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Pacific art

The Gallery's collection of contemporary Pacific art is the broadest in Australia. With the establishment of the Asia Pacific Triennial (APT) in the early 1990s, the Gallery recognised the importance of actively developing the Pacific collection.

The Pacific collection, with an emphasis on New Zealand, reflects the diversity of the region's contemporary art, as well as innovation in customary practices. Primarily composed of works made after 1970, it includes paintings, prints and drawings, sculpture, photography, installation, textiles, weaving, body adornment, video and film.

Artwork Hungatonga Hungahaapai (Floating pumice mosikaka basket) this artwork made of Woven pulu (coconut husk fibres), created in 2022-01-01

Hungatonga Hungahaapai (Floating pumice mosikaka basket) 2022
Artwork Kato louakau mo e pulu (mosikaka basket) this artwork made of Woven pulu (coconut husk fibres) and lou’akau (pandanus), created in 2023-01-01

Kato louakau mo e pulu (mosikaka basket) 2023
Artwork Kato louakau mo e pulu (mosikaka basket) this artwork made of Woven pulu (coconut husk fibres) and lou’akau (pandanus), created in 2010-01-01

Kato louakau mo e pulu (mosikaka basket) c.2013
Artwork Flowers this artwork made of Teneriffe needlework: coconut fibre and wire, created in 2021-01-01

Flowers 2021
Artwork Flowers this artwork made of Teneriffe needlework: coconut fibre and wire, created in 2021-01-01

Flowers 2021
Artwork Flowers this artwork made of Teneriffe needlework: coconut fibre and wire, created in 2021-01-01

Flowers 2021
Artwork Flowers this artwork made of Teneriffe needlework: coconut fibre and wire, created in 2021-01-01

Flowers 2021
Artwork Repatriate this artwork made of Five-channel HD video: 26 minutes, colour, sound, 16:9, looped

Repatriate 2015
Artwork Rollergirl this artwork made of Single-channel SD video: 2:48 minutes, colour, sound, looped, created in 2004-01-01

Rollergirl 2004
Artwork Ripper this artwork made of Single-channel SD video: 6:40 minutes, colour, sound, looped, 4:3, created in 2002-01-01

Ripper 2002
Artwork Person peel this artwork made of Single-channel SD video: 2:05 minutes, colour, silent, looped, 4:3, created in 2002-01-01

Person peel 2002
Artwork The Peel this artwork made of Single-channel HD video: 5:08 minutes, colour, sound, looped, 4:3, created in 2004-01-01

The Peel 2004
Artwork I get so emotional (karaoke version) this artwork made of Single-channel SD video: 4:30 minutes, colour, sound, looped, 4:3, created in 2006-01-01

I get so emotional (karaoke version) 2006
Artwork Dressing up: Ode to Mogul this artwork made of Single-channel HD video: 9:17 minutes, colour, sound, looped, 16:9, created in 2013-01-01

Dressing up: Ode to Mogul 2013
Artwork Pocari sweat this artwork made of Single-channel HD video: 4:46 minutes, colour, sound, looped, created in 2014-01-01

Pocari sweat 2014
Artwork Skull video (from ‘Sometimes you make me nervous’) this artwork made of Single-channel HD video: 7:30 minutes, colour, silent, looped, 16:9, created in 2015-01-01

Skull video (from ‘Sometimes you make me nervous’) 2015
Artwork Guard this artwork made of Single-channel HD video: 5:45 minutes, colour, sound, looped, created in 2017-01-01

Guard 2017
Artwork Burebasaga Marama’s this artwork made of Single-channel HD video: 3:45 minutes, colour, sound, 16:9, looped, created in 2017-01-01

Burebasaga Marama’s 2017
Artwork Constantly Changing this artwork made of Single-channel HD video: 18:20 minutes, colour, sound, 16:9, looped, created in 2018-01-01

Constantly Changing 2018
Artwork Veibuni this artwork made of Single-channel HD video: 4:44 minutes, colour, sound, 16:9, looped, created in 2018-01-01

Veibuni 2018
Artwork The Fight this artwork made of Single-channel HD video: 9:46 minutes, looped, colour, sound, created in 2008-01-01

The Fight 2008
Artwork IIs vous regardent (They look at you) this artwork made of Mixed media installation, created in 2015-01-01

IIs vous regardent (They look at you) 2015, reconfigured 2017
Artwork Women's Wealth workshop this artwork made of Single-channel HD video: 30 minutes, colour, sound, 16:9, created in 2018-01-01

Women's Wealth workshop 2018
Artwork The Last Resort this artwork made of Single-channel HD video: 16:9, 25:00 minutes, colour, sound, created in 2020-01-01

The Last Resort 2020
Artwork Paafu stories this artwork made of HD video: 5 minutes, colour, sound, created in 2021-01-01

Paafu stories 2021
Artwork L'a'u Pele Moana (My darling Moana) this artwork made of Single-channel video: 5:10 minutes, colour, sound, 16:9, looped, created in 2021-01-01

L'a'u Pele Moana (My darling Moana) 2021
Artwork Epifania this artwork made of Single-channel HD video: 8:30 minutes, colour, sound, looped, 16:9, created in 2022-01-01

Epifania 2022
Artwork The Last Resort Robes this artwork made of Cotton jersey fabric with embroidery, created in 2020-01-01

The Last Resort Robes 2020
Artwork Ua ka ua, kahe ka wai this artwork made of Earth pigments on hand-beaten kapa (wauke - paper mulberry/Broussonetia papyfera)

Ua ka ua, kahe ka wai 2022
Artwork Mahina Poepoe this artwork made of Wauke (paper mulberry, Broussonetia papyfera) fiber, kukui (candle nut), created in 2016-01-01

Mahina Poepoe 2016