He Pāoro Perea Maia McDonald & Heidi Brickell
KAUKAU presents He Pāoro Perea, a joint exhibition by Heidi Brickell & Maia McDonald. This is Maia’s third show with the gallery, and Heidi’s first show with KAUKAU.
He Pāoro Perea started with a conversation some months ago prior to the Tāmaki Makaurau lockdown, with both artists recognising alluring relationships between their dynamic practices, and seeing the opportunity to develop this show together as the chance for a deeper wānanga around their shared explorations.
He Pāoro Perea relates to a kaupapa of both artists responding to a dynamic environment; shifts in winds and bouncing under-currents, past horizons of visibility and finding paths of discovery upon them. Pāoro refers to echoes, both audible, as in with sound, and physical, as with waves forming off of the contours of landmasses. Perea means to pursue a vector or trajectory, as the ancestors who navigated Te Moana-Nui-ā-Kiwa to discover these Islands harnessed the flows within their world.
‘Mātauranga can be translated to knowledge, but it’s not so much a set of static objects, but a way of knowing. It’s knowing as a relationship, not just intellectual, but spiritual as well’ - Heidi Brickell
‘While I was training with Wi Taepa, we were set the task of repeating the kōwhaiwhai pattern. So we had this locked into our muscle memory, never to be forgotten. We repeated the design in our sketchbooks over 100 times!’ - Maia McDonald
Artists
Heidi Brickell
Heidi Brickell (Te Hika o Papauma, Ngati Apakura, Kahungunu, Rangitāne, Rongomaiwahine) is based in Tāmaki Makaurau. Her work is grounded in the psychological and informed by her fascination with language—a human creation that enables or facilitates exchange, while also being marked by imprecision.
‘I am interested in the chorus of languages we use to share in experiences, as well as the uncaptured experience that flows through those nets.’ — Heidi Brickell
Recent exhibitions include solo presentations 'Alluvial Hours' at Laree Payne Gallery, Waikato, and 'Floundering Arms Swallowed by Pendent Whenua' at Paludal Gallery, Ōtautahi, as well as 'Outgrowth' with Salome Tanuvasa at Mother¿, and 'Nine Māori Painters' with eight other fantastic artists at Tim Melville Gallery. Brickell was the 2021 recipient of the Molly Morpeth-Canaday Akel Award. Her work is represented in private collections in Aotearoa and Australia. She graduated with a BFA from Elam School of Fine Arts in 2011.
Heidi Brickell
Heidi Brickell (Te Hika o Papauma, Ngati Apakura, Kahungunu, Rangitāne, Rongomaiwahine) is based in Tāmaki Makaurau. Her work is grounded in the psychological and informed by her fascination with language—a human creation that enables or facilitates exchange, while also being marked by imprecision.
‘I am interested in the chorus of languages we use to share in experiences, as well as the uncaptured experience that flows through those nets.’ — Heidi Brickell
Recent exhibitions include solo presentations 'Alluvial Hours' at Laree Payne Gallery, Waikato, and 'Floundering Arms Swallowed by Pendent Whenua' at Paludal Gallery, Ōtautahi, as well as 'Outgrowth' with Salome Tanuvasa at Mother¿, and 'Nine Māori Painters' with eight other fantastic artists at Tim Melville Gallery. Brickell was the 2021 recipient of the Molly Morpeth-Canaday Akel Award. Her work is represented in private collections in Aotearoa and Australia. She graduated with a BFA from Elam School of Fine Arts in 2011.
Heidi Brickell
Heidi Brickell (Te Hika o Papauma, Ngati Apakura, Kahungunu, Rangitāne, Rongomaiwahine) is based in Tāmaki Makaurau. Her work is grounded in the psychological and informed by her fascination with language—a human creation that enables or facilitates exchange, while also being marked by imprecision.
