Further information:
Christina Pataialii was born 1988 in Auckland, New Zealand. She received her MFA in 2018 from Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design, Auckland. Selected solo exhibitions include On the Lam at Tim Melville Gallery, Auckland, 2019; Solid Gold at Te Tuhi, 2018; Debt at RM Gallery, Auckland, 2018; Thoughts And Feelings, mother? 2018; Slow Jamz Till Midnight- Remix Whitecliffe College of Arts & Design, Auckland, 2018; Slow Jamz Till Midnight, Blue Oyster Art Project Space, Dunedin 2017. Selected group exhibitions include Like A Boss, Franklin Art Centre, Auckland NZ 2018; Projects, Auckland Art Fair, 2018; Never An Answer, The Vivian, Matakana 2018; Semi Final, Demo, Auckland 2017; The Tomorrow People, Adam Art Gallery, Wellington 2017; Influx, Pātaka Art + Museum, Wellington 2017; Rematerialized, DEMO, Auckland 2017 Positioning, Pouring, Painting, DEMO, Auckland 2016; Kenny Combs And Tribe DEMO, Auckland 2016; Influx, St Paul St Gallery, Auckland 2016 EGWWTAF 2016 DEMO, Auckland 2016; A Drawing Show (It’s Pretty Open) The Tie That Binds Whitespace, Auckland 2016 Whitecliffe BFA Grad Show, Whitecliffe College of Arts & Design, Auckland NZ 2015 Hold Your Breath, Whitespace, Auckland 2014.
Judges:
Aaron Lister is a curator at City Gallery Wellington, where his recent projects have included Yona Lee: In Transit, Patrick Pound: On Reflection and Cao Fei: #18 (all 2018). He was previously Exhibitions Curator at the National Library of New Zealand, and has also lectured in the Art History departments of Victoria University of Wellington and The University of Otago.
Lucy Hammonds is a curator and writer based in Ōtepoti/Dunedin. She is the Curator at Dunedin Public Art Gallery, with research interests extending across contemporary and historic art, craft and design. Recent curatorial projects include New Networks: Contemporary Chinese Art (2018-19), Gordon Walters: New Vision (2017-18), Marie Shannon: Rooms found only in the home (2017).
Natasha Conland is Curator Contemporary Art, Auckland Art Gallery. She has over nineteen years’ experience and was previously Curator of Contemporary Art at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Career highlights have included curator of et al.'s the fundamental practice for the New Zealand pavilion at the Venice Biennale (2005), curator of the Scape Biennale (2006), curatorial comrade for Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev at the Biennale of Sydney (2008) and curator of the Auckland Triennial (2010).
Panel Convenor:
Karl Chitham (Ngāpuhi) is the Director of Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt and was previously Director and Curator of Tauranga Art Gallery, Toi Tauranga. He has been involved in the arts sector for over 15 years as a curator, artist and writer. Recent curatorial projects have included ART LOVES YOU – an interactive experience for all the senses and Children of Mallarme: Fashion, Art & Collaboration co-curated with Dr Peter Shand for Tauranga Art Gallery, and White Rainbow curated for RAMP Gallery Hamilton.