Author Description

"Lonnie Hutchinson is an Auckland-based artist of Samoan and Maori descent whose practice subtly addresses issues of female experience from indigenous and feminist perspectives. The survey exhibition Black Bird brings together performance, installation and animation works from the last seventeen years of Lonnie's practice, shown together for the very first time. A historical consciousness is reflected in the development of Hutchinson's visual language and motifs, which combines traditional Maori and Pacific design while paying homage to Pacific women's arts like tivaevae (quilt making) and weaving"--University Of Auckland.