Overview

This exhibition investigates the idea of the Pacific region still being thought of as a 'paradise', and the complex underbelly that actually exists. Through ceramics, painting, installation and photography, the artists included in this exhibition interrogate identity, queerness, connection, representation, and what it means to be Pasifika in today's context of globalism, diaspora, migration and diversity.

Ultimately "Paradise*" is a vehicle for Pasifika/Australian artists to explore living between two (or three, or multiple) worlds, and is about (re)indiginisation, cultural revival, and strength in community.

Curated by Dan Toua and featuring work by Tivien Andrews-Homerang, Grace Hasu Dlabik, Sione Monū, Alexander Sarsfield, and Tearia Teaiwa Mortimer, Nicholas Mortimer & Katerina Teaiwa.
*but it's not all as it seems

Image credit: Alexander Sarsfield, Standing on the paepae (series of 25), 2025, coir mates and acrylic-based paint, 40 x 60 x 2.5cm each. Courtesy of the artist