WHO?
I am a multi-disciplinary artist, with a practice that has its genesis in photography, alternative processing, painting, and printmaking. Ever curious, my practice is ever-evolving, currently encompassing audiovisual work, video, digital collage, writing, and alternative photography. I work and exhibit solo, as well as part of 7558 Collective.
Outside of my art practice, I am a mother of 3 and work as a Librarian.
Sāmoa (Salelologa) / The Netherlands (Limburg / Friesland)
Education:
Whitireia Polytechnic, Porirua
Graduate Diploma in Applied Arts (Photography), 2015
Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington
Bachelor of Arts (Pacific Studies) , 2011
The Photoschool / Whitireia Polytechnic, Raumati Beach
Certificate of Advanced Photography, 2007
The Photoschool / Whitireia Polytechnic, Raumati Beach
Certificate of Practical Photography, 2006
Exhibitions etc.
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This brilliant and thought provoking show by Te Awahou Collective is a spiritual interpretation of the work by the late Dr Cliff Whiting, an internationally renowned artist, esteemed teacher, and practitioner of Māori arts.
Curated by Alby McCarthy
Expansions (digital collage)
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Te Awahou Nieuwe Stroom
A collaborative Pasifika exhibition with Manawatu and Horowhenua Pasifika communities, the first of it kind at Te Awahou Nieuwe Stroom showcases a range of art from traditional art, tapa cloths and a variety of mediums and forms by local Pasifika artists.
Curated by Alby McCarthy
Multiple works (photography & digital collage)
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CIRCUIT & Storage (Bangkok, Thailand)
Product of New Zealand, 2015 (1 min 37 sec, single channel, digital video, colour)
Moving image artists connected with the Pacific Islands and Southeast Asia whose practices embrace a multiplicity of inheritances and decentred ways of world-faring
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Exhibition curated by Jamie Berry for the Kia Mau Festival 2023.
02-17 June 2023, multiple Te Whanganui-a-Tara locations.
Two works:
>>> Lord Cyrus, 2023 (installation of ‘ula and digital collage - solo)
>>> Y2K Potion, 2023 (10 min 55 sec, single channel, digital video, sound, colour- solo)
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Commissioned work
Vessel: Dissolution | It’s in the milk (5 min 55 sec - single channel/ digital video/ colour/ sound - solo)
Podcast interview: CIRCUIT Cast #111 Visceral Motherhood
Tuhinga roa | Essay: Magic Between Worlds: on Masons Screen by Sinead Overbye
Article: Moving image art lights up 'steep, dark' Wellington steps by Mark Amery
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VII Academy & Creative New Zealand
12 week + documentary photography programme with Christopher Morris & Raymond Sagapolutele.
Le Masaga (Malaefatu & Malaetā) - photographic essay
More information here
(Solo)
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Leilani A Visesio-Iʻiga, 2022 (digital photograph - solo)
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New Zealand Maritime Museum, Auckland
AA-06101769 - (audiovisual - 7558 Collective)
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The Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt (Mar - Jul 2019)
Christchurch Art Gallery, ~ Ōtautahi (Aug 2019 - Jan 2020)
Karanga - (audiovisual - 7558 Collective)
www.dowse.org.nz/exhibitions/detail/maori-moving-image-an-open-archive
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Pātaka Art + Museum, Porirua
Hutia - (audiovisual - 7558 Collective)
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Albert Park, Auckland
Karanga - (audiovisual - 7558 Collective)
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Whakatāne Museum, Whakatāne
Vessel - (polaroid photography / writing installation - solo)
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Te Takeretanga o Kura0hau-pō Gallery, Levin
Untitled - (digital collage - solo)
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Toi Pōneke Gallery, Wellington
E kore au e ngaro - (digital collage - solo)
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Fresh Gallery, Ōtara
Already triptych - (digital collage - solo)
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No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Karanga - (audiovisual - 7558 Collective)
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RM Gallery, Auckland
Vessel - (polaroid photography / writing installation - solo)
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Old McDonald’s building, Porirua
Young Visionaries - (photography /audiovisual - collaboration with David Cook)
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17 Tory Street, Wellington
Solo exhibition - (photography, writing, digital collage, alternative processing, cyanotypes, gum bichromates, video work, installation)