Ko Ngāti Maniapoto te Iwi
Ko Ngāti Waiora te hapū
Ko Mōkau te Awa
Ko Kahuwera te Maunga
Ko Napinapi, Mōkau Kohunui, me Maniaroa ngā marae
Ko Aria te rohe
Ko Tīpare tōku ingoa

I am a multi-media artist. Everything about me is multi. I was raised in multiple places, from the Hawksberry River to Aria, Sydney, Los Angeles, and New York. I grew up around multifarious ethnicities and listened to languages in many tongues.

Multiplicity informs my world, it’s who I am. My father was a musician, my mother a muse and model. I have never known anything but the sound of arts. I slept in his guitar case at shows and watched my mother be photographed on days off. She was beautiful and I was obsessed with her wardrobe. My father was deep and seeped me in Nina Simone. I love the raw, the shiny, the shallow, and the cavernous. I am simultaneously political and spiritual. I am multi-faceted and multi-interested, which is why the medium of expression, for me, can’t be singular.

Because sometimes you have to sing it, sometimes you have to say it, sometimes show it, and at other times just shine a light on it.

From 'He Ao Kotahi - The One World Project' Māori Artist Showcase - www.heaokotahi.co.nz

Tipare is a multi-disciplinary artist, performer, director, and painter who works heavily in the space of sound and music. She is also a documentary maker and has spent over 25 years telling alternative, and unique stories through a contemporary lens within mainstream and indigenous settings.