About the Author

Ane Tonga (Kolofo‘ou, Vaini Tongatapu) is the inaugural Curator, Pacific Art at
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki and curator of the exhibition Declaration: A
Pacific Feminist Agenda. Previously, she was the Lead Exhibition Curator at Rotorua
Museum Te Whare Taonga o Te Arawa and has undertaken curatorial roles and
delivered exhibition projects across Aotearoa. Her research interests are focused
on contemporary Pacific art and curatorial practice, lens-based practices and
Indigenous feminisms. She is the former Deputy Chair of Contemporary HUM Trust
Board (2019–21) and a member of the Whitecliffe Fine Arts Advisory Group. In
2021, she became a member of the Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa.