february 10–13, 2021
Highlights from Hawai‘i Contemporary Art Summit 2021
Hawaiʻi Contemporary Art Summit
February 10–13, 2021
The inaugural Hawaiʻi Contemporary Art Summit 2021 was a multi-day event that brought together renowned keynote speakers, artists, curators, and thinkers from Hawai‘i and around the world for educational programming focused on art and ideas. A thematic precursor to the Hawai‘i Triennial 2022 (HT22), Art Summit 2021 was a series of insightful and compelling talks, performances, film screenings, and workshops that situates Hawai‘i at the center of high-caliber, global discourse around contemporary art and ideas to local and international audiences.
This multi-series, virtual event premiered online and was available to registered viewers for on-demand viewing through February 28, 2021. Mahalo to the 3400+ registrants who joined us from over 71 countries during our inaugural Art Summit. To read a post-Art Summit recap report, click here.
We welcome any inquiries from organizations that are interested in sharing any portion of the Art Summit for educational purposes. Please contact us at aloha@hawaiicontemporary.org.
Art Summit Participants
(list to date) | participant bios
Ai Weiwei
Homi K. Bhabha
Drew Kahu‘āina Broderick
Kevin Carvalho
Melissa Chiu
Eating in Public (Gaye Chan)
‘Elepaio Press (1976–present)
(Mark and Richard Hamasaki)
Léuli Eshrāghi
Theaster Gates
Karrabing Film Collective
(Elizabeth A. Povinelli, founding member)
Nā Maka o ka ‘Āina (Joan Lander)
Mari Matsuda
Navid Najafi
Mark “Gooch” Noguchi
Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio
Piliāmo‘o (Mark Hamasaki and Kapulani Landgraf)
Kawika Pegram
Mika Tajima
Nikkya Taliaferro
Miwako Tezuka
art summit 2021 | select conversations
Delve into select video conversations from Hawai‘i Contemporary Art Summit 2021 and learn more about these Hawai‘i Triennial 2022 artists and their work.
Videos courtesy of respective artists and kekahi wahi (Sancia Shiba Nash and Drew K. Broderick)
‘ELEPAIO PRESS (1976–present)
(Richard + Mark Hamasaki)
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NĀ MAKA O KA ‘ĀINA
(Joan Lander)
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PILIĀMO‘O (Mark Hamasaki + Kapulani Landgraf)
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Piliāmoʻo (Mark Hamasaki and Kapulani Landgraf). Ua Ili Na Pua Kukui No Ka Ua Koko, April 12, 1992, silver gelatin print. Photo courtesy of the artists.
Mika Tajima, New Humans, 2019. Ferrofluid, custom electromagnet matrix, custom PCB control system, computer, steel, wood, aluminum. Developed with support from \Art, Cornell Tech and Ferrotec. Photo by Yasushi Ichikawa. Image courtesy the artist, Taro Nasu, Tokyo; and Ishikawa Foundation, Japan.
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Mahalo nui loa to our partners and sponsors
The Hawai‘i Contemporary Art Summit 2021 is proudly presented in partnership with Bishop Museum, Hawai‘i State Art Museum, Honolulu Museum of Art, and The Friends of Iolani Palace, and will be produced in collaboration with NMG Network. The event is generously sponsored, in part, by Hawai‘i State Art Museum, DAWSON, Jonathan Kindred, Taiji and Naoko Terasaki Family Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), The Sidney E. Frank Foundation, and Engaging the Senses Foundation.
To find out more about how NEA grants impact individuals and communities, visit arts.gov.