Brook Konia
Brook Konia (Ngāti Porou, Kōtimana, Pākehā) is an art curator and writer with a focus on contemporary Māori art. Passionately a part of Aotearoa New Zealand’s art sector; He has previously worked as Assistant Curator Modern and Contemporary Māori Art at Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand, curator intern for Toi Tū Toi Ora Contemporary Māori Art at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, and exhibition attendant for Dane Mitchell’s Post Hoc at the Venice Biennale 2019. He is currently living in Manawatū studying towards a Masters of Māori Visual Arts at Massey University’s Toioho ki Āpiti.
Everything By: Brook Konia
Brook Konia on the exhibition Unhinged: Opening the Door to the Dowse Collection, which features and celebrates the diverse range of art pieces in The Dowse Art Museum collection.
Brook Konia on Hemi Macgregor’s Waiora, which presented artworks that discuss the interplay between the environment and our relationship to it as humans.
Brook Konia on Russ Flatt's new moving image, Te ahua, te wa, te atea, which depicts the transformation of the whenua in Heretaunga, and ruminates on the broad history of land sales in the area.
The trickster tales of Māui the atua defiantly question our country's historical past in Mischief Makers.
