Hawai‘i Triennial 2022 Releases Full Artist List
By Nicole M. Nepomuceno
Exterior view of the Royal Hawaiian Center, one of the seven venues for Hawai’i Triennial 2022. Image via Facebook.
On October 18, Honolulu-based nonprofit Hawai‘i Contemporary revealed the list of 43 artists and collectives participating in the inaugural Hawai‘i Triennial 2022 (HT22), titled “Pacific Century.” Alongside participants from Hawai’i, such as photographer duo Piliāmo‘o (Mark Hamasaki and Kapulani Landgraf), the Triennial spans artists from across the Asia-Pacific region including the eco-queer video artist Zheng Bo, sculptor and fashion designer Leeroy New, and the Karrabing Film Collective.
Curated by Melissa Chiu in collaboration with Miwako Tezuka and Drew Kahu‘āina Broderick, the Triennial will probe “themes of history, place, social activism, environmental change, and Indigenous knowledge” within the context of Hawai‘i and its place at the junction of Asia-Pacific and Oceania. The main exhibition of HT22 is slated to run from February 18 to May 8, 2022, at seven venues across the island of O‘ahu: Bishop Museum, Foster Botanical Garden, Hawaii Theatre Center, Hawai‘i State Art Museum, Iolani Palace, Honolulu Museum of Art, and Royal Hawaiian Center. In addition, HT22 will present free public programs and events for students, families, and general public, including a series of workshops, artist talks, and panel discussions.
The full list of participating artists and collectives is as follows:
‘Ai Pōhaku Press (Maile Meyer and Barbara Pope)
Ai Weiwei
Richard Bell
Herman Pi‘ikea Clark
Eating in Public
‘Elepaio Press (Richard Hamasaki and Mark Hamasaki)
Chitra Ganesh
Theaster Gates
Ed Greevy and Haunani-Kay Trask
Masanori Handa
Tsuyoshi Hisakado
Ai Iwane
Michael Joo
Karrabing Film Collective
Izumi Kato
Yuree Kensaku
Sung Hwan Kim
Liu Xiaodong
Dan Taulapapa McMullin
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Miao Ying
Beatriz Santiago Muñoz
Nā Maka o ka ‘Āina (Joan Lander and Puhipau)
Leeroy New
Shinro Ohtake
Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio and Jonathan Kamakawiwo‘ole Osorio
Pacific Sisters
Piliāmo‘o (Mark Hamasaki and Kapulani Landgraf)
Ahilapalapa Rands
Lawrence Seward
Athena Robles and Anna Stein (Double A Projects)
Jennifer Steinkamp
Sun Xun
Mika Tajima
Momoyo Torimitsu
TOQA (Isabel Sicat and Aiala)
Tropic Editions
Gaku Tsutaja
Ming Wong
Xu Bing
Chikako Yamashiro
Justine Youssef
Zheng Bo
Nicole Nepomuceno is ArtAsiaPacific’s assistant editor.
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