[1] Tracey Tawhiao is a prolific artist with a wide range of creative expression including poetry, painting, performance and film making.
She is well known for using newspaper as the basis of her practise, obscuring passages of text with block colours and maori symbols and motifs, whilst highlighting short headlines or individual words.
Tawhiao’s artistic practise arose from time spent with her grandparents at their Matakana Island home.
[2] Master of Philosophy (MPhil) Auckland University of Technology (AUT) Tawhiao was asked to create work to enhance the exterior of the Hotel Britomart whilst under construction.
[6] In 2022, Tawhiao used a $74,850 grant from Creative New Zealand to create a piece titled "Missed Information", which was criticised for portraying anti-vaccination messages and COVID-19 misinformation.