Artist CV
Rusiate Lali
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
| 2017 | Climate Change in The Pacific (sneak preview (July), Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs, NT Australia |
| 2010 | “Mezzanine”, Alliance Française, Canberra, ACT Australia |
| 2009 | Artist in residence July 2009 – Artifact, Nouméa, New Caledonia |
| 2009 | “Breathe Deep” The Depot Gallery, Sydney, NSW Australia |
| 2008 | “Eleupheria” Alliance Française, Suva, Fiji |
| 2008 | “Mana, As Old As Water” Framed Gallery, Darwin, NT Australia |
| 2006 | “Crossroads” Gallery Gondwana, Sydney, NSW Australia |
| 2005 | “Tribal Revival” Gallery Gondwana, Sydney, NSW Australia |
| 2003 | “Time will tell” - Alliance Française, Suva, Fiji |
| 2002 | “Takeinivula – Transition of Time” Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs, NT Australia |
| 2001 | “Na Ligaqu Vou” Alliance Française, Suva, Fiji |
| 2001 | “Outback Experience” Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs, NT Australia |
| 1999 | Alliance Française, Suva, Fiji |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 2017 | Climate Change in The Pacific, London Pacific Fashion Collective, London, UK |
| 2012 | “Tribal Tales”, Tali Gallery, Rozelle, NSW Australia |
| 2010 | Nexus – A collaboration in print from Central Australia and Fiji, Northern Editions, CDU, Darwin, NT, Australia |
| 2009 | JuxtaPacific: The Real Art of Fiji - Mary Jane Connor, University of Wisconsin (UWM) Art History Gallery, Wisconsin, USA |
| 2009 | “Partage de signes, signe de partage”, SOAP’ Art Océanie et Centre d’Art, Nouméa, New Caledonia |
| 2008 | Melbourne Art Fair, VIC Australia |
| 2007 | ART SYDNEY 07 |
| 2007 | ANZ Art Award, Suva, Fiji |
| 2007 | Alliance Française, Suva, Fiji |
| 2006 | Affordable Art Fair, Sydney, NSW Australia |
| 2005 | Sydney Art Fair, Sydney, NSW Australia |
| 2005 | Span Gallery, Melbourne, VIC Australia |
| 2004 | Melbourne Art Fair, VIC Australia |
| 2004 | Affordable Art Fair, Sydney, NSW Australia |
| 2004 | Affordable Art Show, Melbourne, VIC Australia |
| 2003 | AIDS Charity, Suva, Fiji |
| 2003 | Affordable Art Show, Sydney, NSW Australia |
| 2003 | Alice Prize – Alice Springs, NT Australia |
| 2002 | Melbourne Art Fair, VIC Australia |
| 2000 | Tribal Revival – Alliance Française, Suva, Fiji |
| 2000 | Festival of Pacific Arts - Visual Arts Representative, Noumea, New Caledonia |
| 2000 | Fiji Arts Club, Suva, Fiji |
| 1999 | National Art Award, Civic Centre, Suva, Fiji |
| 1998 | Fiji Arts Club, Suva, Fiji |
| 1998 | National Art Award, Civic Centre, Suva, Fiji |
| 1998 | Red Wave Exhibition, Oceania Centre University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji |
| 1998 | Careers Expo, National Gymnasium, Suva, Fiji |
| 1998 | National Art Award, Travelodge Hotel, Suva, Fiji National Youth Conference - Contemporary Artist of the Year |
| 1998 | McDonalds, Nadi, Fiji |
| 1998 | Yacht Club, Suva, Fiji, Fiji Arts Council, Suva, Fiji |
COLLECTIONS
| • | Australian High Commission, Suva , Fiji |
| • | ANZ Bank Collection, Suva Fiji |
| • | Gallery Gondwana Collection, Alice Springs, NT, Australia |
| • | Private collections within Australia, Europe, USA and Asia Pacific |
AWARDS
| 1998 | Contemporary Artist of the Year 1998, Suva, Fiji |
| 2007 | Winner of the Art Prize celebrating 20 years of Alliance Française, Suva, Fiji |
COMMISSION
| 2014 | Sofitel Hotel, Denarau, Fiji |
| 2002 | Fiji Times - Art Calendar |
| 2000-2015 | Vatu Sanctuary, Alice Springs, NT, Australia |
| 1998 | Yasawa Island Resort |
PUBLICATIONS
| • | Hidden treasures : contemporary Pacific art from the Oceania Centre collection - Vilsoni Hereniko, Karen Stevenson; 2012; Publisher: USP Press; ISBN-13: 9789820108912 |
| • | Out of the mangroves by Ernest Heatley, Repúblika, November 2012 |
| • | NT designers London Fashion Week success; NT News; Andrea Johnston; 7 October, 2016 |
| • | Climate Change in the Pacific – Shark Attack; London Pacific Fashion; Ana Lavekau; Online 20 July, 2017 |
OTHER
| • | September 2016 – Lalini Collection at the London Pacific Collective Fashion Show, London, UK |
| • | November 2016 – Lalini Collection at the Spring/Summer Fashion Show presented by Forkleaf Project, Alice Springs, NT Australia |
| • | Teaching Experience |
| • | 1999/2000 International Secondary and Primary School Suva Assistant Lecturer of Pottery at the University of the South Pacific with Taravini Wati. |
| • | 1999 Represented Fiji on behalf of SPACEE to Tonga Island for one month promoting Arts classes Ivulagi Project – Coordinated a youth project at Nasilai Village- Rew delta. Started a fishing, agriculture and arts project to enable youths to start their own business. |
| • | Acting Experience: Played a lead role in a successful play by Larry Thomas (University of the South Pacific). |
| • | Founder of the Meke Art Tribe (contemporary dance troupe in Fiji) currently, successfully touring the country. |
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Exhibitions
01 January 2018 - 31 December 2019
Gallery Gondwana Exhibitions
We are excited to be planning our series of online exhibitions over the next 12 months… after the thought provoking “Climate Change in The Pacific” by Fiji’s leading multi-media artist Rusiate Lali, other exhibitions in the pipeline cover a varied range of topics that include some of our key…
13 September - 20 November 2017
Climate Change in The Pacific (London, 2017)
Featuring Fijian Contemporary MultiMedia Artist ‘Rusiate Lali’ in an exhibition opening the Climate Change in The Pacific…
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