Sarana Haeata
Sarana Haeata is a Māori-Australian artist based in Margaret River, Western Australia. Her work explores the female experience, shared stories and a sense of belonging, in a gestural style that sits between representation and abstraction. Her paintings are held in private collections across Australia, the US, Denmark, France and the UK.
Sarana Haeata is a Māori-Australian artist based in Margaret River, Western Australia. She came to painting through years of ceramics, and it shaped everything: a way of working that listens to the material and lets go of control.
Her gestural, figurative work sits between representation and abstraction — women falling and floating, painted from memory and feeling rather than reference — and carries a deep belief in storytelling, accessibility and belonging. Her paintings are held in private collections across Australia, the US, Denmark, France and the UK.
Find Your Thread grew out of a two-week studio residency where Sarana went looking for her own thread. It’s the first time she’s teaching her full process, from the first mark to the last.
Selected works
Find Your Thread
A two-week artist retreat from your own studio. Learn to see the thread that already runs through everything you make.
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