Jonathan Mane-Wheoki

Jonathan Ngarimu Mane-Wheoki CNZM (8 December 1943 – 10 October 2014) was a New Zealand art historian, academic, and curator. Of Ngāpuhi, Te Aupōuri, Ngāti Kurī and English descent, he was a pioneer in the study of contemporary Māori and Pacific art history.[1]

Jonathan Mane-Wheoki

CNZM
Born(1943-12-18)18 December 1943
North Island, New Zealand
Died10 October 2014(2014-10-10) (aged 70)
Auckland, New Zealand
Alma materUniversity of Canterbury
Courtauld Institute of Art
Known forContemporary Māori and Pacific art history
Scientific career
FieldsArt history
InstitutionsUniversity of Canterbury
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
University of Auckland

Biography

Born on 18 December 1943,[2][3] Mane-Wheoki grew up in the Hokianga.[1] When his family moved to Titirangi in the 1950s, he came into contact with the prominent New Zealand artist, Colin McCahon, who would become his first art teacher at night classes taught at the Auckland Art Gallery by McCahon in the 1950s.[4] He later studied at the University of Canterbury, where Rudolf Gopas was an important influence on him,[4] and at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London, gaining a Bachelor of Arts, Diploma of Fine Arts (with honours in painting) and a Master of Arts.[5][6]

He began his academic career at the University of Canterbury in 1975, rising to become dean of music and fine arts.[1] In 2004 he became director of art and collection services at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa,[7] and in 2009 he was appointed professor of fine arts and head of the Elam School of Fine Arts at the University of Auckland.[8] He stepped down as the head of Elam in 2012,[6] was an honorary research fellow at Te Papa from 2012, and in 2013 he took on the part-time role of head of arts and visual culture at that institution.[7] After the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, he supported the retention of ChristChurch Cathedral, arguing that the church was part of the city's identity and its "heart".[1]

Mane-Wheoki, who was an openly gay Anglican churchman, was seen as a positive role model in the LGBT community in New Zealand. Professor Geremy Hema stated, "for gay Maori and gay Anglicans his mere presence provides much inspiration. He was respected, adored and revered by all in the Maori, academic, ecclesiastical, and creative circles in which he and his partner Paul existed."[9]

Honours

In 2008, Mane-Wheoki was awarded an honorary LittD by the University of Canterbury.[10] He received the Pou Aronui Award from the Royal Society of New Zealand in 2012, for outstanding contribution in the development of the humanities in Aotearoa New Zealand.[11] In the 2014 Queen's Birthday Honours he was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the arts.[12]

Death

He died in Auckland on 10 October 2014 after a long struggle with pancreatic cancer,[13][14] having recently visited the Hokianga to see where he would be buried,[1] and said he was prepared to die. "I am relaxed about it, what else can I be?" He died a month after his investiture ceremony at Government House as a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit.

References
  1. "Art mogul Jonathan Mane-Wheoki dies". Stuff.co.nz. 11 October 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  2. "A requiem mass for Jonathan Ngarimu Mane-Wheoki, 18 December 1943 - 10 October 2014". National Library of New Zealand. January 2014.
  3. "Auckland Art Gallery honours curator, academic and art historian Professor Jonathan Ngamuri Mane-Wheoki (1943–2014)". Auckland Art Gallery Te Toi o Tāmaki. 11 October 2014. Archived from the original on 13 October 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  4. "Jonathan Mane-Wheoki: teacher". Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu. 3 December 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  5. "University of Canterbury to honour art historian". University of Canterbury. 18 February 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  6. "Professor Jonathan Ngarimu Mane-Wheoki". University of Auckland. Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  7. "Queen's Birthday honour for Te Papa's leading art scholar". Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  8. "Professor Jonathan Mane-Wheoki". Royal Society of New Zealand. 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  9. "Professor Jonathon Mane-Wheoki's Impact on GLBT community Will Not Be Forgotten". Express Magazine. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  10. "Honorary graduates" (PDF). University of Canterbury. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  11. "Royal Society Te Aparangi - Recipients". Royal Society of New Zealand. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  12. "Queen's Birthday honours list 2014". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 2 June 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  13. "Prominent NZ art historian dies". Radio New Zealand News. 11 October 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  14. "Jonathan Mane-Wheoki dies". Anglican Taonga. 11 October 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
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