Ana Iti is currently based in Te Matau-a-Maui Hawkes Bay, Aotearoa New Zealand. She has a BFA (Sculpture) from the Ilam School of Fine Arts in Ōtautahi Christchurch (2012) and MFA from Toi Rauwharangi Massey University in Te-Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington (2018). Iti has shown extensively throughout Aotearoa in leading institutions and project spaces, including The Physics Room (2023) and City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi (2022). In 2024, Iti was the recipient of New Zealand’s premiere contemporary art award, the Walters Prize. She is also a recipient of the 2025 Harriet Friedlander residency.