Zak Ātea (Te Ati Awa, Taranaki), is a published award winning Illustrator and Visual Artist based in Sydney Australia, originally from Aotearoa, New Zealand. Her work includes editorial illustration, children’s book illustration, artist book design and fine art practises created through digital and traditional painting and drawing mediums. Through her work she explores the intangibles of our natural world, and the complexities of joy and self as we navigate it. Applying both a wordly and Te Ao Māori lens, she utilises colour, texture and a mixed media approach to bring her visions to life. Clients Included: Tate Modern, Huia Publishers, Scholastic NZ, Ministry of Education, Pillars Ka Pou Whakahou, Lift Education, LAWA (Land, Air, Water Aotearoa), Women’s Refuge, WTF (Wear T-shirts Forever)

Zak Ātea (Te Ati Awa, Taranaki), is a published award winning Illustrator and Visual Artist based in Sydney Australia, originally from Aotearoa, New Zealand. Her work includes editorial illustration, children’s book illustration, artist book design and fine art practises created through digital and traditional painting and drawing mediums. Through her work she explores the intangibles of our natural world, and the complexities of joy and self as we navigate it. Applying both a wordly and Te Ao Māori lens, she utilises colour, texture and a mixed media approach to bring her visions to life. Clients Included: Tate Modern, Huia Publishers, Scholastic NZ, Ministry of Education, Pillars Ka Pou Whakahou, Lift Education, LAWA (Land, Air, Water Aotearoa), Women’s Refuge, WTF (Wear T-shirts Forever)

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Zak Ātea (Te Ati Awa, Taranaki), is a published award winning Illustrator and Visual Artist based in Sydney Australia, originally from Aotearoa, New Zealand.

Her work includes editorial illustration, children’s book illustration, artist book design and fine art practises created through digital and traditional painting and drawing mediums. Through her work she explores the intangibles of our natural world, and the complexities of joy and self as we navigate it. Applying both a wordly and Te Ao Māori lens, she utilises colour, texture and a mixed media approach to bring her visions to life.

Clients Included: Tate Modern, Huia Publishers, Scholastic NZ, Ministry of Education, Pillars Ka Pou Whakahou, Lift Education, LAWA (Land, Air, Water Aotearoa), Women’s Refuge, WTF (Wear T-shirts Forever)

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Work Experience

Junior Graphic Designer at Open Lab
January 1, 2023 - December 1, 2023
Junior designer, Illustrator, intern coordinator
Freelance Illustrator at Zak Atea
December 9, 2023 - Present

Education

Bachelor of Visual Communication design at Massey University - NZ
February 3, 2019 - December 9, 2022

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