Fale-ship Home Residency 2020

The concept surrounding Ioane’s Fale-ship is the significance of the Pe’a and Malu. In addition to this, the importance of one’s aiga. During his Residency his niece received her Malu and his mother celebrated her 90th birthday. Ioane documented these notable events to convey how they have informed his creative process throughout the residency.

Ioane is a Samoan multi-disciplinary artist living in Tāmaki Makaurau. His work is informed by his Samoan heritage and includes performance, film, painting, installation and sculpture. Ioane has won a number of significant arts awards throughout his career and his works are held in both private and public collections

“I would describe my works or my mahi as things that occur in the space between. We all have or desires and fears and aspirations and challenges and when you go to exhibition you only see the glamour bit of it… but there’s a lot of discipline, hard work, hard mahi and sacrifices that goes in the lives of artists and that’s good to share that with people.”

- Ioane Ioane

Final Works

Watch Ioane’s short film which takes us on a personal journey into his life as an artist, father, uncle and loving son. He records his artistic process, from early sketches to the final product. We see beautiful images from his niece’s malu ceremony in Samoa, one of the people he has dedicated his Fale-ship to. Ioane also includes a mini vlog of his week, from exercising to spending time with his loved one’s and planning his mother’s 90th – to whom he also dedicated his Residency to.