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Chris Bryant-Toi is a New Zealand Artist of Ngāti Ruawaipū and Ngāti Porou descent. Bryant-Toi's main mediums are painting, sculpture and installation. He also works as a curator, art educator and writer and was a founding member of Te Taumata Art Gallery.

He was born in Napier in 1970 and studied at Elam School of Fine arts. He graduated in 1994 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. He later graduated with a Masters of Māori Visual Arts at Te Pūtahi a Toi, Massey University, in Palmerston North.

In 2003, Bryant-Toi returned to the Hawke’s Bay to take up a role at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa in Hastings.

His sculptures draw on Māori architectural forms made from wood, such as heke (rafters) and poutokomanawa (central supporting posts). These are then painted and fired, a technique that gives the works an appearance of age, and is based on the principle of ahi kā, keeping home fires burning.