Photograph by Rusell Kleyn
Christina Pataialii
Christina Pataialii’s paintings ambiguously stand between abstraction and representation, exploring the tensions that arise from merging culturally specific referents with diverse visual idioms. Her practice offers a series of spatial and material experimentations, navigating the relationship between proximity and distance to underpin the complexities of identity and belonging.
Pataialii lives and works in Wellington.
Recent solo exhibitions: Proximity and Distance (2021) at Tauranga Art Gallery, NZ; Home by Dark (2020) and Wouldn’t it be Nice, McLeavey Gallery, Wellington NZ (2019); Solid Gold, Te Tuhi, Auckland, NZ; Debt, RM Gallery, Auckland, NZ; Thoughts and Feelings, mother?, Auckland, NZ (2018).
Recent group exhibitions: The 10th Asia Pacific Triennale, 2021, GOMA, Brisbane, AU; Soft Water Hard Stone, 5th New Museum Triennial, 2021, The New Museum, New York, U.S. A Place Apart, City Gallery Wellington- Te Whare Toi and This is a Library, Enjoy Contemporary Art Space, Wellington, NZ (2020).
In 2019 she was the New Zealand artist in residence at London’s Gasworks Studios, and the recipient of the Rydal Prize, NZ.
Proximity and Distance, 2021commissioned by Tauranga Art Gallery, NZ
Soft Water Hard Stone, the 5th New Museum Triennial, New York, U.S, 2021
King Country, 2020, acrylic paint and house paint on canvas
Gasworks Residency, London 2019
Solid Gold exhibition, Te Tuhi, Auckland, NZ, 2018
Solid Gold exhibition, Te Tuhi, Auckland, NZ, 2018
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