ABOUT

Ina Arraoui is a contemporary print artist with a Masters in Cultural Anthropology and Art History. Her printmaking practice combines traditional woodcut techniques with aerosol stencils to produce bold and engaging images that explore themes of cultural history and identity through objects as vessels of memory and experience.

EDUCATION

2017 – Landscape as Portrait with Gary Shinfield, PCANZ

2017 – Introduction to Drawing, Whitecliffe College of Art and Design, NZ

2016 – Drypoint Etching workshop with Alexis Neal, Kumeu Arts Centre, NZ

2016 – Woodcut Printing with Michel Tuffery, Corbans Summer School, NZ

2015 – Flox and Michel Tuffery CoLab workshop, Artsight, NZ

2008 – 2009 – Intaglio and Monoprint course with the French Institute, Morocco

2005 – Master’s Degree in Cultural Anthropology and Art History with Honours, University of Auckland, NZ

EXHIBITIONS

2018

August – POWER JACKET, Lakehouse Art Centre, Auckland

July – FOREST HAS THE BLUES, Depot Art Space, Auckland

March – TENANTS AND TUTORS, Lakehouse Art Centre, Auckland

2017

November -VIE DU PACIFIQUE II PRINT EXCHANGE, Pacific Perimeter Print Exchange, Whangarei Art Museum, Whangarei

September -FROM THE RIVERS TO THE SHORE, No.1 Parnell, Rawene

September – BLOWOUT, Geoff Wilson Gallery, Whangarei – Solo

August – BLOWOUT, Endemicworld, Auckland – Solo show

July – FROM THE RIVERS TO THE SHORE, Depot Artspace, Auckland

June – FROM THE RIVERS TO THE SHORE, The Oxford Art Gallery, Christchurch

May – WOOD WORKS, Lakehouse Art Centre, Auckland

March – VIE DU PACIFIQUE II PRINT EXCHANGE, Mairangi Arts Centre, Auckland

2016

December- KETE ARONUI, Kings Theatre Creative, Kawakawa

November – VIE DU PACIFIQUE II PRINT EXCHANGE, Curated by Jenny Sanzaro-Nishimura & Jennifer Stuerzl, Impress Printmakers Gallery, Australia

November – UNFOLD, Depot Artspace, Auckland

August – INTERNATIONAL POSTCARD EXHIBITION, Kumeu Arts Centre, Auckland

May – ARTiculate – A PICTURE IS A THOUSAND WORDS – Fundraising Event, Lakehouse Arts Centre, Auckland

2015

September – MARKING TIME Lakehouse Arts Centre, Auckland

February – LASTING IMPRESSIONS Studio One, Auckland

COLLECTIONS

Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum Print Collection, Australia

Whangarei Art Museum, NZ

PUBLICATIONS

The Kiwi Diary, 2018

Kia Ora, Air New Zealand Inflight Magazine, September 2017

ARTIST RESIDENCIES

2011 – Cervantes Institute of Tangier, Morocco