Ake Lianga

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Ake Lianga (born 1975 on Guadalcanal) is a Solomon Islands screen printer [1] and painter, who has "gained recognition for paintings and murals throughout Oceania".

Ake Lianga
Born1975
Education North Island College,Canada
AwardsCommonwealth Arts and Crafts award for painting, 1996

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After schooling, Lianga became self-employed as a sign painter and mural artist. In 1995, he won the South Pacific Contemporary Art Competition. [3]

In 1996, he won the Commonwealth Arts and Crafts award for painting, [4] and began studying at North Island College in Canada. He graduated in Fine Arts in 1999. [5] During his final semester, he was hired by the College to teach printmaking to first year students. [3] He married in 2001 [5] and, as of 2007, lives in Canada. [6]

His work was exhibited at the Comox Valley Art Gallery in 1998, at the Alcheringa Gallery in 2001, [5] and at the Washington State University's Department of Fine Arts in 2007. [7] [8] Lianga's art has also been featured on the cover of the autumn 2004 edition of The Contemporary Pacific . [5] In 2010, Alcheringa Gallery set up "Pacific Connections, a cross-cultural collaboration featuring Ake Lianga [...] and John Marston, a Coast Salish carver from the Chemainus First Nation". [2]

Carol Ivory, chair of the Department of Fine Arts at Washington State University, has described Lianga's work as follows:

Lianga looks both backwards and forwards, bringing mythology, history and the contemporary world together in riveting works of art. [...] Lianga's artwork often engages with significant issues arising from post-colonial situations, creating works that can be described as both visually appealing and emotionally powerful. [6] [7]

Lianga was a guest speaker at Washington State University in 2007. [9]

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