Abigail Aroha Jensen, Xmas Hamper, 2024.

Abigail Aroha Jensen
Xmas Hamper, 2024
muka, nappy pin, cotton lace, charm, plastic rope threads
330x380x130mm

Xmas Hamper is muka weaving meets avant-garde Japanese fashion design. Vacuum packed for gallery freshness and hamper aesthetics, this work was newly
produced for The Physics Room Annual Fundraiser 2024.

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Abigail Aroha Jensen is an artist based in Kirikiriroa. She holds a BMA from Waikato Institute of Technology with Honours from Toihoukura, School of Mãori Visual Arts. Recent exhibitions include; R.Boudoir, RM (2022); Rope Play (I-IV), sites across Tāmaki Makaurau, Pōneke, Köln and Busan (2022-24); Spring Time is Heart-break: Contemporary Art in Aotearoa, Te Puna o Waiwhetū Christchurch Art Gallery (2023); Glittering Images, Grace Aotearoa (2024); Inside my papahou: puoro tuatini. Her site, Désirée - ā whakamātao owha at the 2024 Busan Biennale,
South Korea; cab-sous vide at The Dowse (2024) and Tūpiki (2024), Riki Pirihi and Abigail Aroha Jensen's debut album released through Audio Foundation records.