Oriah Rapley is a full time practising artist based in Taranaki. She began sculpting in stone in 2013 and now works in a variety of mediums including wood, steel, hard stone and bronze. Rapley has pieces in national and International collections including the Sir James Wallace art collection. Rapley has attended many symposiums and exhibits widely throughout New Zealand and her work has been in selected many prestigious exhibitions including the Homework exhibition at Puke Ariki, Sculpture in the Gardens at the Auckland Botanics, NZ sculpture onshore and Sculpture on the Peninsula.
Her work is in constant refinement towards the purity of form, and acknowledges freedom of choice and embodiment. Using symbols such as the feather, waka and bird to provide subtle layers interwoven around movement / growth, exploration / expansion, freedom / expression, empowerment / transformation.