Rachael Rakena is a video artist who works, frequently in collaboration with others, to create richly-layered installations, videos and digital stills.
Rachael draws inspiration from close family ties, her Kāi Tahu, Ngā Puhi and Pākehā ancestry, and digital media technology.
She has a Master of Fine Arts (Distinction) and is a Lecturer the School of Māori Studies, Massey University in Palmerston North. She has exhibited widely throughout New Zealand and overseas including Australia, Italy, Germany, Poland, Lithuania, France, Turkey, Britain and the United States. In 2007, Aniwaniwa, a collaborative project with Brett Graham, was selected for the collateral events section of the 2007 Venice Biennale.
During her residency at the Dunedin School of Art Rachael has worked on a video called So many men under the bridge, part of He Waiata Whaiaipo series.
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