Brett Graham
Brett Graham
Ngati Koroki Kahukura
Brett Graham is one of New Zealand's most exciting and accomplished sculptors, highly regarded for his ability to abstract complex historical ideas into formally strong and beautiful sculptural forms. Graham places strong emphasis on materiality and surface with the formal simplicity of his sculptural pieces and predominant use of wood and stone.
From Brunt, Peter William 1955 - Kainga Tahi Kainga Rua: New Work on Banaba "as one of the most powerful and affecting artistic statements on the nature of Pacific history and identity." - The Contemporary Pacific - Volume 16, Number 2, Fall 2004, pp. 429-434 University of Hawaii
Brett Graham has been included in many major exhibitions throughout New Zealand, Australia, Canada and USA. His work, Aniwaniwa, a collaboration with Rachel Rakena, is currently being exhibited at the 52nd Venice Biennale 2007 collateral events, and their work UFOB was shown at the 2006 Sydney Biennale. His many public commissions include Kahukura, for the Tjibaou Cultural Centre in New Caledonia, and most recently Whaowhia for the Auckland War Memorial Museum.
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