Nigel Borell

Nigel Borell
Nigel Borell; MNZM
Born	1973 (age 52–53)
💼 Occupation

Nigel John Floyd Borell MNZM (born 1973) is a New Zealand Māori artist, museum curator, and Māori art advocate. Of Pirirākau, Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Ranginui, and Te Whakatōhea descent, he is currently Curator Taonga Māori at Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Biography

Borell grew up in Ōtāhuhu and Manurewa in South Auckland. His early influences included the Peter Gossage series of Māui illustrated books. He completed a Bachelor of Māori Visual Arts at Massey University in Palmerston North in 2000. There he studied under Robert Jahnke and the Toioho ki Apiti programme. He followed this by completing a Master of Fine Arts at Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland in 2003.^[2]^[4] He has hands-on experience in Māori arts, working on three meeting house projects under tohunga whakaio Pakariki (Paki) Harrison 1995–2000 and kowhaiwhai artist Peter Boyd, and has been influenced by Māori curators Megan Tamati-Quennell and Ngahiraka Mason.^[5]^[4]

Borell was Associate Curator Māori Art at Auckland Museum from 2013 and Curator Māori Art at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki 2015–2021. He resigned from his role at the art gallery in January 2021 soon after the Toi Tū Toi Ora exhibition opened, referring to “major issues” regarding the level of control he was allowed over the exhibition. In 2022 it was announced he would return to Auckland Museum as Curator Taonga Māori, the role previously held by Chanel Clarke.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[6]^[7]^[5]

Borell is also a trustee and curator of The Wairau Māori Art Gallery in the Hundertwasser Building in Whangarei, the first public Māori art gallery solely dedicated to profiling Māori artists and curators.^[1]^[5]^[6]^[7]

Art

Borell’s work features on the ceiling of Ngā Kete Wānanga Marae, Manukau Institute of Technology, Ōtara.^[2]

Selected publications

Te Atinga: 25 years of Contemporary Māori Art. Wellington, New Zealand: Toi Maori Aotearoa, 2013. ISBN: 9780958234146 0958234140

Awards and honours

Appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2022 New Years Honours.^[8]^[5]
Art Foundation’s inaugural He Momo – A Moment in Time Award for the Toi Tū Toi Ora exhibition.^[3]^[7]

Exhibitions

Pirirakau: Bush Beautiful, The Lane Gallery, Auckland 2006
The Māori Portraits: Gottfried Lindauer’s New Zealand, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki/Young Fine Arts Museum, Auckland/San Fransisco 2017
Toi Tū Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori Art, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Auckland 2020^[9]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Mane, Marena (3 January 2022). "Nigel Borell - newly appointed Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit". Te Ao Māori News. Māori Television. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Husband, Dale (27 June 2021). "Nigel Borell: Sovereignty is still the name of the game". E-Tangata. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 McConnell, Glenn (2021-08-07). "Critical curator Nigel Borell recognised for changing NZ's art scene with passion for toi Māori". Stuff. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Eshrangi, Leuli; Ash-Milby, Kathleen; Nuku, Maia; Borell, Nigel (2020). "Knowledge Positions in Aotearoa and Turtle Island Art Museums". Artlink. 40 (2): 12–23. doi:10.3316/informit.132778571812385.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 "Māori art vision informs nationhood". Waatea News. 2021-12-31. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 Standing Room Only (24 October 2021). "Nigel Borell - the role of a curator in 2021". RNZ. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 "Lock, Stock & Borell". The Big Idea. 2021-08-12. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
↑ "BORELL, Mr Nigel John Floyd". New Zealand Government. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
↑ "Cultured Conversations with Nigel Borell". Auckland Art Gallery. September 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2022.

Category:1973 births Category:Elam Art School alumni Category:Living people Category:Massey University alumni Category:Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit Category:New Zealand art curators Category:New Zealand artists Category:New Zealand Māori artists Category:Ngāi Te Rangi Category:Ngāti Ranginui Category:People from Auckland Category:People from Manurewa Category:Whakatōhea

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[MarenaTeAo-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Mane, Marena (3 January 2022). "Nigel Borell - newly appointed Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit". Te Ao Māori News. Māori Television. Retrieved 18 January 2022.

[ETangata-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Husband, Dale (27 June 2021). "Nigel Borell: Sovereignty is still the name of the game". E-Tangata. Retrieved 18 January 2022.

[:0-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 McConnell, Glenn (2021-08-07). "Critical curator Nigel Borell recognised for changing NZ's art scene with passion for toi Māori". Stuff. Retrieved 2022-01-18.

[:1-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Eshrangi, Leuli; Ash-Milby, Kathleen; Nuku, Maia; Borell, Nigel (2020). "Knowledge Positions in Aotearoa and Turtle Island Art Museums". Artlink. 40 (2): 12–23. doi:10.3316/informit.132778571812385.

[:2-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 "Māori art vision informs nationhood". Waatea News. 2021-12-31. Retrieved 2022-01-18.

[RNZ-6] 6.0 ^6.1 Standing Room Only (24 October 2021). "Nigel Borell - the role of a curator in 2021". RNZ. Retrieved 18 January 2022.

[:3-7] 7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 "Lock, Stock & Borell". The Big Idea. 2021-08-12. Retrieved 2022-01-18.

[8] "BORELL, Mr Nigel John Floyd". New Zealand Government. Retrieved 18 January 2022.

[9] "Cultured Conversations with Nigel Borell". Auckland Art Gallery. September 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2022.

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