10 May – 7 June 2025, combines her videos I am a salt lake and A dry and windswept body, Stepdown, Hastings.
- ', 2024, aluminium and shade cloth – site specific sculptural installation exploring the relationship between the kahukura, ongaonga, and surrounding environment.
- ', 2024, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
- ', 17 December 2022 – 23 April 2023, dual-channel HD video in colour with sound, steel and gardener's frost cloth sculpture, and accompanying text, City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi – includes Roharoha and Shelters.
- ', 9 September – 22 October 2023, research images and video, The Physics Room – includes footage of Kāpara-Te-Hau, various abstract diagrams on glass, and text in the first person.
- ', 27 February – 23 May 2021, digital display and text, Te Uru Gallery – delves into writing of Māori woman authors and learning language.
- * Essay on ', 2021.
- ', 2017, text on front of Nursery building at Christchurch Botanic Gardens, in collaboration with Gemma Banks.
- , 2–27 February 2016, sculpture and video, Blue Oyster Art Project Space Te Tio Kikorangi, Dunedin.
Awards