CHANTEL MATTHEWS
Contemporary Artist. Curator. Writer
Chantel Matthews is a contemporary artist. Her practice explores her own subjectivity as a woman, mother, artist and wahine Māori that traverses between installation, performance and sculpture.
With a particular interest in how women/wāhine hold space, her art practice conceptually explores whanaungatanga (working together/relationship through shared experiences) and manaakitanga (supporting others) through kai kōrero, wānanga and collaboration.
As well as a practicing artist, Chantel is a Mother, Curator, Writer and Editor of HĀ TUA Magazine Aotearoa.
Chantel currently works and resides in Tamaki Makaurau, Aotearoa, New Zealand (Ngāti Hounuku, Ngāti Tahinga, Ngāti Ikaunahi, Tainui) Middlesex, England.
Contact: chantel@waicreate.com
Hineukurangi The Suter Gallery 2024
IT'S BETTER ARIES AND VIRGO TALK TO A WALL THAN EACH OTHER, 2024
PONO: The potential of making something that leads to nothing, 2021
At the Foot of the Maunga: Whanui Auckland Arts Festival, 2020
What's inside matters: Silo6, 2019
The Artist and the Undertaker: Auckland Art Gallery, 2019
Emergent: See Lake House Arts Gallery 2019,
Bystander of Tomorrow: Nathan Homestead Manurewa 2016.
Atamira Maori in the City: Shed 10, Auckland City 2013,
Muka: Te Noho Kotahitanga Marae 2012.
Awards
Waikato Tainui 2022 NZTA Partnership Scholarship
AD21 Award - Toi Māori Award. For cultural contribution to mātauranga Māori & Indigenous knowledge
Vā Moana Pacific Spaces Postgraduate Student Award Scholarship 2021
Waiheke Small Sculpture Benefactor Award 2021
AUT Head of School Award 2019
Media
Lime Collaborates With Aotearoa Artist Chantel Matthews For Matariki
artsdiary Bread and Butter 2022
PONO at Te Tuhi - EyeContact 2022
Waiheke Small Sculpture Award 2021
Changing Landscape of Glen Innes