Ioane Ioane Explained
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] In 2005 Ioane won the Creative New Zealand Pacific Innovation and Excellence Art Award.[3] 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.[4] [5] [6]
Education
In 1985 Ioane received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Elam School of Fine Arts at Auckland University.[6] 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.[7]
Selected exhibitions
- 2015 Te Wā Tōiri: Fluid Horizon Auckland Art Gallery[8]
- 2013 Mannequin, Lopdell House Gallery[9]
- 2012 Home AKL, Auckland Art Gallery[1]
- 2012 I will sea you in Hawaiki Mangere Arts Centre, Nga Tohu O Uenuku[10]
- 2012 Poly Wants a Cracker, City Gallery Wellington.[6]
- 2008 Samoan Contemporary, Pataka Art + Museum, Porirua.[1]
- 2008 Te Tataitanga / Bind Together, Southwest School of Art & Craft, San Antonio, Texas, USA[9]
- 2007 Le Folauga Auckland War Memorial Museum[11]
- 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 [7]
- 2002 Pacific Notion, Whitespace Gallery Auckland[12]
- 1999 Fale Sā Auckland Art Gallery.[13]
- 1992 Bottled Ocean, Auckland Art Gallery
- 1990 Te Moemoea no Iotefa, Sarjeant Art Gallery, Whanganui.
- 1990 3 Polynesian Artists, McDougall Art Annex Christchurch
Notes and References
- Book: Brownson. Ron. Māhina-Tuai. Kolokesa. Refiti. Albert. Tavola. Ema. Tonga. Nina. Home AKL: Artists of Pacific Heritage in Auckland. 2012. Auckland Art Gallery: Toi o Tāmaki. Auckland. 9780864632906.
- Book: Vercoe. Caroline. Fale Sa. 1991. Auckland Art Gallery. Auckland. 0864632347.
- Web site: Arts Pasifika Awards. Creative New Zealand. 11 July 2015.
- Web site: Ioane Ioane. 11 July 2015.
- Web site: Poly Wants a Cracker. Te Papa Tongarewa. 11 July 2015.
- Web site: Poly Wants a Cracker. City Gallery Wellington. 11 July 2015.
- Book: Stevenson. Karen. Vercoe. Caroline. Mason. Ngahiraka. Chiu. Melissa. Vivieare. Jim. Paradise Now? Contemporary Art from the Pacific. 2004. Asia Society. New York. 0878480951.
- Web site: Te Wā Tōiri: Fluid Horizon. Auckland Art Gallery. 11 July 2015.
- Web site: Ioane Ioane. Tautati Guiding pacific Arts. 11 July 2015.
- Web site: I will sea you in Hawaiki, Mangere Arts Centre. Event Finder. 11 July 2015.
- Web site: Le Folauga. Le Folauga Exhibition. 11 July 2015.
- News: Webster. Kathryn. Making Waves. Sunday Star Times. 15 September 2002.
- Web site: Pacific Arts in New Zealand. Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 11 July 2015.