Cora-Allan Wickliffe

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 globally including 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.

Awards
2004– RSA Community Award.

2004–2008 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.