Ioana Gordon-Smith
Ioana Gordon-Smith is a curator of Sāmoan (Faleula, Leauva'a) and English heritage. She currently works as the inaugural Curator Māori Pacific at Pātaka Art + Museum. Prior to that, she was the inaugural Curator at Te Uru Waitākere Contemporary Gallery. She contributes regularly to a number of catalogues as well as magazines and journals and and is a trustee for the community-focused art collective Whau The People.
Everything By: Ioana Gordon-Smith
Curatorial roles are rarely filled by Pasifika arts workers. Ioana Gordon-Smith reflects on being a guinea pig of sorts, building relationships and the legacy of Trojan horses, I mean internships.
Ioana Gordon-Smith considers Ā Mua, on now at The Dowse, as the next chapter for Aotearoa craft makers.
An exhibition that features four female Pacific painters is a rare thrill, writes Ioana Gordon-Smith.
Across the arts, funding has reached a crisis point but expectations on gallery targets remain the same. ST PAUL St Gallery have made a pointed change – to take their lunch breaks.
Ioana Gordon-Smith on the significance and celebration of the Pacific Sisters at Te Papa.
Thinking of art as koha, the serious and invaluable work of Linda T..
Indigenous curators Nigel Borell, Ioana Gordon-Smith and Ema Tavola tell Visual Arts Co-Editor Lana Lopesi what gives them hope and what frustrates them within New Zealand curatorial practice.
Ioana Gordon-Smith considers little-known histories in The Dowse’s current exhibition 'Defying Gravity', which aims to introduce a new audience to the work of the late potter James Greig.
