Bio

Ko Aotea te Waka

Ko Taranaki te maunga

Ko Kapuni te awa

Ko Waiokura te marae

Ko Nga Ruahinerangi, Taranaki, Ngati Tuwharetoa oku iwi

Ko Ngati Tu, Ngati Kahumate, Ngati Whitikaupeka oku hapu

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Kia ora e te whanau, welcome to my website!

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My name is Jordan Quinnell and I guess you could say I am an emerging contemporary Māori artist. I grew up in Taranaki, in a small town on the coast called Opunake, and have been living for the past seven years in Palmerston North while I've been at University. 

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Im currently 24 years old with a Bachelors Degree in Māori Visual Arts, and am currently studying towards my Masters. While I have a love for all mediums, my artistic practice is based mainly in digital illustration and printmaking which I create on Adobe Illustrator.

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While studying I have also been fortunate enough to have exhibited my work numerous times at the Taranaki National Art Awards (2015-2018, 2020, 2022) where I have been the recipient of the Te Puni Kokiri Tō Taranakitanga Highly Commended Award three times. 

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Previous Group Exhibitions;

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The Collaboration Gallery, New Plymouth - 2019,

Kete Aronui Gallery, Opunake - 2019,

"Aroaromahana" - The Percy Thomson Gallery, Stratford - 2020,

"Matatau" - Te Manawa, Palmerston North - 2020/2021

"Inked" - The Collaboration Gallery, New Plymouth - 2021

"#Make/Believe" - The Percy Thomson Gallery - 2021

"Mounga" - Toi Maori Gallery, Wellington - 2021

"Ka Ora Taku Toa; A proud celebration of Ngāruahinetanga" - Lysaght Watt Gallery, Hawera - 2021.

"Taha Hinengaro; Mental Health Matters" - The Collaboration Gallery, New Plymouth - 2021.

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Solo Exhibitions;

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"Masters of the Mask" - Lysaght Watt Gallery - 2021.