Serene Hodgman is based in Tāmaki Makaurau and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Elam School of Fine Arts at The University of Auckland (2014).Inspired by her Samoan heritage, Hodgman carefully embroiders and weaves silk ribbon through the surface of woven plastic mats sourced from local emporiums, creating vibrant works that pay homage to traditional Pacific making practices including tivaevae, ‘ie toga, and koloa.Her Seililoquies Series is a play on the Samoan word ‘sei’ or ‘flower’, the works exploring the way in which flowers have customarily been gifted as a form of emotive expression, but also speaks to the way in which the artist processed her own ideas amid the solitary experience of making work during lockdown. Recent exhibitions include Cloth at Masterworks Gallery, Tāmaki Makaurau and Pua Series at Masterworks Gallery, Tāmaki Makaurau.