About the artist
Abigail Aroha Jensen is an artist who lives in Kirikiriroa, Hamilton. She holds a BMA from Waikato Institute of Technology with Honours from Toihoukura, School of Māori Visual Arts. Recent exhibitions include: cab–sous vide, The Dowse Art Museum (2024); Inside my papahou: puoro tuatini. Her site, Désirée - ā whakamātao owha, commissioned by Te Tuhi and the Busan Biennale Committee for the 2024 Busan Biennale; Glittering Images, Grace Aotearoa (2024); Spring Time is Heart-break: Contemporary Art in Aotearoa, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhteū (2023); Old/Niu, A Drawing Showcase with Māpura Avondale Artist Group, All Goods Artspace (2023); Rope Play (I-IV), sites across Tāmaki Makaurau, Pōneke and Köln (2022-23); R.Boudoir, RM (2022); Ata Koia!, Te Tuhi (2022); Te Pō, Papatūnga (2022). She was the recipient of the 2025 Caselberg Trust Residency in Dunedin, and of the 2025 Gasworks Residency in London.