‘I am interested in the chorus of languages we use to share in experiences, as well as the uncaptured experience that flows through those nets.’ — Heidi Brickell
Recent exhibitions include solo presentations 'Alluvial Hours' at Laree Payne Gallery, Waikato, and 'Floundering Arms Swallowed by Pendent Whenua' at Paludal Gallery, Ōtautahi, as well as 'Outgrowth' with Salome Tanuvasa at Mother¿, and 'Nine Māori Painters' with eight other fantastic artists at Tim Melville Gallery. Brickell was the 2021 recipient of the Molly Morpeth-Canaday Akel Award. Her work is represented in private collections in Aotearoa and Australia. She graduated with a BFA from Elam School of Fine Arts in 2011.
Heidi Brickell
Heidi Brickell (Te Hika o Papauma, Ngati Apakura, Kahungunu, Rangitāne, Rongomaiwahine) is based in Tāmaki Makaurau. Her work is grounded in the psychological and informed by her fascination with language—a human creation that enables or facilitates exchange, while also being marked by imprecision.
‘I am interested in the chorus of languages we use to share in experiences, as well as the uncaptured experience that flows through those nets.’ — Heidi Brickell
Recent exhibitions include solo presentations 'Alluvial Hours' at Laree Payne Gallery, Waikato, and 'Floundering Arms Swallowed by Pendent Whenua' at Paludal Gallery, Ōtautahi, as well as 'Outgrowth' with Salome Tanuvasa at Mother¿, and 'Nine Māori Painters' with eight other fantastic artists at Tim Melville Gallery. Brickell was the 2021 recipient of the Molly Morpeth-Canaday Akel Award. Her work is represented in private collections in Aotearoa and Australia. She graduated with a BFA from Elam School of Fine Arts in 2011.
Heidi Brickell
Heidi Brickell (Te Hika o Papauma, Ngati Apakura, Kahungunu, Rangitāne, Rongomaiwahine) is based in Tāmaki Makaurau. Her work is grounded in the psychological and informed by her fascination with language—a human creation that enables or facilitates exchange, while also being marked by imprecision.
‘I am interested in the chorus of languages we use to share in experiences, as well as the uncaptured experience that flows through those nets.’ — Heidi Brickell
Recent exhibitions include solo presentations 'Alluvial Hours' at Laree Payne Gallery, Waikato, and 'Floundering Arms Swallowed by Pendent Whenua' at Paludal Gallery, Ōtautahi, as well as 'Outgrowth' with Salome Tanuvasa at Mother¿, and 'Nine Māori Painters' with eight other fantastic artists at Tim Melville Gallery. Brickell was the 2021 recipient of the Molly Morpeth-Canaday Akel Award. Her work is represented in private collections in Aotearoa and Australia. She graduated with a BFA from Elam School of Fine Arts in 2011.
Heidi Brickell
Heidi Brickell (Te Hika o Papauma, Ngati Apakura, Kahungunu, Rangitāne, Rongomaiwahine) is based in Tāmaki Makaurau. Her work is grounded in the psychological and informed by her fascination with language—a human creation that enables or facilitates exchange, while also being marked by imprecision.
‘I am interested in the chorus of languages we use to share in experiences, as well as the uncaptured experience that flows through those nets.’ — Heidi Brickell
Recent exhibitions include solo presentations 'Alluvial Hours' at Laree Payne Gallery, Waikato, and 'Floundering Arms Swallowed by Pendent Whenua' at Paludal Gallery, Ōtautahi, as well as 'Outgrowth' with Salome Tanuvasa at Mother¿, and 'Nine Māori Painters' with eight other fantastic artists at Tim Melville Gallery. Brickell was the 2021 recipient of the Molly Morpeth-Canaday Akel Award. Her work is represented in private collections in Aotearoa and Australia. She graduated with a BFA from Elam School of Fine Arts in 2011.
Heidi Brickell
Heidi Brickell (Te Hika o Papauma, Ngati Apakura, Kahungunu, Rangitāne, Rongomaiwahine) is based in Tāmaki Makaurau. Her work is grounded in the psychological and informed by her fascination with language—a human creation that enables or facilitates exchange, while also being marked by imprecision.
