Artist
Ammon Ngakuru
- Name
- Ammon Ngakuru
- Date of birth
- 1993
- Place of birth
- Hamilton/Waikato (region)/New Zealand
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Biography
Ammon Ngakuru was born in Kirikiroa Hamilton and lives and works in Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland. He holds a Bachelor of Visual Art from Auckland University of Technology and a Master of Fine Art from Elam School of Fine Arts. His artistic practice is concerned with the way that history, categorisation and value operate within the ‘post’-colonial context.
Recent exhibitions include:
Affirmations, Coastal Signs, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland (2024);
Winter Skies, Coastal Signs, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland (2023);
The long waves of our ocean, National Library of New Zealand, Te Whanganui-a-tara Wellington (2022); Misere, Coastal Signs, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland (2021); Pumice, Coastal Signs,
Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland (2021); Cutouts, Enjoy, Pōneke Wellington (2020); Uncomfortable Silence, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, Ōtautahi Christchurch (2020).
Recent exhibitions include:
Affirmations, Coastal Signs, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland (2024);
Winter Skies, Coastal Signs, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland (2023);
The long waves of our ocean, National Library of New Zealand, Te Whanganui-a-tara Wellington (2022); Misere, Coastal Signs, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland (2021); Pumice, Coastal Signs,
Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland (2021); Cutouts, Enjoy, Pōneke Wellington (2020); Uncomfortable Silence, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, Ōtautahi Christchurch (2020).
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Colour Study
Ammon Ngakuru
2024
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