Nathan Roa

Nathan Roa
Ngāti Maniapoto

Nathan is a multi-talented artist with a broad scope, specialising in ceramics, whakairo, paint and music, and works from ‘The Red Shed' studio in Waitomo.

Roa is dedicated to ensuring the unique visual language of Maniapoto are maintained through numerous marae projects. His work reflects whakapapa in a fresh contemporary style.

Roa was a part of the foundation Maori Visual Art programme at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa - Te Awamutu in the early 1990s and went on to become part of the first graduates with a degree in whakairo.