Nine outstanding artists awarded as 2023 Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Laureates – a total of $315,000 gifted direct to artists, entirely funded through generous giving to the arts.
Published: Wednesday 6 September, 2023
The Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi is thrilled to reveal the nine 2023 Arts Foundation Te Tumi Toi Laureate Award recipients, identified as Aotearoa New Zealand’s most outstanding artists for 2023. They are recognised for their outstanding practice as well as their significant impact.
2023 marks the 23rd year of the Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Laureate Awards, established to celebrate and empower New Zealand’s most outstanding practising artists across the disciplines. Every year the Arts Foundation recognises exceptional artists with a financial gift (usually totalling $30,000, but this year increased to $35,000 each thanks to a generous top up from One NZ) and honours their monumental impact. The awards are entirely funded by generous arts lovers from across Aotearoa.
This year the nine recipients will join an artist alumni of 120 Laureates – a legacy of artistic excellence stretching back to the year 2000. Past Laureates include Shane Cotton, Eleanor Catton, Whirimako Black, Don McGlashan, Taika Waititi, Lisa Reihana, Bill Manhire and FAFSWAG – to name a few! All recipients can be viewed on our website.
In 2023, The Arts Foundation will also facilitate The Harriet Friedlander Residency (valued at $100,000), The Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship (valued at $43,000), the Out of the Limelight Awards (valued at $25,000) and seven Springboard Award packages (valued at $25,000 each).That’s a total of $658,000 direct to creatives, at a time when Government funding is scarce and highly competitive.
Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Kaiwhakahaere / General Manager, Jessica Palalagi says, “our nine 2022 Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Laureates reflect the world-class artistic talent we have here in Aotearoa New Zealand. They are celebrated for their significant impact on Aotearoa, their commitment to their craft and their outstanding careers in the arts. We are so proud to welcome them to our remarkable alumni of artists – and we encourage all New Zealanders to take the time to learn more about these artists and the work they create.”
The nine Laureates are chosen following a rigorous selection process by an independent panel of experts during June 2023.
2023 Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Laureate Award Recipients
Fiona Clark – Visual Activist, Photographer
2023 Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Laureate receiving the My ART Visual Arts Award
Sean MacDonald – Dance
2023 Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Laureate receiving the Burr/Tatham Trust Award
Robert Jahnke ONZM – Sculpture
2023 Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Laureate receiving the Jillian Friedlander Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa Award
Ladi6 MNZM – Music
2023 Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Laureate receiving the Theresa Gattung Female Arts Practitioners Award
Annie Goldson ONZM – Documentary Film
2023 Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Laureate receiving the Dame Gaylene Preston Documentary Film Makers Award
Taiaroa Royal – Dance
2023 Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Laureate receiving the Toi Kō Iriiri Queer Laureate Award
Giselle Clarkson – Illustration
2023 Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Laureate receiving the Receiving the The Mallinson Rendel Illustrators Award
Peter Black – Photography
2023 Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Laureate Receiving The Marti Friedlander Photographic Award
Sopolemalama Filipe Tohi – Sculpture
Receiving the The John and Jo Gow Sculpture Award
