Meet the Artist: Ammon Ngakuru

2—2.40pm

event Details

Join artist Ammon Ngakuru as he introduces us to his installation Three Scenes. Ammon talks with Senior Curator Global Contemporary Art Natasha Conland sharing insights into his creative process – from the first spark of an idea through to the realisation of his artworks, offering a deeper look into the thinking and making behind the works on display.

Following the talk guests will have the rare opportunity to explore the artworks through touch, using provided gloves, engaging with the pieces beyond the visual and discovering the textures and forms that shape Ngakuru’s practice.

Come along to hear directly from the artist and experience Three Scenes from a new perspective.

Image credit: Ammon Ngakuru, Three Scenes, installation detail, 2025, mixed media, commissioned by Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, with support from the Chartwell Trust and the Contemporary Benefactors of the Auckland Art Gallery, 2025. 

Date
Location
North Terrace, Level 2
Cost
Free

About the artist

Ammon Ngakuru (born 1993, Ngāti Maniapoto, Te Roroa and Ngāpuhi) 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, University of Auckland. Ngakuru’s artistic practice is concerned with the way that history, categorisation and value operate within the ‘post’-colonial context.

His recent exhibitions include: May Art Fair solo exhibition, Coastal Signs (2025); Aotearoa Contemporary, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki (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). 

Photo courtesy of Ammon Ngakuru.