Shona Moller is a Wellington, New Zealand, artist based on the Kāpiti Coast.Dominion Post Review, December 2005 She has been a professional artist since 1999, exhibited London 2003.Kapiti Observer article Her first solo London exhibition opened in 2008 in Bloomsbury. The 2008 London exhibition was a sell out.Dominion Post - Kapiti Artist's London Show a sell out
Moller has two dedicated spaces in New Zealand, her largest being directly opposite Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.Shona Moller Galleries Her Paraparaumu Beach Studio is open to the public and has a small gallery at the front. In 2010 Shona's work was selected as a travelling finalist in the 19th Annual Wallace Art Awards under the nom de plume of Heke Parata. Heke Parata is Shona's great, great, great Grandmother of Ngāi Tahu descent who was kidnapped by Te Rauparaha in 1828 and held hostage on Kapiti Island. This work is now part of the Wallace Collection.
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