image of Julie courtesy of Skindigenous Nish Television Media, Canada 2020
To mata i haea ki te toroa-a-tai
Your face scored with the tattooer’s albatross bone chisel
Extract from waiata-tangi, ‘Lament for Hikareia’ composed and chanted by chief Hori Tupaea (Ngai-Te-Rangi chief), of Tauranga, for his younger brother Hikareia, who was killed in battle by the Arawa in 1836 at the fall of Te Tumu Pa, on the coast between Tauranga and Maketu.
Tā moko artist Julie Paama-Pengelly talks about the challenges she's faced in a male-dominated industry and why she doesn't believe in the introduction of the term kirituhi to describe versions of ta moko.
Introducing Tā moko artist Julie Paama-Pengelly and the talented team of Tattoo & Art Specialists at Art + Body Mount Maunganui.
Check out more of Julie’s tā moko work from her Mount Maunganui based Studio where we are proud to offer a comfortable, quality custom tā moko experience.
““Moko to me is a process of connecting each of us through its practice, to the ancient wisdom of our ancestors, so that their mana and mauri may become centred within our personal spiritual self”
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Artpix 3 - Texas 2001
Julie Paama-Pengelly’s Ta Moko is NOT Tattoo examines traditional ta Moko in contemporary times and how it is perceived by Maori and non-Maori.
The artists, curated by Julie include Rangi Kipa, Jacqueline Fraser, Lyonel Grant, Shane Cotton, Ngahiraka Mason, Saffronn Te Ratana and Lisa Reihana.
Taiawhiao II 2007 - Te Papa Press features Julie’s work.
