Ani O'Neill

Ani O'Neill
O'Neill in 2020
Born1971 (age 52–53)
NationalityNew Zealand, Cook Islands
EducationElam School of Fine Arts
Alma materUniversity of Auckland
Known forTextiles, Sculpture

Ani O'Neill (born 1971) is a New Zealand artist of Cook Island (Ngāti Makea, Ngāti Te Tika) and Irish descent.[1] She has been described by art historian Karen Stevenson as one of the core members of a group of artists of Pasifika descent who brought contemporary Pacific art to "national prominence and international acceptance".[2]: 24 

  1. ^ Intra, Giovanni (2000). Te Ao Tawhito/ Te Ao Hou, Old Worlds/ New Worlds. Missoula, Mont.: Art Museum of Missoula.
  2. ^ Stevenson, Karen (2008). The frangipani is dead: contemporary Pacific art in New Zealand, 1985–2000. Wellington: Huia Publishers. ISBN 9781869693251.