OPENING Hōhua Thompson | Tuku / Transfer

Name: OPENING Hōhua Thompson | Tuku / Transfer
Start: 2024-10-18T17:30:00+13:00
End: 2024-10-18T19:30:00+13:00
Location: 142 Great North Road, Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand 1021

Schedule

Fri Oct 18 2024 at 05:30 pm to 07:30 pm

UTC+13:00

Location

142 Great North Road, Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand 1021 | Auckland, AU

We are delighted to announce the opening of Hōhua Thomson's thought provoking and significant exhibition - Tuku / Transfer. Please join us at Trish Clark Gallery to celebrate.
Hōhua Thompson (Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti, Ngāti Kahu, Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Rangiwewehi) graduated with an MFA from Whitecliffe School of Fine Arts in 2021 and has realised projects with City Gallery Wellington, The Dowse Art Museum, Enjoy Contemporary Art Space, Blue Oyster Art Project Space, Aotearoa Art Fair, Toi Māori Gallery and Tairawhiti Museum. His first dealer gallery exhibition in Tāmaki Makaurau will introduce local audiences to the significant artworks previously exhibited in major public galleries in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, The Dowse Art Museum and City Gallery Wellington.
Working at scale, Thompson's work reflects on intergenerational knowledge transmission, storytelling and kaitiakitanga. His practice combines traditional Māori art forms such as whakairo and tukutuku with modern materials and processes to communicate stories from his own whakapapa, and to examine how these stories may apply to wider Māori communities.
Alongside Te Haehaenga O Pekehāua and newly created works will be Te Kete Rokiroki, previously seen in different iterations at The Dowse Art Museum and The Blue Oyster Art Project Space.
"This is all to say that stories of my ancestors’ exploits have greatly influenced the work that I make, and the stories I choose to share. For the last few years, the works that I have created have all stemmed from an older story, or rather, a series of intertwined stories."