Alexis Neal, Cerisse Palalagi and Vanessa Edwards
5 March - 11 April 2009

An exhibition of works on paper from three contemporary Maori printmakers.

	Vanessa Edwards, Leopard Can't Change its Spots Monoprint on Woven Paper (Framed) (405 x 260), 1 of 1, 2009. Contact gallery.
	Vanessa Edwards, Shame They Can't Change Their Spots Drypoint and Monoprint on Woven Paper (Framed) (415 x 270), 1 of 1, 2009. NZ$560 incl GST.
	Vanessa Edwards, Tricky Tiki Monoprint on Woven Paper (Framed) (270 x 300), 1 of 1, 2009. Sold.
	Vanessa Edwards, Lie Down with Dogs Monoprint on Woven Paper (Framed) (335 x 315), 1 of 1, 2009. Contact gallery.
	Vanessa Edwards, Howly Bag Drypoint and Monoprint on Woven Paper (Framed) (260 x 410), 1 of 1, 2009. NZ$560 incl GST.
	Vanessa Edwards, Can't Change Their Spots Monoprint on Woven Paper (Framed) (405 x 260), 1 of 1, 2009. Contact gallery.
	Cerisse Palalagi, B Boy Taniwha Relief/Lino on 255 x 305 mm paper, from an edition of 20, 2009. NZ$345 incl GST framed; NZ$235 incl GST unframed.
	Cerisse Palalagi, Wikitoria Relief/Lino on 250 x 305 mm paper, from an edition of 20, 2009. NZ$235 incl GST.
	Cerisse Palalagi, Up and Up Relief/Lino on 420 x 335 mm paper, from an edition of 20, 2009. NZ$345 incl GST framed; NZ$235 incl GST unframed.
	Cerisse Palalagi, Takirua Relief/Lino on 345 x 415 mm paper, from an edition of 20, 2009. NZ$345 incl GST framed; NZ$235 incl GST unframed.
	Cerisse Palalagi, Hau Kainga Relief/Lino on 350 x 420 mm paper, from an edition of 20, 2009. NZ$345 incl GST framed; NZ$235 incl GST unframed.
	Alexis Neal, Lineage Etching and Relief on 1120 x 270 mm paper, from an edition of 6, 2007. NZ$725 incl GST.
	Alexis Neal, Many Happy Returns Etching and Relief on 1120 x 270 mm paper, from an edition of 6, 2007. NZ$725 incl GST.
	Alexis Neal, Tukutuku III Etching and Relief on 1120 x 270 mm paper, from an edition of 6, 2007. NZ$725 incl GST.
	Alexis Neal, Messenger Etching and Relief on 1120 x 270 mm paper, from an edition of 6, 2007. NZ$725 incl GST.
	Alexis Neal, Fernland Etching and Relief on 1120 x 270 mm paper, from an edition of 6, 2007. NZ$725 incl GST.
	Alexis Neal, Tukutuku I Etching and Relief on 1120 x 270 mm paper, from an edition of 6, 2007. NZ$725 incl GST.
	Alexis Neal, Silver Lining Etching and Relief on 1120 x 270 mm paper, from an edition of 6, 2007. NZ$725 incl GST.
	Alexis Neal, Spray Relief and Woven Paper Sculpture on 140 x 590 x 220 mm paper, 1 of 1, 2007. Contact gallery.
	Alexis Neal, Bloom Relief and Woven Paper on 140 x 400 x 260 mm paper, 1 of 1, 2007. Contact gallery.

Featuring etchings, relief prints and 3-dimensional works from Alexis Neal, woven monoprints from Vanessa Edwards, and woodcuts from Cerisse Palalagi, the exhibition explores cultural identity, memory, layers of knowledge and personal histories. Alexis Neal will be showing elegant etched and relief prints representing the interior walls of the whare nui, or house of knowledge, as well as 3-dimensional printed and woven works in the form of paper flower bouquets that bring a kind of permanence to fleeting moments. Vanessa Edwards' distinctive new one-off works on hand-woven paper explore animal instinct and themes of life and death, and were inspired by an impulse to play with layering, colour, texture and imagery. Cerisse Palalagi's series of new woodcuts have a strong graphic element inspired by traditional Maori motifs.

Alexis Neal is an Auckland printmaker with an interdisciplinary practice combining components of print, sewn feather canvases, weaving and installation works to address Maori traditional whakapapa in a contemporary context. Alexis has a BFA in Printmaking and a Post Graduate Diploma in Fine Art Printmaking from Elam School of Fine Art (where she has since worked as a senior tutor) and a Masters degree in Printmaking and Mixed Media from the Slade School of Fine Arts in London.

Wanganui artist Vanessa Edwards is of Maori and European descent and uses her artwork as a means to explore this heritage. By combining the two longstanding customs of Maori weaving and European printmaking, Vanessa recontextualises these traditions in a contemporary environment. Vanessa has a Bachelor of Arts in Printmaking from Wanganui's Quay School of the Arts.

Cerisse Palalagi is an Auckland-based printmaker and a graduate of the Elam School of Fine Art currently studying towards a Master of Visual Arts at Auckland University of Technology. Cerisse enjoys creating bright and uplifting prints that play around with unconventional colours fused with Maori design and patterns, drawing on her Niuean and Maori ancestory. Cerisse was one of 12 visual artists in the NZ delegation at the 10th Pacific Arts Festival last year in Pago Pago, American Samoa.