Michelle Mayn

Michelle Mayn

Michelle Mayn (b. 1963) lives in Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland, where she completed a Master of Visual Arts at AUT in 2019. She draws on skills and processes established through study of Māori weaving (Unitec, 2011), wānanga, and mixed media instruction at Art Students League of New York (2016–2017). Her sculpture and installation practice explores ancient textile methods alongside intra-active phenomena.

Site-specific installations include Te Harakeke, situated outdoors for CONTEXTILE – Contemporary Textile Art Biennial, Portugal (2022); Te Harakeke, Te Kōrare, harvested and exhibited for Sculpture in the Garden, Auckland Botanic Gardens (2021–2022); and the 35-metre aerial installation Harakeke Rope, AUT (2019). She exhibits regularly in solo and group shows, including with mothermother artist collective in Unifying Threads, Te Atamira, Tāhuna/Queenstown (2025) and Onepū – shifting sands/shifting time, Franklin Arts Centre, Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland (2025).