Sarah Kane-Matete was born in Pasig Manila, Philippines and was raised in Nuhaka & Mahia, found on the east coastline of the North Island of NZ. Sarah says, “I was born from a bloodline of creatives”. She lived and breathed art at home and at school, always knowing she would be an artist right from a very young age. Growing up in the countryside surrounded by nature allowed a simpler life, encouraging her creative mind to flow. When Sarah was in high school, her passion for drawing and painting continued which lead her into her tertiary years where she graduated in 2009 with a BA in Contemporary Maori Visual art and Design. While working towards her BA, Sarah was also busy growing a wonderful family with her husband Vaughan becoming a busy lady flitting between her two passions in life. 2016 became her year to focus more on her career in art. Sarah’s children had developed more independence which allowed her more time to grow her small business at her home studio in Gisborne, working as a multimedia artist in ta moko, Filipino tattoo and painting. The wonderful thing about living in a beautiful place such as Gisborne, is you truly appreciate the simple living, which she also says is her paradise. Family is most important to Sarah, she says her young family are lucky to share their living space with their matriarch who is Vaughan’s 95 year old Nan Elsie. Content with living and appreciating the things so many take for granted; Fresh air, water, clean food, sun and the love of doing the things they are passionate about through their creative practices. Sarah explains how life doesn’t have to be complicated, just making a living and living itself is special.
See Sarah's work HERE
