Past event
17 April
5.30 pm
OPENING: B42040A1A1A
Installation view: Luke Willis Thompson, Whakamoemoeā, 2025. Credits continued below.
17 April. Free entry.
Luke Willis Thompson
Mihi whakatau and opening celebration: 5.30 pm, Friday 17 April
All welcome, no RSVP required.
Exhibition period: 18 April–31 May
Free, no RSVP required
Join us for the opening of our next exhibition B42040A1A1A with artist Luke Willis Thompson. Mihiwhakatau will commence at 5.30 pm with kai and inu.
B42040A1A1A is a solo exhibition by Fijian New Zealand artist Luke Willis Thompson. The installation focuses on two major moving image artworks developed over the past three years, which each imagine a decolonial future for Aotearoa through the visual language of political theatre.
Luke Willis Thompson is a Fijian (Rukua, Yageta) New Zealand artist. He studied at the Städelschule, Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Frankfurt am Main 2013-2015, and the Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland 2006-10.
Recent exhibitions include: Luke Willis Thompson | B42040A1A1A, Te Wai Ngutu Kākā Gallery, Auckland (2015-2016); 15th Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai, 2025-2026; Yes, Germany voted in favor of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) when it was adopted by the General Assembly on September 13, 2007, Galerie Nagel Draxler Kabinett, Berlin (2025); Sharjah Biennial 16, Old Al Diwan Al Amiri, Al Hamriyah, Sharjah; Mouvement des Malades, Michael Lett, 2024; Hysterical Strength, GAMeC, Bergamo (2019), _Human, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel (2018); Luke Willis Thompson, Adam Art Gallery, Victoria University of Wellington (2018); Field Guide, Remai Modern, Saskatoon (2017); autoportrait, Hopkinson Mossman, Auckland (2017); Luke Willis Thompson, Chisenhale Gallery, London (2017); Cemetery of Uniforms and Liveries, Galerie Nagel Draxler, Berlin (2016); Misadventure, Institute of Modern Art (IMA), Brisbane (2016); Sucu Mate/Born Dead, Hopkinson Mossman, Auckland (2016) and nicht mehr, nicht minder als der Sugar, Reisebürogalerie, Cologne; New Museum Triennial, New York, 2015; The 5th Auckland Triennial, 2013.
Image: Luke Willis Thompson, Whakamoemoeā, 2025. Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation and produced by Ordinary Films and Kura Productions. Courtesy of the artist, Coastal Signs, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, and Galerie Nagel Draxler, Cologne/Berlin.