Maree Sheehan | |
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| Born | 1969 |
| Awards | Royal Society Te Apārangi Te Kōpūnui Māori Research Award |
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| Alma mater | Auckland University of Technology |
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| Doctoral advisor | Welby Ings,Hinematau McNeill |
| Other advisors | Hinematau McNeill,Elisa Duder |
Maree Alicia Hiria Sheehan (born 1969)[1] is a New Zealandsonic artist,sound designer,composer and lecturer, and is a research fellow in the Te Manawahoukura Research Centre atTe Wānanga o Aotearoa. In 2024 theRoyal Society Te Apārangi awarded Sheehan the Te Koponui Māori Research Award for her creation of audio portraits of Māori women.
Sheehan was born inLeeston and grew up in Canterbury,Pōrangahau in the Hawke's Bay, andChristchurch. She has affiliations toNgāti Maniapoto-Waikato,Ngāti Tūwharetoa,Ngāti Raukawa andNgāti Tahu-Ngāti Whaoa, and Irish ancestry through her father.[2] Sheehan attended the Polynesian Performing Arts Centre in Christchurch.[2]
Sheehan released several singles in the 1990s as a singer-songwriter, including three which reached the top twenty. Her music featured in the filmOnce Were Warriors, and in the television seriesShortland Street;Home, Land and Sea; andTakatapui.[3][4] In 1993 Sheehan was nominated for most promising vocalist at theNew Zealand Music Awards, and in 1996 her albumPast to Present was nominated for Best Mana Māori Album.[3][5] She released an albumChasing the Light in 2013.[6][4]
Sheehan completed a master's degree and aPhD atAuckland University of Technology. Her doctoral research was titledThe Sound of Identity Interpreting the Multi-dimensionality of Wāhine Māori Through Audio Portraiture.[7][8] Sheehan has worked atNgā Pae o te Māramatanga research centre, and was head of the postgraduate programme at Auckland University of Technology's School of Art and Design.[9] Sheehan is a research fellow at Te Manawahoukura Research Centre at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa.[10]
Sheehan's solo exhibitionŌtairongo atArtspace Aotearoa in 2020 presented audio portraits of three Māori women,Moana Maniapoto, Te Rita Papesch andRamon Te Wake.[11]
In 2021, Sheehan was awarded the Professional Development Award for Screen Composition from theAustralian Performing Rights Association and in 2022 the APRA Art Music Fund award for composition.[3][12]
She received the MAITAI Whangai Award for mentoring bandNesian Mystik.[3]
In 2024 the Royal Society Te Apārangi awarded Sheehan the Te Koponui Maori Research Award "for her innovative scholarship, focused on audio portraiture and sonic practices that has elevated the voices and identities of wāhine Māori".[9]
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