We pay our respects to the Gundungurra people who are the traditional custodians of the land, whose deepening connection to culture and customs have cared for this country for over 60,000 years.
We acknowledge Elders past, present and emerging for their immense spiritual connection to place which was never ceded.
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Ngununggula presents its inaugural international exhibition featuring acclaimed Aotearoa artist Lisa Reihana. Renowned as a leading Māori new media artist based in Auckland, New Zealand, Reihana's work has been extensively showcased in New Zealand, Australia, and internationally.
The exhibition reveals the spectrum of Reihana’s artistic practice, showcasing a suite of digital artworks and photography, including a new iteration of her digital artwork Māramatanga and a site-specific installation inspired by the gallery’s surroundings and First Nations stories. This installation builds upon her artistic approach used in GLISTEN, a kinetic sculpture adorned with thousands of shimmering discs designed to reflect sunlight and interact playfully with the natural environment, activating wind chimes..
Artist Biography
Lisa Reihana is a multi-disciplinary artist whose practice spans film, sculpture, costume and body adornment, text and photography.
Since the 1990s, she has significantly influenced the development of contemporary art and contemporary Māori art in Aotearoa, New Zealand. She has earned an outstanding reputation as an artist, producer and cultural interlocutor with her attention to the complexities of contemporary photographic and cinema languages expressed in myriad ways. Her ability to harness and manipulate seductively high production values is often expressed through portraiture, where she explores how identity and history are represented and the intersection of these ideas with concepts of place and community.
We are delighted to invite you and your guests to the opening of the International Project | Lisa Reihana soon. An Eventbrite Link will be sent with our invitation. All are welcome. To receive an invitation, add yourself to our mailing list. Scroll to the bottom of the page and enter your name and email.
The International Project | Lisa Reihana exhibition is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW
MEDIA CONTACT: For further information or to request interviews and details of the media preview, please contact Siân Davies, [email protected], 0402 728 462, or Sasha Haughan, [email protected], 0405 006 035.
IMAGE CREDITS:
Māramatanga, 2024, commissioned by the University of Auckland Art Collection. Image courtesy of Lisa Reihana and Gallery Sally Dan-Cuthbert, Sydney, Australia
Lisa Reihana. Photographer: Jacquie Manning. Image courtesy of Lisa Reihana and Gallery Sally Dan-Cuthbert, Sydney, Australia
Artist Gallery Representation
Gallery Sally Dan-Cuthbert, Sydney, Australia
Website | Location: 20 McLachlan Avenue, Rushcutters Bay, Sydney, Australia |Enquires: +612 9357 6606 & [email protected]
EXHIBITION
6 September – 9 November 2025
LISA REIHANA
GALLERY
FREE ENTRY