He uri nō Ngāti Hau, Ngāti Hao, Ngāti Moroki, Ngāti Pākahi, Ngātiwai, Ngāpuhi, Te Rarawa
Rongomai Grbic-Hoskins is an artist and student of Māori aute, raised in Tāmaki Makaurau. Her practice is shaped by the understanding of the world as dynamic whakapapa relations. She sees relational engagement with non-human others — such as the natural materials that form her work — as generative. This understanding is bound by the underpinning concepts and processes of tapu, mauri, utu, and mana, encompassed by Te Ao Māori.
Since completing her studies, Rongomai has focused on contributing towards Māori-centred curatorial and research practices in the museum and gallery sector. Previously, she has held curatorial assistant internships at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City (2019) and Govett-Brewster Art Gallery (2020). She has also held a position at Toi O Tāmaki Auckland Art Gallery as the Toi Tū Toi Ora Māori Programming Coordinator (2021), going on to work at Te Papa Tongarewa as a Kaupapa Māori Specialist, Public Programmes (2022).
Currently, Rongomai resides in Te Tai Tokerau (Northland, Aotearoa New Zealand), living and working on her ancestral lands.
Rongomai has been practising the art form of Māori Aute (broussonetia papyrifera) since 2021. Rongomai’s engagement with aute is an ongoing and evolving relationship with the cloth. Her practice explores aute as both a vessel for knowledge and a living connector — linking us to the rising and falling rhythms of the natural world and to one another.
Contact: rongomaihoskins@gmail.com
Rongomai Grbic-Hoskins is an artist and student of Māori aute, raised in Tāmaki Makaurau. Her practice is shaped by the understanding of the world as dynamic whakapapa relations. She sees relational engagement with non-human others — such as the natural materials that form her work — as generative. This understanding is bound by the underpinning concepts and processes of tapu, mauri, utu, and mana, encompassed by Te Ao Māori.
Since completing her studies, Rongomai has focused on contributing towards Māori-centred curatorial and research practices in the museum and gallery sector. Previously, she has held curatorial assistant internships at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City (2019) and Govett-Brewster Art Gallery (2020). She has also held a position at Toi O Tāmaki Auckland Art Gallery as the Toi Tū Toi Ora Māori Programming Coordinator (2021), going on to work at Te Papa Tongarewa as a Kaupapa Māori Specialist, Public Programmes (2022).
Currently, Rongomai resides in Te Tai Tokerau (Northland, Aotearoa New Zealand), living and working on her ancestral lands.
Rongomai has been practising the art form of Māori Aute (broussonetia papyrifera) since 2021. Rongomai’s engagement with aute is an ongoing and evolving relationship with the cloth. Her practice explores aute as both a vessel for knowledge and a living connector — linking us to the rising and falling rhythms of the natural world and to one another.
Contact: rongomaihoskins@gmail.com