Shannon Te Ao
b. 1978, Sydney (Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Wairangi, Te Pāpaka-a-Māui)
Lives and works in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington
Shannon Te Ao
my life as a tunnel, 2018
two-channel video with sound
duration 9:48min, loop
Shannon Te Ao holds a BFA from University of Auckland’s Elam School of Fine Arts and an MFA from the College of Creative Arts at Massey University Wellington.
S h a n n o n T e A o / A s i a P a c i f i c T r i e n n i a l
Shannon Te Ao
ia rā, ia rā (rere runga, rere raro) (stills), 2021
three-channel video, sound
duration 6:20min
Shannon Te Ao
Pūaotanga o te ao, 2022
archival digital print on Hahnemühle photorag paper
930 x 1160mm frame
Recent Solo Exhibitions
- T ī w a k a w a k a , C o a s t a l S i g n s , T ā m a k i M a k a u r a u A u c k l a n d ( 2 0 2 2 )
- Tōku ora tōku ara, Tauranga Art Gallery, Tauranga (2022)
- The 10th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT10), QAGOMA, Brisbane (2021)
- Ka mua, ka muri, Te Uru, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland (2021)
- what was or could be today (again), Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Ōtepoti Dunedin (2021)
- Mā te wā, Mossman, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington (2020)
- Ka mua, ka muri, Remai Modern, Saskatoon (2020)
- Ka mua, ka muri, Oakville Galleries, Toronto (2020)
- Art Basel Hong Kong (with Hopkinson Mossman), Hong Kong (2019)
- my life as a tunnel, Hopkinson Mossman, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland (2018)
- my life as a tunnel, The Dowse Art Museum, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington (2018)
- With the sun aglow, I have my pensive moods, Te Tuhi, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland (2017)
- Untitled (McCahon House Studies), City Gallery Wellington, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington (2017)
- With the sun aglow; I have my pensive moods, The Edinburgh Art Festival, Edinburgh (2017)
- Tenei ao kawa nei, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, Ōtautahi Christchurch (2017)
- Two shoots that stretch far out, Taipei Contemporary Art Centre, Taipei (2017)
- Te huka o te tai, Artspace, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland (2017)
Shannon Te Ao
Ka mua, ka muri, 2020
two-channel video with sound
duration 5m 30s
installation view: Oakville Galleries, Toronto
Shannon Te Ao
Hara, 2022
archival digital print on Hahnemühle photorag paper
two elements, 930 x 1160mm each
Installation View: Octopus 23: THE FIELD, Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne (2023)
Shannon Te Ao
Ka mua, ka muri, 2020
two-channel video with sound
duration 5m 30s
installation view: Oakville Galleries, Toronto
Shannon Te Ao
Ka mua, ka muri, 2020
two-channel video with sound
duration 5m 30s
installation view: Oakville Galleries, Toronto
Shannon Te Ao
Mā te wā, 2021
installation view: Te Uru, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Recent Group Exhibitions
- W i n t e r S k i e s C o a s t a l S i g n s , T ā m a k i M a k a u r a u A u c k l a n d ( 2 0 2 3 )
- The Polyphonic Sea Bundanon, Nowra (2023)
- Octopus 23: THE FIELD, Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne (2023)
- ʻO le ūa na fua mai Manuʻa, UNSW Galleries, Sydney (2020)
- In a World if Wounds , Artbank, Sydney (2018)
- The order of things, Hocken Gallery, Ōtepoti Dunedin (2017)
- Being in place, Or Gallery, Vancouver (2017)
- The Subject in the Land, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland (2017)
- (w/ Daniel Maier-Reimer) Politics of Sharing: On Collective Wisdom (Co-conceived by Elke aus dem Moore and Misal Adnan Yıldız), Artspace, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland (2017)
- Take that which has passed, Toi Pōneke Arts Centre, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington (2017)
- Imagine the Present , ST PAUL St, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland (2016)
- The Walters Prize, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Tāmaki Makaurau (2016)
Shannon Te Ao
Pūkahukahu, 2020
Pigment inks on Hahnamuhle Photorag Ultra smooth
920 x 1145mm
Shannon Te Ao
what was or could be today (again), 2019
single channel HD video, b/w, sound
duration 12:43min, loop
Shannon Te Ao
what was or could be today (again), 2019
single channel HD video, b/w, sound
duration 12:43min, loop
Shannon Te Ao
Tīwakawaka, 2022
installation view: Coastal Signs, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Readings
- Helen Hughes, On Measuring Distance: THE FIELD, Contemporary Hum, 2023
- Maya Wilson-Sanchez, Time and Water; Shannon Te Ao’s Ka mua, ka muri in Canada, 2020
- Ricky Varghese, Shannon Te Ao; Ka mua, ka muri, Art Asia Pacific, 2020
- Remai Modern, Shannon Te Ao; Questionnaire, 2020
- Alex Davidson, Shannon Te Ao at The Dowse, 2018
- Matariki Williams, The Singing Word: On Shannon Te Ao’s my life as a tunnel, 2018
- En Liang Khong, Critics guide; Edinburgh, 2017
- Hilary Thurlow, Octopus 23: The Field, Art News Aotearoa, 2023.
Shannon Te Ao
my life as a tunnel, 2018
two-channel video with sound
duration 9:48min, loop
Shannon Te Ao
With the sun aglow, I have my pensive moods (still), 2017
two-channel video with colour and sound
duration 13:11min