Natasha is a Fiji born and raised (Kadavu||Bua) Multi-disciplinary creative on Ngāti Rākaiwhakairi whenua/vanua, Pirinoa, Aotearoa (New Zealand).

Natasha’s work celebrates her Taukei heritage and ancient ties across the Pacific Islands. She often combines repeated pattern, the human anatomy and colour to learn, retrieve, reimagine and preserve ancestral knowledge.

She enjoys the mediums of photography, traditional Taukei art forms such as masi (Taukei barkcloth), digital art, poetry, creative direction, fashion and gardening.

Natasha is a full-time creative, half of Vuku Creative Studio and member of all indigenous creative studio, Studio Kiin.

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Artist Residencies
April-May, 2021: Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, Boorloo (Perth) - ‘Paper Cut: Hause of Memories’ with Studio Kiin
July, 2020: Tautai - ‘FALE-SHIP’

Exhibitions

May - July, 2024: Northart Contemporary Gallery - ABSTRAXT ABSTRAXT (Group show). Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa, NZ.
November - February, 2024: Aratoi Wairarapa Museum of Art and History - ‘Buiniga’ (Solo). Whakaoriori, Aotearoa, NZ.
November - February, 2023: Enjoy Contemporary Gallery - ‘Ocean of Whispers’ (Group show). Pōneke, Wellington, Aotearoa, NZ.
September - October, 2022: Tautai - ‘Hause of Memories’ with Studio Kiin. Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa, NZ.
August - Septemer, 2022: Artshouse - BLEED Digital Bienniel ‘Au Mino Ni Nanuma with Studio Kiin
October, 2021: Cool Change Contemporary Gallery, Boorloo (Perth), Whadjuk Boodja with Studio Kiin
December, 2020 - April, 2021: Tautai - ‘The Moana Wall: Inside the Wave are Ocean Bodies’ with Hōhua Kurene. Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa, NZ.
December, 2020 - ongoing: Nomadic Art Gallery
October, 2020: Interisland Collective - ‘20:20’ (Group show)
May, 2020: Tautai - ‘Postcards Unlocked’ (Group show)
December, 2019: Sweepstake Winners Pop Up: ‘Protecting the Whenua’. Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa, NZ.