About

Morgan Paige Taitoko is an award winning Taranaki artist and designer.

Her creative process involves photographing scenes through obscured glass and retro glass blocks, capturing the distortions of objects and refractions of light. These images serve as the foundation for her paintings, where she meticulously recreates the distorted realities on canvas.

This fusion of photography and painting results in abstract realism, offering a beautifully altered perspective on the world and highlighting the contrast between nature and the man-made.

CV

  • 2025 Yours Truly xx, Group Exhibition, Pukeiti, NZ

  • 2024 Art in the Park, Eden Park, Auckland, NZ

  • 2024 Pride of Place, Group Exhibition, New Plymouth, NZ

  • 2024 MAGS Art Show, Mt Albert Grammar School, Auckland, NZ

  • 2024 Taranaki Art Show, Group Exhibition, TSB Stadium, New Plymouth, NZ

  • 2023 Yours Truly x, Group Exhibition, Percy Thompson Gallery, Stratford, NZ

  • 2023 St Joseph’s Art Auction, New Plymouth, NZ

  • 2023 Taranaki National Art Awards, Ōpunake, NZ

  • 2019 MAGS Art Show, Mt Albert Grammar School, Auckland, NZ

  • 2018 MAGS Art Show, Mt Albert Grammar School, Auckland, NZ

  • 2018 Four the Love of It, Group Exhibition, The Virtue, New Plymouth, NZ

  • 2018 TSB Community Trust Emergence Exhibition, Percy Thompson Gallery, Stratford, NZ

  • 2017 Four Quarters, Group Exhibition, New Plymouth, NZ

  • 2017 Homework Taranaki Art, Puke Ariki, New Plymouth, NZ

Exhibitions

  • 2023 Art Edit Magazine, Australia & New Zealand. Issue #38.

  • 2023 Mood Magazine, New Zealand. Issue #11.

  • 2020 Mood Magazine, New Zealand. Front cover artwork and editorial. Summer Edition.

Publications

  • 2024 Juno Gin Blank Canvas Competition, Summer Edition Winner

  • 2018 TSB Community Trust Emergence Award for Young Taranaki Artist, Percy Thompson Gallery, Stratford, NZ

Awards

  • New Zealand Diploma in Arts and Design,
    Western Institute of Technologies

Qualifications