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Hawaiʻi Contemporary
Hawaiʻi Contemporary (formerly Honolulu Biennial Foundation) is a non-profit organization dedicated to presenting contemporary art and ideas in Hawaiʻi. History Hawaiʻi Contemporary was established as a 501(c)(3) non-profit arts organization in 2015 under the name Honolulu Biennial Foundation. It was founded by curators KJ Baysa and Isabella Ellaheh Hughes. In 2020, the organization moved to a triennial format and took its current name, Hawai‘i Contemporary. With this change, they initiated education programs throughout the year. In Spring 2021, Hawaiʻi Contemporary was awarded an Andy Warhol Foundation Grant to support the Hawaiʻi Triennial 2022. Hawaiʻi Contemporary was the only organization in Hawaiʻi to be awarded in that year for the prestigious grant. Location Hawaiʻi Contemporary is based in Honolulu, Hawa'i, and it frequently partners with local arts organizations to present contemporary art within a local cultural context. Recurring presenting partner instit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ʻIolani Palace
The Iolani Palace ( haw, Hale Aliʻi ʻIolani) was the royal residence of the rulers of the Kingdom of Hawaii beginning with Kamehameha III under the Kamehameha Dynasty (1845) and ending with Queen Liliʻuokalani (1893) under the Kalākaua Dynasty, founded by her brother, King David Kalākaua. It is located in the capitol district of downtown Honolulu in the U.S. state of Hawaii. It is now a National Historic Landmark listed on the National Register of Historic Places. After the monarchy was overthrown in 1893, the building was used as the capitol building for the Provisional Government, Republic, Territory, and State of Hawaii until 1969. The palace was restored and opened to the public as a museum in 1978. The ʻIolani Palace is the only royal palace on US soil. Early history Pohukaina and the House of Kamehameha In the early 19th century, the site of ʻIolani Palace was near an ancient burial site was known as Pohukaina. It is believed to be the name of a chief (sometimes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Reihana
Lisa Marie Reihana (born 1964) is a New Zealand artist. Her video work, ''In Pursuit of Venus nfected' (2015), which examines early encounters between Polynesians and European explorers, was featured at the 2017 Venice Biennale. Early life Reihana grew up in Blockhouse Bay, Auckland. She is of Māori (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Hine, Ngāi Tūteauru) descent. Education Reihana began attending Elam School of Fine Arts at Auckland University in 1983, graduating in 1987 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. She graduated with a masters in design from Unitec Institute of Technology Department of Design and Contemporary Arts in 2014. Career In 1991, Reihana was included in ''Pleasures and Dangers: Artists of the '90s'', a publication and documentary of the same name produced by the Moet & Chandon New Zealand Art Foundation showcasing "the work of eight exciting younger artists, most just now making their mark nationally and overseas". In 2006, Reihana was one of fifteen New Zealand artists, mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Misaki Kawai
Misaki Kawai (河井美咲) (born 1978 in Ōkawa District, Kagawa, Ōkawa, Kagawa Prefecture, Kagawa, Japan) is a Japanese artist. Her work has been shown extensively in the United States. "Her father was an architect and amateur painter and her mother made clothing and puppets" Kawai creates installations out of papier-mâché, wood, fabric, and other low-tech, "crafty" materials like felt, stickers, and yarn. She shuns expertise and uses an anime method called heta-uma that "risks amateur aesthetics by embracing basic expression" Kawai artist books include ''Blueberry Express (''Nieves Press, 2009), ''Pencil Exercise'' (Edition Nord, 2011), ''Steamy Buns'' (nos:books, 2020). From December 2020 through April 2021, Kawai held her first installation in Australia, ''Moja Moja Land''. References Further reading *Smith, Roberta "Make Room for Video, Performance and Paint," The New York Times, January 3, 2010 *Michilis, Raphael "Good Sense Bad Technique" (Interview), Elephant, Issu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florence Jaukae Kamel
