LEANNE JOY LUPELELE
CLAYTON
b.1963
Mixed heritage of Samoan and European ancestry
Leanne Clayton is a multifaceted artist of Samoan and European descent whose primary medium is printmaking. Her textile works combine cultural and personal memory which consider the roles of family and tradition in a cross-cultural society. Her installations represent a confluence of Polynesian and Western cultures, utilising techniques and materials from each. Drawing from diverse historical materials ranging from family photographs, found object making through to clothing and dress, she explores how cultural traditions shape who we are and where we are from.
Leanne was an Artist in Residence/Facilitator for Samoa Tula’i Samoa Arise Exhibition 2015-2016 at the Caboolture Regional Art Gallery, Moreton Bay Community, Brisbane. Recent exhibitions include A fine possession: Jewellery and identity, Powerhouse Museum Sydney Australia, Samoa Tula’i Samoa Arise Exhibition Caboolture regional Art Gallery and will be in the up and coming Exhibition Art of the Pacific at the National Gallery of Victoria from April – July 2016. Public Collections: Ula Lei Pinaki (Pink). 2016, Private Collections Australia,
McCarthy Gallery have represented Leanne Clayton since 2021
EDUCATION
Master of Art & Design
Auckland University of Technology, 2007
Bachelor of Visual Arts
Auckland University of Technology, 2005
CHOSEN GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015-2016 Artist in Residence/Facilitator ‘Samoa Tula’I, Samoa Arise’ Exhibition Caboolture Regional Art Gallery,
Moreton Bay Community, Brisbane Australia.
2014-2015 A fine possession: Jewellery and identity, Powerhouse Museum Sydney Australia.
2013 To Be Pacific, Tairawhiti Museum Exhibition Gisborne, New Zealand.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMy6S8zh6gY
Fly Me Up To Where You Are, Aotea Square and Artstation. Auckland’s Art Festival.
2012 Return to Hawaiiki, Tutor, Art workshop in Samoa: Six artists, a curator, and a
senior Artistic Advisor, Fatu Feu’u. In and amongst the people of Samoa and the
environment, culminating in shared skills and knowledge through teaching,
demonstrations and workshops. www.mfat.govt.nz/.../RETURN%20TO%20HAWAIIKI_Artist%20Bios.p...
2012 Island Stories, Teuila Festival Exhibition, The Vanya Taule’alo Gallery, Apia, Samoa.
Ubiquitous: Aspects of Contemporary Pattern, Objectspace, Auckland, New Zealand.
Vintage Threads, Vector Gallery, Upper Hutt, New Zealand.
2011 Pacific Currents, Waiheke Art Gallery, Auckland New Zealand.
‘Fefine’ Contemporary Representation of Women. Hunts Club Community Arts Center, Deer Park Melbourne, Australia.
2010 Open Narratives/New Paintings, Lesa Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand.
Circular, Artstation Gallery, Newton Auckland, New Zealand.
2009 Red Fever, Pataka Museum of Arts & Culture, Porirua, Wellington, New Zealand.
Embark, Lesa Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand.
The Greatest Idiot in New Zealand, MIC Toi Rerehiko Media and Interdisciplinary Arts Centre, Auckland, New Zealand.
The Utopian shop of Clothes, Idiot Branch, Snowhite Gallery, Unitec, Auckland, New Zealand.
Pan Pacific Nation, The Arts at Marks Garage, Hawaii.
2008 Le Folauga, The Past Coming Forward, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan.
Current Contemporary Oceanic Art Exhibition, Whitespace, Auckland, New Zealand.
2006 The Martin Hughes Contemporary Pacific Art Award Finalist Exhibition, Auckland New Zealand.
Time Trail: 120 MINS, St Paul St Gallery AUT, Auckland, New Zealand.
2005 Play, Window installation, Objectspace, Auckland, New Zealand.
Pick Me Up and Hold Me, Artstation, Auckland, New Zealand.
CURATORIAL EXHIBITIONS
2015-2016 Artist in Residence/Facilitator Samoa Tula’i Samoa Arise Exhibition
2015-2016 Caboolture, Regional Art Gallery, Moreton Bay Community, Brisbane Australia
2010 Circular, Artstation, Auckland New Zealand.
2009 ‘Our Celebration’ Artists Celebrating Auckland 169 th Birthday. Women’s Pioneer Hall Freyberg Place, Auckland New Zealand
2008 Strengthening Sennit, St Paul St Gallery 3, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland New Zealand.
Flat White Black Pearl, Assistant curator to Jim Vivieaere, Te Karanga Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand.
CHOSEN WORK EXPERIENCES
2021-2023 Tutor/Screen-printing workshop PCYC, Police Citizens Youth Club Australia.
2016 Tutor in Residence/Screen-printing workshop PCYC, Police Citizens Youth Club, Arukun Cains Australia.
2014 Tutor/Art workshop Collaboration for Flying Arts Alliance, Australian School
Curriculum and Harris Field State School Logan Brisbane.
2013 Tutor/Art workshop, Tautai Contemporary Pacific Arts Trust, Fresh Horizons
Gisborne, To Be Pacific Exhibition, Tairawhiti Museum Gisborne, NZ. Three-day
intensive workshops for nominated secondary school students with established pacific heritage.
Art workshop Fly Me Up To Where You Are, Aotea Square and Artstation. For the
Auckland’s Festival, Community and Western Springs Collage.
2012 Tutor, Art workshop, Return to Hawaiiki Samoa: Six artists and a curator
spending time with senior artist and Artistic Advisor Fatu Feu’u, amongst the people and environment of Samoa.
Tutor, Art Workshop, Nerang Community for At Risk Youth, Gold Coast, Australia PCYC
2011 Tutor, Art Workshop, Woodridge High School, Logan, Brisbane, Australia PCYC
2010 Exhibition Coordinator, Objective Art Awards, Mangere Arts Centre, Auckland NZ
2009 Print Technician, Elam School of Fine Arts, The University of Auckland, NZ.
Artist Talk/Tutor, Tautai Contemporary Pacific Art Trust, Fresh Horizons, Auckland Women’s Prison, NZ.
2007 Tutor, Tautai Contemporary Pacific Art Trust, Fresh Horizons, North Shore, Auckland NZ.
CHOSEN PUBLICATIONS
Pacific objects in focus #5: 'Ulapinaki' by Leanne Joy ...www.powerhousemuseum.com/.../pacific-objects-in-focus-5-ulapinaki-b...
www.tautai.org/artist/leanne-joy-lupelele-clayton/
Hawaiiki - New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade mfat.govt.nz/...publications/.../RETURN%20TO%20HAWAIIKI_Artist%...
Scrutinising Pattern – EyeContact eyecontactsite.com/2012/07/scrutinising-pattern
Her Magazine - Her Magazine December/January 2013 viewer.e-digitaleditions.com/i/97183/108
Inspirations@HOME WINTER 2006 Handmade on Parade By Kate Foster pg. 31
Patterns and Motifs - Scholarly Commons Home aut.researchgateway.ac.nz/bitstream/handle/10292/366/ClaytonL.pdf?...
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Power House Museum, Sydney, Brisbane, Australia.
GOMA Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia.
Porirua City Council, on display at Pataka Museum, Wellington NZ.
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Private Collection England.
Private Collection Samoa.
Private Collection New Zealand.
SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS
2007 The Henry Wilson Pasifika Scholarship, Auckland University of Technology
2006 The Tuakana/Teina Scholarship, Auckland University of Technology
2005 The Tuakana/Teina Scholarship, Auckland University of Technology
2003 Pacific Business Trust Grant
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