Kiya Nancarrow

Whanganui- born sculptor Kiya Nancarrow trained and worked as a both an Occupational Therapist and Psychotherapist before travel and an interest in Buddhism led to the embracing of a lifelong itch to express herself through art-making. After gaining a degree in ceramics from the University of Westminster, Nancarrow lived and worked in London for eight years developing her ceramics practice alongside her therapy work before returning to New Zealand and setting up her Waiheke Island studio in 2004.

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