Ammon Ngakuru
b. 1993, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Lives and works in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Ammon Ngakuru
Wednesday, 2020
acrylic, clover flowers on canvas
350 x 400mm
Ammon Ngakuru holds a BVA from Auckland University of Technology and a MFA from Elam School of Fine Arts.
Ammon Ngakuru, Shiraz Sadikeen
Consequence Picture, 2025
Wood, tape, fabric, rubbish bag, tissue, miu miu wallet, ten
dollar note, St John Crumb, oil, Pantone 448c
Dimensions variable
Ammon Ngkauru
Empathy Map (detail), 2025
Oil on canvas
2205 x 1700mm
Ammon Ngakuru
Empathy Map 2025
Oil on canvas
2205 x 1700mm
Ammon Ngakuru
Ants (how to make) (detail), 2025
oil on pine
2500 x 275 x 275mm
installation view: May Art Fair, Tāmaki Makaurau, 2025
Ammon Ngakuru
Ants (how to make), 2025
oil on pine
2500 x 275 x 275mm
installation view: May Art Fair, Tāmaki Makaurau, 2025
Ammon Ngakuru
BetterHelp, 2025
oil and pastel on canvas
2300 x 1600mm
installation view: May Art Fair, Tāmaki Makaurau, 2025
Ammon Ngakuru
Affirmations, 2024
installation view: Coastal Signs, Tamaki Makaurau Auckland
Recent Solo Exhibitions
- Ammon Ngakuru @ May Art Fair, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland (2025)
- A f f i r m a t i o n 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 4 )
- M i s e r e , 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 )
- P u m i c e , 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 1 )
- Cutouts, Enjoy, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington (2020)
- Many Happy Returns (with Nick Austin), Hopkinson Mossman, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland (2018)
- A Shelter for Amnesic Relatives, Blue Oyster Art Project Space, Ōtepoti Dunedin (2017)
- Thoughts on Secrecy (with Ruth Ige), RM, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland (2017)
Ammon Ngakuru
Animals and Things, 2024
oil on canvas
1500mm x 2000mm
Ammon Ngakuru
Ideas for titles, 2024
oil on canvas
1500 x 2000 mm
Ammon Ngakuru
Ideas for titles (detail), 2024
oil on canvas
1500 x 2000 mm
Ammon Ngakuru
Noah's Arc, Elinor Ostrom's Governing the Commons, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
2300 x 4750mm
Recent Group Exhibitions
- Barm (with Shiraz Sadikeen), at Envy, Pōneke Wellington
- Aotearoa Contemporary, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki (2024)
- 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 long waves of our ocean National Library of New Zealand, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington (2022)
- Uncomfortable Silence, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, Ōtautahi Christchurch (2020)
- The Tomorrow People, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington (2017)
Ammon Ngakuru
Night, 2022
Oil paint on newspaper
2300x4000mm
Ammon Ngakuru
Night (detail), 2022
Oil paint on newspaper
2300 x 4000mm
Ammon Ngakuru
Michael Jackson and Bubbles, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
400 x 500mm
Ammon Ngakuru
Alphabet Painting (Bone in the Throat), 2022
acrylic on canvas, buttons
350 x 400mm
Ammon Ngakuru
Evergreen, 2021
acrylic on canvas
600 x 700 mm
Ammon Ngakuru
Misere, 2022
canvas, permanent marker
1800 x 1450mm
Readings
Ammon Ngakuru
Untitled, 2020
Artforum, shoebox
130 x 300 x 350mm
Ammon Ngakuru
Oakes, 2020
acrylic on canvas
400 x 450mm
Ammon Ngakuru
Cut-Outs, 2020
installation view: Enjoy, Te Whānganui-a-Tara Wellington
Ammon Ngakuru
Taylor, 2020
acrylic on canvas
400 x 450mm
Ammon Ngakuru
Lentil, 2020
box, ring-light, cookbook
120 x 500 x 500mm