Marti Friedlander (1928–2016) was born in London, UK. Friedlander photographed the people of Aotearoa New Zealand from the 1960s up until the present. By bringing an immigrant’s perspective to her adopted country she showed New Zealanders to themselves. An acclaimed photographer, she is especially celebrated for her portraits of artists and her portraits of the last Māori women to have received the chin moko in a customary manner during the 1960–70s. Friedlander’s images of protests, of rural and suburban life, and of everyday people and things captured Aotearoa New Zealand at a moment in time and in ways that have come to define this place.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
Portraits of the Artists, Te Manawa Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North, NZ
2022
Portraits of the Artists, Northern Club, Auckland; Suter Gallery, Nelson, NZ
2021
Portraits of the Artists, Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Art Gallery, Titirangi; Percy Thomson Gallery, Stratford North; Waikato Museum of Art and History, Hamilton, NZ
2020
Portraits of the Artists, New Zealand Portrait Gallery, Wellington, NZ
Vintage Photographs, FHE Galleries, NZ
2018
Lived Lives, FHE Galleries, NZ
2016
Kuia Mau Moko: Photographs by Marti Friedlander, Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Te Arawa, Hamilton, NZ; Waitara Library, Waitara, NZ; Rotorua Museum Te Whare Taonga o Te Arawa, Rotorua, NZ
2015
Kuia Mau Moko: Photographs by Marti Friedlander, Aratoi Wairarapa Museum of Art and History, Masterton, NZ; Tairawhiti Museum, Gisborne, NZ
2013
Self-Portrait, FHE Galleries, NZ
Marti Friedlander, the Tokelau photographs, Gus Fisher Gallery, University of Auckland, NZ
2012
Photographer, FHE Galleries, NZ
2010
The Moko Suite, FHE Galleries, NZ
2009
Marti Friedlander, Gus Fisher Gallery, University of Auckland, NZ
2007
Marti Friedlander: Shadows and Light, FHE Galleries, Auckland, NZ
2001 – 03
Marti Friedlander Photographs, curated by Ron Brownson, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Auckland, NZ; City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi, NZ
1975
Marti Friedlander, Waikato Art Museum, Hamilton, NZ
1966
Marti Friedlander, Wynyard Tavern, Auckland, NZ