Aaron McTaggart was born in Rotorua, and is a 4th Generation artist of Māori and Pākehā descent. He has resided in Sudney for 17 years with his family. Whakapapa is a key theme in his paintings. The spiritual attachment of Maori to both their ancestral ties and the earth play an integral part in the kaupapa that defines Taggart's body of work with kowhaiwhai and koru featuring prominently.

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Taggart's art illumentes components of Māori art and Māoritanga to appeal to both the "old world" and the "new world"; the traditional and contemporary. His works are interepretations that embody Taggart's vision of Māoritanga through a contemporary lens.

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