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New Zealand master carver (born 1964)
Fayne Robinson
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Born
| Charles Eldon Fayne Robinson
1964 (age 59–60)
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Education
| New Zealand M?ori Arts and Crafts Institute
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Known for
| M?ori carving
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Notable work
| Public sculptures including Te Pou Herenga Waka, Worcester Boulevard, Christchurch,
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Charles Eldon Fayne Robinson
[1]
(born 1964) is a New Zealand
M?ori
artist specialising in carving. Robinson has contributed to the carving of buildings on many
marae
in New Zealand as well as exhibiting his art in galleries and museums.
Biography
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Robinson was born in 1964 and grew up in the South Island town of
Hokitika
on the West Coast of New Zealand. His iwi are
K?ti M?moe
,
Kai Tahu
,
Ng?ti Apa Ki Te R? T?
and
Ng?ti Porou
.
[2]
Robinson trained in
M?ori carving
at the
New Zealand M?ori Arts and Crafts Institute
,
Rotorua
and graduated in 1984,
[3]
He was just 17 when he got accepted and is one of only four from Ng?i Tahu who have attended.
[4]
He was influenced to pursue M?ori art from meeting the head weaver from the New Zealand M?ori Arts and Crafts Institute,
Emily Schuster
, when he was younger.
[5]
Robinson has carved on meeting houses and at marae, including Te Tauraka Waka a M?ui Marae in
Bruce Bay
, completed in 2005, and Arahura Marae near Hokitika, completed in 2013.
[6]
The New Zealand national museum
Te Papa Tongarewa
owns three of his works in their collections.
[7]
Works and exhibitions
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Wharenui as master carver
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Exhibitions
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- 2003 ?
Kiwa-Pacific Connections
, Vancouver, Canada, group exhibition
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- 2014 ?
Matatoki: Contemporary M?ori Carving
, group exhibition developed by Rotorua Museum
[10]
- 2017 ?
Ka Nohoaka Toi
, Toi Moaraki CoCA, Christchurch, group exhibition sponsored by Te R?nanga o Ng?i Tahu
[11]
- 2019 ?
Kura Pounamu: Our Treasured Stone
, group exhibition curated by Te Papa Tongarewa
[12]
Public installations
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- 2010 ?
Te Pou Herenga Waka
, Christchurch Civic Building, Worcester Boulevard, Christchurch
[13]
- 2013 ?
Te Kaiwhakatere o Te Raki
,
pouwhenua
,
Scott Base
, Antarctica
[14]
- 2017 ? Pounamu sculpture,
Hanmer Springs Thermal Pools and Spa
, Canterbury (with Caleb Robinson)
[15]
- 2018 ?
T?whaki
,
T?ranga
, Christchurch (with Caleb Robinson)
[16]
- 2018 ?
K?hui Whatu
, T?ranga, Christchurch
[16]
- 2019 ?
Mana Motuhake
,
Victoria Square, Christchurch
[17]
- 2020 ? Carved memorial stone,
Jacobs River
[18]
- 2022 ?
Pou T? te Raki o Te Maiharanui
,
Takap?neke
, Banks Peninsula
[19]
- 2022 ?
Te Kopikopiko o Te Waka
,
Gillespies Beach
Road
[20]
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Te Pou Herenga Waka
, Worcester Boulevard, Christchurch
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Head of
T?whaki
,
T?ranga
, Christchurch
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K?hui Whatu
, T?ranga, Christchurch
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Other
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References
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