Born to US-Canadian parents, Mary Spacapan’s journey has taken her from the United States to Aotearoa New Zealand, where she now calls home.

Mary believes it right to acknowledge her place in Aotearoa is upheld by her commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi and sustained through the friendship of many.

Rooted in matters of reconciliation, her work carefully considers the role and responsibility of the ‘witness,’ and explores what it means to invoke memory, serve, and tend to the dynamic nature of the whenua, both land and body, with generational vision.

Courtesy of the artist.