 2012.03 'Pan-O-Vision'. Brisbane Pan-o-vision, an exhibition of new works from my 12 month residency in Wellington New Zealand opens at Jan Manton Art, Brisbane, Saturday 31st March.  2011.11 'Pan-O-Rama'. Sydney My solo opens in Sydney next week, the exhibition will be off site at the Depot II space, Danks St, Waterloo. It includes a panoramic series of outer-worldly, surreal landscapes as well as a set of 'see through heads' which take inspiration form the introduction of Christianity into Polynesia. CLICK FOR MORE INFO
 2011.09 KIAF/11: Seoul - WOW! What an amazing city, cant wait for the return trip. A huge thank you to Andy and the MARS team for the opportunity to take part in this years Korean International Art Fair. A very special thanks to Ania Ganowicz and also to Reuben Friend from the City Gallery Wellington for the catalogue essay Kamsahamnida!
 2011.09 Artwork for KIAF/11 Works in progress for the Korean International Art Fair later this month.
 2011.08 Bad Pharmer: photospace So, during the long winter nights Ania and I got bored and started a band. We've called this band 'BAD PHARMER' and it sounds like: bison-grass-infused-garage-swamp-rok. Sunday Session at Photospace, Wellington
 2011.08 Morning Flight New commission for a private office in Melbourne.
 2011.08 Backspace at ROOM1 A mini-retrospective of sorts. Featuring a selection of works from early days in the artist run collective Upholstery, through to the current pieces produced in Wellington. Big Thanks to Ingrid from Kick Arts for opening the show and to the Room 1 Team; Charlie, Kai and Joel
 2011.02 Nefarious: Cupcake Gallery New gallery on the block - Cupcake, held there inaugural group exhibition; Nefarious. I came along for the ride and so did 15 other artists!
 2011.02 Viva Wellington! After living in Cairns for 12 years, I decided to embark upon a year long residency in Wellington New Zealand. It is good to be back in Aotearoa and I am looking forward to soaking up as much Art/music/culture as I can whilst living here. The new studio is set up and ready to roll. Photography: Ania Ganowicz
 2011.01 First Work for the Year I've been invited to be part of a group exhibition curated by Colin Langridge. Dis-covery broaches three ideas: island life, artistic romanticism and island culture. My island is one of plastic palm trees, Mai-tai's and drunken sailors!
 2010.12 Last Work for the Year I completed this private commission in time for Christmas, wrapping up a pretty solid year. Alu'a 2010! Photography: Ania Ganowicz
 2010.12 BLUNT EDGE of Portraiture 'Cairns's answer to the archibald'? - totally! except way more rock n' roll... and humid! skills blunt edge team! Photography: Ania Ganowicz
 2010.11 Flight of the Umbra This piece was commissioned to be part of a flight themed exhibition at the Wagga regional gallery. The piece is a silkscreen on acrylic.
 2010.08 Melbourne Art Fair MARS Gallery invited me to create a new body of work to show at the Melbourne Art Fair 2010. The week was intense, so much art to check out - a great experience. Big thanks to Andy and the team at MARS and Matt Stanton for documenting the work!
 2010.07 TAKO SEIJIN: At Submerge#d The good folks at ON.EDGE Festival welcomed TAKO SEIJIN to the Hrvatski Klub and helped to put on a fine night of sound and performance...RAD!
 2010.07 ON.EDGE: Submerge#d tako seijin (aka Sammy T) will be joining Submerge#d, a diverse and eclectic night of short media and performance works from local and guest practitioners. With guest artist Arahmaiani (Indonesia) and her innovative performance art, it will be a great event! More... 6pm Old Hrvatski Klub 240 Scott St.  2010.06 CANOPY: Recent Works Combining a 'hyper pop' colour spectrum with imagery, layered over a foundation of Pacific Island influenced patterns, I have challenged the super flat nature of screen printing using devices such as cut out relief's and layering of acrylic to achieve an illusion of depth / faux 3D. View Catalogue | Canopy Artspace  2010.06 HILTON CAIRNS: Four Canoes I was recently commissioned to do an artwork for the foyer of Hilton Cairns. I created a 7.2m high acrylic sculpture representing Hilton’s visitors, who come from every corner of the globe with inspiration coming from the Pacific Island Tapa cloth.  2010.02 Pilioko's House I was lucky enough to visit Pilioko's house in Port Vila, Vanautu. Meeting the Picasso of the Pacific was a great honour. Check out his paintings: Aloï Pilioko
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