Cindy Huang, Offering 苹果 #2, 2024

Cindy Huang
Offering 苹果 #2, 2024
bronze and citrus, apple and sandalwood incense
50x50x8mm

These incense holders are an extension of Huang’s installation Offering at Te Whare Toi o Heretaunga Hastings Art Gallery in 2024. Offering 苹果 #2 reflects her ongoing research into the Tauiwi Chinese New Zealand community in Te Matau-a-Māui, both past and present, with a focus on the region's market gardens, gardeners, and grocers. These incense holders are cast from fruit purchased at the Onekawa Fruit Shop, a Chinese-New Zealand grocer local to Huang.

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Cindy Huang (born in Rotorua in 1997) currently lives and works in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. In 2023-24 she was based in Heretaunga Hastings. She holds a Master of Heritage Conservation in Museums and Cultural Heritage (2022), and a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) (2019), from the University of Auckland. Her work has been exhibited across Aotearoa in recent years, with recent solo and collaborative projects presented at Sumer, Te Atamira, Satellites, Chez Derriere, Studio One Toi Tū, and Meanwhile.

Huang is represented by Sumer in Tāmaki Makaurau.