SARAH DUTT
b.1970
Māori (Ngai Tai, Whānau-Ā-Apanui & Ngāti Porou) and Fijian-Indian heritage
McCarthy Gallery has represented Sarah Dutt since 2023.
Sarah is of Māori (Ngai Tai, Whānau-Ā-Apanui & Ngāti Porou) and Fijian-Indian heritage. Her mother is
from the East Coast of Aotearoa New Zealand. Her iwi and hapū stretch from Whakatōhea to Te
Tairāwhiti. Her father’s ancestry originates in Gonda and Basti in Uttar Pradesh. Her great grandfather
immigrated to Fiji during the Girmit in the late 1800’s. Her grandmother was born in Trinidad and
immigrated with her family to Fiji in 1906. Sarah’s father Narendra (Rocky) came to Aotearoa New
Zealand in the early 1960’s.
Sarah creative practice started in the mid 1990’s. Sarah graduated with a Master’s in Fine Arts with
honours, from the Te Toi Hou, Elam School of Fine Arts 2005. Her tutors were Selwyn Muru, Brett
Graham, Ani O’Neill and Dante Bonica. She has worked in education since 2003. She taught Rauangi
(visual art) at Te Wananga o Aotearoa with Dr Richard Cooper between 2003 to 2007.
Sarah is the New Zealand Curriculum Leader of Social Sciences at Alfriston College, where she has devoted herself to
growing great people and the next generation of artists and game changers. Sarah has been part of the
team helping to reshape NCEA for level 1 Design and Visual Communication and Level 2 Art History.
Sarah art has centred around identity, girmit and indentured experience within the Indian diaspora in Fiji and
the Caribbean and her cultural inheritance. Sarah is also a foundation member of the Kshetra Collective.
The first artist and creatives collective of New Zealand artists with Indian heritage.
2023
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McCarthy Gallery, Affordable Art Fair, Melbourne, Australia
2023
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Invisible Narratives: Contemporary Indian Creatives from Aotearoa, New Zealand Portrait Gallery: Te Pukenga Whakaata, Wellington
2022
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Tuurangawaewae: A Place to Stand, Kshetra Collective, Te Taunga Commuinty Hub, Auckland War Memorial Museum: Tamaki Paenga Hira
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Diwali Day Celebrations, Auckland War Memorial Museum: Tamaki Paenga Hira
2021
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Foundation member of Kshetra Collective
2019
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Diwali Day Celebrations, Auckland War Memorial Museum: Tamaki Paenga Hira & Aotea Square
2018
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Diwali Day Celebrations, Auckland War Memorial Museum: Tamaki Paenga Hira
2011
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Bakers Dozen, Nathan Homestead, Auckland. Group show and fundraiser for Starship.
2009
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Kauwae 09: Puanga Kai Rau, Group Show Mangere Arts Centre (2009)
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Tara, Solo exhibition of paintings and installations, Mangere Arts Centre. Auckland
2008
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Splore 08 Festival, Tapapakanga Regional Park, Auckland.
2007
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Matatini Exhibition, Palmerston North, Nga Puna, Waihanga
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Manuland Sculpture Symposium (Hinuera stone), Manukau
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Takapuna Lake House, Sculpture Live 2007 Wood Symposium
2006
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Masters Research: Ephemeral art practices of women of Indian and Maori descent
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Curator & exhibitor, Healing Our Spirits Worldwide, Alberta, Canada
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Healing Our Spirits Worldwide, Artstation, Auckland
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Hono Kotahitanga Join Together, Uxbridge Gallery, Auckland
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Avaia Gallery opening exhibition, Auckland
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Splore 06 Festival, Tapapakanga Regional Park, Auckland
2005
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Nga Puna Waihanga, Te Tuhi, The Mark, Auckland
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Elam Post-Graduate show, Auckland Airport
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Cultural Collision, Nathan Homestead, New Zealand and USA.
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Opening Gallery Exhibition, Globe Gallery, Napier.
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(Re)settled/(Re)viewed: Recent Expressions of Pacific Identity, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem MA, USA.
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Exchange11: International and National Exchange, East Gallery,
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Rueff Galleries Pao Hall, Purdue University, USA.
2004
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Diwali exhibition, Artstation, Auckland
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Aahua exhibition, Aotea Centre, The Edge
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Museum of Rarotonga, Group exhibition, Rarotonga
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Masters Graduation Exhibition, Elam School of Fine Art, University of Auckland
2003
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Opening exhibition of Te Wananga O Aotearoa, Manukau Campus, Auckland
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Pasifika show, Artstation, Auckland
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Make Art Not War, Painting Symposium, the Civic Square, Manukau City
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Opening Exhibition of the Buck Nin School of Fine Art. Manukau Campus Auckland
2002
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Tautoko exhibition, ASA Gallery, Auckland
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Tautai Emerging Artists at Aotea Centre, The Edge
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Tautai Sculpture Symposium, QEII Square (Hinuera stone)
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