Terri Te Tau

{{short description|New Zealand contemporary artist and writer}}

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{{Infobox artist

| name = Terri Te Tau

| image = Gg-venice-biennale-youth-forum-044 (Terri Te Tau).jpg

| caption = Te Tau at the Venice Biennale Youth Forum in 2017

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| nationality = New Zealand

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| alma_mater = Massey University

| website = https://www.territetau.com/

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Terri Te Tau is a New Zealand contemporary artist and writer.{{Cite news|url=https://www.circuit.org.nz/artist/terri-te-tau|title=Terri Te Tau|date=2014-07-16|work=www.circuit.org.nz|access-date=2018-10-09|publisher=Circuit Artist Film and Video Aotearoa New Zealand|language=en}} She is a member of the Mata Aho Collective.{{Cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/arts/93535929/documenta14-maori-art-tells-stories-of-the-past-on-the-prestigious-world-stage.html|title=documenta14: Maori art tells stories of the past on the prestigious world stage|last=McDonald|first=Dani|date=12 June 2017|website=Stuff|language=en|access-date=2018-10-09}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.documenta14.de/en/artists/13522/mata-aho-collective|title=Mata Aho Collective|last=Hopkins|first=Candice|website=www.documenta14.de|access-date=2018-10-08}} In 2017, the collective represented New Zealand at documenta, a quinquennial contemporary-art exhibition held in Kassel, Germany.{{Cite book|title=Animism in Art and Performance|last=Braddock|first=Christopher|publisher=Springer|year=2017|isbn=9783319665504|location=Switzerland|pages=41}} This was the first time New Zealand artists had been invited to present their work at the event.{{Cite news|url=http://www.creativenz.govt.nz/news/first-time-new-zealand-art-to-feature-at-international-documenta-exhibition|title=First time New Zealand art to feature at international documenta exhibition|date=7 April 2017|work=www.creativenz.govt.nz|access-date=2018-10-09|language=en}}

Te Tau, who is of Rangitāne and Ngāti Kahungunu descent,{{Cite web|url=https://www.territetau.com/bio/|title=terri te tau - about|last=Te Tau|first=Terri|website=www.territetau.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-10-09}} was raised in the Wairarapa region She received her tertiary education at Massey University, where she is a lecturer at the Whiti o Rehua School of Art.{{Cite web|url=http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/expertise/profile.cfm?stref=911212|title=Dr Terri Te Tau - Lecturer - Massey University|website=www.massey.ac.nz|language=en|access-date=2018-10-10}} Her doctoral thesis was on a conceptual Māori response to state surveillance.{{cite thesis |last=Te Tau |first= |year=2015 |type=Doctoral thesis |title=Beyond the corners of our whare: a conceptual Māori response to state surveillance in Aotearoa New Zealand |publisher=Massey Research Online, Massey University |hdl=10179/10825 |url=https://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/10825}}

Funding from the Earle CreativityTrust{{Cite news|url=http://www.earletrust.org.nz/grants/visual-arts/|title=Visual Arts - Earle Creativity Trust|work=Earle Creativity Trust|access-date=2018-10-10|language=en-US}} led to an exhibition held at Te Manawa, a museum in Palmerston North, in October 2015.{{Cite news|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/lifestyle/73229939/earles-trust-funded-exhibition-on-display|title=Earles Trust funded exhibition on display|last=Thomas|first=Carly|date=23 October 2015|work=Manawatū Standard|access-date=11 October 2018}}