User:Susan Tol/Israel Tangaroa Birch

Israel Tangaroa Birch is a Māori artist of Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāi Tawake, and Ngāti Rakiapaaka descent. Birch works with paint, sculpture, carving, and the moving image.

Birch was born in Hastings, New Zealand in 1976. He studied at the Eastern Institute of Technology in Napier where he obtained a visual arts degree. This was followed by a Masters in Māori Visual Arts that he gained from Massey University’ s Toioho ki Āpiti.

He has received several significant awards such as the Te Karahipi o Te Waka Toi Award in 2005. He was a finalist in the Norsewear Art Awards in 2004 and 2005, winning first prize in 2006.

Exhibitions
Ara i te Uru City Gallery, 2011-2012

Rangimārie Milford Galleries Dunedin, 12 December 2020 - 5 February 2021