Stevei Houkāmau

Stevei Houkāmau

Stevei Houkāmau is a full-time uku artist based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington. Working with uku (clay) since 2011, her practice considers uku as both body and memory — a material that records touch, carries whakapapa, and anchors the relationships between tāngata, tīpuna, and whenua.

Her work has been exhibited widely across Aotearoa and internationally, and she has undertaken residencies in the United States alongside Indigenous art gatherings throughout the Pacific. Houkāmau has represented Aotearoa at FESTPAC in Guahan and exhibited at Munich Jewellery Week in 2024. In 2023 she received the Kiingi Tūheitia Portraiture Award and held a solo exhibition at Objectspace, Tāmaki Makaurau. She has been invited to the BACA Biennale in Québec, Canada, in 2026. 2027 marks her first inclusion in Sculpture on the Gulf.