Taloi Havini
Employing photography, sculpture, immersive video and mixed-media, Taloi Havini's work is often a personal response to the politics of location exploring contested sites and histories connected within Oceania.
Born in Arawa, Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Taloi Havini currently lives and works in Brisbane Australia. As both an artist and curator, Havini's work is often a personal response to the politics of location exploring contested sites and histories connected within Oceania; employing photography, sculpture, immersive video and mixed-media installations.
Working with living contemporary practitioners she is actively involved in community projects in Bougainville and Australia, such as the Women’s Wealth project exhibition. In 2021, Taloi has a solo exhibition The Soul Expanding Ocean #1: Taloi Havini at Ocean Space, Campo S. Lorenzo, Venezia coinciding with the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale.
Her artwork is held in public and private collections including the Sharjah Art Foundation, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, National Gallery of Victoria, KADIST, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Taloi holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from the Canberra School of Art, Australian National University and has exhibited in Palais de Tokyo, Paris, Sharjah Biennial 13, UAE, 3rd Aichi Triennial, Nagoya, 8th & 9th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art Queensland Art Gallery | GoMA, Brisbane.
In this video, Taloi Havini envisions an arts sector with well-resourced and well-funded arts schools and discusses the crucial role of community connections in her process.
Transcript - Taloi Havini (10.5 KB)
Video production by Jimmi Fenton 2021.
Image: Taloi Havini at Artspace. Photo by Zan Wimberley.
