Lustre Harbour Kathryn Tsui

Kathryn Tsui is a contemporary textile-based artist currently based in Te Tara o te Ika a Māui, Coromandel Peninsula. Primarily working in handweaving and beading, her practice is interested in the histories of textiles, and how these threads relate to migration, domestic labour and cultural interchange. Underpinning her practice is the study of Chinese material culture, as well as Aotearoa New Zealand’s art, craft and architectural histories.

Recent solo exhibitions include; opened many doors at Masterworks Gallery, 2025; cloud ribbon at Objectspace, 2024; redwhiteblue at Masterworks Gallery, 2023. A practicing artist since the mid 2000s, Tsui’s work is held in the public art collections of Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand, The Dowse Art Museum, The University of Waikato and Tūhura Otago Museum. In 2023 Tsui received a Creative New Zealand Arts grant. With a background in programming and curation, Tsui was also a key organiser of the first Chinese New Zealand Artists Hui in 2013.