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Cori Marsters
Cori Marsters
Tumu o Te Rito o Rotowhio- Te Arawa, Te Whakatōhea
Description
Cori Marsters has come from being Kaiako Raranga at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa and has a Bachelor Degree in Māori Art, Maunga Kura Toi (Raranga). He was drawn to weaving initially as he was embraced and nurtured by his nan and many others in mahi raranga and whatu.
Marsters knows the New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute well, having been a tauira (student) himself in the 37th intake for Whakairo Rākau (wood carving) graduating in 2012, then going on to become a Matanga Whakairo (commission carver) afterwards.
He has exhibited weaving locally, nationally and internationally, including at the Spirit Wrestler Gallery in Vancouver. In the 2016 Creative New Zealand Te Waka Toi Awards, Marsters was awarded the Ngā Manu Pirere, Emerging Māori Artist Award and in the same year one of his kete was used for a New Zealand stamp in the Matariki collection.
Cori Marsters has come from being Kaiako Raranga at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa and has a Bachelor Degree in Māori Art, Maunga Kura Toi (Raranga). He was drawn to weaving initially as he was embraced and nurtured by his nan and many others in mahi raranga and whatu.
Marsters knows the New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute well, having been a tauira (student) himself in the 37th intake for Whakairo Rākau (wood carving) graduating in 2012, then going on to become a Matanga Whakairo (commission carver) afterwards.
He has exhibited weaving locally, nationally and internationally, including at the Spirit Wrestler Gallery in Vancouver. In the 2016 Creative New Zealand Te Waka Toi Awards, Marsters was awarded the Ngā Manu Pirere, Emerging Māori Artist Award and in the same year one of his kete was used for a New Zealand stamp in the Matariki collection.