Exhibition Opening | Peata Larkin: Silent Kōrero

'Silent Kōrero' is conceived as a gathering — a quiet hui of conversations that have unfolded in Peata Larkin’s studio over the past two decades. It brings together works created across time, uniting the past to the present. Each artwork carries the memory of the one before it, where the symbolism of tukutuku, tāniko and raranga operate as a personal and collective visual language and acts of reclamation. They embody knowledge and genealogy, and embrace the rhythms of the artist’s tūpuna, who wove, bound, and carved before her.

Peata Larkin (Te Arawa, Tūhourangi, Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Tūwharetoa) is widely recognised for her significant contributions to contemporary art in Aotearoa and internationally. Her work has been commissioned for major public and private projects, including large-scale installations across Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, and is held in prominent collections such as Auckland Art Gallery, The Dowse Art Museum, Pātaka Art + Museum, the Chartwell Collection, and international institutions including the Memphis Museum of Fine Arts (USA). She is represented by Two Rooms in Auckland and by PAULNACHE in Gisborne.