ABOUT
Ina Arraoui is a contemporary print artist with a master’s degree in Cultural Anthropology and Art History. She is passionate about promoting printmaking in Aotearoa (NZ) and as a platform for community building and cross-cultural exchange. 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
2020 – Il Bisonte – Foundation for Art and Printmaking, Florence, Italy
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
2019
October – PCANZ PRINT EXCHANGE, Arotai Museum, Masterton
July – FOREST HAS THE BLUES, MURMURINGS, Franklin Arts Centre, Auckland
2018
October – IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, Projectspace, Auckland
August – FOREST HAS THE BLUES, Auckland Botanical Gardens, Auckland
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
Arotai Museum of Art and History, NZ
Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum Print Collection, Australia
Whangarei Art Museum, NZ
PUBLICATIONS
IMPRINT Magazine, Spring 2018
The Kiwi Diary, 2018
Kia Ora, Air New Zealand Inflight Magazine, September 2017
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2020 – Il Bisonte Foundation of Printmaking and Art, Florence, Italy
2019 – Self directed, Sicily, Italy
2011 – Cervantes Institute of Tangier, Morocco
