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Martin Morububuna Biography
Photo: D. Lepsoe
Martin Morububuna is one of Papua New Guinea’s most accomplished graphic artists, renowned as a painter, printmaker, and muralist.
Martin was born in 1957 in Kwebwaga Village in the Trobriand Islands. After high school, he joined the Creative Arts Centre, then attended Papua New Guinea’s National Arts School and began participating in group [...]
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Kaua Gita Biography
Photo: D. Lepsoe
Iatmul master carver Kaua Gita was born in Korogo Village on the Sepik River in 1964. He began to carve when he was fifteen, learning from his father and other carvers in the village. Korogo has a history of fine carving and strong ceremonial life. Its splendid haus tambaran (spirit house) was renowned [...]
London Performances: Michael Mel and Rosanna Raymond
Oct. 7 update: photos posted.
Thursday, September 24, 6:30pm
Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery, 2a Conway Street, Fitzroy Square, London
Tel: +44 0 20 7436 4899
Performances by Michael Mel and Rosanna Raymond. Open bar and refreshments.
ROSANNA RAYMOND PERFORMANCE
MICHAEL MEL PERFORMANCE
Rosanna Raymond Biography
Rosanna Raymond was born in Auckland, New Zealand, of Samoan descent. She currently lives and works in London with her family. A Tusitala (Teller of Tales) at heart, her art practice takes a variety of forms, ranging from installation works to spoken word pieces and body adornment. She fuses traditional Pacific practices with modern innovations [...]
lessLIE (Leslie Sam) Biography
Born in 1973 in Duncan, B.C., lessLIE’s “colonized, Catholic, Canadian name” is Leslie Robert Sam. His “decolonized artist’s name” is lessLIE. Picasso once said that “art is a lie that tells the truth.” lessLIE is living this perspective in the spirit of trickster traditions. lessLIE has a Bachelor of Arts degree in First Nations Studies [...]
Michael Mel Biography
Photo: D. Lepsoe
Michael Mel was born in 1959 in Wila Village, near Mount Hagen in PNG’s Western Highlands Province. He is a performance artist, teacher, and writer, and is currently an Associate Professor and Pro Vice Chancellor at the University of Goroka. He is also co-curator of this exhibition.
Renowned for his expertise in the traditional [...]
John Marston Biography
Photo: A. Holbrook
Coast Salish carver John Marston (Qap’u’luq) was born in 1978 into a family of exceptional artists in Ladysmith, British Columbia. He has worked with many other prominent Northwest Coast carvers, including Simon Charlie, Silas Coon, Shawn Karpes, Wayne Young, and his brother, Luke Marston. His career has also been shaped by careful study [...]
Teddy Balangu Biography
Photo: D. Lepsoe
Teddy Balangu was born in 1961 in Palembei Village, where he has lived all his life. He is part of a large family of artists and has been traditionally trained to carve by his uncle. In 1995, he was one of twelve carvers selected to spend six months in residence at Stanford University, [...]
Michael and Otto Timbin Biographies
Photo: D. Lepsoe
Otto Timbin (Iatmul), born in Palembei in 1967, is the eldest son of renowned master carver Joseph Timbin. Since the death of his father, he has become head of the family of five master carvers. Otto carves a wide range of traditional carvings, including dancing masks, roof finials, lime containers, and elegant walking [...]
Claytus Yambon Biography
Photo: D. Lepsoe
Claytus Yambon is Village Councillor and a master carver from Korogo in Papua New Guinea’s Middle Sepik region. He is of the Iatmul tribe. Uri, his grandfather’s brother, taught him to carve. Claytus has travelled much of the Sepik River, and has an extensive knowledge of the various styles and forms of Sepik [...]
Tom Deko Biography
Photo: D. Lepsoe
Metal sculptor and painter Tom Deko was born January 4, 1965, in Bena Bena in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. After leaving school in 1980, he studied Visual Arts at the University of Papua New Guinea in Port Moresby. In 1999, he was awarded a scholarship by the Commonwealth Society to [...]
yOURS & tHEIRS
Of great significance in the discourse on First Nations Cultural property is asking the question, “What is yours and what is theirs?” It has been plausibly argued by some scholars that the commercialization of Northwest Coast art decontextualizes such art forms while simultaneously disempowering First Nations. For this reason, contemporary Northwest Coast artists need to be culturally [...]
fOUR Salmon
“As the title suggests, this painting depicts sharing. The four salmon heads in the painting share each other’s black and dark green coloration. In many First Nations traditions, the number four represents holism and balance.”
-lessLIE