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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.