{"id":4161,"date":"2026-09-10T00:44:45","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T00:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/creativeswansea.com\/profile\/nerys-active-graffiti-evolvement\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T13:17:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T13:17:11","slug":"nerys-active-graffiti-evolvement","status":"publish","type":"business","link":"https:\/\/creativeswansea.com\/cy\/profile\/nerys-active-graffiti-evolvement\/","title":{"rendered":"Nerys- Active Graffiti Evolvement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m Nerys, a multidisciplinary artist based in Aotearoa &#038; Cymru.<br \/>\nI run Active Graffiti Evolvement (A.G.E) creating murals for councils &#038; clients, &#038; hosting graffiti workshops for youth. I was recognized nationally for my works as Te Manu piirere, Emerging M\u0101ori Artist by Creative NZ at the Te Waka Toi Awards in 2018.<br \/>\nMy works are heavily influenced by the social injustices created by Colonization from both a m\u0101ori\/cymraeg perspective. My intentions with Art is to restore indigenous histories &#038; knowledge, &#038; to weave the worlds of fine &#038; applied art together.<br \/>\nI focus on creating bodies of works that reflect on M\u0101oridom, Cymraeg culture, authentic native history &#038; how it relates to local geography. I portray this through various forms including Printmaking, Karawhiti\/Graffiti, whakairo\/carving, portraits, papaw\u012bra\/skateboards, Rauemi\/resources, and k\u0101kahu hanga rua m\u0101 te ringa\/handmade clothing using recycled materials.<br \/>\nI look forward to developing further in my creative journey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":542,"featured_media":4172,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-4161","business","type-business","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nerys- Active Graffiti Evolvement - Creative Swansea<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/creativeswansea.com\/cy\/profile\/nerys-active-graffiti-evolvement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"cy_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nerys- Active Graffiti Evolvement - Creative Swansea\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I\u2019m Nerys, a multidisciplinary artist based in Aotearoa &#038; Cymru. 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