Exhibitions

Evotia has exhibited in New Zealand, Australia, England and Samoa.

No.44 from Pacific Auckland book

Pacific Auckland

April 2008

The launch of Little Island Press and it's first two books was promoted with an exhibition of photographs from 'Pacific Auckland' and 'Polynesian Festival'.

O'kaioceanikart Gallery
Langham Hotel Mall
65 Karangahape Road
Auckland City
Ph: 09 379-9051

Mrs Brown's sitting room

Evotia and Eimi - photo by Jason Oxenham

Come Together

13 - 29 March 2008

Auckland is the nexus for a unique collection of cultural entities. Among those entities is a diverse range of Oceanic communities, which together help to form the largest Polynesian city in the world. In 'Come Together', each of the invited artists is part of that terrain. Each is invited as a collaborator, but who or what the artist chooses to collaborate with is theirs to decide. The connections may be familial, professional or even ambivalent but all are engaged in singular explorations of this place and time.

Evotia has collaborated with her sister Eimi Tamua with individual works that share an idea and 'come together'.

Curated by Andrea Low

Artstation
1 Ponsonby Road
Ponsonby, Auckland
Ph: 09 376-3221

Numi Vamaua - Salelesi series

Flat White / Black Pearl

1 - 22 March 2008

A group exhibition of Pacific Island artists, whose work has been selected because it is black and/or white, or shades of grey. The title "Flat White, Black Pearl" is built around the premise of being racially specific, with a "colour bar" on the artwork. It alludes to a number of word plays; ordinary and gorgeous, milk coffee with sugar, Polynesians in a white cube.

Curated by Jim Vivieare
A Tautai Contemporary Arts Trust project

Te Karanga Gallery
208 Karangahape Road
Newton, Auckland
Ph: 09 377-9335

untitled

Love Me Tender

March 2007

Love is in the air as local Polynesian photographers and graffiti artists exhibit together in "Love Me Tender" at the Artstation Gallery from 16 to 31 March 2007.

Curated by Eimi Tamua

Art Station
Ponsonby Road
Ponsonby, Auckland

Salelesi series

La Lune

2005

La Lune continues a series of group exhibitions of contemporary New Zealand photography at Matakana Pictures.

Click here to read the Matakana article

Matakana Pictures
Matakana
New Zealand

Vamaua & Ulata - Salelesi series

Samoans on Holiday in Europe

Samoans On Holiday in Europe

1999

Sisters Eimi and Evotia Tamua travel through Europe and take photographs along the way. The images that were created show their different personalities and interests. Together, they put on an exhibition / live show for family and friends at the Arch Hill Gallery in Grey Lynn.

Click here to see some of the images

A Tamua family funded event

Arch Hill Gallery
Elgin Street
Grey Lynn, Auckland

Gardening Day

Islanders

1996

A Creative New Zealand sponsored conference for New Zealand-based Pacific Islands artist was held in Auckland in the last week of November 1996. The evening before the conference began, Auckland-based Samoan photographer Evotia Tamua opened her exhibition "Islanders" at the new Arch Hill Gallery in Grey Lynn.

Click here to read the Trout article

A Creative New Zealand funded event

Arch Hill Gallery
Elgin Street
Grey Lynn, Auckland

Petelo - Salelesi series

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