Artist Statement
The work of Haha explores the power of mass media within Australian popular culture. The reality TV phenomena, the religion of sport, criminal lifestyles, get rich quick & instant fame becomes the obsessions, the new virtues of the 21st century.
By using multi-layered stencils of up to 40 layers Haha’s work is a reflection of popular culture. He gets his images direct from the newspaper or from photographing the subject to tell a story of the here & now. Without the aid of a computer, his cutting technique produces lifelike imagery
Haha is a self taught artist who started off by spray painting stencils on the street & has since then graduated to the gallery.
He has been exhibiting for over 8 years he has held 10 solo shows in Melbourne, Brisbane, Hobart & Sydney. He is represented by 3 commercial galleries across Australia. His work can be found in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia, BHP Billiton, State Library of Victoria, City of Melbourne, Artbank & private collections across Australia, NZ, UK & USA.
Regan TAMANUI:CURRICULUM VITAE
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008
AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE OI OI OI, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
The Cult of Personality, Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney
2007
Such is Life, Mays lane, Sydney
Land of Milk and Honey, Untilnever Gallery, Melbourne
We are Young and Free, Criterion Gallery, Hobart
2006
Australian Lifestyles, Criterion Gallery, Hobart
God Save Haha, Until Never Gallery, Melbourne
Aussie Rulz, The Box, Melbourne
2005
Crime Walls, Citylights, Centre Place, Melbourne
Banana Republic, Blacklab Gallery, Brisbane
Sovereignty, Criterion Gallery, Hobart
2004
Zero Tolerance, Croft Institute, Melbourne
2002
Zero Popular, FAD Gallery, Melbourne
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008
Contemporary Australia: Optimism, Queensland Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane (nov)
ARTBRIS’08 Brisbane
The Blender Studios Open day, Melbourne
Black Digger, Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney
The Sublime Equine, Rushcutters Bay Gallery, Sydney
Kids Today, MTV Gallery, Sydney
Splenda, Michael Koro Gallery, Melbourne
Outside Inside, Carmichael Gallery, L.A.
2007
“001”, Sideroom Gallery, Auckland New Zealand
I Still Call Australia, Gadfly Gallery, Perth
“Meatpackers & fruit pickers”, Melbourne
“Political footy”, Art Garden, Melbourne
Youthquakers, Melbourne
2006
The Big Day Out, Melbourne
Rumble, Until Never Gallery, Melbourne
Kidz These Dayz, Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne
Selftitled, Autopsy Gallery, Melbourne
Class of 06, Blank Space, Sydney
Swipe, Hush Hush Gallery, Melbourne
2005
The Big Day Out, Melbourne
Criminal Intent, HO Gallery, Balaclava
Tranzit, M.A.S., Lt Latrobe St, Melbourne
Un-Australian and Proud, Trocadero, Melbourne
Stencil Festival, Meatmarket, North Melbourne
Dinner Party, Ember Space, Fitzroy
2004
Role Models, Forest One Gallery, Adelaide
A Cut Across, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart
Rats of Smelbourne, Early Space, Melbourne
AAAXXX, Area 101, Adelaide
Melbourne Stencil Festival, Melbourne
Cash & Carry, Blender Studio's, Melbourne
Cut Sik, Labour Club, Sydney
Streetworks, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
67% Say They Were Mislead, Spark Lane, Melbourne; Streetside, Dublin,
Ireland
Blending In, Next Wave Festival, Melbourne
Outlandish, Traumatic Art Gallery, Melbourne
Affiliated Two, Forest One, Adelaide
Freeze Mutha Sucka This is a Stick Up, The Big Day Out, Melbourne
2003
Cut it Out, Hush Hush Gallery, Melbourne
Guerrilla Gorilla, George White Gallery & Bar, Melbourne
Derailed, Early Space, Melbourne
Friends of the Forest, Forest One, Adelaide
Above Ground, The Lounge, Melbourne
Affiliated, Area 101, Adelaide
Get A Real Job, Tomorrow Cafe, Melbourne
Permit Zone, Citylights, Melbourne
Open Studios, Blender Studios, Melbourne
The Empty Show, Willamstown & Canterbury, Melbourne. & Canberra.
67% Say They Were Mislead, Budapest
2002
Stuck Down South, FAD Gallery, Melbourne
Lollipop, Timba Gallery, Melbourne
2001
Group Show, FAD Gallery, Melbourne
Houdini to Hofmann, Chira Goya Gallery, Melbourne
Vote Stuckists, Fringe Gallery, London, UK
COLLECTIONS
National Gallery of Australia
Artbank
BHP Billiton Collection
Multiplex
State Library of Victoria
City of Melbourne
Private Collections Australia, NZ, UK, USA
COMMISSIONS
Foxtel Tram project 07
Ghostrider, 2006
Redstripe Beer, 2005
Multiplex, Sydney, World Square, 2004
The Big Day Out, Melbourne, 2004 - 2006
Crumpler
The Great Britain Hotel, The Public Bar, 2004
Mooks Clothing, 2004
Yelza
City of Port Phillip
City of Melbourne
Just Jeans
City Lights Project
Collingwood Football Club, MCG
RESIDENCIES
2007-2009 Blender Studios2, Manager
2005-2007 Hush Hush Studios
2003-2004 Blender Studios, Assistant Director
2005-2007 Early Project, Co Director/Curator
2003-2004 Early Space, Co-Director/Curator, 201 Smith Street, Melbourne
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