Miriama Grace-Smith
(Ngāti Hau, Ngāti Maniapoto, Te Arawa, Ngāti Toa Rangatira and Ngāti Porou)
Miriama Grace-Smith is a full-time artist based on the Kāpiti Coast. She enjoys exploring a wide range of creative practices, from painting large-scale murals and public artworks, to creating illustrations and designing accessories, products, and clothing. Inspired by her whakapapa and the world around her, her work blends toi Māori with a contemporary artistic style, celebrating culture, identity, and storytelling.
Miriama is also a proud member of the Dreamgirls Art Collective, a collective of wāhine artists with her friends Xoe Hall and Gina Kiel.