OUR TEAM

  • Olivia Laita

    Dr Olivia Laita

    OPERATIONS DIRECTOR

    Olivia is a self-taught arts manager with over a decade of experience in creative business, project & artist management. She is passionate about finding ways to use logic creatively & holistically and with a respect to people and process. Olivia enjoys balancing her work life with a lot of CrossFit and a bit of gardening.

  • Elisabeth Pointon

    CURATOR

    Elisabeth is an artist of Indo-Fijian and Pākehā descent. Language, visibility, accessibility, and representation lie at the core of her text based research and practice. Elisabeth is currently thinking about taking up hobbies.

  • Claudine Mailei

    PROGRAMME MANAGER

    Claudine is a versatile creative with a background in Visual Effects, Education, and Community arts. Her passion lies in witnessing Pasifika youth flourish in the arts, and she hopes to nurture a new generation of emerging Tagata Moana artists. Her current obsession: Pokémon Go.

  • Paige Nebbeling

    ARTS ADMINISTRATOR

    Paige is an artist based in Tāmaki Makaurau with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Auckland. She specialises in illustration and oil painting, drawing inspiration from confessional and contemporary Māori artwork. Outside of her practice Paige obsesses over Patti Smith and the Bolshoi Ballet.

  • Louie Bretaña

    GALLERY ASSISTANT