Biography
Megan Tamati-Quennell is a curator, writer and researcher with a focus in the field of modern and contemporary Māori and Indigenous art, with 33 years of art curatorial experience. She has held positions at Te Papa Tongarewa in Wellington, New Zealand, and at the Govett Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand. Tamati-Quennell is of Te Ātiawa, Ngāi Tahu and Kāti Māmoe Māori descent. Her research interests include contemporary Māori art; Māori modernism; Māori women artists, 1930 to today; international First Nations art; Māori, international First Nations and non-western art in transnational contexts; and First Nations art curatorial praxis.
Tamati-Quennell will also be co-curating Sharjah Biennial 16.