Florence Jaukae Kamel is a Papua New Guinea artist and designer, particularly known for her work in the traditional medium of bilum, plant fibres woven into yarn, and then looped or crocheted to make bags or dresses and other garments. Kamel is known locally as the "Bilum Meri". Kamel is also "an outspoken advocate for women's rights". Early life Kamel was taught how to make bilum by her grandmother. Career Kamel was elected to be a local government councillor in 2002. Kamel is one of the founders of Jaukae Bilum Products. She is the managing director of the Goroka Bilum Weavers Cooperative. In 2011, Kamel's bilum work was "recognised as an important statement of gender empowerment" by the Australian Museum, who acquired examples of it for their Pacific Collections. Her work has also appeared in the Queensland Gallery of Modern Art exhibition ''Threads Contemporary Textiles and the Social Fabric''. In 2016, Kamel exhibited her work in New York and London as both art and fashion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Galanin
Nicholas Galanin (pronounced gah-LANN-in) is a Tlingit and Unangax̂ multi-disciplinary artist and musician from Alaska. His work often explores a dialogue of change and identity between Native and non-Native communities. Background Nicholas Galanin was born in Sitka, Alaska, in 1979. As a young boy, he learned to work with jewelry and metals from his father and uncle. He is also the grandchild of master carver George Benson. At the age of eighteen, Galanin worked a desk job at the Sitka National Historical Park. When he was discovered drawing Tlingit art, on a slow day at the park, he was informed that he was only allowed to read Russian history books during working hours. So, he quit his job to pursue art. He recalls this as his last job that was non-creative. In 2003, At London Guildhall University in England, he studied silversmithing and received a Bachelors of Fine Arts with honors in Jewelry Design & Silversmithing. In 2007, he received a Masters of Fine Arts in indigenous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demian Dinéyazhi'
''Demian: The Story of Emil Sinclair's Youth'' is a Bildungsroman by Hermann Hesse, first published in 1919; a prologue was added in 1960. ''Demian'' was first published under the pseudonym "Emil Sinclair", the name of the narrator of the story, but Hesse was later revealed to be the author; the tenth edition was the first to bear his name. Plot summary Emil Sinclair is a young boy raised in a middle class home, amidst what is described as a ''Scheinwelt'', a play on words meaning "world of light" as well as "world of illusion". Sinclair's entire existence can be summarized as a struggle between two worlds: the show world of illusion (related to the Hindu concept of maya) and the real world, the world of spiritual truth (see Plato's cave and dualism). Accompanied and prompted by his mysterious classmate and friend 'Max Demian', he detaches from and revolts against the superficial ideals of the world of appearances and eventually awakens into a realization of self. The novel's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abraham Cruzvillegas
Abraham Cruzvillegas (born 1968, Mexico City) is a Mexican visual artist. He is best known for his work with found objects, and particularly his ongoing "autoconstrucción" project. Biography Cruzvillegas grew up in Ajusco, a district in the south of Mexico City. He studied Philosophy and Art at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He later became a professor and went on to teach Art History and Theory at UNAM. As a sculptor and writer, Cruzvillegas began as a central participant in a new wave of conceptual art in Mexico City during the 1980s and 90s, studying under Gabriel Orozco from 1987 to 1991 in the "Taller de los Viernes" sessions. Orozco has been proposed as one of the "dominant influence(s)" on his work. Along with Orozco, Damian Ortega, Dr Lakra, and Minerva Cuevas, Cruzvillegas was considered part of a new movement in Latin American art (which has been compared to the YBA boom in Britain in the 1980s. or the Modernist movement of the 1920s). To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Boisjoly
Raymond Boisjoly (born in 1981), is an Aboriginal artist of Haida and Québécois origin based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. His practice combines technological processes together with discourse focused on cultural propriety, satire, and poetic texts of mystifying origins. Boisjoly recognizes, emulates, and adapts the ideas and processes of other artists. His artwork leads the viewer to consider or even focus our thinking on how we perceive and accept culture into our lives. He is an assistant professor at the school for the contemporary arts at Simon Fraser University. Background Raymond Boisjoly holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) from the Emily Carr University of Art and Design (2006) and he completed a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) at the University of British Columbia (2008). Boisjoly was invited to visit on a self-directed fellowship by curator Kitty Scott at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity in Alberta. Scott gave him some very important advice and que ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brook Andrew
