Huhana Smith

MNZM
Smith in 2019
Born1962 (age 61–62)
Yarrawonga, Victoria, Australia
NationalityNew Zealand
Known forPainting
Notable workE Tū Ake: Māori Standing Strong

Susan Margaret Smith MNZM (born 1962), known as Huhana Smith, is a contemporary New Zealand artist and academic, and head of Whiti o Rehua School of Art at Massey University.[1][2] Between 2003 and 2009, she was senior curator Māori at Te Papa.[2][3]

Background

Born in 1962 in Yarrawonga, Victoria, Australia,[4] Smith is of Māori descent and affiliates to Ngāti Tukorehe and Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga.[5] She came to New Zealand in 1993 to pursue her studies in Māori language.[6] She was the first graduate from the Bachelor of Māori Visual Arts programme at Massey in 1997. She also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Museum Studies (1998) and a PhD in Māori Studies from Massey University.

Career

Smith's recent research, part of a large interdisciplinary project with Deep South Challenge National Science Challenge funding[7] combines mātauranga Māori methods with science to actively address climate change concerns for coastal Māori lands in Horowhenua-Kāpiti.[8] It was exhibited in the Dowse Art Museum as part of the exhibition This Time of Useful Consciousness: Political Ecology Now in 2017.[9]

Publications and exhibitions

  • Taiāwhio: Conversations with Contemporary Māori Artists, 2002, Te Papa Press.[10]
  • Taiāwhio 2: 18 New Conversations Contemporary Māori Artists, 2007, Te Papa Press.[10]
  • E Tū Ake: Māori Standing Strong,[11] 2011, Te Papa Press.

Honours and awards

Smith (second from right) at a reception in Auckland in 2020 for Pacifica Mamas – Matairangi Mahi Toi. The governor-general, Dame Patsy Reddy, is second from left.

Smith was a finalist in the Art Waikato National Art Awards in 2000 and 2002.[1]

Smith (left), after her investiture as a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit by the governor-general, Dame Cindy Kiro, at Government House, Wellington, on 22 September 2023

In the 2023 King's Birthday and Coronation Honours, Smith was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the environment.[12]

References

  1. 1 2 "Ferner Galleries | Huhana Smith". www.fernergalleries.co.nz. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Massey Women of Influence: Dr Huhana Smith". Massey University. 29 September 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  3. ↑ CircleSoft. "E Tu Ake: Maori Standing Strong". The Women's Bookshop. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  4. ↑ "S H R I N K I N G – W O R L D S". www.physicsroom.org.nz. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  5. ↑ "Climate change scientists look to Māori and other indigenous people for answers". Stuff. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  6. ↑ "Huhana Smith". www.storylines.org.nz. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  7. ↑ "Climate Change & Coastal Māori Communities". Deep South National Science Challenge. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  8. ↑ "Contemporary Feminism: Art and/or Science | City Gallery Wellington". citygallery.org.nz. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  9. ↑ "This Time of Useful Consciousness—Political Ecology Now | The Dowse Art Museum". dowse.org.nz. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  10. 1 2 Taiāwhio : conversations with contemporary Māori artists. Smith, Huhana. Wellington [N.Z.]: Te Papa Press. 2002. ISBN 0909010862. OCLC 50999083.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  11. ↑ Smith, Huhana. (2011). E tū ake : Māori standing strong. Wellington, N.Z.: Te Papa Press. ISBN 9781877385698. OCLC 703605282.
  12. ↑ "The King's Birthday and Coronation honours list 2023". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.


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