Title: Selected Works
Artist: Marise Rarere
Dates: 19th August- 8th September.
Location: The Arts Junction, 36 Main Road, Katikati.
Marise’s art spans a range of media with each influencing and informing another. She often has several strands of work going at once, some taking a long time to create. Often those works are made early in the morning in quiet repetition. Others are made quickly, capturing the energy of the moment.
Marise’s formal studies began in 1994 with fashion drawing night classes at Wintec in Hamilton. She then completed a Bachelor of Media Arts before several years learning Toi Harakeke- studying traditional and contemporary Maori weaving with tutor Rama Kete.
Her studies continued at RMIT in Melbourne where she completed a Master of Fine Art in Painting and Sculpture, did a Digital Artist residency at Waikato University and studied cast glass with Di Tocker.
Marise also does pottery as a part of her morning routine. Her delightful, loosely structured forms can be seen in the gallery.