Christine Harvey
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Christine Harvey is a New Zealand tā moko (Māori tattoo) artist and teacher.
Life and career
Harvey was born in Christchurch. She has both Moriori and Māori heritage, and belongs to the Māori iwi (tribes) of Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri, Te Ātiawa ki Te Tauihu, Ngāti Toa Rangatira, and Kāti Māmoe.{{Cite book |last1=Tikao |first1=Ariana |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1347428633 |title=Mokorua: ngā korero mō tōku moko kauae = my story of moko kauae |date=2022 |publisher=Auckland University Press |last2=Calman |first2=Matt |last3=Calman |first3=Ross |isbn=978-1-86940-970-8 |location=Auckland |oclc=1347428633}}{{cite web |title=Mokorua: Book launch at Foundation Cafe |url=https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/blogs/post/mokorua-nga-korero-mo-toku-moko-kauae-my-story-of-moko-kauae-by-ariana-tikao-book-launch-at-foundation-cafe-wednesday-23-november-from-5-30pm-to-7-30pm/ |website=Christchurch City Libraries |access-date=29 December 2022 |date=8 November 2022}}{{cite news |last1=Steele |first1=Monique |title=Pioneer female Māori tā moko artist 'born to do it'; |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/96355880/pioneer-female-mori-t-moko-artist-born-to-do-it |access-date=29 December 2022 |work=The Press |date=13 September 2017}}{{cite web |last1=Tumataroa |first1=Phil |title=Te Ao o te Māori |url=https://ngaitahu.iwi.nz/our_stories/te-ao-o-te-maori-issue-66/ |website=Ngāi Tahu |access-date=29 December 2022 |date=5 July 2015}}{{cite news |title=Profile of a wahine doing great things in our community |url=https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/profile-wahine-doing-some-great-things-our/docview/2523980042/se-2? |access-date=29 December 2022 |work=Hawkes Bay Today |date=10 May 2021 |page=A18}}
Harvey began her career in the mid-1990s; initially she trained as a painter, but became interested in tā moko as a part of her Māori heritage.{{cite web |title=Skin Stories: The Art and Culture of Polynesian Tattoo |url=https://www.pbs.org/skinstories/artists/newzealand.html |website=PBS |access-date=29 December 2022}} She was mentored by Māori artist Riki Manuel. The start of her career coincided with a revival of interest in tā moko as an art form and particularly a revival of moko kauae, chin tattoos worn by women.{{cite book |last1=Chitham |first1=Karl |last2=Māhina-Tuai |first2=Kolokesa U |last3=Skinner |first3=Damian |title=Crafting Aotearoa: A cultural history of making in New Zealand and the wider moana Oceania |url=https://www.tepapa.govt.nz/sites/default/files/crafting_aotearoa_look_inside.pdf |access-date=29 December 2022 |publisher=Te Papa Press |page=8}} New Zealand news website Stuff has described her as being at the "forefront" of the revival of tā moko.
She has designed and inked traditional tā moko all over New Zealand, and many customers request her work because she is one of few women who practice the art.{{cite web |title=Tā moko: Traditional Maori Tattoo |url=https://www.canterburymuseum.com/whats-on/ta-moko-traditional-maori-tatoo/ |website=Canterbury Museum |access-date=29 December 2022}} She uses modern tools as well as traditional uhi (chisels) carved from bone.{{cite news |last1=Newth |first1=Kim |title=Why Ariana Tikao wants you to know exactly how she got her moko kauae |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/130306246/why-ariana-tikao-wants-you-to-know-exactly-how-she-got-her-moko-kauae |access-date=29 December 2022 |work=Stuff |date=5 November 2022}} She was the artist for Ariana Tikao's moko kauae, and Tikao wrote a book about the experience (together with photographs by Matt Calman and Māori language text by Ross Calman) called Mokorua (published by Auckland University Press in 2022).
Harvey also has some experience in whakairo (traditional Māori carving); in 2021 she was one of eight female Māori artists whose traditional carvings were featured in an online and in-person exhibition held by Toi Māori Aotearoa.{{cite news |last1=Latham |first1=Arihia |title=Te Hīkoi Toi: Flipping the script: contemporary takes on traditional concepts |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/arts/300386536/te-hkoi-toi-flipping-the-script-contemporary-takes-on-traditional-concepts |access-date=29 December 2022 |work=Stuff |date=21 August 2021}}
{{As of|2017}} Harvey was also working as an art teacher at Te Kura Whakapūmau Te Reo Tūturu ki Waitaha school in Christchurch. She homeschooled her five children, and one of her daughters is also a tā moko artist.
References
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External links
- [https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/blogs/post/podcast-ta-moko/ Podcast – Tā moko] featuring Harvey and others, hosted by the Christchurch City Libraries website, 18 September 2018
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Category:20th-century New Zealand women artists
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