‘I am interested in the chorus of languages we use to share in experiences, as well as the uncaptured experience that flows through those nets.’ — Heidi Brickell
Recent exhibitions include solo presentations 'Alluvial Hours' at Laree Payne Gallery, Waikato, and 'Floundering Arms Swallowed by Pendent Whenua' at Paludal Gallery, Ōtautahi, as well as 'Outgrowth' with Salome Tanuvasa at Mother¿, and 'Nine Māori Painters' with eight other fantastic artists at Tim Melville Gallery. Brickell was the 2021 recipient of the Molly Morpeth-Canaday Akel Award. Her work is represented in private collections in Aotearoa and Australia. She graduated with a BFA from Elam School of Fine Arts in 2011.
Heidi Brickell
Heidi Brickell (Te Hika o Papauma, Ngati Apakura, Kahungunu, Rangitāne, Rongomaiwahine) is based in Tāmaki Makaurau. Her work is grounded in the psychological and informed by her fascination with language—a human creation that enables or facilitates exchange, while also being marked by imprecision.
‘I am interested in the chorus of languages we use to share in experiences, as well as the uncaptured experience that flows through those nets.’ — Heidi Brickell
Recent exhibitions include solo presentations 'Alluvial Hours' at Laree Payne Gallery, Waikato, and 'Floundering Arms Swallowed by Pendent Whenua' at Paludal Gallery, Ōtautahi, as well as 'Outgrowth' with Salome Tanuvasa at Mother¿, and 'Nine Māori Painters' with eight other fantastic artists at Tim Melville Gallery. Brickell was the 2021 recipient of the Molly Morpeth-Canaday Akel Award. Her work is represented in private collections in Aotearoa and Australia. She graduated with a BFA from Elam School of Fine Arts in 2011.
Heidi Brickell
Heidi Brickell (Te Hika o Papauma, Ngati Apakura, Kahungunu, Rangitāne, Rongomaiwahine) is based in Tāmaki Makaurau. Her work is grounded in the psychological and informed by her fascination with language—a human creation that enables or facilitates exchange, while also being marked by imprecision.
‘I am interested in the chorus of languages we use to share in experiences, as well as the uncaptured experience that flows through those nets.’ — Heidi Brickell
Recent exhibitions include solo presentations 'Alluvial Hours' at Laree Payne Gallery, Waikato, and 'Floundering Arms Swallowed by Pendent Whenua' at Paludal Gallery, Ōtautahi, as well as 'Outgrowth' with Salome Tanuvasa at Mother¿, and 'Nine Māori Painters' with eight other fantastic artists at Tim Melville Gallery. Brickell was the 2021 recipient of the Molly Morpeth-Canaday Akel Award. Her work is represented in private collections in Aotearoa and Australia. She graduated with a BFA from Elam School of Fine Arts in 2011.
Heidi Brickell
Heidi Brickell (Te Hika o Papauma, Ngati Apakura, Kahungunu, Rangitāne, Rongomaiwahine) is based in Tāmaki Makaurau. Her work is grounded in the psychological and informed by her fascination with language—a human creation that enables or facilitates exchange, while also being marked by imprecision.
‘I am interested in the chorus of languages we use to share in experiences, as well as the uncaptured experience that flows through those nets.’ — Heidi Brickell
Recent exhibitions include solo presentations 'Alluvial Hours' at Laree Payne Gallery, Waikato, and 'Floundering Arms Swallowed by Pendent Whenua' at Paludal Gallery, Ōtautahi, as well as 'Outgrowth' with Salome Tanuvasa at Mother¿, and 'Nine Māori Painters' with eight other fantastic artists at Tim Melville Gallery. Brickell was the 2021 recipient of the Molly Morpeth-Canaday Akel Award. Her work is represented in private collections in Aotearoa and Australia. She graduated with a BFA from Elam School of Fine Arts in 2011.
