Cora-Allan Wickliffe

Cora-Allan Lafaiki Twiss (née Wickliffe; born 1986) is a multidisciplinary Aotearoa (New Zealand)-based artist and hiapo (Niuean barkcloth) practitioner,^[1][2] Wickliffe was awarded the Arts Pasifika Award for Pacific Heritage Artist in 2020 through Creative New Zealand.^[3]

Biography

Wickliffe is Niuean and Māori, with roots in Alofi and Liku, as well as Ngāpuhi and Tainui in Aotearoa.^[4] Originally from West Auckland, she was born in 1986.^[1] 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.^[5][6]

Wickliffe is a founding member of the BC Collective (Before Cook), along with her husband Daniel Twiss.^[1][7][8]

Wickliffe is the only living traditional hiapo (Niuean barkcloth) maker, and is recognised for resurrecting this art genre.^[1] She distinguishes hiapo by imagery/motifs of 'botanical forms alone', differentiating it from tapa and other barkcloth forms in the Pacific.^[2][1] In 2020 Wickliffe published a book on hiapo, recognising hiapo as 'an art form that can be passed on to new generations.'^[9]

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.^[10] In the same year, she held the McCahon House Residency in Auckland.^[7][11]

She has exhibited 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.^[12]

Selected curations

• 2020: Moana Legacy. Tautai Contemporary Pacific Arts Trust. Auckland.^[13]

Selected exhibitions

Selected exhibitions

Year	Title	Gallery	location
2012	Men of Matariki	Corban Estate Arts Centre	Auckland, New Zealand	[14]
2013	Same STORY, different COLOUR	ST PAUL ST GALLERY	Auckland, New Zealand	[15]
2013	Return to sender	Papakura Arts Gallery	Auckland, New Zealand	[16][17]
2016	Greetings from Canada	RM Gallery	Auckland, New Zealand	[10]
2018	Reliving Hiapo	Nathan Homestead Gallery	Auckland, New Zealand	[10]
2018	Everything is Kapai	Dunedin Art Gallery	Dunedin, New Zealand	[10]
2019	Documenting the land	Fatahega Lodge and Backpackers	Niue Arts and Cultural Festival	[10]
2019	From the Archives	Tim Melville Gallery, Auckland	Auckland, New Zealand	[10]
2020	Remember with me	The Grey Place	Auckland, New Zealand	[10]
2020	Our Last supper with you revised (Cora- Allan Wickliffe and Kelly Lafaiki.)	Tautai Gallery	Auckland, New Zealand	[18]
2020	Pacific Samplers (ft. Lonnie Hutchinson)	Bartley and Company	Wellington, New Zealand	[10]
2021	Roll with me	Fresh Gallery	Auckland, New Zealand	[10]
2021	Flowers from Niue	Bartley and Company	Wellington, New Zealand	[10]
2022	From Otītori Bay Rd	Te Uru	Auckland, New Zealand	[19]
2022	Histories on Hiapo	Bartley & Company Art	Wellington, New Zealand	[20]

International exhibitions

Year	Title	Gallery	Location
2013	Exotic weeds (ft. Shannon Brett.)	Kick Arts Gallery	Cairns, Australia	[10]
2015	#HUI Untitled	Art Society	Calgary, Canada	[10]
2015	Dusky Maiden	Elephant Artist Relief, Art Conference	Calgary, Canada	[10]
2016	Spring runoff	MST Festival	Calgary, Canada	[10]
2016	Found Footing	Whipper Snapper Gallery	Toronto, Canada	[10]
2019	The space between us	Black Dot Gallery	Melbourne, Australia	[10]
2019	Fifty Shade of Blak	Blak Dot Gallery	Melbourne, Australia	[10]
2019	Returns and Transits	Vancouver Art Gallery	Canada	[10]

Awards

2004– RSA Community Award.^[10]

2004–2008 Keir Trust Scholarship Award.^[10]

2017– Selected finalist for the Estuary Art Awards.^[10]

2019– Selected finalist Molly Morpeth Canaday Award.^[10][21]

2020 – Creative New Zealand Pacific Heritage Artist award – Arts Pasifika Awards^[22]

2021- Selected finalist National Contemporary Art Award Waikato Museum ^[23]

2021- Selected finalist Parkin Prize Award, Wellington ^[24]

2021– Springboard Award, Arts Foundation of New Zealand (award includes mentorship from 2008 Arts Foundation Laureate Shane Cotton)^[25]

2022– Selected finalist Molly Morpeth Canaday Award.^[10][21]