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Kirsten Lyttle is a Melbourne based multi-media artist who is of Māori descent. Her Iwi (tribe) is Waikato, tribal affiliation is Ngaati Taghina, Tainui A Whiro. Trained as a photographer (Fine Art) at RMIT University, she completed a Fine Art Degree with Distinction in 2008. In 2013, she was awarded a Master of Fine Art (RMIT University). In March 2015, she began her PhD candidature at Deakin University: her thesis topic Digital Mana? An investigation of the compatibility of Māori customary art practices, digital imaging technologies and digital/cyber space(s).
Her arts practice explores issues of post-colonialism, identity, consumerism and the expression of Maori customary art (in particular, weaving) through digital technologies, such as photography, scanning, printing and cyber-space(s). She has exhibited widely in Australia and internationally including, Indonesian Contemporary Art Network Yogyakarta (Indonesia), Galleria 291 Est. Rome (Italy), and Oedipus Rex Gallery Auckland (New Zealand).
Community engagement and development has also been a large part of her arts practice; she is currently the coordinator of Pacific Women's Weaving Circle. This has involved exhibitions, public workshops and public art installations such as the Laneway Project Olympic Village, Heidelberg West (2014). Most recently she has been involved in developing and delivering a self-publishing photographic project for Pacific Islander youth (aged 15-25), The Pacific Photo book Project (2014 -2015) for the Contemporary Pacific Arts Festival and the Asia-Pacific Photo book Archive.
Contact:
Jarrett Duncan | jarrett.duncan@uleth.ca