DEPOT Artist
Keri-Mei Zagrobelna
Keri-Mei Zagrobelna is a full time jeweller and artist, including mahi as a jewellery tutor and arts mentor. She also explores other creative forms, including murals, sculpture, photography, installations, and research. She is based in Wellington Te Whanganui-a-Tara.
Through her web presence here she seeks to connect with art communities, including those who seek exceptional, personal jewellery.
Her work straddles the boundaries of adornment and visual art, always seeking to be unique, expressive, and beautiful. Coming from her practice as a contemporary Māori jeweller, her pieces for personal adornment speak to her experience and upbringing.
Keri-Mei comes from a background entwined in museums and art, worlds in which both her grandmother and mother worked. Her iwi affiliations are Te Ati Awa and Whanau-a-Apanui. In 2012, she graduated from Whitireia with a BaPPa in visual arts. She has exhibited and lectured extensively in Aotearoa New Zealand and abroad. She brings her warmth and energy to public talks, lectures, and workshops.
