Carissa Proffit

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Carissa Proffit is an artist living in Dunedin, New Zealand, who works in several media.

Carissa was born in 1974. Her father is of European ancestry; her mother is of Ngati Wairere descent (a Tainui subtribe). Childhood was spent in Heriot, West Otago. She and her father now live in Dunedin, where her father is a shearer based in Waitati.

Her media include flax weaving, driftwood, and Oamaru stone. Her work has been displayed in several South Island galleries.

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