Iokapeta Magele-Suamasi (MA Arts, MTech, Dip.Des, Cert. Dig. Heritage) is an Aotearoa-born Samoan (Lufilufi/Satalo) local artist-curator working between her studio practice and Fresh Gallery Ōtara.

 

She has qualifications in Learning and Outreach programming and supports positive community outcomes for Ōtara through creative practice, cultural heritage preservation, education, arts and technology.

 

Her appointment followed an Auckland Art Gallery Outreach initiative in collaboration with Hillary House, Sarah Hillary and the late Kallie Ngakuru-Syder, former Principal of Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate Middle School. 

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She is interested in sharing the story of Sir Edmund Hillary through education, arts, technology within the context of innovation and boldness by explorers in Moana Oceania.​

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