BIO
About Leah Creaven
Leah Creaven is a contemporary textile artist based in Whangamatā, New Zealand. Known for her bold, rug-tufted artworks, she brings past and present landscapes together. A graduate of the National College of Art and Design (NCAD), she draws inspiration from New Zealand’s coast and Ireland’s urban and rural settings. Through organic forms, abstracted lines and expressive, unconventional colour, she explores memory, emotion and place.
New Zealand wool is central to Leah’s practice, serving not only as a material but as a storytelling medium that grounds her work in a tangible connection to the land.
Her acclaimed exhibition Land Girl at Aratoi Wairarapa Museum of Art and History received strong critical attention. Leah won the Glenda Saunders Colour Award at the 2021 Wairarapa Art Review, and her practice has been featured in publications including British Vogue and Home & Garden.
Based in her vibrant Whangamatā studio, Leah also shares her process through workshops, encouraging engagement with contemporary fibre and textile art.
Browse Leah’s available textile artworks below, or enquire about a piece.
