People's Choice Awards
The People鈥檚 Choice Awards are awarded based on the number of votes an artwork receives from visitors to the exhibition. The People鈥檚 Choice Award is sponsored by Toi 惭腻辞谤颈 Aotearoa. This year鈥檚 winners are:
First Place
Name: Foua Tuielu
School: Western Heights High School
Title of work: The tapestry of my roots
Second Place
Name: Siena Terimene-Simon
School: Northcote College
Title of work: Kura-hau-awatea
Third Place
Name: Benjamin Brown
School: 艑t膩huhu College
Title of work: P膩kati
The category award winners for the 2023 Ringa Toi Student Exhibition are as follows:
Toi Whakairo
Principal art form.
Highly Commended
Name: Stella Harding
School: Whang膩rei Girls High School
Title of work: T奴kaiaia
Commended
Name: Te Hau Tawhiti Pini
School: Tauranga Boys鈥� College
Title of work: P奴kaea
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Toi Matihiko
Digital print where the reproduction processes have been manipulated by computer.
Highly Commended
Name: Lottie Roberts
School: Wellington Girls鈥� College
Title of work: Te Wiki o Te Reo 惭腻辞谤颈 Poster
Commended
Name: Ofa Taufa
School: Whang膩rei Girls HS
Title of work: Whakairo projects
Toi Whakaahua
Photography with no digital manipulation.
Highly Commended
Name: Maioha Mahanga
School: Whang膩rei Girls High School
Title of work: Tukaha ki te whenua
Commended
Name: Fidellis Lilii-Amiomio
School: Marist College
Title of work: Palu鈥檃va
Toi Waituhi
Paint, ink and drawing where the brush or drawing tool is pulled across a surface. 鈥淭uhi鈥� is to strike a surface. This is where the instrument is pushed in the opposite direction to how it is normally used.
Highly Commended
Name: Jayme Hubbard
School: Western Heights High School
Title of work: Manu-nui-膩-rangi
Commended
Name: Siena Terimene-Simon
School: Northcote College
Title of work: Waenganui
Toi Matatuhi
Printmaking where the artist draws the image, prepares the plate, scribes/scratch the image onto the surface then inks and prints the image onto specifically prepared paper.
Highly Commended
Name: Isabelle Jefferys
School: Queen Margaret College
Title of work: Wahine Toa
Commended
Name: Zara Frost
School: Rangi Ruru Girls鈥� School
Title of work: Ahurea Tuakiri
Toi Matarau
Shaping and fashioning, usually more than one surface at a time. These surfaces are then impressed on again by joining and adding to with paint or multi-media materials.
Highly Commended
Name: Ocean-Lee Tito-Heremaia
School: Te Kura Kaupapa 惭腻辞谤颈 o Te R膩whitiroa
Title of work: Pitomata Whatukura
Commended
Name: Rhythm Barclay
School: Te Kura Kaupapa 惭腻辞谤颈 o Te R膩whitiroa
Title of work: M膩u te Toiora, m膩k奴 te wairoa
Toi Wharepora
Traditional and contemporary weaving forms.
Highly Commended
Name: Te Maia Neho
School: Te Wharekura o Mauao
Title of work: Hieke
Commended
Name: Tiakihana (Jackson) Tavendale
School: Rangiora High School
Title of work: Kerer奴
Pacific Art Excellence Award 鈥� Te Moana nui a Kiwa Measina Award
This year alongside our usual categories, we will be also awarding a Pacific Art Excellence Award 鈥� Te Moana nui a Kiwa Measina award (Measina is the Samoan word for 鈥榯reasure鈥�), and this award recognises excellence in Pasifika Arts.
Pasifika Excellence Award
Name: Tiare Wichman
School: Avondale College
Title of work: Navigator
The 2023 Ringa Toi Student Exhibition was judged by Erena Koopu.
蘑菇传媒 acknowledges all the student artists and schools that contributed works for this exhibition and extends their sincere thanks to all those who made this exhibition possible through their support.