B. 1990
Stefan Wirihana Mau is an artist of Māori (Ngāpuhi) and Eastern European descent. Born in Frankston, Mau lives and works on BoonWurrung and Wurundjeri Country. His practice spans across painting, printmaking and sculpture, exploring cultural concepts as he seeks to connect with his Māori heritage. Growing up away from his ancestral lands in Aotearoa (NZ) and having limited access to cultural practice, Mau’s work draws from his growing understanding of mātauranga Māori (Māori knowledge) which he has begun weaving into his art practice as he learns. Mau’s work has recently been exhibited at NGV as part of Melbourne Now (2023), he has also been a finalist in the Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize at Bendigo Art Gallery, the Doug Moran Portrait Prize (2022) and the Experimental Print Prize (2021) at Castlemaine Art Museum.
Exhibitions:
2024 – Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Dja dja Wurrung and Taungurung Country.
2023 – Waewae (June ‘23), Oigåll Projects, Naarm (Melbourne).
2023 — Melbourne Now, NGV Australia, Naarm (Melbourne).
2022 — Along the Way, Subspace, Naarm (Melbourne).
2021 — Experimental Print Prize, Castlemaine Art Museum, Dja Dja Wurrung Country.
2019 — Achieving and Undermining Too Many Dinner Parties, Project Space/Spare Room RMIT, Naarm (Melbourne).
2019 — Graduate Exhibition, RMIT, Melbourne.
2018 — A Liminal Space, Collingwood Arts Precinct, Naarm (Melbourne).
Prizes:
2023 – Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Dja dja Wurrung and Taungurung Country.
2022 — Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, Semi Finalist, Eora (Sydney).
