Molly Macalister

[1][2] She was the first woman artist in Aotearoa New Zealand to be awarded with a major public art commission in 1964 (A Māori Figure in a Kaitaka Cloak).

[3] Known for painting, woodcarving, and sculpture, her work is held in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.

[4] As a teenager Macalister won several awards from the Royal Drawing Society in London.

[9] Macalister's works were included in the first exhibition of contemporary New Zealand sculpture held at Auckland City Gallery in 1955.

Four years later, her work featured again, this time alongside Anne Severs and Alison Duff.