Josh Tengan he kuratora kūʻokoʻa, mea kākau, a mea hoʻonohonoho hana noʻeau mai Pauoa, Kona, Oʻahu mai. He kanaka hana no ka hōʻike ʻana i nā kiʻi Hawaiʻi i kēia au. Ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he Poʻo Luna Hoʻokele Hana no Puʻuhonua Society (2021-2022) a he luna hoʻomalu hana noʻeau no Nā Mea Hawaiʻi/Native Books (2014-2022).

Mōʻaukala

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Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Tengan ma Honolulu, Hawaiʻi i ka makahiki 1988. Ua hele ʻo ia i ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi ma Mānoa kahi āna i loaʻa ai kāna kēkelē laepua ma ka Moʻolelo Hana Noʻeau. Ma hope o ke kulanui, ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e hana me nā hui like ʻole e hoʻolaha ana i ka hana noʻeau Hawaiʻi.

Ma ke ʻano he kuratora kōkua no ka Honolulu Biennial 2019 (HB19), ua hana ʻo ia ma ka hōʻikeʻike i kapa ʻia ʻo To Make Wrong / Right / Now. Ua hoʻi ʻo ia i ka Hawaiʻi Contemporary ma ke ʻano he luna hoʻomalu hōʻikeʻike no ka Hawaiʻi Triennial 2022 (HT22).

Ma ka makahiki 2022, ua koho ʻia ʻo Tengan lāua ʻo Drew Kahuʻāina Broderick i mau Curatorial Research Fellows. Hana pū lāua ma ka hōʻikeʻike ʻAi Pōhaku, Stone Eaters, he hōʻikeʻike nui e hōʻike ana i nā mea hana noʻeau Hawaiʻi ma nā kahua kulanui ʻekolu o ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi ma Oʻahu. Hana pū lāua ma ka papahana I OLA KANALOA, kekahi papahana e alakaʻi ʻia e ka leo o Kanaloa-Kahoʻolawe a me ka Protect Kahoʻolawe ʻOhana.[1]

Ua hana pū lāua ma ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka puke CONTACT (2014-2019), he puke e paʻi ʻia i ka makahiki 2022 e hōʻike ana i ka moʻolelo o ka hōʻikeʻike makahiki CONTACT, ka hōʻikeʻike kiʻi nui loa o Hawaiʻi.[2]

Ma Iune 2024, ua koho ka Meia o Honolulu iā Tengan i lālā no ka Papa Hoʻolaha Moʻomeheu a Hana Noʻeau (Commission on Culture and Arts), ka papa e kōkua ana i ke Kūlanakauhale i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka hana noʻeau i loko o ke kaiāulu a me ka mālama ʻana i kona moʻomeheu hana noʻeau.

Hoʻonaʻauao

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Loaʻa iā Tengan kāna kēkelē laeoʻo me ka Distinction ma ke kālai ʻana i nā hōʻikeʻike (Curatorial Studies) mai ke Kulanui o Newcastle (UK) a me kāna kēkelē laepua ma ka Hana Noʻeau mai ke Kulanui o Westmont.

Nā Kūmole

E ho'opololei
  1. Native Arts and Cultures Foundation. "Drew Kahuʻāina Broderick." 2021.
  2. Independent Curators International. "Drew Kahuʻāina Broderick and Josh Tengan: 2022 Curatorial Research Fellows." 2022.