Cora-Allan Lafaiki Twiss (née Wickliffe; born 1986) is a multidisciplinary Aotearoa (New Zealand)-based artist and hiapo (Niuean barkcloth) practitioner, Wickliffe was awarded the Arts Pasifika Award for Pacific Heritage Artist in 2020 through Creative New Zealand.
Biography Wickliffe is Niuean and Māori, with roots in Alofi and Liku, as well as Ngāpuhi and Tainui in Aotearoa. Originally from West Auckland, she was born in 1986. She completed a Bachelor of Visual Art and Design (in photography) in 2007 and completed her master's degree in visual art and design (in performance) from Auckland University of Technology in 2013.
Wickliffe is a founding member of the BC Collective (Before Cook), along with her husband Daniel Twiss.
Wickliffe is the only living traditional hiapo (Niuean barkcloth) maker, and is recognised for resurrecting this art genre. She distinguishes hiapo by imagery/motifs of 'botanical forms alone', differentiating it from tapa and other barkcloth forms in the Pacific. In 2020 Wickliffe published a book on hiapo, recognising hiapo as 'an art form that can be passed on to new generations.'
Wickliffe was represented by Bartley and Company who was a dealer gallery in Wellington. Her works are held in major collections such as Te Papa, Auckland War Memorial Museum, Lincoln University, The Arts House Trust, and Royal Academy of Arts.
In 2018, Wickliffe was awarded an artist's residency in Banff, Canada. In 2021, she received a Te Whare Hera Residency at Massey University. In the same year, she held the McCahon House Residency in Auckland.
She has exhibited in Canada, Australia, England, Niue and New Zealand.
Publications Wickliffe, C.-A., & Lafaiki, F. (2020). Hiapo : a collection of patterns and motifs. Little Island Press.
Selected curations 2020: Moana Legacy. Tautai Contemporary Pacific Arts Trust. Auckland.
Selected exhibitions +Selected exhibitionsYearTitleGallerylocation2012Men of MatarikiCorban Estate Arts CentreAuckland, New Zealand 2013Same STORY, different COLOURST PAUL ST GALLERYAuckland, New Zealand2013Return to senderPapakura Arts GalleryAuckland, New Zealand2016Greetings from CanadaRM GalleryAuckland, New Zealand2018Reliving HiapoNathan Homestead GalleryAuckland, New Zealand2018Everything is KapaiDunedin Art GalleryDunedin, New Zealand 2019Documenting the landFatahega Lodge and Backpackers Niue Arts and Cultural Festival2019From the Archives Tim Melville Gallery, AucklandAuckland, New Zealand2020Remember with meThe Grey Place Auckland, New Zealand2020Our Last supper with you revised (Cora- Allan Wickliffe and Kelly Lafaiki.)Tautai Gallery Auckland, New Zealand2020Pacific Samplers (ft. Lonnie Hutchinson) Bartley and CompanyWellington, New Zealand 2021Roll with meFresh GalleryAuckland, New Zealand2021Flowers from NiueBartley and CompanyWellington, New Zealand2022From Otītori Bay RdTe Uru Auckland, New Zealand2022Histories on HiapoBartley & Company ArtWellington, New Zealand
+International exhibitionsYearTitleGalleryLocation2013Exotic weeds (ft. Shannon Brett.)Kick Arts GalleryCairns, Australia 2015#HUI UntitledArt SocietyCalgary, Canada2015Dusky MaidenElephant Artist Relief, Art ConferenceCalgary, Canada2016Spring runoff MST FestivalCalgary, Canada2016Found FootingWhipper Snapper GalleryToronto, Canada2019The space between usBlack Dot GalleryMelbourne, Australia2019Fifty Shade of BlakBlak Dot GalleryMelbourne, Australia2019Returns and TransitsVancouver Art GalleryCanada
Awards (2004) RSA Community Award. (20042008) Keir Trust Scholarship Award. (2017) Selected finalist for the Estuary Art Awards. (2019) Selected finalist Molly Morpeth Canaday Award. (2020) Creative New Zealand Pacific Heritage Artist award – Arts Pasifika Awards (2021) Selected finalist National Contemporary Art Award Waikato Museum (2021) Selected finalist Parkin Prize Award, Wellington (2021) Springboard Award, Arts Foundation of New Zealand (award includes mentorship from 2008 Arts Foundation Laureate Shane Cotton) (2022) Selected finalist Molly Morpeth Canaday Award.
References
External links Wickliffe's Hiapo (Niuean barkcloth) Wickliffe's Hiapo (Niuean barkcloth) Wckliffe's tapa inspired garments