Lyonel Grant
{{short description|New Zealand master carver and sculptor (1957- )}}
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Lyonel Grant (born 1957) is a New Zealand Māori master carver and sculptor.
Carving
During the 1970s, Grant learnt under master carver Hōne Taiapa at the New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute in Rotorua.{{cite book|last1=Grant|first1=Lyonel|last2=Skinner|first2=Damian|title=Ihenga: Te Haeranga Hou. The Evolution of Māori Carving in the 20th Century|date=2007|publisher=Reed Publishin|location=Auckland|isbn=978 0 7900 1059 5}} In 2009 Grant received an honorary Doctorate of Philosophy (Education) from Unitec Institute of Technology. The same year he also received an Arts Foundation of New Zealand Laureate Award.{{cite web |title=Biography: Lyonel Grant |url=http://www.thearts.co.nz/artist_page.php&aid=3&type=bio |accessdate=10 December 2014 |website=New Zealand Arts Foundation}}
Between 1985 and 1987 Grant completed his first whare whakairo (carved house, meeting house), Te Matapihi o te Rangi at Te Papa o te Aroha Marae in Tokoroa.{{cite web|title=Māori Dictionary|url=http://www.maoridictionary.co.nz/search?idiom=&phrase=&proverb=&loan=&keywords=whare+whakairo&search=|website=Te Aka Māori Dictionary|accessdate=10 December 2014}} His second whare whakairo was Ihenga at Tangatarua Marae, on the Waiariki Institute of Technology campus in Rotorua. Ihenga was completed between 1993 and 1996. In 2007 Grant co-authored Ihenga: Te Haerenga Hou, The Evolution of Māori Carving in the 20th Century with Damian Skinner. In 2009 Grant completed Ngākau Māhaki at Te Noho Kotahitanga Marae on the Unitec Institute of Technology Mt Albert campus.{{cite web|title=Te Noho Kotahitanga Marae|url=http://www.unitec.ac.nz/maori/who-we-are/te-noho-kotahitanga-marae|website=Unitec Institute of Technology|accessdate=10 December 2014}}
Personal life
Born in Rotorua, Grant affiliates to Ngāti Pikiao and Te Arawa. Grant identifies as Māori Indian.{{cite web |title=First Maori-Indian Hui a roaring success {{!}} Scoop News |url=https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1210/S00326/first-maori-indian-hui-a-roaring-success.htm |access-date=2 May 2023 |website=www.scoop.co.nz}}
Exhibitions and collections
Grant has exhibited both internationally and nationally. His work is held in the collections of The British Museum and The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.{{cite web|title=Biography: Lyonel Grant|url=http://www.spiritwrestler.com/catalog/index.php?artists_id=22|website=Spirit Wrestler Gallery|accessdate=10 December 2014}}{{cite web|title=A wooden figure, Lyonel Grant|url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/aoa/a/wooden_figure_by_lyonel_grant.aspx|website=The British Museum|accessdate=10 December 2014}}{{cite web|title=Tauihu (canoe prow)|url=http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/376141|website=Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa|accessdate=10 December 2014}}
Gallery
Pou Tokomanawa 20240114 110300 02.jpg|Pou Tokomanawa (1999) at the Lumley Centre in Auckland
Tāmaki Herenga Waka 20240101 153721 01.jpg|Tāmaki Herenga Waka (2020) at the Park Hyatt Auckland
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