Curatorial Work

Selected curatorial projects. For more about Vunilagi Vou’s curatorial programme, see here.

2024

Solosolevaki, a collaborative exhibition for Tautai Gallery, Auckland

2023

Let’s Play Outside, a solo exhibition by Niu Lemalu for Vunilagi Vou, Auckland

2021

big islands deep oceans, a solo exhibition by David Garcia for Vunilagi Vou, Auckland
Ngāti Ōtara, a solo exhibition by Antonio Filipo for The Alexander Cafe, Auckland

2020

Fofola Koloa – Unfolding my Koloa, a joint show by Emily & Vea Mafile’o for Vunilagi Vou, Auckland
Read curatorial essay here

2019

Lain blo yu mi, a solo exhibition by Julia Mage’au Gray (Melanesian Marks) for Vunilagi Vou, Auckland

2018

A Maternal Lens for the 4th International Biennial of Casablanca (Morocco)

Dravuni: Sivia yani na Vunilagi – Beyond the Horizon (2018), co-curated with Kaliopate Tavola for the New Zealand Maritime Museum, re-staged at Oceania Centre for Arts, Culture and Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific (Fiji)

2017

Kaitani for The Physics Room (New Zealand)

2016

Dravuni: Sivia yani na Vunilagi – Beyond the Horizon (2016), co-curated with Kaliopate Tavola for the New Zealand Maritime Museum, Auckland

The Veiqia Project, co-curated with Tarisi Sorovi Vunidilo for ST PAUL St Gallery, Auckland

2015

PIMPI Winter Series, Williams Barber & Tattoo Studio, Auckland
between wind and water, Enjoy Public Art Gallery, Wellington

2013

Concealed Ancestors, Papakura Art Gallery, Auckland

2012

Home (AKL), associate curator, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Auckland
WWJD, Fresh Gallery Otara, Auckland

2011

Ngā Hau E Whā – The Four Winds – A solo exhibition by Leilani Kake for Fresh Gallery Otara / Auckland Arts Festival, Auckland

2010

YOU LOVE MY FRESH – A solo exhibition by Tanu Gago for Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts / Manukau Festival of the Arts, Auckland

2009

Small Axe 09, Artspace, Auckland
South Style, Fresh Gallery Otara, Auckland

2006

The Real Fiji, Māngere Arts Centre, Auckland
Tasi ae afe; One but a million, Fresh Gallery Otara, Auckland
(Re)Locating Home, Alliance Française de Suva, Fiji

2004

The Artists are described as… Polynesian Male, ArtNet Gallery, Auckland