Pride Lecture with Neke Moa

‘Through collaboration, building and maintaining relationships and a constant curiosity I am able to sustain an art practice that continues to evolve.’ – Neke Moa

Neke Moa (Te Whare a Papaīra, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Ahuriri, Kai Tahu, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Tūwharetoa) is the 2025 senior artist for the Te Tīmatanga residency with Auckland Pride Festival. 

Join us for the 2025 Pride lecture with Neke, who will speak about her practice. 

Moa’s practice seeks to promote hauora (wellbeing) by deepening connections between tāngata (people), tohunga (experts) and atua (deities). Using materials from the taiao (environment) and drawing on customary and contemporary processes, she works to make mātauranga (knowledge) and pūrākau (stories) newly accessible. Her work explores our connections within the spaces of the seen and unseen, the place where wairua (spirit) resides and creativity is sourced.

She has exhibited throughout the Moana Oceania region and further afield. In 2023, she was awarded a prestigious Herbert Hofmann Prize at Munich Jewellery Week and was a McCahon House artist-in-residence. Works by Moa are held in the collections of important institutions including Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, the Dowse Art Museum and the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. She is based in Ōtaki Beach, where many of her rauemi (materials) are gathered.

There will be time for Q & A with Neke after the lecture led by Auckland Pride Festival Director Hāmiora Bailey (Ngāti Porou Ki Harataunga, Ngāti Huarere) and an informal cup of tea and light refreshments.

This event is part of the 2025 Auckland Pride Festival. Click on the Rainbow tag to see all our gallery Pride events or check out the full Auckland Pride Festival programme at aucklandpride.org.nz

Image credit: Neke Moa