Lehuauakea

(Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) | American (born 1996))

Lehuauakea (Kanaka Maoli / Native Hawaiian) creates craft-based art that includes large-scale sculptures, hybrid installations, traditional canvas paintings, and Native Hawaiian craftwork. In their own words, "I aim to address subjects of mixed identity and cultural erasure, Indigenous resilience, and ecological decline through a contemporary Hawai