ORIAH RAPLEY

Land Bird, 2020
Taranaki andesite and corten steel
930mm x 800mm x 600mm

Given to Fly, 2020
bronze and corten steel

Oriah Rapley is a full time practising artist currently working in wood, hard stone, bronze and steel. Rapley exhibits nationally and has pieces in private collections in worldwide including The James Wallace Arts Trust Collection.
Her work has been selected for the ‘Homework’ exhibitions at Puke Ariki; NZ Sculpture on Shore, Devonport; Auckland and Sculpture on the Peninsula, Canterbury. She has attended many symposiums around New Zealand including Te Kupenga International Stone Sculpture Symposium.
Her work is in constant refinement towards the purity of form and acknowledges freedom of choice and embodiment. Using symbols such as the feather, waka and bird to provide subtle layers interwoven around movement/growth, exploration/expansion, freedom/expression, empowerment/transformation.