To mark this 20th anniversary, the Artes Mundi 10 exhibition will for the first time be presented across Wales at five nationwide venues, National Museum Cardiff and Chapter in Cardiff; Glynn Vivian Art Gallery in Swansea, Oriel Davies Gallery in Newtown and Mostyn in Llandudno, providing even greater opportunities for national and international audiences to experience the show. The AM10 exhibition will comprise significant solo presentations of new and existing work of seven of the world’s most important international contemporary artists.

Taloi Havini (b 1981, Nakas Tribe, Hakö people) was born in Arawa, Autonomous Region of Bougainville and is currently based in Brisbane, Australia. 

Her research practice is informed by her matrilineal ties to her land and communities in Bougainville. This manifests in works created using a range of media, including photography, audio and video, sculpture, immersive installation and print.  

She curates and collaborates across multi-art platforms using archives, working with communities, and developing commissions locally and internationally. Knowledge – production, transmission, inheritance, mapping and representation – are central themes in Havini’s work where she examines these in relation to land, architecture and place.  

Havini holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from the Canberra School of Art, Australian National University. Solo exhibitions include “The Soul Expanding Ocean #1: Taloi Havini” (curated by Chus Martínez), Ocean Space, Campo San Lorenzo, Venice, a commission for the Venice Biennale of Architecture (2021); “Reclamation”, Artspace, Sydney (2020); “Habitat”, Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2017). She has participated in numerous group exhibitions including “In the Heart of Another Country”, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg (2022); 17th Istanbul Biennial (2022); “A beast, a god, and a line”, Kunsthall Trondheim, Norway (2020); Sharjah Biennial 13, UAE (2017); 3rd Aichi Triennial, Nagoya (2016); and 8th & 9th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane (2015 and 2018). Havini’s artwork is held in public and private collections including TBA21–Academy; Sharjah Art Foundation; Art Gallery of New South Wales; Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art; National Gallery of Victoria; and KADIST, San Francisco, CA, USA.