Ioane Ioane (born 1962 in Christchurch) is a New Zealand artist of Samoan descent. His work is informed by his Samoan heritage and includes performance, film, painting, installation and sculpture.[1] In conversation about his work Fale Sā with art historian Caroline Vercoe, Ioane states, Sacred places are not necessarily a church, but it's a place where one likes to be in, a place of affirmation.[2] Curator Ron Brownson writes, Ioane's attitude to sculptural process is cosmological – his carvings bind present reality with a representation of the past.[1]: 43
In 2005 Ioane won the Creative New Zealand Pacific Innovation and Excellence Art Award.[3] In 2009 Whangarei Art Museum presented the first major survey of Ioane’s work, John Ioane – Journeyman Artist and the Pacific Paradox: A 25 Year Selective Survey Exhibition, curated by Museum Director, Scott Pothan.[4]
His work is held in both private and public collections, including the Auckland Art Gallery; the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa; University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, England; the National University of Samoa; the Tjibaou Cultural Centre, Nouméa, New Caledonia; the Wallace Arts Trust, Auckland; and the University of Auckland Art Collection.[5][6][7]
Education
editIn 1985 Ioane received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Elam School of Fine Arts at Auckland University.[7] In 1986 he earned a diploma in teaching from the Auckland College of Education. In 1996 he received a post graduate diploma in fine arts from Elam.[8]
Selected exhibitions
edit- 2015 Te Wā Tōiri: Fluid Horizon Auckland Art Gallery[9]
- 2013 Mannequin, Lopdell House Gallery[10]
- 2012 Home AKL, Auckland Art Gallery[1]
- 2012 I will sea you in Hawaiki Mangere Arts Centre, Nga Tohu O Uenuku[11]
- 2012 Poly Wants a Cracker, City Gallery Wellington.[7]
- 2009 John Ioane: journeyman artist and the Pacific paradox : a 25 year selective survey, Whangarei Art Museum.[12]
- 2008 Samoan Contemporary, Pataka Art + Museum, Porirua.[1]
- 2008 Te Tataitanga / Bind Together, Southwest School of Art & Craft, San Antonio, Texas, USA[10]
- 2007 Le Folauga Auckland War Memorial Museum[13]
- 2006 Pasifika Styles, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge[1]
- 2004 Paradise Now? Contemporary Art from the Pacific, Asia Society Museum, New York [8]
- 2002 Pacific Notion, Whitespace Gallery Auckland[14]
- 1999 Fale Sā Auckland Art Gallery.[15]
- 1992 Bottled Ocean, Auckland Art Gallery
- 1990 Te Moemoea no Iotefa, Sarjeant Art Gallery, Whanganui.
- 1990 3 Polynesian Artists, McDougall Art Annex Christchurch
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Brownson, Ron; Māhina-Tuai, Kolokesa; Refiti, Albert; Tavola, Ema; Tonga, Nina (2012). Home AKL: Artists of Pacific Heritage in Auckland. Auckland: Auckland Art Gallery: Toi o Tāmaki. ISBN 9780864632906.
- ^ Vercoe, Caroline (1991). Fale Sa. Auckland: Auckland Art Gallery. ISBN 0864632347.
- ^ "Arts Pasifika Awards". Creative New Zealand. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
- ^ "Whangarei Art Museum: JOHN IOANE | Scoop News". www.scoop.co.nz. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
- ^ "Ioane Ioane". Retrieved 11 July 2015.
- ^ "Poly Wants a Cracker". Te Papa Tongarewa. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
- ^ a b c "Poly Wants a Cracker". City Gallery Wellington. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
- ^ a b Stevenson, Karen; Vercoe, Caroline; Mason, Ngahiraka; Chiu, Melissa; Vivieare, Jim (2004). Paradise Now? Contemporary Art from the Pacific. New York: Asia Society. ISBN 0878480951.
- ^ "Te Wā Tōiri: Fluid Horizon". Auckland Art Gallery. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
- ^ a b "Ioane Ioane". Tautati Guiding pacific Arts. Archived from the original on 7 November 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
- ^ "I will sea you in Hawaiki, Mangere Arts Centre". Event Finder. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
- ^ "Whangarei Art Museum: JOHN IOANE | Scoop News". www.scoop.co.nz. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
- ^ "Le Folauga". Le Folauga Exhibition. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
- ^ Webster, Kathryn (15 September 2002). "Making Waves". Sunday Star Times.
- ^ "Pacific Arts in New Zealand". Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 11 July 2015.