Completed a degree in Art History at the University of Auckland in 1990, spent 1991-92 at the Elam School of Fine Arts, completed degree in Intermedia (Time Based Arts) at the University of Auckland in 1996. In 1992 was one of the founding members of TESTSTRIP, New Zealand’s first artist-run space and in 2001 was one of the five artists and critics to found Cuckoo – a contemporary art project that worked critically and transiently through existing galleries. In 2007 co-founded Gambia Castle, the country’s first artist-run gallery. In 2002 took a break from exhibiting to concentrate on other projects including recording a hip-hop album and consolidating own music label, AoAtearoa Records. Spent five months studying Mandarin at Beijing Language and Culture University, Beijing, China. Held teaching positions between 1998-2001 in Photography and Contextual Studies at the Manukau Institute of Technology, School of Art and Design and in 2003 took a position as lecturer in Intermedia (Time Based Arts) and later in 2004 also in Sculpture, at the Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland, eventually holding position as Discipline Head of Time Based Arts at Elam. Selected projects and shows: Made Active – The Gesture of Performance, Auckland City Art Gallery (Auckland, 2012); Burn What You Cannot Steal, Galeria Nova (Zagreb, 2011); Eyes Looking for a Head to Inhabit, Muzeum Sztuki (Lodz, 2011), Lodz Biennale: From Liberty Square to Independence Square (Lodz, 2010); The Secret Circles of Torun, for A Subjective Map of Torun, CoCA (Torun, 2010). Currently lives and works in Auckland, New Zealand and Warsaw, Poland.

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