Professor Robert Jahnke’s artistic practice straddles design, illustration, animation and sculpture. Robert grew up on the East Coast at Waipiro Bay with a hapu affiliation with Te Whanau a Rakairoa of Ngāti Porou. He was educated at Hato Paora College and holds a Master of Fine Arts from Elam at the University of Auckland and a Master of Fine Arts in Experimental Animation from the California Institute of the Arts. He is currently head of Te Pūtahi-a-Toi, School of Māori Studies, Massey University.