Ngarino Ellis | |
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Occupation | Associate Professor Art History |
Academic background | |
Education | PhD, MA (Hons), BA/LLB |
Alma mater | University of Auckland |
Thesis | A Whakapapa of Tradition: Iwirakau Carving 1830 to 1930 |
Doctoral advisor | Roger Neich, Leonard Bell, Elizabeth Rankin, Ngahuia Te Awekotuku |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Art history |
Sub-discipline | specialist toi Māori (Māori arts) |
Institutions | University of Auckland |
Ngarino Ellis is a New Zealand academic and author. She is one of only a few in her field of Māori art history and an educator. She is an associate professor at the University of Auckland. Her first book published in 2016 is titled A Whakapapa of Tradition: One Hundred Years of Ngāti Porou Carving 1830-1930 with photography by Natalie Robertson.