Maia Keane

Maia Keane is a young contemporary Māori artist who completed Te Toi o Ngā Rangi - Māori Visual Arts Bachelor degree at Toihoukura in Gisborne 2021. Maia is a painter whose work embraces and reacts to her endless journey into her māoritanga. She has exhibited in various group shows at Hoea! Gallery, Tairāwhiti Museum, Sanderson Contemporary Gallery, and Ihorei Gallery. She was also a 2021 recipient for the CNZ Emerging Māori Artist Ngā Manu Pirere Award in 2021. Maia was born and raised in West Auckland and has iwi affiliations to Ngai Tāmanuhiri and Rongowhakaata.