Brook Andrew (born 1970 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian contemporary artist. Work Andrew has exhibited internationally since 1996. His work focuses on Western narratives, especially relating to colonialism in the Australian context, and consists of interdisciplinary works, video, sculpture, photography and immersive installations. In 2014 he worked closely with the collections of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Museo de América and Museo Nacional de Antropología for the exhibition ''Really Useful Knowledge'' at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, to create an immersive installation, ''A Solid Memory of the Forgotten Plains of our Trash and Obsessions'', reflecting on Spanish, British and Australian history and colonialism. In 2015, Andrew created ''The Weight of History, A Mark in Time'' at Barangaroo in Sydney, incorporating Aboriginal art with modern landscapes and architecture. Andrew was awarded a 2017 Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernice Akamine
Bernice A. Akamine (born December 1, 1949) is an American artist and Hawaiian rights activist. Her visual art has taken multiple forms, including glass and feathers, and she teaches traditional Hawaiian art techniques such as the creation of kapa cloth and natural dyeing using Hawaiian plants. Akamine is an advocate for Indigenous land rights, using her artwork to bring attention to the colonial invasion of Hawaii and its continued effects on the native Hawaiian population. Early life and education Bernice A. Akamine was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on December 1, 1949. Her heritage is kānaka maoli (Native Hawaiian) and Japanese American. Akamine's grandmother was a kahuna lāʻau lapaʻau, a traditional Hawaiian healer, and her mother, Audrey Elliott, was a lauhala weaver. Akamine earned two degrees from the University of Hawaii at Manoa: a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in glass in 1994 and a Master of Fine Arts degree in sculpture and glass in 1999. She studied multiple tradi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nina Tonga
Nina Tonga (born 1983) is a New Zealand curator and author who specialises in contemporary Pacific art. She is the first Pasifika person to hold the role of Curator of Contemporary Art at New Zealand's national museum Te Papa. Biography Tonga was born and grew up in Auckland, New Zealand. Her heritage is from the villages of Vaini and Kolofo’ou in Tonga. Tonga has worked at the University of Auckland in several roles including at the equity office, teaching in the Art History Department and as a Professional Teaching Fellow. She has taught at their Centre of Pacific Studies where she coordinated undergraduate courses in Pacific art, music and dance. Tonga has held the following roles at the National Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Te Papa), the inaugural Curator Contemporary Pacific Art (2017–2019) and Curator Pacific Cultures (2014–2017). Part of what drives me as a curator and art historian is the need to write ourselves into the art history of Aotearoa. W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Native Hawaiians
Native Hawaiians (also known as Indigenous Hawaiians, Kānaka Maoli, Aboriginal Hawaiians, First Hawaiians, or simply Hawaiians) ( haw, kānaka, , , and ), are the indigenous ethnic group of Polynesian people of the Hawaiian Islands. Hawaii was settled at least 800 years ago with the voyage of Polynesians from the Society Islands. The settlers gradually became detached from their original homeland and developed a distinct Hawaiian culture and identity in their new isolated home. That included the creation of new religious and cultural structures, mostly in response to the new living environment and the need for a structured belief system through which to pass on knowledge. Hence, the Hawaiian religion focuses on ways to live and relate to the land and instills a sense of communal living as well as a specialized spatial awareness. The Hawaiian Kingdom was formed in 1795, when Kamehameha the Great, of the independent island of Hawaiʻi, conquered the independent islands of Oʻ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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